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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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A Sample Progress Report
(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.
• Use a test generator to construct an exam composed of questions you have selected from existing question banks.
• 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.
• Here is a Plate Tectonics Test originally generated from Examview.
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• Online quizzes are a quick way to assess students. Students will also be able to
see their score immediately along with the questions that they got wrong. However you cannot regulate the resources that students can use. Since the test is taken online, they can use the internet for a source for their answers.
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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 resources exist with which teachers can post calendars, homework assignments, and other important documents.
• Put your class assignments on the web at Yourhomework , SchoolNotes or similar service. Include a screen capture of your published assignment schedule.
(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 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). Provide an electronic copy of your presentation as well as a 3-slide or 6-slide per page summary in the portfolio.
• Using iPhoto (Mac), Picasa (Windows), or similar slide viewer software, create a photo library for your discipline. Create two or three slide shows from the library. Include a screen shot of the slide sorter window for one of your shows.
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When teachers use powerpoint, many teachers have a tendency to use powerpoint to passively teach the class. Teachers need to avoid using powerpoint with extensive amounts of words and copying from textbooks or paper sources. Just how the use of extended videos in the classroom can bore students and not be effective in the learning process for students, the same idea with powerpoint. Teachers should use powerpoint to better illustrate educational concepts and not a crutch for the teacher to just sit. At my school our sixth grade project is on the topic nutrition. We have been reading nutrition labels and food advertisements. I showed my students the obesity trends in America and it was a visual way for them to see the importance of nutrition education. The powerpoint definetly had a powerful impact and my students will be using the powerpoint slides when they develop their own presentation on nutrition for nearby elementary schools. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/maps/
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I used this iPhoto slide show as a contest for them to differentiate between prey and predator.
(5) Other resources: Complete three of the following, using content related to your curriculum whenever possible.
• 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. • Find the lowest cost of a specific piece of equipment (projector, computer, digital camera, etc.) for
your classroom, or the best airfare to attend a professional conference. Professional Resume
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