Prepare your students

for tomorrow.
Tools for Engaging
All Learners in the
Classroom
Using Microsoft Education Application Solutions
What Teachers Have Said About the Class
Engagement Tools for the Classroom
This course included an incredible amount of pertinent and useful technology
integration material. The environment was collaborative and the set-up was very
effective. The technology worked when we needed it to and support was excellent.
Love having a course in the New England area!
Cathy Brophy, Technology Integrator
SAU56, NH

Grant was an amazing and knowledgeable instructor. He was there to guide, teach,
and achieve with us. I believe this is the BEST educational workshop I have attended
and hope Microsoft creates more. . .
Jennifer Barreto, Technology Educator
Saint Charles School, Woburn, MA
Setting the Stage
In a true collegial and collaborative workshop learn
instructional strategies that improve student
achievement using Microsoft products.
Motivate learners both inside and outside the classroom;
Engage students in higher levels of thinking through real
world problem solving;
Assess learning through formative, summative, and self-
assessment tools.



Engagement Tools for the Classroom
Project Learning at its Best
Secretary of State:
International Business
Summit
Using the nationally recognized
social studies standards, each
student takes an active role in
their learning by designing a
campaign to promote the
business opportunities of their
state. Each student assumes the
role of an individual states
business ambassador the
Secretary of State.
Race to the Planets
Students ask questions that help
them understand the enormity of
our Solar System. The essential
question, How long would it take
to run to each of the planets?
provides the foundation for
inquiry that elevates each
students science literacy.
Cross-curricular Units
International Business
Summit
Math
Reading and writing
Social studies
Maps
Data collection
Data synthesis and
evaluation
Art
Science (and more!)
Race to the Planets
Astronomy
Math
Reading and writing
Physical education
Data collection
Data synthesis and
evaluation
Art
Music (and more!)
Lean to seamlessly integrate new tools and new methods so that the
technology is transparent and integral to teaching the core curriculum and
beyond.
Communicate Think Apply Skills
In Each Class

Participants learn by
doing
Curricular relevant
activities
Leaders model
instructional strategies
Time for reflection and
collaboration
Continuous coaching
Discuss How Project Planning Works
Five Dynamic Principles
Design Principle #5
Manage the Process
Design Principle #1
Begin with the End in
Mind
Design Principle #4
Map the Process
Design Principle #3
Plan the Assessments
Design Principle #2
Develop the Driving
Question
Reach todays students with authentic, cross-curricular units built on rich ideas.
Motivate students to do their best plus a little bit more.
Participants Create Organize Share
Windows
MS Word Office 2007
MS Excel Office 2007
MS PowerPoint Office
2007
Microsoft Math
Movie Maker
Sound Recorder
Zune
Windows Live ID
Live Office Spaces
Live Mesh
SkyDrive
Photosynth
Zune
Bing Maps
WorldWide Telescope


Participants use both PC and Web based applications
with the active learning units:
Secretary of State and Race to the Planets.
Each course book provides participant and sample files aligned with the
course content. The files allow student practice and creation to maximize
instructional time.
Engagement Tools for the Classroom
Course Structure
Course Structure
Hands-on activities align with standards.
Activities built around a seamless integration of technology within each unit.
Included are Test Your Knowledge, and Curriculum Connections sections.

Engagement Tools for the Classroom
Project 1: An International Business Summit
North Carolinas Secretary of States mission statement reads:

Mission Statement: To serve and protect citizens, the business community and
governmental agencies by facilitating business activities, by providing accurate and timely
information and by preserving documents and records.

Welcome to the International Business
Summit. As the Conference convenes,
students collaboratively embark on a
technology-rich, project-based inquiry
incorporating multiple disciplines to
motivate and challenge their thinking.
Each student becomes a states
Secretary of State.


Connect to Standards
National Council for the Social Studies
Coaching Skill Development
Students grow their intellectual and
social skills through the thinking
processes of:
Classifying
Interpreting
Analyzing
Summarizing
Synthesizing
Evaluating
Creating




Three Strands of Essential Skills
Three strands of essential skills:
Acquiring information
Organizing and using information
Developing interpersonal
relationships and social
participation
Participants use the following tools in the Secretary of
State unit:
Windows Vista
MS Office 2007 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Zune
Movie Maker
Sound Recorder
International Business Summit
What Does the Student Do?
After completing the project rubric, each student presents their
research in a face-to-face, kiosk setting. Students engage the
Conference attendees about the attributes of their state. Along
with this dialogue, each kiosk includes:
A foam board display
Short PowerPoint for small group viewing
Video and audio to use with Microsoft Zune
Dialogue with Conference attendees about the attributes of
their state
Acting a their states ambassador, the Secretary of State, students
persuade the Conference attendees (parents, local business
people) to begin a business in their state.

Engagement Tools for the Classroom
Project 2: Race to the Planets
Use WorldWide Telescope and MS Excel Office 2007 to
understand the great dimensions in space.
Practice using Microsoft
Excel and WorldWide
Telescope
Build a planet
racecourse
Collect the data
Use Excel to answer
questions
Visit the planets
Build a slide show of
your teams race
Live Mesh
Learn to collaborate in the digital world using Live Mesh to synchronize your
devices. When using files in Live Mesh folders the data is updated
automatically to all devices that have been added to the Live Mesh network.
Live Mesh puts YOU at the center of your digital world!
What Teachers and Students Use
Application Student Use
MS Word Office 2007 The writing process, graphics, communication
MS Excel Office 2007 Data inquiry, collection, analysis, evaluation, charts
MS PowerPoint Office 2007 Presentation, graphics, communication, video, audio
Microsoft Math Arithmetic and mathematics assistance
Zune Video /audio study guides, lessons, and presentations
Photosynth Simulate 3-D images from photos
Movie Maker Create video and audio from photo and videos
Sound Recorder Create audio recordings to use in presentations
WorldWide Telescope Investigate the Universe with a virtual telescope
Bing Earth Create virtual tours of the world
Tying It All Together
As an educator, you increasingly work with students of diverse
backgrounds, cultures, native languages, and ability levels. Project-
based learning provides a greater range of learning opportunities to
your students. Working on a project with others motivates learners by
allowing them to work with content in the context of real-world
situations (Katz & Chard, 1989). Additionally, twenty years of research
has shown the motivation has a positive impact on achievement
(Brewster & Fager, 2000).
Benefits of Academic Coaching
Project Based Learning
Prepares children for the workplace;
Increases motivation;
Frequent, deliberate practice in thinking (Roberts & Billings,
2008);
Increases communication and social skills;
Practice presenting to an invested audience;
Increases problem solving skills;
Provides a practical, real world way to learn and use
technology. (Northwest Regional Educational Library, 2002)
Final Words About
Engagement Tools for the Classroom
Julie Maher, a participant in the Summer
Workshop, says,
This course was the best course Ive taken for
computer technology integration EVER!! Grant
(the instructor) modeled the teaching he
expected us to bring back to our teachers, gave
us time to produce a product, and then asked
for our reflection on how we would integrate
the material into our own schools.