IMAGINE
Monday Night
You are a grade 4 student in the future classroom.
It's the start of the week, and you've already had a full day's school.
You've just finished dinner and asked to leave the table.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
The alarm on your Google Calendar chimes.
It's a pop up message saying "reminder to complete homework".
You click on the message, and it leads you to your class learning management system.
There are three homework assignments to be completed:
(1) Homework Assignment #1
(2) Homework Assignment #2
(3) Homework Assignment #3
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(1) Homework Assignment #1
You click into the link to an online review worksheet.
It is a quiz of the concepts learned in class earlier today.
You complete the worksheet on your mobile device.
Immediate automated feedback is received so you can see what questions you completed correctly or incorrectly.
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(2) Homework Assignment #2
You click into the link for homework assignment #2.
It's an introductory activity for tomorrow's lesson.
You have to do a video discussion on FlipGrid.
You quickly record a 1 minute video with your phone and upload onto the the given FlipGrid link.
You also watch two other students' videos, and make a video comment in response.
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Tuesday Morning
Tuesday morning, as you are having breakfast, you get a message from your friend in your group project about the difficulty level of assignment #3. You remember now that you forgot to do it!
The assignment is to watch a recorded video which covers the "what" of today's lesson and answer the questions embedded within the video.
On the school bus, you log into Edpuzzle on your mobile device, watches the video with headphones, and completes the given questions.
Watch this YouTube video to learn more about Edpuzzle.
You get a badge of completion and add +5 power to your team in the teachers Role Playing Game (RPG) style gamified learning setup in class. At the end of the year, the strongest team wins a prize'. You message your classmate back to confirm that you've completed the assignment.
Your classmate messages you a 'thumbs up' sticker.
Finally, you've arrived at school.
A facial recognition software scans you as you walk through the front entrance.
The attendance system sends an automated message to your legal guardian to inform them that you have arrived safely at school.
This is an example of the facial recognition technology that currently exists.
Homework Checking
Thanks to cloud computing, no one can say that the dog ate their homework.
The teacher can see an analysis report on the status of your homework.
It includes information such as:
Which students have done the online review worksheet
The score of each student
Time spent on the quiz
Which questions most students struggle with
...and more!
The teacher then turns on the interactive LED display on the classroom wall.
The built in course management system software recommends some appropriate digital courseware.
The teacher chooses one that best related to the concept that most students need help with.
The teacher is guided by the auto-generated quiz to present using a Direct Instruction-style method. The software recognizes the trends in how mistakes were made in the homework, and caters the questions to problems that you have had particular difficulty with. Afterwards, the display also allows the teacher to expand on topics that may require presentation of digital media such as videos, photos, pictures, 3D walkthroughs, or Google Earth.
The whole time that the teacher is teaching, he is wearing a tracking device which allows a camera to follow him wherever he goes. This camera records the lesson live, and the video clip is uploaded onto the class website. Students can review the material anytime they want. (While preparing for an exam in two weeks time, you watch this class again because you’ve forgotten some of the key concepts.)
You can watch this video to learn more about tracking technology.
You can watch this video to learn about an example of using interactive LED display in the classroom.
New Content Learning
To teach today’s new concept, the teacher hands out an iPad to each of you.
You are then free to find a comfortable space around the classroom .
Your task is to access today’s video lessons, and engage in ungraded online comprehension checks.
To introduce the concept, there are a series of 3 videos. Each video has a chunk of the information and is within 6 minutes long. You can pause and rewind and rewatch as necessary.
While you are watching the videos, the teacher circles the room to answer any questions that you may have regarding content.
Group Project
With the knowledge you've learned, the teacher then guides the students to engage in project group work. After giving the necessary instructions to you, you are expected to find all the information you need using your iPad.
The iPad has access to digital textbooks where you can search for information you need in order to complete the project. While access the digital textbook, you can highlight and make notes within the digital textbook.
The teacher is on hand to coach, advise, and guide the learning process.
You can watch this video to learn more about interactive e-books.
End of the Day
Before you go home, you participate in a Padlet post to share what you learned.
Others can either comment on your post, or ask you a question.
The purpose is to create a sense of community
where you have discussions and learn from each other.
This is compiled into a summary at the end of the semester.
25% of your final grade will come from online discussion participation.
