Lesson Planning and Pacing with Laptops

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Lesson Planning and Pacing with Laptops

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The Puzzle

• How to effectively implement laptops in the
  classroom

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The Ideal Lesson

• The ideal lesson teaches on three levels
• State Standards (what the state thinks is
  important)
• Core competencies (what the business world thinks
  is important)
• Student interest (what the student thinks is
  important)

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Student Responsibility

• Students must feel ownership in the program and
  should be educated to take care of their laptops!
• Teachers who frequently use laptops in class
  report fewer problems than those who rarely use
  them.

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Teacher Watchfulness

• Laptops magnify everything.
• There is no magic button technology solution to
  discipline problems.
• You have to pick your battles and give up a
  little control in order to allow learning in this
  type of classroom.
• Some Specifics
• Location, location, location
• Click rule
• Lids Down

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Instructional Design

• Standards aligned
• Co-operative Learning Strategies
• Curriculum/Pacing Guides
• Technology Rich

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Sharing Lesson Plans At End of Workshop 1. What
educational objectives were you addressing with
the (activity), in terms of 2. Specific
skills or knowledge (e.g., know the formula for
gravitys effect on an object) 3. Specific
concepts (e.g., understanding how gravity affects
objects of different weights on different
planets) 4. Specific cognitive abilities
(e.g., developing problem-solving and analytic
skills by examining gravity simulations)
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5. How do the students demonstrate that they
had met the educational objectives (e.g.,
quizzes, tests, task, presentation, paper,
etc.)? 6. What evaluation criteria did you
use to measure the degree to which students had
met the educational objectives (e.g., a rubric
or a series of 25-point quizzes with certain
weights)?
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7. Did you group students or have them work
individually (or both)?
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THANKS!

• Sally Lewis
• Pearson Consultant