ADP626Communication+Assignment

Connellsville Area School District **Vision Statement: Dedicated to developing respectful, responsible, and knowledgeable life-long learners.** To create life-long learners we must teach them using the same tools they will be using to learn in life. Therefore, Connellsville Area school District has developed the following staff development focus:

Using Technology to6 Student Engagement and Achievement In the last three years, Connellsville Area School District has invested $1.5 million to upgrade the technology available to teachers for use in the classroom. This staff development will focus on how to use that technology to increase student engagement and achievement. **The goal of this staff development is that through the use of technology, teachers will be able increase student engagement in the lessons, thereby increasing student achievement on standardized assessments.**

Some technologies they will receive training on include: - Interactive Whiteboards - Flip Video Recorders - Global Positioning Systems (GPS) - Document Cameras - Student Response Systems

By the end of the training, faculty will be able to create interactive lessons, use GPS in lesson planning, create lessons using video, incorporate student created videos and much more.

One activity teachers will be trained on is how to create a Lesson Review video that can be uploaded to a web page or wikispace for students to access 24/7.

Lesson Review Videos are:

An excellent way of introducing new topics to students. The video plays in the front of the room while you are watching the students and gauging their reactions to the new information. It is a way to get students excited about what they are going to learn.
 * Extremely beneficial to both visual and auditory learners.

Example:

media type="file" key="ADP626Communication Assignment - Mobile.m4v" width="300" height="300"

If you have any questions, please contact me: bcamp@casdfalcons.org**