Technology Integration Project

By Karalee BuckhoffIP&T 287

Shared Reading Lesson on Recycling

Using the story, “June Robot Cleans Up”

from Treasures

Lesson Taught

Core Standard◦First Grade Language Arts Standard

4; Objective 1; Indicator c: Identify and pronounce sounds for short and long vowels using patterns (e.g., vc, vcv, cvc, cvvc, cvcv, cvc-silent e),

and vowel digraphs (e.g., ea, ee, ie, oa, ai, ay, oo, ow) accurately in

words.

Learning Objectives

Learning ObjectivesStudents will learn the sound that the letter u makes when a silent e is added and will be able to read with better prosody.

Technology Used

The Promethean Board

Treasures CDROM in laptop hooked up to Promethean Board

Technology Used

After giving a short review on recycling, which the children had previously learned about, I brought up the June Robot story

on the Promethean Board.

We read the story together in a shared reading activity.

I read some pages modeling prosody as I read. The children read the other pages.

Integrating Technology

Students came up and highlighted

words in the story that contained the long u sound using

the Promethean board.

Integrating Technology

The Promethean Board and CDROM worked very well.

My teacher had not been familiar with using the board and I was able to help her learn how to use it.

The students were excited and remained engaged throughout the whole lesson.

The technology greatly helped the visual learners in my classroom to stay on track.

If I were to do this again, I would try to face my students more as I read so I could manage the classroom better.

Reflection

Student Use of Technology◦ Although I remained in control of the reading

experience, the students became actively engaged in the lesson.

◦ They were able to come up and highlight words in the actual story using the pen on the Promethean Board which they greatly enjoyed.

◦ I was also able to assess their understanding of the long u sound based upon what they highlighted.

Principles of Effective Technology Integration

Technology Use is Essential◦In this shared reading lesson, the

technology was essential to the learning process.

◦Technology was the focus of the lesson as we read the story from the board.

◦My assessment was also based upon the technology used as the students highlighted words.

Principles of Effective Technology Integration

Focus on Learning Task◦The Promethean Board was necessary for the

students to meet the learning objectives.

◦All students could see it and read at the same time as I pointed to each word projected on the board so students were engaged in a successful shared reading activity.

◦Students were able to improve their prosody as well as their understanding of the long u sound as they highlighted such words on the board.

Principles of Effective Technology Integration

Focus on Learning Task◦There was minimal time needed to

explain how to use the technology since we used the technology as a class.

◦They only instruction necessary was to show students how to use the pen to highlight the words.

Principles of Effective Technology Integration

Added Value◦The lesson could have been done without the

use of the Promethean Board as students all had copies of the story in their Treasures books.

◦Because we used the Promethean board, students were able to read all together which is the purpose of a Shared Reading activity.

◦Students remained engaged since the text was more attractive and visual on the board.

Principles of Effective Technology Integration

Added Value◦Without the use of the Promethean

Board, I would not have been able to assess the students’ understanding of the long u sound through the highlighting.

◦The students also would not have been able to read at exactly the same time since I could not guide them in their reading as there was no projected text.

Principles of Effective Technology Integration