Laptops in the Classroom for Middle Level Education

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Laptops in the Classroom for Middle Level
Education

• Freedom to Learn Grant
• Presenters Shannon B. Rush, Rose Wilkins, Steve
  Craighead
• Bendle Middle School
• 2004-2005

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FTL Survey Results for BMS Teachers

• 100 of Surveyed Teachers Reported Using Laptops
  on a Weekly Basis!
• Commonly used computer applications at the middle
  level are
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Internet Research/Activities
• Inspiration
• Discourse
• Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

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FTL Survey Results for BMS Teachers
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FTL Teacher Survey Results

• Teachers on average spend about
• 15 LESS time lecturing
• 10 MORE time facilitating class group
  instruction
• 10 MORE time helping students one on one
• 5 LESS time on classroom management issues

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• How are teachers and students using technology in
  the classroom?

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Samples of Middle Level Assessments Using the
Laptops - Math

• Researched Real World Examples for Integers
• - pH levels in swimming pools
• - Richters scale for measuring earthquakes
• Used Microsoft Excel to Graph a Set of Data
• Used Websites that have Practice Problems
• Used Prentice Hall Website as a review took
  practice quizzes/test before formal assessment

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Samples of Middle Level Assessments Using the
Laptops Language Arts

• Created autobiography and turned it into a tall
  tale using Microsoft Word
• Virtual Tours (Underground Railroad)
• Pre-Chicago Trip Prior Knowledge Building
• Audio Clips of Famous People (Ex Helen Keller,
  JFK)
• Primary Source Search (Front Page of New York
  Times)

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Samples of Middle Level Assessments Using the
Laptops Social Studies

• PowerPoint Presentations Country/Culture
  Projects, Core Democratic Values, Jigsaw Reading
  Selections
• Discourse Review, Formal Assessments
• Wrote Research Papers
• Used Digital Curriculum Movies
• Used CPS to Assess Understanding

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Samples of Middle Level Assessments Using the
Laptops - Science

• Online Tests/Quizzes using Discourse
• PowerPoint Presentations on a Planetary Object
• Used Excel to Create Data Tables and Charts
• Used Publisher to Create Pretend Biome Party
  Invitations
• Internet Scavenger Hunts
• Researched the Functions of the GSGS and
  View/Interpret Topographic Maps

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Inspiration Demo and Samples
Rose Wilkins 8th Grade Social Studies
Teacher Bendle Middle School
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Discourse Demo
Shannon Rush 6th Grade Social Studies/Science
Teacher Bendle Middle School
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PowerPoint Samples
Steve Craighead 8th Grade Science Teacher Bendle
Middle School
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Quotes and Pictures

• Bendle Middle School
• 2004 2005
• Students Using Laptops in the Classroom

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I think the laptops are a fast and easy way to
learn things. We can learn things quicker so now
we can learn more. - Brandon
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I think the laptops help us learn more about the
world. -Gracie
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I like the laptops because I can type faster than
I can write. I like the laptops because they can
help me on definitions for spelling. - Brandon
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Laptops make us more responsible. I like having
the privilege to use the laptops. -Katie
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I think the laptops help me get used to using a
computer for the future. - Jessica
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Thank you administrators, parents, and the Bendle
Board of Education for providing all of us this
wonderful opportunity.