Course Syllabus
Liberty Middle School Technology Plan: 2018-2019
Introduction
Liberty Middle School strives to incorporate technology into its curriculum daily. In a 21st century classroom, technology use should be a natural extension of every class assignment. Students and teachers alike should have the latest hardware and software at their fingertips, making learning meaningful and pertinent. For any technology to be successfully implemented and used, professional learning and training must occur. The media staff will offer continued training on the 21st century classroom, which includes the Know Your Band program, Destiny, Conducting Research, Using References, Finding Credible Websites, Using Search Engines Properly and Citing Resources. Initial in-services will be needed, but continued refreshers and updates will also be required. Liberty Middle School students will receive training opportunities, during their two week check-out rotation. These trainings will help the patron become more proficient in using technology to conduct research.
Goals
Liberty Middle School’s technology goal for students is to create a yearlong professional learning program that promotes and models lessons that will assist students in the process of conducting effective research.
Liberty Middle School’s technology goal for students is to increase awareness of readily available, free technology tools and how to embed these tools into research based student projects.
Implementation Plan
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Dates |
Goal |
School Improvement |
Person Responsible |
Resources Needed |
Time/Duration |
Cost |
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August |
KNOW YOUR BAND |
Students will participate in the school-wide KNOW YOUR BAND Lexile Reading Program. This is a year long program that rewards students for Reading and creating higher order thinking artifacts. |
Ryan Cannon Media Specialist |
ActivBoard & Learning Commons Media Lab |
The goal is to get students familiar with their lexile scores, so that they can tailor a reading range goal designed to get them to meet and/or exceed the state standards in reading comprehension. |
Free to the Students |
|
August |
Orientations |
Students will learn policies and procedures pertaining to the rules of the learning commons. |
Ryan Cannon Media Specialist |
ActivBoard, Microsoft Powerpoint, Laptop Station |
The goal is to rotate between all the ELA teams over the course of three weeks. |
Free to the students |
|
September |
Destiny OPAC |
Students will learn how to navigate the Destiny Online Public Access Catalog. |
Ryan Cannon Media Specialist |
ActivBoard & Learning Commons Media Lab |
The goal is to rotate between all the ELA teams over the course of three weeks. |
Free to the students |
|
October |
Credible Websites |
Students will participate in a Quizlet activity, then use the knowledge to conduct searches for credible websites on the internet. |
Ryan Cannon Media Specialist |
ActivBoard & Learning Commons Media Lab, Internet, Quizlet |
The goal is to rotate between all the ELA teams over the course of three weeks. |
Free to the students |
|
November |
References |
Students will learn about library references and how they can be applied to their research based projects, using a Quizlet activity and a game. |
Ryan Cannon Media Specialist |
ActivBoard & Learning Commons Media Lab, Quizlet |
The goal is to rotate between all the ELA teams over the course of three weeks. |
Free to the students |
|
December |
Plagiarism |
Students will learn about Plagiarism using a Quizlet activity and play a game. |
Ryan Cannon Media Specialist |
ActivBoard & Learning Commons Media Lab, Quizlet |
The goal is to rotate between all the ELA teams over the course of three weeks. |
Free to the students |
|
January |
Citing Resources |
Students will learn how to use Microsoft Word, in order to generate a reference page for their research projects. |
Ryan Cannon Media Specialist |
ActivBoard & Learning Commons Media Lab, Microsoft Word |
The goal is to rotate between all the ELA teams over the course of three weeks. |
Free to the students |
|
February |
Media Literacy Terms |
Students will participate in a Quizlet activity on Media Literacy Terminology. |
Ryan Cannon Media Specialist |
ActivBoard & Learning Commons Media Lab, Quizlet |
The goal is to rotate between all the ELA teams over the course of three weeks. |
Free to the students |
|
March |
Technology Terms |
Students will participate in a Quizlet activity on Technology Terminology. |
Ryan Cannon Media Specialist |
ActivBoard & Learning Commons Media Lab, Quizlet |
The goal is to rotate between all the ELA teams over the course of three weeks. |
Free to the students |
Assessment Plan
The media staff will meet in December to review the effectiveness of the first semester in-services. The team will decide if any revisions will need to be made. In March, students will be surveyed to determine the efficacy of the research based learning program.
Names of Submitter: Ryan Cannon, Michelle Garber
Title: Library Media Specialist, Media Clerk
Course Summary:
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