Tiers of Technology Integration into the Classroom Indicators

Tier 1: Teacher Focus on

Productivity
Tier 2: Instructional Presentation
and Student Productivity
Tier 3: Powerful Student-Centered 21st Century
earning !nvironment
This tier focuses on the teacher using
technology to get their job done.
This tier involves teacher facilitation of large group
learning activities and student productivity use of
technology.
This tier promotes students to be actively engaged in using
technology in individual and collaborative learning
activities.
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Indicators
Teachers:
Locate standards using electronic
tools to align lessons (e.g., use the
online Grade-Level Resources site
and locate EALRs/GLEs on OSPI
wesite!
Find instructional resources on the
Internet (e.g., "ind lesson resources
at #arco Polo, district, or state
wesites!
Produce, store, and retrieve learning
materials electronically (e.g., create
lesson $lans in %ord and store the&
on "ile server, create and $rint
handouts "or students that can e
saved and &odi"ied in "uture 'ears!
eep!organi"e student information,
grades more effectively (e.g., use
electronic gradeoo(, e)tract
achieve&ent data "ro& student
in"or&ation s'ste&, gra$h student
$rogress using E)cel!
#ommunicate information to parents
and students via $eb or e%mail (e.g.,
$ost u$co&ing events or
assign&ents on school we$age!
#ommunicate &uic'ly $ith e%mail
(e.g., res$ond to e-&ail "ro&
$arents, learn aout school
&eetings and events via internal e-
&ail!
Teachers:
#onduct one%computer classroom lessons (e.g.,
use so"tware such as *ecisions, *ecisions and
+i&eliner ' +o& Sn'der, lead virtual "ield tri$s to
&useu&s using ,--. /etwor(!
(eliver presentations $ith graphics and sound
(e.g., teachers use so"tware such as PowerPoint,
,e'note, or audio $roduction so"tware!
Lead students in brainstorming and sharing ideas
(e.g., teachers use word $rocessing $rogra&s or
so"tware such as Ins$iration, use Intel 0isual
Ran(ing wesite!
)epresent information visually (e.g., teachers
create gra$hs in E)cel or with a gra$hing
calculator to visuall' re$resent che&ical
interactions!
Facilitate group discussions and lessons (e.g.,
teachers use interactive whiteoards, L1*
$ro2ectors, student res$onse s'ste&s!
*ave students $rite papers and reports on
assigned topics using computers or +smart
'eyboards, such as -lpha.marts (e.g., re3uire
that all student $a$ers &ust e word-$rocessed!
#reate scaffolding for student projects (e.g.,
teachers $rovide students with writing $ro&$ts or
$ro2ect te&$lates!
Facilitate students using technology for
assessment (e.g., teachers use online 3ui44es or
diagnostic tools, gra$h and anal'4e $rogress with
class using E)cel!
Interactively communicate $ith parents and
students (e.g., teachers initiate and res$ond to e-
&ail, conduct on-line surve's, interact through
wesite!
Teachers enable students to:
#reate and use online resources to facilitate in&uiry
(e.g., students create and use online resources such as
%e5uests!
/ngage in in&uiry%based projects driven by essential
&uestions (e.g., students create &a2or research $ro2ects
such as 6ig 7 essential 3uestion $ro2ects!
(irect their o$n use of technology (e.g., students sta'
current with new in"or&ation through tools such as RSS
"eeds!
)esearch, analy"e data and problem%solve in a global
conte0t (e.g., student engage in $ro2ects such as
+hin(5uest with classroo&s in other states or countries!
/ngage in individual or collaborative project%based
learning (e.g., students engage in real-world $ro2ects
and $role&-solving using e&ail or wesites!
1se modeling and simulations (e.g., students conduct
si&ulations using online resources!
2rite, develop and publish individual and collaborative
products (e.g., students $ulish $ro2ects online to e
reviewed ' $arents or $eers!
Invent products through programming or production
(e.g., students $roduce how-to videos or &ovies to
share with others!
#reate scaffolding for their o$n projects (e.g., students
create writing $ro&$ts or $ro2ect te&$lates!
-re involved $ith their parents and teachers in the
analysis of student data and meeting standards, or
participate in developing their o$n learning plans (e.g.,
students use classroo&-ased assess&ents and assess
their own wor(!
Initiate communication $ith parents, teachers,
community members, or other students (e.g., students
dis$la' sel"-directed co&&unication through tools such
as welogs!