Lesson / Unit of Study Planning and Reflection
Guide
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Lesson/Unit
Title:
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Wax Museum
Presentation
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Content
Area(s):
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Social
Studies
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Grade
Level(s):
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3rd Dual
Language
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Begin/End
Dates:
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April 1
to May 8
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Teacher
Name:
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Learner
Outcomes:
At the end of this lesson/unit, what did you expect your students to know, understand, and/or be able to do? Please align this learning to your current district curriculum standards and Common Core where applicable. |
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Students will
be able to research information about important people in history and will
gain in depth knowledge of a particular individual of their choice. Each
student will present/share information learned with classmates, parents and
the rest of the student in the school.
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Which levels
of Bloom’s Taxonomy will be addressed—identify the level and the related
learning. (You may use the original or the revised framework.)
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Students will
be applying and creating be
modifying the format they will present the information and by summarizing and
presenting information learned.
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Teacher
Technology Use:
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What delivery
strategies will be utilized by the teacher during instruction?
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Presentation and demonstration will be done in whole and small
groups. I will provide individual support and additional opportunities
for students in greater need and for those who do not have computers at home.
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What
technology will be utilized by teacher during the delivery of instruction?
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I will be
utilizing laptops, projectors to demonstrate how to research information through
the internet.
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Which NETS-T
will be met by the effective application of this technology?
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1b. Students are proficient in
the use of technology.
3a. Students use technology tools to
enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote
creativity.
4a. Students use technology to
collaborate, publish, and interact with peers and other
audiences.
5a. Students use technology to
locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of
sources.
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What, if any,
special arrangements will need to be made for this technology to be readily
available?
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No special arrangements will be necessary since
school has laptops available for wireless connection.
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Student
Technology Use:
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What
product(s) will the students use to demonstrate their learning?
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At the end of the unit students will
produce at least one audioboo to give a summary of their chosen character.
They will also be able to explain/tell in depth information about their
character when participating in Wax Museum event in May.
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What
technology will be utilized by students throughout their learning?
(During research, knowledge construction, product development,
assessment). Why?
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Students will
be using computers and internet to research information, collect images
and watching videoclips under teacher/parents supervision. The use of
internet will be monitored due to the age and beginning level of
technology proficiency of most of the students. There are only 3
laptops in the classroom which will required a longer period to carry out the
project, but at the same time will facilitate teacher’s support and
supervision.
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Which NETS-S
will be met by the effective application of this technology?
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1b. Students are proficient in
the use of technology.
4a. Students use technology to collaborate,
publish, and interact with peers and other
audiences.
5a. Students use technology to
locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of
sources.
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What, if any,
special arrangements will need to be made for this technology to be readily
available?
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No special arrangements will required since
students will be using equipment and services which are readily available in
the classroom/school.
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Ethical/Responsible/Legal
Use of Technology:
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Which digital
citizenship NET-S and NETS-T are relevant to this lesson/unit of study?
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For NETS-S
Social, Ethical and Human
issues. (2a) Understand the ethical culture, and
societal issues related to technology.
For NETS-T
Social,
Ethical and Human issues. (6a) Model
and teach legal and ethical practice related to technology use.
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How will
these standards be modeled?
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I will engage
in conversations with students explaining the importance of observing
copyrights and ethics when they use materials produced by someone else. Most
of this conversations will be open and will occur repeatedly along the
project. I will use opportunities when kids copy literal text from a given
sources to teach them to either cite the source or use their
knowledge of how to summarize or interpret information to be expressed
in their own language. Students publication of their projects will help them
understand the copyrights that they will have.
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What
instruction will be provided for these standards?
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Oral and graphic presentations of copyrights
displays on various written materials, videos, pictures, etc..
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Assessment:
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What criteria
will be used to measure the success of student achievement in the content
standards? Identify any strategies and tools to be used.
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Students projects will be judged by:
1. Gathering factual information using internet and books.
2.. Written summary of projects with text that will be uploaded
to audioboo.
3. Art work or photographs to be used in projects.
4. Oral presentation (recording) of information uploaded.
5. Proficiency on using computer to research,
copy, paste...
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How will the effectiveness of the
student use of technology be assessed? (Tools, processes, etc.)
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Students will work and collaborate with each other when using
computer and internet. Those kids who are more fluent will be paired/grouped
with those who need support. When all projects are completed I will request
parents and family members to comment on most liked projects. Likewise,
students will be required to listen to all kids audioboos.
The effectiveness of students
using technology will be reflected on the quality of the final product and
the creativity students used with visuals and voice.
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Reflection
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Identify the
successes of this lesson/unit of study. What went well?
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Most of the
students have completed their research, summaries, and
illustrations of their projects. Some have already uploaded their
audioboos and completed the project. The majority will be doing their
recording and uploading this coming week (week of May 5). The goal is to have
everyone’s audioboos uploaded by May 16th.
What has been going well so far is the excitement of
students expressed along the project. There is a lot of motivation and high
hopes to share final project with parents. Most kids are not afraid to try
and some have even attempted to work on research at home. I am excited to see
parents and kids comments when they attend The Wax Museum Event.
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What
were the challenges of this lesson/unit of study? What did not go so
well?
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The main challenge for me for
this unit was the lack of equipment to provide each kids with their own
devices (laptops, tablet, etc). I only have 3 laptops in the classroom and I
have 26 students. It is difficult to let excited kids work at the same time
with only three laptops. It is always challenging to give each kid the same
opportunity as someone else. Those kids who are more aggressive got to do
their projects faster, while those who are shy and have no support at home
will rely on my help or help from peers.
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What
advice would you give yourself or others to improve this lesson/unit of
study?
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The first
advice I will give myself is to become proficient with the technology
tools I will be using. This part for me was one of the biggest challenges,
due to the fact that I never took any form of technology courses. What I know
I have learned by practicing on my own. I am excited to be learning new
things, even though I am approaching retirement.
The second advice will be to encourage co workers and parents
not to be afraid of trying technology for learning. It is a great
additional tool for education, as well as, one that will not go away, but
rather become a dominant form of learning. Kids should be getting familiar
with the use of technology as a learning tool. This is the first year in my 35
years of teaching that I attempt something like this. To summarize I will
just say that it is better to stumble while trying than failing without
attempting.
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