TPACK Lesson Plan

TPACK Lesson Plan  

• 2nd Grade English 

• By the end of this lesson the students will know how to identify a verb and a noun 

Day 1: 

First, we will have 1 piece of paper for each student, fold it in half. On one side we will write the definition of a verb and underneath we will write common verbs. On the other side we will write the definition of a noun and write common nouns, under the definition.  

At home and in their free time the students are encouraged to play “Ice Cream Talk” on ABCYA.com https://www.abcya.com/games/nouns_and_verbs and when we come back to class the next day, they should have a good understanding of the lesson.  

Day two:  

Each student will come to the front and write a sentence on the smart board, then another student will underline the verb and the noun. Each student should be at the Smart Board twice, by the time this procedure is done. 

• Assessment: https://www.education.com/game/nouns-and-verbs-sort/ I will use this game as their assessment, I can assign this as “homework” on the website to check for who may be struggling. 

3D Printing

    I heard a little about 3D printing but I did not know much. I never thought about how it could be used for education, but it provides a face-to-face interaction with many things. Students who learn better through touching something and seeing something with their own eyes, will really benefit from this tool. 

    After reading articles and working through the sites provided by Dr. Wu I started thinking, what if we could use 3D printing to learn about anatomy of frogs or pigs without really dissecting them? Almost a reverse game of 'Operation,' instead of removing things from a person, frog, or pig, the students can place the heart, lungs, etc. in the object, in the correct spot.

    I also like how 3D printing can be used for medical purposes, that was shocking to me. I hope I will have more understanding on how this works, when I see and feel what a 3D print looks and feels like. I have never used a 3D printer, or seen one, and I have never felt an object that has been printed. 

Article Questions

    Net Generation 1- After reading this article I thought it would be important for principals and administration to encourage technology classes to teachers over summer break. Support teachers so much so, that maybe the school could even pay for the class if there is a fee. There is all this talk about the important role that technology plays in education, which is true, but we cannot agree that just because people are born into a tech savy world that they are also familiar with technology. This article even shows that more often than not undergraduates use apps for personal use and not educational, and maybe that is because they do not know how to integrate into an education form for the apps they use. 

    Teaching and Technology- This article began with talking about how the United States standards are falling and because of institutions such as schools. They state that the U.S. needs to change the 'problems of education' and things will start to rise, but teachers are paid so poorly. My senior year of high school (2018) we had a teacher walk-out in Oklahoma because of pay. This article states the importance of great schools, which is true, but yet teachers get paid, as if, we are not shaping the minds of future leaders. Education is so important, yet we are undervalued, and our pay shows it. 

    This article also states that schools need to add more computers into the classroom, yet in Guymon we can hardly keep translators because they are paid so poorly, no one really wants to translate as their full-time job. If there is an increase of online work and online classrooms there needs to be a reduction of online homework, because despite the U.S. being so advance in technology not 100% of the U.S. has access to internet or a computer at home. This shows the advantages that upper and middle-class can have on lower-class families because technology is important in education, but not everyone has equal access. This made me think of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, putting the pressure of having computer/internet access on a student who fears going home or wonders where their next meal will come from, just limits them even more in the classroom.

    TPACK1- This article, I thought, was very interesting. I love how they acknowledged that teachers can have the curriculum knowledge, knowledge of technology, and content knowledge, but they may not know how to combine the three. Which is so true. We can have all the tools, but not know how to use them. 

    

Using Google Classroom

    The Google Classroom will be great as a teacher because it will be somewhere to organize lessons and grades. The Google Classroom is very organized and well put together. It has a folder for assignments, adding parents and students to see what the teacher is posting and allows a teacher to place grades. This online classroom will really come in handy when a student misses class or forgets what homework is due when. Google Classroom also benefits the parents because with the code provided they can find their child's classroom and keep track of their grades and be sure that their child is done with their homework. 

    

    This tool can benefit the teacher, the learner, and the parents because it allows everyone to stay connect and on the same page. If the teacher stays up-to-date on their online classrooms the parents can in theory learn with their child/children. This classroom will also let teachers and parents connect before a parent/teacher conference, where some parents may be shocked when they get their child's report card. Allowing the teacher to input grades is such a useful tool. And as a learner this tool will keep students on track and less confused or forgetful about assignments. 

    From a future teacher's point of view I am excited to learn more about this Google Classroom and really use it to the best of its ability. 

How Technology is Influencing Us

    Technology is changing the world around us day-by-day. In our classrooms, our social life, and our home life. I believe technology in the classroom is a great thing, when used correctly. I recently learned about video chatting (for lack of a better term) experts on certain subjects and students can get a real-life interaction with people they can ultimately look up to and ask questions to for better understanding, rather than asking a teacher, whom is not an expert in said field, and may not have the answer. Having access to an expert, in the classroom, can and will make for better understanding and since they are in the classroom the teacher then can help the point get across to the students if the expert does not know how to word their lectures for the age group.

    Technology is taking a hold on the majority of people's lives. I do not think it is a bad thing, because now families and friends can keep in touch with one another even from great distances. I do believe it can have a negative because people do not use the privilege we are given to its best use. An example is, when a child is crying or being loud or just annoying the family or their parents, it is easy to hand them a tablet or a phone and tell them to go to their rooms, because at least then they are quiet. Kids also have unlimited access to games whether they have a PS4 or a Xbox, which is also an advantage to some parents because then their kids are "out of their way" while the parents are busy. It is easy to see and say, these kids now do not play outside. While that is true, one must also think to themselves, do the parents ever say "hey, you are too cooped up inside. Maybe go in the backyard and play." It is important to take into account the part that authoritative figures can play in a child's life when it comes to technology.

    I also believe that technology is making it more difficult to have a face-to-face conversation with others, so a 'wall' is being built between human beings, which is leading to more socially awkward people, not just children. And that is a big negative. Another negative when it comes to communication is, we have people at our finger tips, therefore not giving us time to cool down and collect our thoughts before sending that mean email, text message, Facebook message, etc. People are getting their feelings hurt and self-esteem lowered because we have these communication devices at our hands, but do not think before we send messages.