What criterion 10.14 says:

CRITERION 10.14

 Uses computers and other technology for individual, small group, and large group learning  activities.

What this criterion seems to mean:

 The teacher can use a computer to design instruction and integrate technology for various size groups of students. 

What a teacher does when demonstrating this knowledge or skill:

Teachers who meet this criterion will give students multiple opportunities to use technology in multiple formats.

• Individual~ The teacher demonstrates and models using multiple technologies in various learning activities. Teacher will also give students opportunities to integrate technology as an instructional tool for one-on-one application to enhance learning. The students may use the computer as a word processor, spreadsheet application, research information on databases, the internet resources or create a presentation.

•  Small Group~ Teacher will give students appropriate opportunities integrate technology as an instructional tool for applications in a small group setting to enhance learning. The students could use presentational software to present a small group project, application software to summarize findings or prepare publications in publishing software.

• Large Group~ Teacher will give students appropriate opportunities integrate technology as an instructional tool for applications in a large group setting to enhance learning. The teacher and students could use a  projection device to give multimedia presentations and demonstrate computer applications.

Ways this criterion might be assessed:

Possible teacher assessment tools or methods could include:

•  The teacher may complete a technology competency assessment tool such as Profiler to determine level for self assessment purposes or as a tool for an administrator to assess technology proficiency.

• The teacher would show evidence in instructional units and daily lesson plans with technology integration identifying when and what setting the standard is present in the instruction.

• The teacher would show evidence of student work that integrated technology in diverse settings.

•  The teacher demonstrates and models using multiple technologies in various learning activities in observation and documentation in lesson plans .

What are some resources  teachers might use to help gain competency in this area?

To improve your skills on this criterion, consider the following sites and online resources:

There are many resources on the Internet to assist teachers in gaining competency on Standard 10.14. Many computer applications are versatile allowing teachers to use the same application in multiple settings for multiple purposes. The key when deciding whether the technology application is better suited for individual, small or large group setting is deciding what the objective of the instruction is and not adapting the instruction to fit the technology but find technology appropriate to  enhance the learning.   

Individual 

Resources for individual learning activities would include using the internet to teach an instructional unit like in a  Web Quest where students search the internet in inquiry-oriented activity. You can find an explanation of Web Quests and find examples at http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/about_webquests.html

 Students can also use the internet for instructional courses, designed to reproduce or complement a full middle- and high-school curriculum as in the on-line units provided from the Kentucky Migrant Technology Project (KMTP.) http://www.migrant.org/courses/index.cfm This site also has a full Spanish translation version too for ESL students. http://www.migrant.org/esl/index.cfm

Small Group 

Good resources to start from for small group learning activities are programs that are not too complex to use and might be less intimidating to the students when given as a group assignment. Presentational software like PowerPoint is a good application that can be hard for all students to grasp immediately. A  wonderful How To tutorial for PowerPoint has been posted on the internet on a website by Georgetown College professor Dr William Rafaill. It takes the user step by step through the process and is very user friendly.

http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/wsr/csc120/preso97.htm

Web Pages are also very good teaching tools but can be difficult for first-time users. A great Web Quest on how to create a school web page can be found at

http://www.learningspace.org/content/default.html

Another useful web tutorial on how to use FrontPage, Microsoft's web page creation software, can be found at

http://www.learningspace.org/tech/FrontPage/index.htm

Large Group

Good resources for appropriate large group appropriate technology is applications that are better suited for larger viewings. The best devices to project computer displays are video projectors and Smart Boards. 

This resource is geared " to setting up the Meadows Lecture Theatre for an A/V presentation. Many of these steps however are generic to the setting up of similar facilities in other lecture theatres." But has a lot of helpful information to help teachers see the possibilities of this technology and how to go about applying them.

http://www.malts.ed.ac.uk/resources/tutorials/tutorials_guide.html

This resource for teachers was created by students in Dave Forman's EDU 556: Integrating Technology and Teacher Standard 10 class at Georgetown College. (May 2001)