2.2 Research-Based Learner-Centered Strategies
Candidates model and facilitate the use of research-based, learner-centered strategies addressing the diversity of all students.
Artifact: Lesson Plan
Wallwisher Example
Reflection:
The lesson plan created and implemented uses one of the Internet Tools presented in our ITEC 7340 Internet Tools for the Classroom course. A lesson plan template was provided by our instructor to use with any tool we decided upon. I decided to use the site wallwisher.com which uses post-it notes to do just about anything a person can come up with. I decided to have my 8th grade Social Studies students answer a question from a unit we were studying. Students were allowed a week to post a comment and we discussed the postings at the end of the week by logging onto the site from the SmartBoard.
This assignment demonstrates mastery of standard 2.2 in that students were able to answer the open-ended questions with any resource he/she decided to use. Students were given time during school to respond as several students did not have Internet access at home. Students directed the discussion with their unique comments. When discussing at the end of the week, many students learned new information from each other instead of the teacher.
In implementing this assignment in my classroom, I found that students had time to come up with responses that were very different from their peer's responses. Students were given the freedom to use any resources available and to cite their information. I found our discussion at the end of the week to be more interesting as there were several comments posted that we had not been able to discuss in the classroom yet. This opened the floor up for more learning on a topic that interested students. To take this task to the next level, I would like for students to create their own Social Studies Wallwisher page and have their peer's comment on their questions.
This task helped me in planning to use technology in the classroom with my students. Using this site once allowed me to brainstorm other ideas using this same site. This task also allowed my students to be exposed to a different question and response format. Students seemed to like the task, as they were not closed off to just one correct answer. There were plenty of answers used that sparked discussion in the classroom. Observing student discussions based on the information they found can be one way to assess the use of Wallwisher in the classroom.
The lesson plan created and implemented uses one of the Internet Tools presented in our ITEC 7340 Internet Tools for the Classroom course. A lesson plan template was provided by our instructor to use with any tool we decided upon. I decided to use the site wallwisher.com which uses post-it notes to do just about anything a person can come up with. I decided to have my 8th grade Social Studies students answer a question from a unit we were studying. Students were allowed a week to post a comment and we discussed the postings at the end of the week by logging onto the site from the SmartBoard.
This assignment demonstrates mastery of standard 2.2 in that students were able to answer the open-ended questions with any resource he/she decided to use. Students were given time during school to respond as several students did not have Internet access at home. Students directed the discussion with their unique comments. When discussing at the end of the week, many students learned new information from each other instead of the teacher.
In implementing this assignment in my classroom, I found that students had time to come up with responses that were very different from their peer's responses. Students were given the freedom to use any resources available and to cite their information. I found our discussion at the end of the week to be more interesting as there were several comments posted that we had not been able to discuss in the classroom yet. This opened the floor up for more learning on a topic that interested students. To take this task to the next level, I would like for students to create their own Social Studies Wallwisher page and have their peer's comment on their questions.
This task helped me in planning to use technology in the classroom with my students. Using this site once allowed me to brainstorm other ideas using this same site. This task also allowed my students to be exposed to a different question and response format. Students seemed to like the task, as they were not closed off to just one correct answer. There were plenty of answers used that sparked discussion in the classroom. Observing student discussions based on the information they found can be one way to assess the use of Wallwisher in the classroom.