Theresa+Dismuke


 * EDUC 8841 Theresa Dismuke**



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 * Week 2 - Innovations**
 * The innovation I chose is the Promethean Board. Promethean's aim is to unlock the potential of human achievement in education and training  at all ages around the world. It does so by creating, developing, supplying and supporting leading edge, interactive learning technology and by encouraging the growth of the world's largest online teacher community in this field. In these ways, Promethean is helping bring to life the promise of 21st century learning, improving engagement and results for learners and teachers alike. The Promethean utilizing the interactive whiteboard or IWB is a large interactive display that combines the simplicity of a whiteboard, power of a computer and front projection. Promethean interactive whiteboards engage students with vivid images, video and audio. The ActivBoard interactive whiteboard and the ActivClassroom are utilized to bring every classroom to life. **
 * The Promethean can be used in the classroom to assist in keeping the students engaged, achieve the proper skills and mechanics. I chose Promethean Board because of all the features that are associated with the Promethean such as: Along with the ActivBoard and ActivClassroom, a CPS Clicker system can be utilized for instant grading, maps, and charts. Each student is assigned a clicker. The interactiveness of the white board and the immediate feedback from the CPS Clicker system allows a building of self-esteem and more student participation **
 * Round Rock ISD is a progressive district with a diverse population of 39,000. Last year, with the help of Promethean, a global leader in interactive learning technologies, the district implemented a Digital Learning Classroom Project (DLC). This study took third and fifth grade high stakes assessment scores in classrooms using the Promethean ActivClassroom and compared it to similar classrooms without the technology. **
 * When the results of the DLC project at Round Rock ISD were reviewed, there were notable increases in student performance in classrooms implementing Promethean's ActivClassroom. 50% of fifth grade ELL students in digital classrooms received the TAKS Commended rating, compared to 8.5% of ELL students in non-digital classrooms. For TAKS Reading Performance in third grade, the percentage of ELL students who achieved the TAKS Commended level was 10% higher than comparable classrooms without the Promethean Technology. Perhaps the most significant result of the study showed a 100% TAKS pass rate for fifth grade ELL students in Promethean classrooms compared to a mere 73.2% in non digital classrooms.**