Integrating Technologies in Instructional Environments Lauren Cifuentes

desk bookcase to library table A possible floor-plan for a collaborative instructional environment.

Shakespeares’ Life and Times-- CD-Rom by Intellimation: Student’s Role n orchestrate your own scene placing actors and props on virtual stage and directing character’s movements; n write essay describing influences of personal/historical events on W.S.’s writing; n create multimedia presentation describing defining characteristics of Elizabethan lit., art, architecture, & music. One workstation in a unit on Romeo and Juliet might include the above packaged instruction with instructions to choose from one of the activities described.

Teacher’s Role n design and or install multiple activities; n assure that all students are challenged, none lost; n provide content mentorship; n coach students (management); n evaluate students.

Restructuring Departures from conventional practice that fundamentally change the roles of teachers, administrators, students, and parents working with schools

REFORM: PREPARING STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS Environments where effective strategies are activated a variety of methods a variety of technology

Effective Strategies n Time on task n individualized pacing n individualized feedback n performance based instruction n cooperative learning n peer tutoring

Technology The replicable ‘means’, forms or vehicles by which instruction is formatted, stored, and delivered to the learner.

Methods Any way to shape information that activates, supplants or compensates for the cognitive processes necessary for achievement or motivation

TEACHING METHODS SURVEY Rank the methods below: 1= most used, 2= second most used, etc. Lecture Demonstration Questioning/ tutorial Discussion Student performance Self-directed study Packaged Instruction Other; please describe Successful teachers use student performance as their primary method.

Technology Frees Teachers to-- n motivate students to spend more time on task interacting with content; n implement student centered, individualized activities; n spend more time with students one-on- one and in small groups; n support performance based instruction, cooperative learning, and peer tutoring

Your Assignment is to Create a Classroom of Workstations Work areas where students conduct activities independently or cooperatively. Remember learning centers?

Rationale for Workstations n Student-centered; n cooperative learning, full participation; n multi-delivery systems; n individual responsibility; n motivation of technology and interactivity.

During Design Phase Describe Each Workstation -- n Desired outcomes n Technology resources n Processes students will go through (methods) n Guidance you will provide n Product(s) required n Evaluation procedures

Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story-- Videodisc by Sunburst Remember the unit on Romeo and Juliet? A second workstation in that unit might include a videodisc. During creation of your media resource list find resources to support your instructional environment.

Shakespeare & the Varieties of Human Experience-- Audiotape lecture by America’s Superstar Teachers. A third workstation in the Romeo and Juliet unit.

Shakespeare for Students: Critical Interpretations for High Schoolers-- Book A fourth workstation in the Romeo and Juliet unit.

Shakespeare and the Globe-- Videocassette by Films for the Humanities and Sciences A fifth workstation in the Romeo and Juliet unit.

Student Made Video of Play- -Video Camera A sixth workstation in the Romeo and Juliet unit.

Research Paper-- Internet A seventh workstation in the Romeo and Juliet unit.

Classroom Management n No one workstation can have another workstation as its prerequisite; students need to be able to rotate through the workstations in any sequence. n Each workstation should require students to work the same amount of time.

desk bookcase library CD-Rom Video disc in Audiotape Book Video Camera Video Cassette Internet The Romeo and Juliet unit.

If you were to implement your unit you would assess students using portfolio assessment methods by keeping a folder to document each student’s u Processes u Products

STATION STUDENT COMMENTS TEACHER GRADE COMMENTS

desk bookcase Audiotape Books, etc. Video Camera Video Cassette Internet DVC CD Internet CD bookcase Video disc and Internet access in library Presentation monitor from ceiling Another floor-plan.