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Project Goals and Objectives
GOAL 1: Content area teachers and school administrators will demonstrate evidence of acquiring and implementing teaching, learning and leadership practices needed in 21st century learning environments by:
Objective 1.1: Engaging in sustained and intensive professional development facilitated by a full time educational technology integration specialist to assist with the implementation of 21st century instructional/ assessment practices that meet diverse student needs.
Objective 1.2: Using technology as a tool to promote a student-centered school culture and to improve and enhance professional development and leadership skills.
Objective 1.3: Collaborating in the development and implementation of Project-Based Learning (PBL) that includes the integration of technology, 21st century themes and skills and cross content connections in selected sixth- and seventh-grade units in various content areas aligned to the 2009 Core Curriculum Content Standards.
Objective 1.4: Using student data to modify instructional strategies and personalize learning experiences.
Objective 1.5: Using data to evaluate how successfully grant program goals 1 and 2 and related objectives were met.
Objective 1.6: Developing a sustainability plan to ensure the goals of the grant program continue to be achieved and expanded upon for at least two years beyond the grant period to include sixth-, seventh-, and eighth- grade teachers and students.
GOAL 2: Students will demonstrate increased engagement in learning and in using 21st century skills to assist in meeting the 2009 New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards by:
Objective 2.1: Applying information-literacy skills to access, manage, and communicate information using a range of emerging technological tools.
Objective 2.2: Thinking critically and creatively to solve problems, synthesize and create new knowledge, and make informed decisions that affect individuals, the broader community, and the environment.
Objective 2.3: Gaining enhanced understanding of global interdependencies as well as multiple cultural perspectives, differing points of view, and diverse values.
GOAL 3: The School Planning Team will facilitate the creation of 21st century learning environments by:
Objective 3.1: Establishing a technology infrastructure to support 21st century learning that includes the implementation of a high speed wireless mobile computing systems for all sixth and seventh grade teachers, administrators and students.
Buena Regional Middle School is a proud recipient of Teaching And Learning with Essential New Technologies in the 21st Century grant (TALENT21).The purpose of this grant is to prepare our students for life in the 21st century through the integration of technology into our daily instructional practices while lessening the digital divide among our students. Dell net books have been distributed to each 6th grade student for use at both school and home thereby incorporating technology into their everyday learning. This opportunity has also afforded our 6th grade teaching staff extensive professional development in utilization of technology in their classrooms, as well as implementing project base learning strategies. The regular use of whiteboards, document cameras, and online tools have enhanced learning and made our classrooms come alive. In preparing our students for the 21st century, we hope to:
- Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
- Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
- Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes
- Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information
- Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts
- Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments
This initiative will expand to include our new 6th grade students during the 2011 – 2012 school year. Our 6th grade staff will turnkey professional development to the 7th grade staff through common planning time. By 2012 – 2013, all Buena Regional Middle School students will have a net book in their possession to enhance their learning and promote the acquisition of the skills needed for their futures.
We are very proud of the work that has been done thus far and are looking forward to the future successes of our students.
Announcements  A Vision of K-12 Students Todayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8&tracker=False
Follow this link to gain an understanding of our students of the twenty first century. WEB TREKKER!!!Files that you have saved to "My Documents" can now be accessed from home so long as you have Internet access. Work can also be submitted to your teachers through the Inbox. A Web Trekker File Browsing icon is now on your desktop. Just click on it and log in!!!
NEWSaving and Submitting Work
Saving Work:
With document open, click on circle icon, top left.
Click on Save As
New box pops open
On left, choose from My Documents
Click on student created subject folder.
Enter file name, then click “Save”.
Submitting Work:
Open “My Documents”
Click on “class folder” to find assignment.
Open “My Documents” again in separate window.
Click on “Class Folder Shortcut”.
Drag assignment from first window to Inbox.
New box opens – Security Warning – Must answer “Yes” to submit work.
Placing work in Portfolios:
From student Sharepoint page, click on Buena chiefs icon.
Scroll down – Log in on bottom left.
Click on “My files” bottom left.
Open Portfolio 2010 – 2011 folder.
Click on “Add File”.
Browse for document.
Double click on document.
Type a title as description.
Click on Upload. ***Tech Requests
Students need to sign up for a "tech request" in room 404. They may stop by anytime between classes. Sign up sheet is on student desk by door. Mr. Wingate will then locate student during lunch or cycle class to address the specific issue. Damaged netbooks need to be reported to Mrs. Walsh in Room 404. A report will be completed, parent will be contacted, and technician will take care of repairs. Tech requests for teachers should be submitted through Sharepoint. Files
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Slideshows
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Links
GardenResources, ideas, lesson plans and webinars can be found on these sites.
Information can be found to help parents guide children as they learn, grow, and have fun in a new media world.
Content lessons and quizzes can be found at these sites.
Resources to assist students at home and in school.
Various websites that may be useful for technology use in the classroom or lesson planning.
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