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 __** Maryland Teacher Technology Standard **__ III. Legal, Social and Ethical Issues Demonstrate and Understanding of the legal, social and ethical issues related to technology use 3. Establish classroom policies and procedures that ensure compliance with copyright law, Fair Use guidelines, security, privacy and student online protection. 4. Use classroom procedure to manage an equitable, safe, and healthy environment for students. V. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction A. Design, implement and assess learning experiences that incorporate use of technology in a curriculum-related instructional activity to support understanding, inquiry, problem-solving, communication, and/or collaboration. 4. Use appropriate instructional strategies for integrating technology into instruction. 5. Select and use appropriate technology to support content-specific student learning outcomes. 7. Manage a technology-enhanced environment to maximize student understanding.

__**Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students **__ Standard 3.0 Technology for Learning and Collaboration: A. Learning 1. Select and use technology tools to enhance learning a) Use technology tools, including software and hardware, from a range of teacher-selected options to learn new content or reinforce skills. c) Assess the use of the selected technology for individual learning of the specific task. C. Increase Productivity 1. Select and use technology tools to increase productivity a) Explain why the selected technology tools are being used to accomplish tasks efficiently. Standard 4.0 Technology for Communication and Expression: 1. Select and use technology to express ideas a) Select and use the appropriate multimedia and publishing tools to express original ideas with print, drawings, digital images, video, sounds, and/or personal recoding.

**__Summary __** **The students from one reading group read their new Book Club book //Crash// by Jerry Spinelli. The strategy we were working on was Character Traits. The first assignment was to answer the question about being a bully and if the main character changed. In the next couple of pages, they were to identify which character traits each main character possess and give one example. **  **__Reflection__ **
 * This was a fun activity for both the students and me. I enjoyed the fact that it was easy to set up and the uniqueness of the project. What a fun way to make an activity come alive. The students loved taking their answers and either typing or recording them. I found it interesting that all of the boys wanted to speak and many of the girls wanted to type it. The students loved hearing their voices. The only problem I encountered was I wish I had recorded my voice first so it would start off the second time. I had half the students complete the assignment and then I accidently erased it. We had to start over. Surprising enough, the students were excited to do it again and even added more information. Technology definitely made this assignment a big success. I can’t wait to work on more projects using [|www.voicethread.com]. **