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New Tech Standards & Requirements

The NETS*S, NETS*T, and OETS are all state mandated standards that are give guide lines on what aspects of technology needs to be interwoven into teachers curriculum.  Technology has become so advanced and incorporated with education, student’s everyday lives, and educator’s teaching capabilities, that it is necessary to start teaching students the basics to technology, how certain programs work, and how to integrate it into their lives.

Technology can no longer be something to scare away from as teachers because it far to advanced and used in everyday life that not teaching students how to use it would be considered neglect.  As a teacher, I can use these standards to act as a guide on different avenues I can use to integrate them into my lesson plans.  For instance, as a math teacher, I think it would be a great idea to have a classroom blog that I can post the syllabus, homework assignments, links to different sites that can give examples on how to do certain equations.  I can also use Screen R to record directions and examples how to accomplish certain equations or homework assignments that I know my students will have a hard time working out.  Using different technology in the classroom can also be helpful, for example, using a smart board could be a great way to incorporate the whole class by playing Jeopardy or other games that can make learning fun and interesting.  Also, using different programs on the Internet can make my students and my life a lot easier.  For instance, introducing them to Google Docs, blogger, Screen R/Screen Toaster, and Yodio.  All these programs are Internet based and free for all my students to use. 

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Spread Sheet Assignment #4

On the master spread sheet you can see the chart displays the last 5 test scores for a class.  The chart breaks down the scores in 3 different ways: Vertically you can see the average test score per test for the entire classroom and also see the average of the 5 tests.  Horizontally you can see the average of each individual students test scores and the average over the last 5 tests, Lastly, you can see the mean, median, mode of the entire class.  These results could be helpful when conducting a review of the progress the class is making as a whole and allow the teacher to analyze which students are having a more difficult time compared the the class average.

The next chart is the students that are below the class average.  I have made 3 separate analysis to compare the class data: Students below average, students above average, and whole class average.  By breaking down the class even more, it allows me to analyze their results in more depth.  For example, if each test were out of 250 points, I could conclude that as a whole class my students were only averaging 76% which means I am not doing something right as a teacher.  However, if you look at the next slide titled "chart", you could see that the kids that are below the class average are all progressively doing better as the year went on implying that they are starting to understand the material better and/or my teaching style is congruent to their needs.

This type of spreadsheet is limited to only what your data will allow you to do, thus, the more data you have, the more analyzing you can do.  The graphs are a great way to visually see the trends in the classroom, where as the raw numbers and averages speak for them selves and allow you to get at the heart of the matter.