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Face-to-Face Staff Development

Workshop


Site Supervisor: Randi Martins

Location: Assistive Technology Lab

Number of Participants: 19 (Divided into 2 groups/sessions)

Dates: November 10
th
and January 12
th


Number of Hours: 4:00 to 7:30

Participants: Teachers of Intellectual Disabled Programs pre-K 12
th
grade
with new interactive smart boards.

District Technology Vision:

The mission of Henry County Schools is to be committed to ensuring
educational success for each student. The districts vision is to move from
good (ensuring each student meets or exceeds gradelevel performance
standards) to great (ensuring each student graduates high school prepared for
further learning). Henry County Schools believes that technology is not what
drives school improvement but is a tool that enables and accelerates it. Our
vision is to provide, assist and support stakeholders in their use of technology
to achieve our commitment of ensuring success through greater flexibility,
increased productivity, increased support of standardsbased instruction,
improved response to accountability, and expanded opportunities for student
learning, professional development, communication and feedback.

ISTE Standards:

1. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments

Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and
assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize
content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and
attitudes identified in the Standards.

a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate
digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity




Instructional Goal:

The participant will design and develop a variety of learning experiences,
including an assessment, using ActivInspire and content resources.

Measureable Learner Outcomes:

Using current content, the participant will use ActivInspire to create
relevant learning experiences that link new information to the
student's prior knowledge
Using current content, the participant will use ActivInspire to create an
interactive lesson to activate the student's interest and curiosity
Using current content, the participant will use ActivInspire to create a
digital interactive assessment

The participants have already received a workshop on the use of basic
ActivInspire tools. I want to incorporate Understanding by Design processes
along with the use of smart boards/ActivInspire. Many teachers of students
with intellectual disabilities are receiving smart boards/ActivInspire and
using them as glorified projectors. If the smart boards are used appropriately
they can be a vital tool to facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity,
and to explore real-world issues and solve authentic problems using digital
tools and resources.

Henry County requires all Intellectual Disabled Programs to use the Unique
Curriculum with students in the program. The content provided in the
Unique Curriculum gives students in the Intellectual Disabled setting access
to the Georgia Performance Standards. Every month the Unique curriculum
provides a topic, content, along with access to standards that will be covered.
I would like to guide the participants through the following process:


Content Outline:

ActivInspire Review of basic tools
Using ActivInspire to support Content Curriculum Introduction Video
Examine the Unique monthly topic and standards and determine the
big idea and goals for the unit.
Consider what evidence will determine if the students have attained the
goals and understand the big idea and create an assessment using the
smart board/ActivInspire to assess if desired learning has been
achieved.
Consider what knowledge and/or skill the student will need in order to
perform and achieve the goals for the unit. Create an activity/lesson
using smart board/ActivInspire to present knowledge and skills to link
or activate prior knowledge.
Consider what knowledge and/or skill the student will need in order to
perform and achieve the goals for the unit and create an instructional
activity/lesson using smart board/ActivInspire to equip students with
the needed knowledge and skill to achieve goals for unit.
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