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(1) Record Keeping: Teachers have a professional responsibility to monitor, record and communicate student progress. Many schools and districts have adopted networked grading systems, and some publish grades on secure websites.

 Use a your school's gradebook program to develop a report for a real or hypothetical class of ten or more students who are assessed on five or more assignments. Submit a printout of your gradebook and the detailed report card (progress report) for an individual student. If you do not have access to such a program, you may use Gradekeeper or download a sample shareware "gradebook" program.

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(2) Assessment: Teachers must regularly assess student progress. Many textbook

2 Name: June 16, 20053:51 AM publishers make test construction easier by providing test generators, software which allows the teacher to quickly compose tests and keys from question databases. Test generators allow the teacher to input questions, and often provide databases of questions the teacher can select from. *TPE-tip A well-structured exam may be used as an artifact for TPE3, Interpretation and Use of Assessments.

 Use a test generator to construct multiple versions of an exam.

 Software such as Examview allows teachers to develop tests and post them on the Internet. Take this short physics quiz generated with the Examview, or this geology quiz made with Quizmaker. Include a screen capture of your score (actual score is inconsequential) and discuss the benefits and problems associated with online testing.

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(3) Communication: Students benefit when teachers clearly state their expectations in written form. When these expectations are availalbe on the Internet, all students and parents can benefit, particularly students who have been absent. A variety of commercial

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 Put your class assignments on the web at Yourhomework , SchoolNotes or similar service. Include a screen capture of your published assignment schedule.

http://www.schoolnotes.com/91330/yeondoh.html

5 Name: June 16, 20053:51 AM (4) Presentations: Presentation software provides teachers the opportunity to display text and graphics in a slide show fashion. PowerPoint and Keynote are two of the most popular presentation tools. Teachers and professors make extensive use of presentations, but many are concerned about the potentially negative effects such presentations can have on instruction. *TPE-tip A well developed educational presentation can serve as an artifact for TPE 4, Making Content Accessible, or TPE 10, Instructional Time, if used with presenter tools.

 After reading the articles on the educational use and abuse of presentation software, summarize how presentations should be constructed and delivered to maximize learning and minimize abuse.

 Locate and download one or more PowerPoint presentations relevant to your teaching needs. Include the URL of the location from which you obtained them and summarize the PowerPoint and where in your curriculum you will use it.

 Make a PowerPoint presentation to teach a lesson in your subject area, keeping in mind the principles you have outlined above and the guidelines provided (see tutorial). Your presentation should include numerous graphics and be at least 10 slides in length. (a) Provide an electronic copy of your presentation (ppt format) on your website. (b) Embed screen captures of your presentation in the template. Make sure the content is easy to read.

 Using iPhoto (Mac), Picasa (Windows), or similar slide viewer software, create a photo library for your discipline. You should include photos you have taken plus ones retreived from a graphic search engine. Create two or three slide shows from the library. Include a screen shot of the slide sorter window for one of your shows. Create a photopage for your website.

 Article summary: “The use and abuse of PowerPoint in Teaching and Learning”

In order to maximize student learning through powerpoint presentations, teachers have to be careful in constructing a powerpoint lesson, and try best to stay according to the general rules of presentation. Like all lessons, powerpoint presentations, as well, have to have a clear structure and effective umber of key topic areas (usually about five). Since powerpoint presentations can be so easy to create and has so many options to elaborate on presenting a point of the lesson, teachers may mistake on not developing the content for the level of the lesson, or not being able to keep focus on the most basic concept. The writings on the slides should be easy to read, and try to add as less textual material as possible on each slide. Teachers should not depend too much on the use of powerpoint to deliver material to student on its own, but also speak at a normal pace following along with each slides, not allowing the slides to deliver materials too quickly. Use visuals and other media opportunities available in powerpoint program to enhance the lesson presentation and to attract more of student attention. However, excessive use of colour effects, animation effects, sound effects, and etc. should be avoided for it can distract the attention of the class rather than enhancing the interest in learning. These visuals and media options added onto the presentation must be appropriate and related to

6 Name: June 16, 20053:51 AM the lesson’s topic. If the powerpoint presentation is being delivered to students for too long, or if the powerpoint slides include excessive details as well as general concepts, students may not be active in learning and loose classroom participation of students during delivery of materials on powerpoint slides. Also, visual slides must not be poor or boring, and keep in mind that inappropriate use of multimedia options can result in abusing the use of powerpoints. Technological problems may also occur. To prevent from such unfortunate event, always prepare overheads or alternative activities to save the day’s lesson. Be sure to be trained in using powerpoints and to reflect upon the approach to teach and learn.

 http://www.hcbe.net/itc/powerpoints/math.html

 PowerPoint Presentation (screen shots)

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 Slideshow using iPhoto: posted on the website

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(5) Digital Video

 (5) Digital Video of your Teaching Develop a video of your teaching in accordance with the requirements of PACT.  Put your video in your TaskStream account  Burn and submit a DVD that includes your movies and other photos SKIP

(6) DVD: Develop a lesson using a computer-based DVD-player that includes bookmarks and video clips to access specific scenes.

Identify the DVD and explain why you chose this for a lesson.

Include a screen capture showing your catalog of bookmarks and video clips.

Describe how the scan fast, scan slow, step, mute, bookmark, video clip, and screen size features can be used to enhance your lesson.

 DVD Title: “So Smart! SHAPES”

11 Name: June 16, 20053:51 AM I chose this DVD for a lesson because it presents different kinds of shapes in bright, bold animated images and unique building technique. This DVD is made for children of ages 6months~36months, however, I can still use this to show the shapes through the screen in attempt to catch student attention through the bright colors presented by the DVD. Then, I can lead the class onto finding parts and information’s of those shapes, such as, the circumference, perimeter, areas, and partial lengths of the shapes.  Screen capture of the catalog of bookmarks and video clips (I was not allowed to screen capture with the DVD playing, so the screen had to be off.)

 Features of DVD Player that can be used to enhance lessons: The scan fast and scan slow options can be used when the teacher wants to go to a certain screen but not to the next chapter, or wants to go back to a screen to observe more than once. Teacher can also use mute when wanting to keep playing the DVD but has to add the teacher’s explanation of a scene rather than the sound from the DVD.

12 Name: June 16, 20053:51 AM Bookmarks and video clips are useful when capturing a meaningful screenshot of the DVD to show students again, or video clips that are informative so that students don’t have to search through the DVD to look for such information. Screen size can be controlled to widen the view for bringing together students’ attention, or to minimize the size so that the teacher can be focused, as needed, in the middle of the playing of the DVD.

(7) Concept Maps: Develop a concept map with graphics and text.digital camera, etc.) for your classroom, (b) identify the next national conference for your discipline, AND (c) determine the best airfare to attend the conference.

Linear Equations I. slope A. m B. rise over run 1. m = (y1-y2)/(x1-x2)

13 Name: June 16, 20053:51 AM II. intercepts A. b B. value of y when x is zero (0,y) C. value of x when y is zero (x,0) III. equations A. y = m*x + b B. y - y1 = m*(x - x1) C. y = m*x - m*x1 + y1 IV. drawing graphs A. choose two random points and connect B. locate the intercept and follow the slope C. find all intercepts and connect [if intercept not (0,0)]