Things 1 - 7 Capstone

Things 1-7– Capstone Reflection

A. How will you use these technology applications to improve learning experiences for your students and/or improve your own practice?

B. What effective teaching and learning strategy(ies), based on the work by Marzano (http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/VSTE/2008/ ) will these technology applications address, to make a difference in the learning experience for your students?
C. Choose one of the seven things and describe an activity or lesson you could use in your classroom. Include in the description how the lesson meets either a Michigan curriculum standard or another Educational Technology standard.

In an effort to integrate technology into my “curriculum” which includes working with library parapros who are a diverse population in their experience and interests will work best by demonstration, modeling, and hands-on relevant assignments.  For example, a monthly library meeting may include a demonstration of designing book talks. In turn, they will increase their comfort level and knowledge and be able to share by practice, demonstration, and integration their new knowledge.

All of Marzano’s instructional strategies are included in the first 7 “things”.

These strategies were designed for the “student” but are equally valuable when planning and teaching/presenting to adults. The tools of technology include one or more of these pieces depending upon the lesson planned and how the technology will be used.

For example:

The most practical and fun piece of technology that I encountered in the first seven “ things” was weebly.com.  Building an educational website with such ease was exciting and full of potential. I meet with the library parapros on a monthly basis and present to them practical pieces of their jobs. I have included a technology piece in each meeting. As a follow-up to this, I visit each middle and high school library and discuss how they have used the information that was presented/demonstrated to them at each meeting. I would like to present the following using Weebly.

 

Designing your own interactive website to use with students and/or teachers.

Discuss with attendees the value of a library website. Do they see a value? Do they see a purpose or use? What is the basis for building such a site? What is the educational purpose? How will this effect students, teachers, library staff?

Share simply designed weebly site that has an educational purpose. Discuss it’s possibilities.

 Demonstrate weebly.com watching the training piece on how to build the site together. Allow time for  basic construction of individual sites, sharing components, answering questions, etc.

Link all sites developed to own site.

Discuss at this time or at follow-up how each site will be used effectively.

This project/lesson fulfills  #3 b and c:  Model Digital-Age Work and Learning in NETS for Teachers 2008

 -Collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.

-Communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats