Teaching & Assessment
Standards
- Ability to facilitate students' individual and collaborative use of technology, including classroom resources as well as distance and online learning opportunities when available and appropriate.
- Ability to design, implement, and assess learner-centered lessons and units that incorporate technology and use appropriate and effective practices in teaching and learning with technology.
- Ability to use technology tools for instruction, student assessment, management, reporting purposes and communication with parents/guardians of students including, but not limited to, spreadsheets, web page development, digital video, the Internet, and email.
- Ability to facilitate students' individual and collaborative use of technologies (including but not limited to spreadsheets, web page development, digital video, the Internet, and email) to locate, collect, create, produce, communicate, and present information.
- Ability to design, manage, and facilitate learning experiences incorporating technologies that are responsive to the diverse needs of learners, learning styles and the special needs of all students (e.g., assistive technologies for students with special needs).
- Ability to evaluate students' technology proficiency and students' technology-based products within curricular areas.
- Ability to design, develop, use, manage, and assess authentic digital-age learning experiences that are aligned with subject-area content and the Alabama Course of Study: Technology Education to maximize content learning and address diverse learning styles, incorporating the use of formative and summative measurement tools to better inform learning.
The 5E Lesson Plan
The goal of this unit using the 5E Lesson Plan is to create innovative learning environments that allow learners to locate, analyze, evaluate, manage, and report information using current/emerging technologies. Students will also create authentic digital age learning experiences aligned to state standards. This lesson plan was used over the course of 8 days in a block style classroom. The objective of this lesson plan was for students recognize and differentiate the different types of quadrilaterals and their individual properties and be able to prove theorems. I made a Prezi presentation to introduce each topic in the unit. It can be viewed by clicking the image to the right.
Individual Lesson Plan
Group Lesson Plan
MollyMartin_5ELessonPlanning1_Assignment.docMollyMartin_5ELessonPlanning2-Assignment.docStudent Sample of Chatterpix Video
ChatterPix Video.mp4Students created a Chatterpix video individually on one type of quadrilateral. The requirements were for the student to state the type of quadrilateral they chose, list all properties, and give an example. The video also needed to be creative by choosing an image for their video and adding art or text.
Student Sample of Popplet
Ethan poplet.pdfStudents were put in teacher assigned groups to make a Popplet of the different types of quadrilaterals and list their properties (characteristics). A Popplet is a bubble chart. By making the chart, the students are able to see how all of the types of quadrilaterals are related and the properties they share. Students used Chromebooks to create their Popplet on popplet.com .
Sample Rubrics for Projects:
Group - Popplet Bubble Chart
Individual - Chatterpix Video
Sample Rubrics.pdfA rubric was used for grading the Popplet and Chatterpix video. The students were given the rubrics at the beginning of the assignment to know what was expected of them. The students were graded on content and creativity.
Sample Technology Proficiency Survey
survey.pdfThis is a sample of my Technology Proficiency Survey. This was given to students at the end of the assignment. The feedback was mostly positive and I was happy with the results.
Summative Assessment Results from Kahoot!
I loved teaching this unit! All of the technology really drew the students in and kept them focused on the content. They participated in all of the activities and did well on the projects. The projects were fun for the students to create and they learned their properties along the way which was the goal of the 5E Lesson Plan.
Reflection
I thoroughly enjoyed teaching this lesson! All of the technology activities and projects helped the students fully grasp the characteristics and differences in the different types of quadrilaterals. When the students had to watch the YouTube videos to cut out the shapes, they made connections to the properties that my former students did not do in the past. By making the Popplet and Chatterpix Video, the students had to study and know what their characteristics were to be able to complete the project. I love this lesson and I cannot wait to teach it again!
By putting my students in groups and instructing them to create a Popplet bubble chart shows my ability to facilitate students' individual and collaborative use of technology, including classroom resources as well as distance and online learning opportunities when available and appropriate. They had to work together and learn the material in order to master the concept. They had to be able to use the internet, Popplet resource and knowledge of quadrilaterals to be successful in this activity.
By letting the students watch the introductory Youtube videos and the videos where they had to cut out the quadrilaterals shows my ability to design, implement, and assess learner-centered lessons and units that incorporate technology and use appropriate and effective practices in teaching and learning with technology. This was a great activity for hands-on learners. The students had to watch the video then create the shape according to the video.
The students were able to access the Youtube videos at home via Google Classroom if they needed more time or practice. This shows my ability to use technology tools for instruction, student assessment, management, reporting purposes and communication with parents/guardians of students including, but not limited to, spreadsheets, web page development, digital video, the Internet, and email. This is a great way to help students at home and continue their learning beyond the classroom.
The students had to work together to create a Popplet bubble chart. By creating this, they had to rely on each other that their work was accurate and creative. This shows my ability to facilitate students' individual and collaborative use of technologies (including but not limited to spreadsheets, web page development, digital video, the Internet, and email) to locate, collect, create, produce, communicate, and present information.
By instructing my students to create a Chatterpix video, they had to know how to operate a smartphone and a computer to to be able to submit the assignment. They also had to know their properties of the quadrilaterals and categories in which they needed to be placed. This shows my ability to design, manage, and facilitate learning experiences incorporating technologies that are responsive to the diverse needs of learners, learning styles and the special needs of all students (e.g., assistive technologies for students with special needs).
By letting my students play Kahoot!, showed me the concepts my students master and which ones I may need to spend more time. Kahoot gives instant feedback which is very beneficial. The great part about Kahoot! is that the students love it! Utilizing Kahoot! shows my ability to evaluate students' technology proficiency and students' technology-based products within curricular areas.
By researching the activities and the Alabama Course of Study, I assigned my students activities that would aid them in learning the content(the different properties, characteristics, and categories the quadrilaterals are in). Ability to design, develop, use, manage, and assess authentic digital-age learning experiences that are aligned with subject-area content and the Alabama Course of Study: Technology Education to maximize content learning and address diverse learning styles, incorporating the use of formative and summative measurement tools to better inform learning. All of the activities I chose were very different. The students had an opportunity to learn in several different ways throughout the unit.