Survey of Computers in Elementary Schools (ICE 234)
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christy Keeler, Ph.D.
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Lesson Plan:
Software for Learning Centers
Objectives:
Students will:
Materials:
Software for Learning Centers
Objectives:
Students will:
- Identify and locate curriculum-specific software useful for instructing in K-8 classrooms.
- Identify methods of utilizing curriculum-specific software in classrooms having only one computer.
- Evaluate software quality based on its instructional usefulness.
1A. Teachers
demonstrate introductory knowledge, skills, and understanding of
concepts related to technology.
2A. Teachers design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology-enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learners.
2C. Teachers identify and locate technology resources and evaluate them for accuracy and suitability.
2D. Teachers plan for the management of technology resources within the context of learning activities.
2E. Teachers plan strategies to manage student learning in a technology-enhanced environment.
3A. Teachers facilitate technology-enhanced experiences that address content standards and student technology standards.
3B. Teachers use technology to support learner-centered strategies that address the diverse needs of students.
3C. Teachers apply technology to develop students’ higher-order thinking skills and creativity.
3D. Teachers manage student learning activities in a technology-enhanced environment.
4A. Teachers apply technology in assessing student learning of subject matter using a variety of assessment techniques.
4B. Teachers use technology resources to collect and analyze data, interpret results, and communicate findings to improve instructional practice and maximize student learning.
6B. Teachers apply technology resources to enable and empower learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities.
6C. Teachers identify and use technology resources that affirm diversity.
6E. Teachers facilitate equitable access to technology resources for all students.
2A. Teachers design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology-enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learners.
2C. Teachers identify and locate technology resources and evaluate them for accuracy and suitability.
2D. Teachers plan for the management of technology resources within the context of learning activities.
2E. Teachers plan strategies to manage student learning in a technology-enhanced environment.
3A. Teachers facilitate technology-enhanced experiences that address content standards and student technology standards.
3B. Teachers use technology to support learner-centered strategies that address the diverse needs of students.
3C. Teachers apply technology to develop students’ higher-order thinking skills and creativity.
3D. Teachers manage student learning activities in a technology-enhanced environment.
4A. Teachers apply technology in assessing student learning of subject matter using a variety of assessment techniques.
4B. Teachers use technology resources to collect and analyze data, interpret results, and communicate findings to improve instructional practice and maximize student learning.
6B. Teachers apply technology resources to enable and empower learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities.
6C. Teachers identify and use technology resources that affirm diversity.
6E. Teachers facilitate equitable access to technology resources for all students.
Materials:
- Teacher computer with lecture
slides
- Student computers with pre-loaded curriculum-specific software
- Timer
- Software Evaluation Forms (1 per student)
- Instructional Software Grading Rubric
- Lesson
Plan II Grading Rubric
- Instructional software evaluation online
form
- Signs listing the name of software pieces and giving them a number
- Extra headphones
Sponge Activity (10 minutes)
Opening (5 minutes)
Have each
student choose one learning station and begin playing the game on the
screen. Some students may need to work in pairs.
Opening (5 minutes)
- Announce daily outline.
- Announce
daily objectives.
- Introduce
students
to the
instructional software evaluation form.
Give each
student one software
evaluation form. Have him/her start at a computer learning station
next in sequential order to the one they used during the sponge
activity. They will spend ten minutes reviewing the software. They
will evaluate one of the software programs using their
evaluation
forms. Set the timer
for ten minutes. When it goes off, all students
reset
their computers to the software’s opening page and shift to the next
computer (based on the numbers
next to the name of the software – taped to the computers) and continue
the process with the next software package.
Call all students together and discuss the following:
Call all students together and discuss the following:
- What did you like and dislike about the programs you evaluated?
- How would you rate their educational usefulness?
Closing (5 minutes)
- Review daily outline and objectives.
- Hand out and explain the
grading rubrics for Lesson
Plan II and Instructional
Software Evaluations.
- Tell students how to access the Instructional
Software Evaluation Form.
- There are no readings or assigned reading
quiz for next session.
- Review the lesson plan and lecture slides.
- Select any three pieces of software reviewed in class (many are available in the Curriculum Materials Library). Review each using the software evaluation form. Your evaluations may be handwritten.