greene county middle school technology resources
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This is a powerpoint about the technology resources we use here at Greene County Middle School!TRANSCRIPT
Instructional Technology at GCMS
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OnLine Programs
ClassScape in an online classroom assessment system that facilitates learning by focusing on curricular
objectives. ClassScape enables teachers to monitor student performance on North
Carolina Standard Course of Study academic indicators. Teachers can build
custom assessments or use tests prepared by ClassScape.
Our main use for this is for STAR
Testing. In the fall and spring we Star Test our
students to give us a starting
place to know your child as a
reader.
Renaissance Place
Destiny/Media Center
eChalk
NetTrekkerStudents can access it from the student hompage.
This is an educational search engine that enables students and teachers to search safe,
relevant resources in an engaging way. NetTrekker has a wealth of resources for teachers, offers a read-aloud feature for
students who need modifications, and an ELL component. It also contains a teacher
information resource section with unlimited information teachers need to be successful in
the 21st century classroom.
United StreamingStudents and teachers access this resource via the homepage. Teachers can use this as a resource for
streaming educational videos online to help introduce lessons or offer a more indept explaination
of certain topics. The Assignment Builder is a versatile resource that helps teachers build online
activities and web-based projects that are stored on the Discovery Education streaming servers.
Teachers can use this as a tool to create student assignments that integrate a variety of digital
assignments through the Student Center. They can even assign quizzes to students.
BrainPopBrainPOP is a familiar resouce for students. It is an ideal tool used to introduce lessons or topics
to illustrate detailed subject matter, or reviewing before a test. A search can be
conducted to find videos that correlate with state standards. It is a 21st centruy learning
tool for students and teachers!
Classworks
Classworks is a new resouce to GCMS this year. Currently, some students in 6th and 7th grades are using it. Teachers use it to reinforce certain skills
with their class as a whole, or they can assign individual units as a review. For some students,
Individualized Learning Paths are created for them based on test scores from ClassScape. It is
animated and fun for students to do, it is on their individual level and focuses on the speific skills
they need the most help with.