Meaningful Instruction Using Technology

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Meaningful Instruction Using Technology

• Seujan Bertram

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Students need to be able to use computers
flexibly, creatively and purposefully.

• All learners should be able to recognize what
  they need to accomplish, determine whether a
  computer will help them do so, and then be able
  to use the computer as a part of the process of
  accomplishing their task.
• Computer Skills for Information Problem-Solving
  Learning and Teaching Technology in Context
  online available http//ericir.syr.edu.ithome/d
  igests/computerskills.html 11/28/99

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Spreadsheets

• Collect and Enter Data
• Calculate using formulas
• Insert Menu Function
• Edit Menu Paste
  Function
• Graph Results
• Chart Wizard
• Options Menu Make
  Chart

Grade Book Project
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Word Processing

• Enter text, spell check and format
  

• Graphics

Word Art

• Tables

I Am Poem
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MultiMedia

• Graphics

• Chart and Tables

• Record Sounds (Disk Space)
• Insert Menu Movies and Sounds
  Record Sound...

Evention
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Web Pages

• File Menu Save As HTML

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Internet Resources

• Copy and Paste Images

Drop on Leaf Picture online available http//w
ww.corbis.com/ 11/29/99.

• Fair Use Policy

• Citing Internet Resources

Title or Description of Item online
available http//www.theurlhere date of
download.
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Internet Research

• Review School Districts Acceptable Use Policy
• Create a Page in Word with hyperlinks to the web
  sites you want them to go to.
• Student Searches
• Generate a thesis statement
• Generate Keywords
• List online and off line sources they might
  consult

Schrock, Kathy Queen of Her Domain Kathy
Schrock Technology and Learning December
1999 38.
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Web Quests

• A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in
  which most or all of the information used by
  learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are
  designed to use learners' time well, to focus on
  using information rather than looking for it,
  and to support learners' thinking at the levels
  of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
• Bernie Dodge online available
  http//edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
  11/29/99.
• Form Teams
• Explain Mission
• Assign Roles
• The Web Quest Page http//edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/
  webquest.html
• Creating Web-Based Lessons http//www.esc20.net/e
  tprojects/

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Project Lesson

• Begin with your curriculum and NYS Standards
• Use technology to create the vehicle that will
  encourage students to think about what they need
  to learn and ask their own questions
• Schrum, Lynne. Technology in the Classroom
  Asking the Right Questions ENC Focus vol. 6
  no.3, 1999 17.

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Keep in Mind...

• Create and show Sample Project
• Develop Rubrics with Students
• Demonstrate Skills on LCD
• Provide direction hand-outs.
• Back-Up Plan!
• Template(s)

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In the Lab...

• Review and post AUP
• Post Trouble-shooting tips
• Post Rubrics
• Talk no more than 5-10 minutes
• Attention Signal
• Ask left and right first