Quest for Quality Exemplary Faculty Practice Empowering Pre-Service Teacher Candidates to Use Instructional Technology to Engage, Assess, and Differentiate Instruction for Diverse Student Populations Submitted by: Leanne L. Howell, PhD Baylor University

Instructional Technology Series Overview January 14Session I: iPad Classroom Management, Digital Citizenship, Flipped via Edmodo January 22Session 2: SAMR, TPACK,ISTE,TEKS An interactive overview of technology standards using NearPod January 29 Session 3: Work Flow Google Drive/ Edmodo February 4 Session 4: Creativity and Innovation Apps iPlayground, Task Cards, Book Creator, Popplet, Pic Collage, DoodleBuddy February 12 Session 5: Assessment (Exit Tickets) Socrative, NearPod, Padlet February 19 Session 6: Assessment Infuse Learning, Blendspace, Kahoot, Google Forms, RubiStar

Instructional Technology Series (cont.) February 26 Session 7: Challenge-Based Learning March 3 Session 8: Research and Information Fluency iWorks, Pages, Keynote March 19 Session 9: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving iWorks, iMovie March 26 Session 10: Assessment and Task Card Activities April 2 Session 11: Seminar Series Wrap-up iTunes U, other resources *All sessions took place in the PDS room at Spring Valley Elementary (Rm. 32) from 9:15-10:15 a.m. during TED *All presenters for each session were from the MISD Instructional Technology Team.

Baylor students learning to integrate instructional technology during weekly seminars. They learned how to use the apps and tools by completing hands-on activities in the PDS room so they could apply the use of the apps and tools in weekly classroom use with their K-4 students.

Baylor students actively learning about instructional technology and how to use it as a tool for instruction in K-4 classrooms settings.

kKin A Baylor student is leading this Kindergarten lesson where students are preparing to share their research with peers.

A Baylor student is leading this group of 2 nd graders in an Independent Study. Students are using differentiated research materials that have been prepared for them by the Baylor student and scanned in by QR Codes.

A Baylor student uses Edmodo to provide her 3 rd grade students feedback about assignments they had submitted.

Quotes from Baylor Students Regarding the Effectiveness of the Technology Series “Whatever you do, don’t take this technology series out of this class. It was one of the most helpful things I’ve been through.” “I didn’t know how much I really didn’t know.” (about instructional technology) “Thanks for making us use technology every week in our teaching. I had to try it, even though I was scared. Now, I feel so much more comfortable picking what I think is best for my objective and using it to engage my students in real learning.”

TEKS and Examples of Instructional Technology Use of Baylor Student with their K-4 Students ELAR K13.A, 13E – write a draft and share writing with others Baylor student used Google Maps to launch lesson about Christopher Columbus ELAR K4.A, 4.B - comprehend a variety of texts drawing on useful strategies as needed Baylor student used Slideshow to launch creating a personal book about student travel ELAR 4.11C – comparisons Fourth grade students used Venn Diagram app to compare/contrast main characters in two expository texts Social Studies 4.21 – organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources 4.3BCD – Research and information fluency Fourth grade students used Book Creator app to create books about organizations they researched ELAR 3.4- understand new vocabulary Students used Pic Collage to create a model for each word to include the word, definition, picture and new sentence. QR Readers were used to open the words that were defined in Pic Collage.

A Graphic Organizer Created on Animals A Graphic Organizer Created by a Second Grader to Organize Knowledge

National Locations From Which our NAPDS Participants Used our QR Codes to Inform Us of Our Outreach

This instructional technology series was added as a component of my course, TED 3620, in the School of Education at Baylor University; however, many professionals were instrumental in delivering the content and assistance needed to ensure excellence. Special thanks to MISD partners Kathleen Minshew, Paula Gardner, Jay Fischer, Susan Fletcher and Brent Merritt for their guidance and support in this project.