Delmar+iPods+in+the+Classroom

Welcome to the Delmar Podcasting/iPods in the Classroom Wikispace! (particularly those working with students with special needs) ||  * 80% or more of the cohort member will show an increase in LoTi scores
 * Awarded to: || Delmar School District ||
 * Contact: || Shannon Loretto ||
 * Contact E-mail: || sloretto@delmar.k12.de.us ||
 * Contact Phone: || 302-846-9544 ext 154 ||
 * Project Name: || Podcasting/iPods in the Classroom ||
 * Dollar Amount: || $15,053.80 ||
 * Project Description: || Through our proposed professional development, we hope to increase students understand of content area information, improve reading comprehension across all subjects by providing previewing opportunities and individualized tools for instruction, engage students with mobile tools for authentic learning tasks, and create classroom environments which foster more 21st Century skills. Research has shown that students in LoTi Project Schools have made significant improvement on statewide standardized tests ([]). By implementing our professional development and podcasting initiative under a LoTi model, we hope to see improvement in both LoTi scores but more importantly in instruction and student achievement. ||
 * Number of Teacher/Administrator Participants: || Sixteen middle and high school teachers at Delmar Middle and Senior High School
 * Project Goals and Objectives: ||  **__Goals __**


 * 60% or more of the students in participating classes will show greater growth from Fall to Spring MAP data than their non-participating peers

 **__Objectives __**  Teachers will

 Students in participating classes will
 * Attend a workshop on podcasting and iPods in the classroom provided by Apple Education
 * Attend a training session with instructional technology assistant to reviewLoTi levels, learn how to use LoTi Observer, and set an LoTi improvement goal for next spring
 * Create one podcast for an inclusion class to preview and review a lesson or unit
 * Create one lesson with students using iPods in the classroom to promote literacy skills
 * Complete a peer-observation or walkthrough of another cohort member’s lesson using LoTi Observer software on the iPod touch to monitor LoTi level improvements before the spring survey


 * Take MAP Reading test in the Fall to establish baseline data and set a growth goal
 * Preview/review a lesson or unit through a podcast
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Use iPods within a lesson to build literacy skills
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Review MAP Reading score in the Spring and evaluate growth ||
 * Press Releases, News Articles, etc. ||  ||