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Greetings, and welcome to our EDG 636
Collaborative Technology Video.
First, allow us to introduce ourselves.
I’m Aaron Smith.
I’m Bethany.
I’m Katie Carter.
Together,
we are the Smithsonians.
In this video you’ll be introduced to our common instructional technology philosophy,
you’ll view a screencast demonstration of a SmartNotebook lesson,
and finally hear a bit about how our evaluation of technology in the future.
We hope that you find this video interesting and informative.
Let’s get started.
Simply stated, technology should be added to lessons when it will enhance the learning environment.
For example, technology should be incorporated whenever it can be used to accomplish things in the class that can’t be done without it.
Likewise, teachers can and should incorporate technology into all aspects of learning.
Videos and simulations can be used within the classroom to solidify complex ideas, or just to bring about global awareness.
Students can also use clickers, computers, and iPads in the class, and at home for research and assessments.
Technology can be especially beneficial outside of the classroom
Students can use interactive and collaborative websites for learning vocabulary such as Quizzlet,
completing homework and projects, or just for enrichment purposes.
Social media and class websites can enhance student, teacher, and parent communication, which is always a plus for a classroom.
And rather than restricting smartphone usage, we believe that we can take advantage of this technology for spanning barcodes,
looking up information, or for class updates using a texting system.
There are endless opportunities for technology inclusion within the classroom, and with a bit of creativity
one can incorporate variations in technology to provide an enhanced learning environment.
In order to incorporate the appropriate forms of technology into our classrooms,
we need to use various methods of evaluating validity.
as well as researching to see the longterm results.
Discussions and brainstorming with a teaching team or veteran teacher can not only provide adquate
input on selecting a type of technology,
it can also provide input on how to implement it during lessons to enhance our teaching.
Technology can only enhance our teaching if we know how to appropriately use it.
By being proactive and practicing at home or with a small group first
can ensure that when a problem arises, it can be fixed without losing instructional time.
When selecting or evaluating technology, it is just as important to know how to use it ethically
as it is to pick the right one.
We must be able to pass the ethics of using this product
onto our students as well.
Technology influences students in a variety of ways.
First, the hands on use of technology leads to greater student engagement.
This creates a more student-centered environment that enhances learning.
With technology, students are not just limited to learning in the classroom,
through the use of the Internet, for example, students have 24/7 access to content that extends learning beyonds the walls of the classroom.
Technology also gives students practical skills that help move them down the road to college and career readiness.
All students need to be familiar with word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software for college and career success.
Finally, technology allows greater communication between stakeholders.
Email and social media allow teachers, students, and parents to work together more efficiently for the benefit of all students.
In short, technology
ROCKS!!!
This lesson was found on the SmartNotebook Exchange website.
And it was developed by Kasey Rollinson.
And Kasey developed this lesson for a 2nd grade standard:
2.NBT.4.
And we used this lesson for a 1st grade standard:
1.NBT.3,
where students compare two 2-digit numbers
based on meanings of tens and ones digits
recording the results of comparisons with the symbols > , = , < .
Kasey also notes in here that it can be easily adapted,
she created it for hundreds, tens, and ones. We are using it for
tens and ones only, but it can be used for each.
To start the lesson there is a song, and it’s called number-eating alligator, and these are the lyrics on the side.
I’m going to play it for just a moment; it will play the entire song, so if you’d like to hear the entire song, you can listen to the whole thing.
*music plays children’s song* THERE ONCE WAS A NUMBER-EATING ALLIGATOR
*music continues* HE DIDN’T LIKE PIZZA OR MASHED POTATOES
*music continues* A HUNGRY NUMBER EATER, AND NOTHING WAS SWEETER
*music continues* THAN TO CHOMP THOSE NUMBERS DOWN
*song concludes* AT EATING TIME
Bethany: And you can finish the song if you’d like to listen to it some more.
After the song there’s a slide that shows the different alligator mouths.
There’s less than and it shows the red on the alligator’s mouth.
And it also shows the symbol greater than and equal to, which is what the students will be working on.
And it goes into talking about “what does greater than mean?”
And it explains that the alligator is hungry and he wants to eat the greater number.
It also explains that “great than” means “bigger than,” and it gives examples for it.
And this is also a slide that can be used to show the students what “greater than” means and how the alligator eats
the bigger number. And so if you have them count the fish over here
And over here you can see that the side is greater than the other side.
and have the alligator move. This would be a good time to call a student up to participate in the lesson.
Then it allows students to practice which is greater.
You can use the alligator heads to do this or you can get your marker pen for this.
And you can draw on there and this would help with students practicing how to draw the symbols.
And this is another way to get students up and participating in this lesson.
Finally, we talk about “equal to.” It gives the definition
where when numbers are equal,
you use this equals sign.
Then there’s a practice page for students to use.
This is good to use on the Smartboard for students, and again it’s a chance for students to come up and
participate in the lessons, and you can use this page two different ways.
You can use this to drag the symbols onto what you want them to be
or you can use the pen again and allow students to draw on there.
And this is a good practice for students that struggle with drawing the symbols.
Or, just an easy way to drag them up there and just gauge
if they’re understanding what’s going on. It also shows the answer
sheet again so that students can check and see if they got them right.
Finally, the last slide on the lesson is an activity slide.
Where students can come up and roll the dice.
to get a number.
And they can use this in multiple different ways.
Kasey had developed this lesson for 2nd grade, so they used hundreds, tens, and ones, so you can use
the dice to roll three different times to get hundreds, tens, and a ones place, or you can do it for just tens and ones.
or you can also do it for lower level students where you just roll the dice once.
and get ones place to determine how to compare it.
The students can use this to collaborate with each other,
or one student will roll the purple dice, another student will roll the red dice.
And they can determine whether it’s less than, greater than, or equal to.
This lesson and this slide can be used in many different ways. It can be whole group or it can be
independent practice for the students.
Overall, this lesson, I feel that it is very well-developed and there are a lot of different good aspects of it
where students are able to practice and they are doing a lot of different ways of showing
greater than, and less than, and equal to with the song and the different types of practices.
And I like that this lesson can be used with different levels of students and even different grades.
A suggestion to improve this lesson would be for the students that are higher level or second grade,
for this slide in particular, or other slides, they can use hundreds also.
So instead of them being just tens and ones, there can be higher numbers for this one.
If we are to reflect consistency, preparation, and commitment to incorporating technology
to enhance student learning, we must first maintain an awareness
of new technology and educational advances.
In order to stay up to date with discoveries,
we should be proactive in reading educational research articles and identifying the advantages and disadvantages of various technology tools.
Awareness may also come from brainstorming and discussions with colleagues.
Evaluations will always be based on technology’s ability to improve upon existing activities,
capture student interest, and enhance learning.
We will also consider the usefulness of various technology tools from our existing knowledge and skill level associated,
and we will practice execution at home and with small groups in order to improve whole class technology implementation.
We know that technology’s benefits include increases in engagement, motivation, and time efficiency.
And we also know that technology drives classrooms to be more student-centered and globalistic.
And the skills learned through technology tools will make our students better prepared for college and careers.
Because our ultimate goal is to release confident, independent men and women into society who are capable of exhibiting high character, intellect, and diverse knowledge,
our aim is to incorporate technology in all aspects of teaching.
Preparing our students to implement positive change in the world using those problem-solving techniques,
and advanced technology innovations from the classroom requires us to be flexible and open to any technology tools that will enhance instruction, advance communication,
or encourage improved learning outcomes.