A teacher you work with has asked for your help in designing technology-related activities capitalizing on the wide variety of technology resources available in the room (assume the kind of technology you choose will be in the room).
How would you design the initiating activity(s)? How many would there be? How would you choose to integrate technology into your teaching, students’ learning, and the assessments? What technology would you choose?
Student response systems are excellent for initiating activities. Students love to tell you what they think (especially if it's anonymous!) so polls that get students thinking about the topic that will be discussed or taught that day can be answered using the student response system.
I would use an LCD projector for practically everything that we would do in class. I would use a document camera to show historical documents to students. I would also use the document camera to allow students to share something that they created in a project. I would use a slate board for their notes. I would use the student response systems again for multiple choice assessment and I would use a laptop cart for essay assessment.
How would you assist the teacher in understanding how the technology you use in the initiating activities could be used again in the guided learning and culminating performance – for instruction, learning, and assessment? What resources would you direct him/her towards?
I would provide the teacher with a list of possible applications of the different technology tools that I was recommending. I would direct that teacher to youtube.com because it contains endless examples of "how to" do just about everything. I would also direct that teacher to the school or district's IT person so that any hardware issues can be resolved quickly.
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