Initial draft for Final Keystone Unit Implementation and Evaluation

1. Subject:  ELA with highlight on using digital media makers to create public service announcements. 
2. Grade level: 7^th grade
3. Standards addressed: Common Core ELA or related, and ISTE technology standards

Common Core ELA Standards

L.7.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

L.7.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

L.7.3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening

L.7.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression

ISTE Standards

Creativity and Innovation

Communication and Collaboration

Research and Information

Technology Operations

4. Intended results of the proposed technology integration (identify the professional development interests and needs from your ELA teachers and students, and potential technology to address their needs or interests)

Students will learn how to create a digital medial piece that goes along with their service announcement.  The goal after talking to the ELA teacher is to teach kids to get involved in the community and try to help make a difference in something that matters to them.  Currently the students have blogs with information pertaining to their public service announcement on it.  They’ve been working to create their blogs for 2 weeks now.  Their final assignment in this unit will be to create their public service announcement through a digital media tool.  We discussed letting them pick between the book builder or Windows Live Media Maker or a tool they know and like to use.  We will be teaching them how to create voiceovers and music to go along with their slides.   So far the students seem to like the integrating technology part into the unit.  I am excited to see how they react to the technology used for the video creations. 

5. Support and format of training needed for the effective implementation of the selected technology in their classrooms.

I’m been training my ELA teacher on the tools and programs I learned from this class.  We are using these programs with the students for our unit.  Once myself and the ELA teacher have the program training needed, we will assist the students who are struggling.  They will have the time for some trial and error discovery.  This was a request from the ELA teacher.  He feels the students learn best when they can do trial and errors for themselves instead of us telling them exactly what to do.

6. Requirements (computer lab or classroom computers)

We will be doing this in the classroom with laptops.  We do not have a computer lab for students to go to.  Students who require additional time and stay after school and use the programs or take their projects home to finish.

7. Evaluation plan (what is your plan to make sure that your training meets the goals, needs, and objectives)

We will be evaluating students as we go along in the process.  This is new for both of us so we are still working out the specifics.  Some evaluations will be informal. There will be a rubric for the final video creation.