Context:  Where, when, and with whom you made it.                                     This unit was created for CI 3750, Integrating Media and Technology into Teaching, Spring 2007.  It was created under the advisement of Dr. Jeff Goodman.  

The technology unit was designed to teach students how to use different aspects of Microsoft Word.  It covers technology, math (sequencing), and writing.               

Impact:  How it will help me teach, specifically impact on students.                  This unit includes a variety of instructional strategies so that students would learn:  The students will be asked to highlight, cut, and paste pictures in their document.  They will also benefit by: 

• practice sequencing

• reinforce the elements of the story

• develop writing skills

• practice copying and pasting images from a web page into a word processing document

• practice word processing skills

  Alignment:  What teacher standards it helps me meet.                                   This unit met the following North Carolina Standards for Elementary School Teachers:

  Standard 1:  Elementary teachers have a broad knowledge and understanding of the major concepts in English Language Arts and Literacy

  • Indicator 5:  Teachers know and understand that reading is taught as a process of constructing meaning through the interaction of the reader's existing knowledge, the information suggested by the written language, and the context of the reading situation.

  • Indicator 8:  Teachers know and understand written and oral composition processes.  They understand:

  1. The written language as a symbolic system.

  2. The phonemic, morphemic, semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic systems of language and their relation to the reading and writing process.

  3. The importance of teaching grammar and usage in context. 

  Standard 7:  Elementary teachers use developmentally appropriate strategies to design and deliver instruction in all areas of the elementary curriculum.

  • Indicator 2:  Teachers understand and use an interdisciplinary approach to teaching by connecting and integrating language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, healthful living, and arts concepts and processes, with appropriate technologies to enhance their teaching.

  • Indicator 4:  Teachers implement a variety of teaching and communication strategies for instruction.

  Standard 8:  Teachers design instructional programs and strategies that build on students' experiences and existing language skills to help students become competent, effective users of language.

  • Indicator 3:  Teachers guide and encourage students to think critically about what they write and read.

  Rubric NETS-T Standard IV-C:  I met this standard by creating a rubric for the story pictures assignment

  NETS-T Standard II-A:  I met this standard by giving additional instructions in case this is used for younger students.                                      

  NETS-T Standard IV-A.:  I met this standard by having the students e-mail their finished products to me.

  NETS-T Standard VI-D.:  I met this standard by allowing time for students to stretch and move around during the assignment.                    

  NETS-T Standard VI-D: I met this standard by providing each group of students with a digital camera and computer to complete the activity.