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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.
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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
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.
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Use a test generator to construct an exam composed of questions you have
selected from existing question banks.
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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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Test was produced from a Question Bank provided with the
6th Edition of Steven Zumdahl’s Chemistry
(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
resources exist with which teachers can post calendars, homework assignments, and other
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important documents.
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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.
Students can access calendar
and files from this school-based
website.
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By clicking on date
students access
assignments
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Click on documents
downloads as .doc,
.ppt, etc.
(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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
I started using presentation software before Powerpoint was introduced. I began with
HyperCard which in many ways was as effective as Powerpoint. I learned (by listening
to my students) that they HATED these presentations pretty much for the reasons we
discussed in class. However, I’ll add one comment that was not discussed and that is that
presentation software tends to make the instruction too scripted. Students enjoy
spontaneity and tangential discussions which Powerpoint tends to strip away from the
class. Now when I use Powerpoint (alas, Hypercard is no longer supported) I use it
ONLY for pictures, videos, etc and NOT FOR TEXT. I’ll use the board or overhead
projector for text, formulas, etc
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This is a card from a PowerPoint presentation that was provided as teacher resource
material to Zumdahl 6th edition. I do NOT use this, or any of their ppt programs, for the
reasons discussed in class and above. However, the publisher did provide digital versions
of all the graphics and tables in the book which I have incorporated into some
PowerPoint presentations as in the screen shot below:
The three screen shots below are from the PowerPoint I made. A link to this ppt doc is
on my web page.
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IPhoto Slide Show
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(5) Other resources: Complete three of the following, using content related to your
curriculum whenever possible.
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Use Timeliner to create a timeline relevant to the curriculum you teach.
Develop an educational digital video.
Construct a professional resume using Word.
Develop a concept map with graphics and text.
Create a crossword puzzle or other puzzle relevant to your class.
Create and conduct an on-line survey form for one of your classes.
(a) Find the lowest cost of a specific piece of equipment (projector, computer,
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.
Educational Digital Video:
The Activity Series Lab is a digital video produced by two of my AP
Chemistry students. They have given me permission to post this on the
internet so that it can be viewed by future AP Chemistry students.
CrossWord Puzzle
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Low Cost Equipment: Digital Projector
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Conference
(not National but something I’m actually interested in)
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Lowest Fare & Accommodations
(from Travelocity)
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