Planning+for+Technology+Integration

**Grade Level:** 11th
 * State Performance Indicator:** 8.7 Explore how World War II impacted everyday American life.
 * Subject: ** American History


 * Description: ** The students will in groups of 4 on one of five computers provided. The students will take turns finding things such as articles and photos that are uncopyrighted for the topic. They can also include video clips as well that are uncopyrighted. They will put together a powerpoint presentation of how normal American life was impacted during World War II. The presentation must be at least five minutes long and will presented to the class. The teacher will grade the groups on quality, presentation, and creativeness.


 * Before class preparation: ** The teacher will go into the computer labs and check to make sure the 5 computers work. After turning them on make sure that they all have internet connection. Making sure they have connection see if they can connect to sites containing uncopyrighted material. If there are any students with disabilities in the class make sure the proper adjustments have been made to help ensure they are capable of doing the project.
 * During Instruction: ** The teacher will walk around and monitor the students progress. They will make sure that the groups are staying on task. Also checking to see that each student in the group is providing some type of input. Also there should be backup computers in the room in case a problem does arise on one of the ones that a group is working on.
 * Backup Plan: ** The teacher is responsible with coming up with an alternate assignment in case a problem does arise. If the computers are not working properly the teacher will provide articles for the students to look at and gather some information from that.

 **State Performance Indicator:** 8.7 Explore how World War II impacted everyday American life. ** Description:  **  The students will be placed individually at desks with a computer for each person. They will be given the task of putting together a time line of events that impacted everyday American life during World War II. The students will be asked to use the web 2.0 website called timeglider.com. We will use the next two class periods to find articles and important dates that can be used in creating their timelines. The third class period they will gather all of the information together and make their timeline. Timelines will be graded by the information, quality, and effort used in creating them. They will then save their projects onto a CD to be turned in and graded.
 * Activity 2 **
 * Grade level- ** 11th
 * Subject- **  American History
 * Materials: **  Computers for each student, CD, internet connection
 * Before Class Preparation: **  The teacher must be responsible in making sure every student in the class has a computer. The teacher must also go through and make sure that all of the computers work and that they have internet access. Also make sure they are able to access timeglider.com. Once the students arrive there for the project, the teacher will monitor how students are doing and making sure they are making progress on their projects by finding articles.
 * Back-up Plan: **  If the computers are down the teacher will provide the students in the class with poster board and magazines so the students can cut out the things they need to make a time line of their own on paper.