Standards+Aligned+System+for+Higher+Education+Institute

//How can I implement technology to provide students with the opportunity to create new knowledge in order to redefine their own learning while meeting all of the required standards?//
 * Reaching Technology Transformation in the Classroom**
 * Essential Question:**

Level 1: **Substitution**
 * Type a word document
 * Show a PPT

Level 2: **Enhancement**
 * Do a webquest
 * Create an online timeline

Level 3: **Adaptation**
 * Create a podcast
 * Create an iMovie

Level 4: **Immersion**
 * Create a wiki with students from another school and conduct a discussion board on your findings
 * Backchannel during a Skype connection with a professional and then blog about the session. Post links to the blog on Twitter asking for comments.

H.E.A.T.

Intensity Level 6:

 * H - Student learning/questioning at synthesis/evaluation levels
 * E - Students help define the task, the process, and the solution: collaboration extends beyond the classroom
 * A - The learning experience is directly relevant to students and involves creating a product that has a purpose beyond the classroom that directly impacts the students
 * T - Technology use is directly connected and needed for task completion and students determine which application(s) would best address their needs

Taken from: @http://loticonnection.com/HEATframework.html

Connecting to SAS In order to reach **Higher Student Achievement** we must have....


 * Clear Standards **:
 * 8.1.9.A: Compare patterns of continuity and change over time, applying context of events.
 * 8.3.9.C: Analyze how continuity and change have impacted the United States.
 * 8.3.9.D: Interpret how conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations have impacted the growth and development of the U.S.

**Curriculum Framework** :


 * Big Ideas**:
 * War and conflict and its impact on the U.S.
 * The connection between the past and the present


 * Concepts**:
 * Causes of war
 * Battle strategies
 * Weapon development
 * Propaganda
 * Domestic implications
 * Soldier's lives
 * Similarities between wars and lessons learned to apply to current day conflicts


 * Competencies**: (key skills)
 * collaboration
 * problem solving
 * critical thinking
 * creativity and innovation
 * primary and secondary source evaluation
 * time management
 * self-direction

//“How has the historic involvement of the United States in various international conflicts helped to define its current strategy in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?”//
 * Essential Question**:

**Materials and Resources** :

Milestone Documents Our Documents National Archives Chronicling American (LOC)

**Instruction** :

Project-Based Learning Unit that fully integrates Web 2.0 technology

Research, Collaboration, Individual Accountability, Skype session, Veteran Interviews

**Fair Assessments** :


 * Wikispace
 * WallWisher
 * Podcasts
 * XTimeline
 * Discussion Board
 * Online Journal[[file:Maura W.doc]]
 * Soldier reviewed Prezi >
 * iMovie Documentary on Veteran interviews submitted to LOC
 * Final Essay

**Interventions** :


 * Read 180 Program
 * Individual Meetings
 * Academic Prep help period
 * Online, evening support