Tech Lesson Plan

I am planning on doing the lesson that I described previously if all goes as planned. Sometimes my teacher changes what she wants me to teach but I am planning on doing my technology lesson for my last observation on March 31st. I will be doing other lessons with technology before that such as using a transparency to do math problems together and a small reading group using the promethean board. The lesson I plan on creating the slideshow for is correcting sentences on the promethean board (see previous post).

TPACK idea

My mentor teacher wants me to teach writing while really focusing on conventions such as punctuation, capital letters, etc. My idea is to use the promethean board to have several examples of sentences that contain errors and then have the students come up to underline or circle the errors they can see. I would use the shade tool to show the incorrect sentence and then lower it to reveal how the sentence should look. This would be an improvement because several sentences could be done in a short amount of time and the students' attention could be held longer.

Technology Inventory

There is so much technology at my school! I went to a training for how to use Promethean boards (an interactive whiteboard) and I was amazed at all the things you can do with it. After seeing how it can enhance learning an student participation I can't imagine teaching without one! I was also impressed to see how many computers are in each classroom around the school and how often the students get to use them.

In my classroom the students take reading assessments on the computer. It's great because it varies the tests questions from comprehension to listening, etc. It saves the teacher time on having to grade the tests and the teacher gets a printout of how the students did and what areas they still need to work on. The computers are also used to help the students learn and review skills. There are several fun learning games and lessons for the students to complete on the computer as part of their center time for math or reading. In addition to computer time in the classroom the students also get to have computer lab time twice a week.

Virtual Tour

My virtual tour takes students on a trip around the world to visit four of the world's famous museums including: The Louvre, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Hermitage, and The Smithsonian. Each location has activities for the students to do that help them understand art in general and the role museums play. Here is the link to my .kmz file to access the tour!

Virtual Tour

Virtual Tour Plan

Location	Activity	Google Earth Content
1. Paris- The Louvre Museum	Students will look up the general definition of museums and see why they are important to a community. They will also come up with a definition of what art is after viewing some of the pieces found in the Louvre.	3-D building, population, wikipedia, images, http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp
2. New York- The Metropolitain Museum of Art	Students will find out why the Met is located on museum mile. Students will write in their journals about who decides if art is musuem worthy.	3-D building, population, wikipedia, images, www.metmuseum.org
3. St. Petersburg- The State Hermitage Museum	Students will compare and contrast the location of this museum with the others. How does the value of the art differ?	3-D building, population, wikipedia, images, http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html
4. Washington D.C.- The Smithsonian	Students will answer some questions about the Smithsonian and what kind of museum it is. How does this museum reflect American culture?	3-D building, population, wikipedia, images, http://americanart.si.edu
Details of image overlay / path / polygon:	I will use a path to connect images I want the students to see and possibly an image overlay.

Content:

I am using standards from Visual Art and Social studies for third-fifth grade:

Standard 4: The student will interpret and apply visual arts in relation to cultures, history, and all learning

Objective 3: Recognize the connection of visual arts to all learning

Standard 2 Students will understand cultural factors that shape a community.

This lesson will be an introduction into helping students form opinions of what is art and how is art valued in a culture. Students will research differnt museums and come up with theories about why different cultures value art.

Pedagogy:

I will be having students record their answers and observations in journals becuase in this activity most of the answers will be opinions and personal ideas of the students. This fits with the content because there aren't many clear cut answers when it comes to art and why cultures value different things.

Technology:

Students will use Google Earth and the internet to see the location of several world famous art museums. They will use the 3-D building layer to see what the museums actually look like and where they are located. They will use the population tool to compare each museum location to the others to determine if population plays a role in where museums are located. They will also use the internet to visit the museum websites and take part in some of the online activities that are offered for students.

My digital story

This is my poem interpretation of Shel Silverstein's poem, "The Meehoo with an Exactlywatt." This was created using photostory, which is such a user friendly program that it would be great for students to use! It is a great way for students to bring literature to life while participating in technology and the arts!

TPACK in digital story

What is the content you’ll be using in your lesson?

The standards I am focusing on are:

• Standard 1-Oral Language-Students develop language for the purpose of effectively communicating through listening, speaking, viewing, and presenting.
• Objective 2-Develop language through viewing media and presenting.

Students will develop language skills by interpreting a poem. They will come up with an idea of what the poem communicates to them and then they will make a photo story to present their ideas.

What is the pedagogy you’ll be using and why is it a good fit with the content?

This lesson focuses on the students' ideas and their ability to express what they believe. This is a good fit with the content because with poem interpretations there are no right or wrong answers. Students are able to experience the ways language can be communicated clearly or unclearly. I think a good teaching practice is allowing students freedom when it comes to creative projects. Guidelines are important but allowing students to have success while using their own ideas is important to foster a love of learning. This project also provides opportunities for students to use higher-level thinking because they have to analyze a poem and come up with how they would present it visually.

What is the technology you’ll be using and why is it a good fit with the content and pedagogy?

The technology I'll be using is Photostory or imovie. This is good fit with both content and pedagogy because it is something all students will be able to participate in doing. It provides creative freedom because students can chose to use claymations, photos, or do their own illustrations. It also gives students an opportunity to develop language regardless of their writing abilities.