Course Objectives:

• The participant will create a Kidspiration student prototype in order to demonstrate the ability to use technology in the teaching/learning process.
• The participant will create a scoring tool in order to assess both content and technology instruction.
• The participant will create a Kidspiration activity and accompanying scoring tool in order to demonstrate the ability to support the teaching/learning process.
• The participant will complete the inservice course template in order to demonstrate the ability to use technology in the teaching/learning process.
• The participant will share their completed Kidspiration Inservice Activity Template in order to demonstrate the ability to use technology in the teaching/learning process.

Resources:

Session 1

• Technology Skills Assessment for Kidspiration
• Fundamentals Skills Checklist
• Educational Technology Learning Goals and Indicators, PreK-12
• Maryland Teacher Technology Standards
• BCPS Technology Skills Continuum
• Kidspiration Scoring Tool for Session 1

Session 2

• Thinking About Poetry Scoring Tool
• Scoring Tools to Assess Student Technology Indicators

Session 3

• Kidspiration 1.0 Tutorial
• Kidspiration 2.0 Tutorial
• Kidspiration Scoring Tool for Session 3

Session 4

• Inservice Course Activity Template (Word file)
• Inservice Course Activity Template (Inspiration 6.0 file)
• Inservice Course Activity Template (Inspiration 7.0 file)

Session 5

• Technology Skills Assessment for Kidspiration

View a complete listing of all technology integration inservice courses and register online at: https://www.bcps.org/apps/registration/.

Professional development for technology literacy and technology integration is provided by the Office of Instructional Technology, Baltimore County Public Schools.

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