How+has+the+Classroom+Changed?

**__PD DAY March 2009 How has the Classroom Changed in the Last Two Years? __**
· More hands on – increase in students figuring things out for themselves · Student accountability – make students required to keep information · Addition of performance tasks – more authentic assignments · UBD instead of lesson plans – students have big idea from the beginning and how to achieve it ·  Use of essential questions – as a starting point and to keep unit focused · SmartBoard – Printing lessons for students who are absent, and for students who get lost to go back and check where they may have gotten lost · Greater creativity and flexibility in schoolwork · Improved classroom management skills as far as discussion and calling out “niche”

· Room is organized away from lecture to collaborative group learning · Students are not all doing the same thing at the same time. Students learn/discover on multiple levels. · Utilizing technology; laptops daily; homework assignments linked online (some students have the upper hand in utilizing technology) · Science by inquiry and discovery – students are problem solving, thinking critically, and performing investigations before teacher discusses the content. UbD format in the classroom (giving rubrics prior to projects/activities) · Students can become experts and help teach others because of the discovery setting in the classroom · Unit planning is more common than daily lesson plans (with focus on big ideas, enduring understandings, essential questions to drive the objectives) <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Learning is more meaningful to students

<span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Virtual labs – reinforces concepts, review, alternatives to hands on learning Many online activities Logger Pro – Probes to collect data and collate so students can see a wide range of information from all students Online textbooks that are interactive give student feedback
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">More technology
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Peer tutoring – students who understand help others who are unclear
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">More student driven- students learning has always been a priority but it is increasing
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">More rubics – helps students evaluate themselves and understand their grade
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">More student projects- powerpoints that reinforce basic concepts
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Movement from blackboard <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msohansifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msochartype: symbol; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">à wipeboard <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msohansifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msochartype: symbol; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">à overhead <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msohansifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msochartype: symbol; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">à smartboard <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msohansifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msochartype: symbol; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">à multimedia projector <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msohansifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msochartype: symbol; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">à what next everything has changed
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Less teacher directed
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">More frustration for teachers due to all of the changes and still just 24 hours in a day

<span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">**//How our teaching has changed…//**


 * //TECHNOLOGY//**
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Probes (more sophisticated data collection, real-world)
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">SMARTBoard (efficiency, organization, clarity)
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Email (increase communication, assignment submission, accountability)
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Video and Digital imaging
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Senteo (assessment)
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Engaging, motivating, provides opportunities
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Web 2.0 (promotes meta-cognition/synthesis)

<span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">**//INSTRUCTION//**
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Challenging students
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Using rubrics
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Project-based learning
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Authentic performance tasks
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Purpose-driven planning of instruction
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Differentiating (more possibilities for students, addressing the learners and not content)
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000aff; font-family: Georgia, serif;">More active and facilitated learning instead of passive and controlled