Techforlearning

Find a video this morning while checking your RSS feeds?

Watch it. Then show it. Great lesson!

News or Talk show Interviews with influencial people CAN be interesting!

Students can be engaged while watching videos where there is mostly just dialogue.
For example a video like this can capture kids attention.
Some ideas how:

• Watch the video with the students

• Pause frequently and ask clarifying questions about the vocabulary the people are using.

• Ask students questions about the events that are being discussed. Pause and Explain the events if students are unfamiliar.

• Jot down questions while watching.

At the end……

• Play review game with students and ask them to predict the future based on what they have heard or ask their opinion.
• Instill pride in students that what they learned from the interview or news clip or documentary is important because………
• Tell them that knowing this information makes them unique because they can help others understand……….
• Explain to them that in the future seeing this and knowing this information will be beneficial because……….
• Reward with praise for their participation

They are engaged!They learn! We bond!

Great lesson without much planning!

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Banning iPods in school will not stop cheating. Simply knowing when to allow them in and turned on is how manage them. Set a classroom policy.

Whether or not your district has a policy on iPods set one for your classroom. iPods not allowed on during tests would be a good one. Ask students with iPods to put them on or underneath their desks.
To enforce it the policy make sure you are aware of the different ways that students can listen to them.

Make sure to walk around the classroom.  Look to see if they are leaning against their hands. If they are ask to open their hands to ensure a ear bud is not hidden in the student’s palm.

Also take a look at their collar and wrists for ear bud wires before the test begins so that they are not accused of cheating later because they were not asked specifically to remove ear buds from their clothing.:)

We’ll talk about text messaging in the next post:)

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When using technology with students explain the process and reason that particular tech tools are being used to avoid focus on the technology (beating the game or making cool sounds by clicking). Tell students to focus on the technology as the means to learn the material. If you inform your students of the learning objectives and explain your purpose for using the tech methods they will learn how to learn.

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