Teaching with Technology…and more!

Teaching with Technology…and more!Cindy Pino, 2012 Ambassador for

Excellence

◦Know that it all starts with YOU

◦Infuse technology, a wide range of activities and alternative methods of assessment

◦Consider the importance of the Common Core Standards (CCS)…no matter what your content area

Let’s look at how to energize the classroom

Think of this presentation like a diner would think of a buffet line

I will give you a taste of a whole

bunch of options…and you decide what you would choose for

a 2nd helping

You…..matter

Let them know who YOU are Know who THEY are Smile…the first day Be organized, energized, flexible Make connections to real life Keep in contact with parents Mix it up

Some key components

Start class immediately with…

a vi

deo

insp

iratio

n…

a journal

reflection…

a bell ringer…

a quote…

According to a research published in a -- -- -- -- -- issue of The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology academic journal, it was one-third more -- -- -- -- -- at stopping a unrelenting cough than a placebo.

Modern - Efficient Recent - Effective Contemporary - Resourceful Current - Inventive Existing - Creative

a laugh…

a brainteaser…

During class, make sure to…

Whole group practice…

Give examples with modeling…

Have a connection to every student in the class at least once

Pose questions, pause, and then call on a student to answer…

Individual practice…

Walk around the room…

Celebrate success…?

Give positive, specific feedback

At the end of the class…and afterward

Reflect on your lesson – what will you modify for the next class? What should you spend more time doing?Take a deep

breath and get ready to start again

Save time for closure, even it’s a quick one

Check for understanding

Sometimes, if you are around long enough, you

see a teaching philosophy, pedagogy, practice….. return or return with

modifications

Well, you just better keep up…’cuz there ain’t no going back!

But Technology….

Technology in an early 1980’s School

Ten Years Later: 1992

Technology in the early 1990’s

Moving Forward: 2002

Technology in early 2000’s

My students today:2012

Technology today……

More Technology today……

http://ww2.chandler.k12.az.us//Domain/3400

• Most communication with parents is completed with emails or group emails.

• Parents and students can access grades on-line.• Assignments (with attachments of hand-outs) are on-line. • Schools have websites, as do the individual teachers.

Let’s start with something easy:

Vocabulary Learning definitions, synonyms, antonyms,

prefixes and suffixes Use the words correctly in sentences and in

writing pieces.

Student Produced Work Today

Parallelism

Pathos

Euphony

Pacing

Capturing a

vocabulary word by

using a cell phone or digital camera

Vocabulary PP\Junior AP Period 1Vocabulary Slide.ppsx

Learning

how to use the

dictionary with a

worksheet of

exercises

Another lesson in Using the Dictionary

Your Students Can Learn

How To Design an Almanac

Page

Fallacious Reasoning SkitInstructions:

In the great short play, Love is a Fallacy, we saw how fallacious reasoning is not limited to our AP class but can penetrate any portion of our lives. In addition to a host of examples from the media, we can also find faulty logic in other disciplines. Political campaigns, scientific debates (cloning, DNA testing, animal rights, etc…), historical events, and pop culture events provide us with rich examples of people being swayed by faulty emotion and reasoning.

Your TaskIn groups of 3-4 you will create and stage a short play which employs all the fallacies listed on our hand-out. The subject of the skit is completely up to you and you are encouraged to create props/sets to provide as much realism as possible. In addition to the play itself, you must, in some way through the presentation, show us what fallacy you are demonstrating.

Teaching Fallacies in Argument

Test on

“Romeo and

Juliet”

Can she really

make them sing???

Yep….

Vide\R&J music video.mov

Working with

Satire and

Parody

Survivor Mike Episode 1.wmv

Instead of the old, traditional method of teacher lecture and student note taking, how about infusing a little technology?

How about having the students conduct a Web Quest? http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=68364

How about having the students research a sub portion of the topic and contribute to a Power Point presentation?

Introducing a new topic/concept

Research papers (no matter the length) are an important component of many classes. Students demonstrate many skills, including the use of technology:◦ Surf the Internet or Data

Base for material◦ Choose appropriate cites

(.org/.edu instead of .com)◦ Take notes, organize

material, write outline◦ Write paper and use

internal citations◦ Prepare a Works Cited page

How can a student share his or her work with the class?

Research Papers

Vide\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.VOB

Factoid Friday• Students choose a “controversial” topic to research. (death

penalty, illegal immigration, genetic testing) • Every other Friday, students present 1 fact about their topic.

• First Quarter- Narratio -Background of their topic, indisputable facts that are not argued by either side.

• Second Quarter – Confirmatio – Facts to support the stance they take

• Third Quarter – Counter Argument – the other side’s facts• Fourth Quarter – Qualifier – the “gray area” that softens the

stance

At the end of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Quarter, videos are made, an infomercial, to present the information

Some Cautions• Don’t let go of the basics: the reading, the writing, the vocabulary, the

speaking. Just consider infusing the technology as an added component.

• Use an anti-plagiarism website, such as turnitin.com to check for authenticity. You need to be one step ahead of your students.

• Preview Everything – don’t be surprised by the subject matter or language of any media, films, Power Points.

• Know your audience! What is appropriate in some school districts might be frowned upon in others. Always err on the side of caution.

• Have a back-up plan. Technology is a beautiful thing, but it can have problems: the internet can go down, a computer can fail, a program is not readable on all computers.

• Offer choices for integrating technology. Not all students have access to the technology you are asking them to use. How can you meet their needs? Or, what alternative method can you offer?

Check for understanding◦ Marking the text◦ Dialectal journals◦ Quizzes, tests◦ Essay answers

◦ And…how about listening to them talk about it?

Did the students do their reading?

A Socratic Seminar or Fishbowl

• A chance to evaluate students’ understanding of the text• A chance to allow students to listen to their peers• A chance for the teacher to take a backseat to the

discussion

Socratic Seminar

Common Core Standards- 5 things every teacher should be doing to meet the CCS

◦ Lead High-level, text based discussions

◦ Focus on process, not just content

◦ Create assignments for real audiences and with real purpose

◦ Teach argument, not persuasion

◦ Increase text complexity

Now, let’s consider the future

See hand-out 2012 Eye on Education, Inc. Larchmont, NY

What if every

classroom on

the campus

incorporated

this?

Step 1 – Choose Complex Text

Find a magazine or newspaper article, section of textbook, editorial.

Consider the text complexity. We must push students towards reading at a higher level of difficulty..and teach them to read independently.

What content are you studying? How can you incorporate additional reading into your lesson?

Preparation for reading “The Odyssey”

in 9th gradeWant to caution against

the pre- judgment of another culture

Informational article entitled “Nacirema”, a strange culture with

very odd customs….until the

reader figures out what Nacerima really spells

This lesson was used to teach how to mark text, so the article is not as difficult as ones will be

in the future.

Step 2 – Annotate/Mark the text

Step 3- Pose the Question and Step 4- Plan the Essay

As we read Greek mythology, how will our study of “Nacirema” help us to understand

theGreek’s ancient culture?

Step 5 – Write the Paper

And you will face challenges….but it will be the most amazing

journey of your life

This is just the beginning

a few challenges