(1) Record Keeping: Teachers have a professional responsibility to monitor, record and communicate student progress. Many schools and districts have adopted networked grading systems, and some publish grades on secure websites.

Use a your school's grade book program to develop a report for a real or hypothetical class of ten or more students who are assessed on five or more assignments. Submit a printout of your grade book and the detailed report card (progress report) for an individual student. If you do not have access to such a program, you may use Grade keeper or download a sample shareware "gradebook" program.

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(2) Assessment: Teachers must regularly assess student progress. Many textbook publishers make test construction easier by providing test generators, software which allows the teacher to quickly compose tests and keys from question databases. Test generators allow the teacher to input questions, and often provide databases of questions the teacher can select from. *TPE-tip A well-structured exam may be used as an artifact for TPE3, Interpretation and Use of Assessments.

Use a test generator to construct an exam composed of questions you have selected from existing question banks.

Software such as Examview allows teachers to develop tests and post them on the Internet. Take this short physics quiz generated with the Examview, or this geology quiz made with Quizmaker. Include a screen capture of your score (actual score is inconsequential) and discuss the benefits and problems associated with online testing.

I found online testing very useful and I think this method of testing has many benefits. For example, if students are sick he or she can complete the test online and keep up with the class. The only problem I see with online testing is that students can research for answer online instead of just taking the test (without resources “help”). I think I would

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like to use these resources for practice test and review assignments more than actual test. I know online testing is very useful, but I’m afraid many students can find themselves searching for answer online before trying(which is not a bad idea for practice test and review).

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(3) Communication: Students benefit when teachers clearly state their expectations in written form. When these expectations are available on the Internet, all students and parents can benefit, particularly students who have been absent. A variety of commercial resources exist with which teachers can post calendars, homework assignments, and other important documents.

Put your class assignments on the web at your homework, School Notes or similar service. Include a screen capture of your published assignment schedule.

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(4) Presentations: Presentation software provides teachers the opportunity to display text and graphics in a slide show fashion. PowerPoint and Keynote are two of the most popular presentation tools. Teachers and professors make extensive use of presentations, but many are concerned about the potentially negative effects such presentations can have on instruction. *TPE-tip A well developed educational presentation can serve as an artifact for TPE 4, Making Content Accessible, or TPE 10, Instructional Time, if used

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with presenter tools.

After reading the articles on the educational use and abuse of presentation software, summarize how presentations should be constructed and delivered to maximize learning and minimize abuse.

Locate and download one or more PowerPoint presentations relevant to your teaching needs. Include the URL of the location from which you obtained them and summarize the PowerPoint and where in your curriculum you will use it.

Make a PowerPoint presentation to teach a lesson in your subject area, keeping in mind the principles you has outlined above and the guidelines provided (see tutorial). Your presentation should include numerous graphics and be at least 10 slides in length. (a) Provide an electronic copy of your presentation (ppt format) on your website. (b) Embed screen captures of your presentation in the template. Make sure the content is easy to read.

Using iPhoto (Mac), Picasa (Windows), or similar slide viewer software, create a photo library for your discipline. You should include photos you have taken plus ones retrieved from a graphic search engine. Create two or three slide shows from the library. Include a screen shot of the slide sorter window for one of your shows. Create a photo page for your website.

Since I started working on this assignment I decided to figure out different ways to teach parabolas or quadratic formula. I decided to download this quadratic formula power point presentation because each slice is very simple and it goes straight to the point. The first slice gives the formula right away and as you keep going with the presentation each example has step- by -step solution (easy to follow). I don’t know if I would use the presentation by itself only, but I would like to use it as I explain example on the board. I think this presentation would give students visuals and it would help the students understand the quadratic formula. http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/nq/images/thequadraticformula_tcm4-123401.ppt.

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Homer Simpson and parabolas power point presentation

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Teaching ParabolasUsing Homer Simpson images to describe parabolas

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(5) Other resources: Complete three of the following, using content related to your curriculum whenever possible.

Use Timeliner to create a timeline relevant to the curriculum you teach. Develop an educational digital video. Construct a professional resume using Word. Develop a concept map with graphics and text. Create a crossword puzzle or other puzzle relevant to your class. Create and conduct an on-line survey form for one of your classes. (a) Find the lowest cost of a specific piece of equipment (projector, compute digital camera, etc.) for your classroom, (b) identify the next national conference

for your discipline, AND (c) determine the best airfare to attend the conference.

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(6) DVD: Develop a lesson using a computer-based DVD-player that includes bookmarks and video clips to access specific scenes.

Identify the DVD and explain why you chose this for a lesson.

Include a screen capture showing your catalog of bookmarks and video clips.

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Describe how the scan fast, scan slow, step, mute, bookmark, video clip, and screen size features can be used to enhance your lesson.

I start the lesson by explaining the behavior of parabolas and how their graphs look like. I would describe the equation and how the equations represent a positive parabola. Finally, I would show the video clips to illustrate and show real life applications.

I choice to use Ronaldinho’s DVD (soccer player) to teach parabolas because I know how much my students like soccer. I think this dvd offers perfect examples of parabolas as the soccer ball travels in the air. I used clips from Ronaldinho’s free kick scoring (show a beautiful goal and beautiful parabola trajectory). I think many of my students love soccer (I could use any other sport such basketball, football and others) and by showing them these clips I will get their attention and they would remember what a positive quadratic equation looks like. I think students will never forget the goals and how it could be relate to mathematics. Students will be able to illustrate and described parabolas.

I think having the control options is a great enhance because I can pick specific times, video clips, and I can add bookmark. I can’t image myself trying to teach using this DVD without the control options. I don’t think I would ever think about using the DVD because I would be afraid of wasting time, but now I can use as many video clips as I like (if I think it would benefic students comprehension) to enhance my lesson(s).

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