Technology+Resources

= = The four areas of technology that would enhance or change the way we teach or implement the curriculum

1.**__//Discovery Education Streaming//__** is an online teaching and assessment service used by many states. " Discovery Education //streaming// is an online video-on-demand teaching service that is correlated to state K-12 curriculum standards and features up to 7,700 full length videos and 77,000 video clips, as well images, audio files, lesson plans, a quiz builder, assignment builder, writing prompts, and online self-paced professional development. Discovery Education //streaming// is used by approximately one million U.S. teachers." They not only offer teachers alternative teaching materials and ideas there is also an assessment that the students are given in order for the teachers to be able to know what they should be teaching each child. This service also allows for tier teaching where the student is taught the content in the classroom and then given other lesson to enhance that content. The assessments benhmarks are given at different intervals during the year on the students grade level. One is given at the beginning of school to assess what the student knows when they enter that grade, then again at the middle of the school year to see what the students have learned and then close to the end of the school year to show the students progress in learning the content presented during the year. This service also gives teachers sample lesson plans as well as other ideas that implement the use of technology.

2. **iPads, and Interwirte Tablets and Smart Boards.** These items of technology have become a very necessary part of teching curriculum. The iPad is starting to replace the notebook or laptop computers which is replacing the necessity of desktop computers In some instances students are allowed to take these home to do homework assignments on. Interwirte Tablets and Smart Boards are almost a must now in every classroom. Teachers are able to walk around the room and teach lessons as they are still assisting students with individual help. These are not connected by any wires or cable but is used by connecting to a bluetooth device installed on the computer. These types of technology has taken off and being used in a great many schools now.

3. __**//Classworks.//**__ This also an interactive service where students take assessments during benchmark times of the year. The difference in this service and Discovery Streaming assessments is that Classworks assessments can be programmed to not only check the students knowledge and skills but it can also prescribe the necessary lessons the students need to build those skills. There are also sample lesson plan ideas as well as projects.

4. [|E-books]Ebooks are current technology being used my school districts to cut down on the cost of purchasing paper textbooks. Some of these can be assessed directly online. This technology is replacing books. They are easier on students because they are much lighter to carry than textbooks. They only have to carry the peice of piece of equipment needed to assess the textbook. They can assess more than one book through this one device.

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