Monthly Report Oct

TIS-SE Monthly Report Name: Jason L. Stutler Month: October 2008 School: Philippi Middle School County: Barbour County Technology Training(s) Attended: For each training attended, please include a brief description of the session, how it relates to the TIS initiative, and most importantly, how you will use the information in your classroom.

I attended the Quantile Framework Training at the Waterfront Place hotel on October 29-30, 2008. This training was provided through RESAs to introduce county math teams to the new Quantile Framework system which will be a part of student score profiles with the WESTEST 2 given in the spring. The Quantile Framework Training related to the TIS initiative in the manner in which it was delivered to a small group of teachers who are then asked to bring it back to their county and introduce it to the other math teachers (and in my case) special education teachers. The Quantile score provided on WESTEST 2 profiles will give a numeric value to determine a student’s mathematical potential. This score will then be linked to quantiles on 500 different mathematical skills. This will assist teachers to determine student weaknesses and enable them to make sound instructional decisions to enhance learning. It will also allow teachers to more adequately group students based on skills needed and skills already in place to differentiate instruction appropriately. Special Education teachers will benefit greatly from the quantile score by enabling them to use the www.quantiles.com website to determine what skills students already possess and write IEPs to more adequately reflect the skills needed to enhance and support their learning. Also, we were informed that there will be a lexile score (from www.lexiles.com) associated with Reading/Language Arts on WESTEST 2 which will provide the same information. _____________________________________________________________ If the following information is available on a lesson plan template and you have your rubrics, graphic organizers, etc. saved electronically, feel free to simply attach those documents to your blog rather than completing this section.

Examples of technology integration Used: Please be specific. For example, if you used the whiteboard, give details of how it was used; if you took your students to the computer lab, explain what they did there, what web sites they visited. When available, please attach graphic organizers, rubrics, etc. that were given to students as they completed the technology-based activities.

I have implemented the whiteboard in my own reading intervention class (using the Wilson Reading Program) for group instruction and manipulation of word and sound cards. The cards were scanned into the whiteboard program and students are able to manipulate the cards around with the stylus as it is projected onto the board. Students in my classes have also been reviewing the parts of speech through the use of Mad Libs from the Thinkfinity website. The students enjoy reviewing the parts of speech as taught in their language arts class and then applying them to the website by creating a funny story. I have also take the whiteboard to one of my collaborative teaching classes and worked with the students on modeling decimals by coloring in hundred charts. Students were able to use the whiteboard to color in the corresponding hundred chart to model the decimal shown. CSOs, including 21st Century Learning Skills and Technology Tools, the Technology Integration Activity targeted. Math CSO(s) targeted by integration activity: MA6.2.06 Reading Intervention CSO(s) targeted by integration activities: RLA6.1.02, RLA6.1.02, RLA6.1.08, RLA6.1.15 Reflection on Technology Integration Activities How do I feel about this unit, lesson, or activity? Was it a success? How will I change it the next time I present it? What was my students’ reaction to it? (Asking for students to reflect on the activity is an excellent way to determine what needs to be revised, but even better, it helps them understand what they just did and why they did it.) The whiteboard integration has been a great success in my classes. Students in the reading intervention groups get kinesthetic movement and the ability to move and exercise their gross motor abilities. Students in the math class have begged for more whiteboard integration into activities. The teacher and I have discussed when it might be possible to integrate the board again. In the future, I hope to move the whiteboard to more of my collaborative classes. All in all, the entire integration has been a success in the classes in which I have integrated it.