copbst7

   **Standard 7.1**- Apply Technology to the delivery of standards-based instruction

Before starting any assignment for this class, I always consulted the Colorado State Academic Standards for the grade level I was designing the lesson for. For instance, I created a Digital Story using Photo Story 3 for first graders. The Digital Story was a lesson about the water cycle, clouds, and the different kinds of weather that comes from different types of clouds.

The Digital Story is a slideshow of pictures accompanied by an audio track (my recording of the lecture) and a background music track (provided by the great J.S. Bach).

**Standard 7.2-** Use technology to increase student achievement

I have met this standard by creative an interactive SMARTboard presentation on the habitats of cats using a program entitled SMARTnotebook. This project was designed with the Colorado State Academic Standards for second grade.

The SMARTboard presentation increases student achievement because, not only is it interactive, it provides many opportunities for children to go back if there is something they don’t understand. It also provides numerous chances for children to check their own learning with interactive games and quizzes.

**Standard 7.3-** Utilize technology to manage and communicate information

The WebQuest project I created for second graders (meeting the Colorado State Academic Standards) meets this technology standard. I created a website on GoogleSites about tornado safety. Included in this website is clear, concise directions for the students’ assignments and links to informative websites students can use to enhance their understanding of the subject. The information is highly organized and easy for children to access.  **Standard 7.4-** Apply technology to data-driven assessments of learning

On that same WebQuest website, I provided students with an assignment rubric so they would know what exactly what was expected of them. The rubric was created using an online rubric-creating program called RubiStar, which is fairly easy and straightforward to use. Some second-graders could probably even use RubiStar to create their own rubrics.  **Standard 7.5-** Instruct students in basic technological skills

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Throughout the course of this class, I have become more familiar with the National Educational Technology Standards, which governs what children in various grades should be doing technology-wise.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Now, with these standards in mind, I would be able to instruct children in age-appropriate skills. Also, now that I have enhanced my own technological skills, I would better be able to instruct my students in how to use technology.