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Here is our group project. Scenario  The school principal directed you, a lead technology school-based technology expert, to work jointly with a classroom teacher to create learning experiences that not only meet students’ individual differences, but also address 21st Century learning trends. Specifically, the principal asked for you to design, implement, and assess a technology integration/intervention program for a group of 30 students with unique needs.
 * Group Project**

Teacher Background  The classroom teacher possesses basic computer skills, but has minimal understanding of how to teach with technology to benefit student learning.

Students’ Background  Of the 30 students, there are 10 identified as gifted and talented. The gifted and talented students are accustomed to working individually online. Two students have disabilities dramatically affecting learning. One student is blind and another is hearing impaired. The remaining 18 students reflect ability levels ranging from the lowest level to high achieving.

Task  As the school-based technology expert, you have been given an opportunity to model how technology can positively impact student achievement for diverse learners. Work with your learning team to create a solution for the scenario listed above. Use the following guiding questions as a resource to begin your planning and discussions within the shared Google doc your team created in Week 1.

Guiding Questions  What process will you use as a learning team to solve the scenario-based problem? Who should be a part of the learning team composition? Who will be the team leader to get the project started and keep the team on track? What skills will your learning team need to possess to successfully solve this problem? Which team member has experience with special needs students? What will be the roles of each team member in the development, implementation, and assessment of the program? Who will be responsible for ensuring the technology-based learning activities are research-based? What grade level and content area (s) will you address? What will the learning activities look like? How will you model examples for the teacher? How will you assess the effectiveness of the learning activities? What technology tools will be included in the Google wiki/website format your team will use for the final delivery of your scenario solution? Will it include video, documents, and other technology project samples? Who will publish your work and to which free sites such as TeacherTube, Google Videos, Flickr, or others will be linked back to the Google team wiki/website?

Required Components - Develop a plan of action - Provide examples of student-centered learning activities with technology to meet the diversity of the students - Include 21 <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;">st  <span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Arial;">Century learning trends - Create sample technology projects - Select the mediums your team will use to share your final group project with the world within the Google wiki/website - Publish your scenario-based solution to the Google wiki/website and share with the world.