EDT6000

__**EDT 6000**__ Computer Basics for Teachers 3 credits Selecting and using information and communication technologies to facilitate learning and creative expression are the main foci. Candidates will design multimedia instruction that engages and promotes an individual’s innovative thinking and inventiveness in various learning environments. Candidates use audio/ video software, productivity tools, and knowledge construction tools to design and develop digital instructional resources. Topics include learning theories and motivation, the design of interactive learning environments, collaboration, and creativity. = EDT 6000 =
 * My Achievements **

I am really surprised at myself and my creativity. I have found a lot of these assignments to be useful in the classroom. These are activities and lessons that I have created using technology and the students love them. I did not realize I was capable of creating such a technology curriculum. I use technology in the classroom but not as much as this course is teaching me to do.


 * Brief description of the Artifacts**

The PowerPoint assignment is based on multiplication concepts. The students will be using the strategies they have already learned with multiplying and completing a multiple choice assignment. When they get the answer correct it takes them a step farther, if they get it wrong it takes them back and shows them the process. The video is based on PBIS, a behavioral management system used in our school. This video uses students to show others how PBIS is used in our school and how all students are expected to behave at all times. The iGoogle assignment was based on a reading that the students had to do. The students had to read a book online and together complete questions and a graphic organizer. The concept map is a mapping of the next theme that we are using reading. It lets the children see the concepts they will be learning and assessed and how they relate to one another. The smart board activity is on bar graphs and how to collect data and create a graph from the data that they collected.


 * Links to the the Artifacts**

Powerpoint @Video iGoogle Concept Map Smart Board