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helping new teachers cope with the unexpected

• Halsted M. Larsson and Sam OgamiStanford
  University School of EducationProgram In
  Learning, Design, and Technology
• July 2006

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OVERVIEW

• Learning Problem
• Design Process Prototyping
• Product Features

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LEARNING PROBLEM

• Teachers must balance many situational factors
  when planning and teaching lessons
• Addressing curricular requirements and standards
• Incorporating activities
• Handling unexpected technology difficulties or
  interruptions
• Managing a dynamic classroom of pupils with
  diverse learning needs

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LEARNING SOLUTION

• A tool to help teachers plan, implement, and
  reflect on their lesson plans

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Design ProcessNEED FINDING

• Interviewed current teachers and conducted a
  literature review
• The need to incorporate students with exceptional
  learning needs can make the experience of a new
  teacher especially difficult
• Interview with a Boston public high school
  teacher acknowledged the frustration of teaching
  in a school where sixty or so languages are spoken

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Design ProcessTHEORY
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Design ProcessTHEORY

• Basic model draws from Wiggins and McTighes
  backwards design
• Design was guided the CAST principles of
  Universal Design for Learning
• Formative Feedback / Self Assessment

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Design ProcessPROTOTYPING

• Developed several prototypes
• Software program
• Physical device
• We tested them with pre-service teachers from the
  Stanford University School of Education STEP
  Program

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Prototypes
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Design processPROTOTYPING FINDINGS

• Teachers greatly valued
• The ability to incorporate material into their
  lesson that they were unable to cover in past
  lessons
• Mobile device that doesnt force them to stay
  behind a desk or computer
• Easy to use quickly (no more than 5 seconds to
  manipulate)
• Does not display schedule to students

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SAMEPAGE

• Lesson Planner
• Agenda Tracker
• Review Helper

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Product FeaturesLESSON PLANNER

• Goal Oriented Planning
• Identification of lesson goals before activities
• Activity Manager
• Allows instructor to visually drag and drop
  activities onto their lesson goals
• Easy Advice
• Provides instructor feedback on their lesson plan
  along the process of creating it

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Product FeaturesAGENDA TRACKER

• On-the-fly Scheduling
• Instructor can change a lessons timeline while
  they are teaching the lesson
• Handheld Interface
• Instructor easily track and adjust their agenda
  with a handheld device
• Detailed Logging
• Advancing the lesson to substituting a different
  activity is recorded for easy reflection and for
  use in planning future lessons

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Product FeaturesREVIEW HELPER

• Planned vs Used Time
• View lesson plan side-by-side with how that
  lesson actually went
• View time estimates next to how much time each
  activity actually took
• Lesson Comparison
• View lessons to see what factors might be at play
  in this particular environment
• Sharing Notes
• Share lesson plans with other teachers

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