Standard+3

= Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum. =

**Teachers implement curriculum plans, that include methods and strategies that apply technology to maximize student learning.**

===My artifacts demonstrating this standard (What?)===
 * Performance Indicators: Teachers:**
 * 1) facilitate technology- enhanced experiences that address content standards and student technology standards.
 * 2) use technology to support learner-centered strategies that address the diverse needs of learners.
 * 3) apply technology to develop students' higher order skills and creativity.
 * 4) manage student learning activities in a technology-enhanced environment


 * //Module 1 Part 2 -// 21st Century Instruction Discussion Forum**

I looked at The Flat Classroom lesson plans. The Flat Classroom Project is a global collaborative project that joins together middle and senior high school students. One of the main goals of the project is to 'flatten' or lower the classroom walls so that instead of each class working isolated and alone, 2 or more classes a I re joined virtually to become one large classroom. This is done through the Internet using Web 2.0 tools such as Wikispaces and Ning. The topics studied and discussed are real-world scenarios based on 'The World is Flat' by Thomas Friedman. It took me a while to find the topics that the students were actually working on the wiki. All of the scenarios have to do with technology use and integration. This lesson falls on the upper end of all of the areas of the Range of Use Chart. //Complexity of Learning// - The students were creating their own wiki and video and evaluating than material researched. This all required higher order thinking. //Instructional Approach to Learning// - By working together and collaborating they were constructing their own knowledge. They had control of what went into the wiki and videos and no one spoon fed the information to them. //Authenticity of Learning// - They were working with not only real world content, but very up to date information on new technologies. This is a great lesson that I would like to get my students involved with. I can't think of anyway to improve its rigor or relevance.


 * Module 6** - Results of lesson with Instructional Strategy - Include the strategy you chose, a description of the lesson, example(s) of tool(s) used, and your reflection on the results and how you would modify it for future use.

My Integrated Science Class monitors Freeman Run, the stream behind the school. I modified this lesson this year to include more technology. We summarized the project by putting pictures on [|www.voicethread.com] and commenting on the research. The tools we used and a summary are listed on the Module 6 What Works document. The project went very well. The students enjoyed collaborating and researching. I plan to use the voicethread with future classes that do stream analysis. This project hit on all 9 of Marzano's stratgies. This is a great way to summarize a project or laboratory and assess what the students have learned. The only problem that I had was monitoring all of the student's progress since everyone was doing something different all the time. Some students were taking pictures, while others were researching, and others were posting comments on the web. I will definately use a project like this again. We did have some technical difficulty with the students seeing each others comments, so sometimes they repeated information. Please check out what the students came up with at

[|Austin Stream Analysis]

===My Reflection on meeting this standard (So What?)===

//My discussion post on 21st Century Instruction represents the goal of apply technology to develop students' higher order thinking skills and creativity. This post represents this indicator because.....//

//My lesson involving the instructional strategy, represents the goal of this standard because.....//

===My Future Learning Goals related to this standard (Now What?)===

//Write your future learning goals related to this standard//