Online Exercise 10

Online Exercise 10- Planning an Initiating/Introduction Activity
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)?
The initiating activity would be attention grabbing and short. Maybe a 1-2 minute video that poses questions about the topic(s) being covered. Students could then spend maybe 5 minutes writing their reactions using a blog.

How many would there be? I would use at least three activities: a video, journal (blog) entry, and a pretest.

How would you choose to integrate technology into your teaching, students’ learning, and the assessments? In this classroom, every student has a computer. Using thatquiz.org, students could take a pretest to determine how much prior information they have. They could also do a quick search using key words given to them about the topic. This could lead to a meaningful, student-led discussion.

What technology would you choose?
I would love for every student to have access to a computer. Then, the applications that could be used are endless. I would use teachertube, camstudio(to record off youtube if necessary), thatquiz.org, and blogster.

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?
Students could post comments to their original journal entry as their learning progresses. They could also review the results of their pretest. Students could search for other videos or make a video to present. These could be posted on teachertube.

What resources would you direct him/her towards?
teachertube, camstudio(to record off youtube if it is necessary), thatquiz.org, and blogster