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__ **School District of Janesville WTI Lighthouse Grant Contact** __

**Kathy Boguszewski** Interim Library Media Specialist - Edison Middle School Consultant: Innovative Learning Partnerships LLC kboguszewski@janesville.k12.wi.us 608-743-5936


 * __Assessing Learning __ **
 * In order to assure that our students are prepared for the rigors of college and a globally diverse work force, digital age practices begin as early as Pre-K. ** **Assessing the 21st Century Learning Environment is a critical role of the building administrator and teachers.**

** The assessment tools included in this WIKI can be used as talking points while Professional Learning Communities participate in a systemic and ongoing professional development program. They can also be used as goal setting tools during staff supervision and evaluation cycles. **

** The uploaded rubric and checklist ** **are used when we observe and give feedback to teachers in a digital learning environment.**

Evidence of Digital Age Learning.


The columns in the rubric describe **Advanced > Proficient > Basic > Minimal** practices in a Digital Learning Environment.

The rows indicate:

 The Checklist includes four columns.


The checklist is linked to an Article from Tech & Learningby Andrew Churches, who connects Digital Learning Practices to Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. The Revised Bloom's emphasizes verbs rather than nouns and places **Creating** at the **Highest Thinking level**.



**__ Staff Development Options __**

We trained our trainers, who are staff enthusiastic about teaching and learning in a digital environment, whose buildings received Interactive Technologies through the Lighthouse Grant, and who have the staff developer skills to train their colleagues and administrators in their buildings and the district. ** We have a cadre of trainers as a result. **
 * The School District of Janesville brought SMART Certified Training to Janesville in Spring 2011. **

The following document describe the various levels of SMART Certified Training we offer. All staff receiving the technologies are required to take the training levels.



= We offer a variety of classes including Using SMART Technologies Effectively in the Classroom, Using iPads for Instruction, Collaborating with Google Docs in the Classroom, Web 2.0 Resources, Designing a Flipped Classroom, Collaborating for 21st Century Learning Environments, and Blended Learning Using Moodle. We are dedicated to a systemic, differentiated, and ongoing staff development model. =

** We have included **a link to Kathy Schrock's IBloomin Webpage. Kathy link the Revised Bloom's to sample iPad apps. Kathy has been sharing digital learning best practices and resources for over 20 years.
 * Finally some quality sites for apps if you are exploring uses for iPads in the classroom **