School Type: Public	School Setting: Suburban
Level: Elementary	School Design: Traditional
Content Presented By:
NEIRTEC, Northeast & Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium
The Education Alliance at Brown University

Summary

The practice: Standards
All technology-enhanced activities should be deliberately and consciously aligned with local, state, and national standards.

• Fourth grade class in suburban New Hampshire
• Teacher and media specialist adapt science unit on plants and animals to integrate technology and research skills
• New unit aligns with state frameworks and district science and research proficiencies

Concerned that his science unit on plants and animals was not capturing his students' interest, fourth grade teacher Chris Rose thought technology integration might help him to create a more engaging unit that still met district and state standards. Partnering with media specialist Arlene Brown, Rose adapted his unit so that it covered research practices as well as science content and used technology to improve student learning. Rose and Brown identified a list of skills they wanted their students to master and fine-tuned this list after consulting the New Hampshire frameworks and their district's science and research proficiencies. The end result was a new unit full of exciting, technology-enhanced activities aligned with both local and state standards.

Click here to download a PDF version of Brown and Rose's new unit.

• Assessment
  Each learning activity should be accompanied with well-defined indicators of success.  

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