The great thing about technology is that it can make good lessons better. A teacher can give a previously utilized lesson new life. This is kind of like what I did with Marc's lesson. He has a solid lesson already incorporating elements of technology. All I ended up doing was supercharging his original lesson with some familiar technology. I added a clip from A Charlie Brown Christmas and planned to open a class discussion after that was viewed to see if the students could find the obvious inferences within. This lesson could really be modified by changing the book you use and you could even assign different books or passages to each pair depending on the reading level of your students. I love to use i Pads for reading and there are so many free sites that offer the classics. One of my favorites is from the Library of Congress: http://www.read.gov/books/index.html. I like to project the book on the screen for the class as we read it together but you can do it anyway you want. There are just so many more options when you supercharge with technology. There is magic when you are making the old new again! Any feedback you can give me is greatly appreciated! Thanks for reading this. Lesson Plan: Marc Iniguez
Supercharger: Joe Inverso SLE: 3, 4 St: RL 1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY: RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Objectives: Students will be able to draw conclusions/inferences about a character in a story based on evidence (Inferences) Resources: Students, i Pads, Digitized story for i Pad, Digitized graphic organizer (readwritethink.org) & (pair Deck), Teacher: projector and laptop Anticipatory set: (Start with a Video) Prior to projecting video clip, Teacher will ask students what they think an inference is, then open brief discussion. Teacher will ask students to watch video clip and see if they can find the inference. Then have a brief discussion about the scene. Here is the video clip. Resource: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1:35) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YubVPL1X_AQ Class instruction: Introduce and Read the Story, review what inference is and how we can determine information from story (story can be projected on classroom projector and read as a class) Resource: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-books-23-469-classics/id364612911?mt=8 Direct Instruction: Model how to use graphic organizer, http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/story-30008.html Pair Work: Complete 1 inference together with a partner then post to peardeck https://www.peardeck.com/ Student Work: Come up w/ 2 more inferences, https://www.peardeck.com/ Differentiation: The teacher can assign story based on reading level of the student. Modification: Student may be given paper story map to complete. Accommodations: Student can be paired up with more or less advanced student. Assessment: Exit Ticket:Write down 1 inference from graphic organizer on google Docs Extension: Have students write their own story and have a partner draw inferences based on evidence from the story. HW: make 1 inference about something you read or have seen on TV or the Internet then Post to classroom blog
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Week 1 Blog Post: BLOG POST PROMPT
"Vision" enables the staff to develop strategies to achieve the schools technology objectives and to produce desired results. My understanding of our school’s vision for implementing technology is that we are fully committed to the conversion of our school from traditional to blended instruction for the purpose of improving instruction and teaching our students how to be responsible digital citizens. It has not always been this way. Because of recent changes, specifically, a new principal who brings a fresh new vision to our school, we have had 4 teachers leave the school. Humans are creatures of habit by nature so this kind of transition has been difficult.
Our "new vision" supports the mission of both our Parish and The New Evangelization of the Catholic Church. Our vision affects what happens when we “go forth” after mass or after school and how we treat others whether that interface be in person or online. Our vision tells us that there should be no distinction. We should always project the mission of the Church in all we say, think and do. Technology is simply another tool that is necessary for Christians to learn to use in order to become more effective communicators of our faith. Some evidence of this commitment to our vision can be explained by the fact that we have begun to schedule professional development to meet the needs of our teachers to support them through this conversion. Also, the school currently has resources earmarked for the purchase of additional devices. Additionally, we have plans in place for the updating of our infrastructure in order to facilitate this commitment. Based on what I have read about the difference between structural change and cultural change, I expect that there will be several barriers in making our vision a reality. We have started to make some structural changes to our structure already for next year but these goals could become barriers to the necessary change. These structural changes include the creation of a professional learning community, focused and specific professional development and time for teacher collaboration. Cultural change that could eventually become a barrier for our vision may include the novelty of blended learning and the parental perception of what a traditional classroom should look like. Do teachers and staff really believe that ALL students can and will learn? Are our expectations and our pacing unrealistic? Will it be sustainable for the years to come? These questions have yet to be answered as we look forward to a new school year with out new vision, fresh goals, renewed hope and many expectations. |
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