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01/28 ISTE Standards & Meaningful Learning with Technology


1. ISTE Standards

There are all together 7 components in the ISTE Standards for students: empowered learner, digital citizen, knowledge constructor, computational thinker, creative communicator, innovative designer, and global collaborator. Let's watch an video overview of the ISTE Standards to get a whole picture of it.

Group discussion:

  • You also read How classroom technology is holding students back. What were some of your big takeaways from the reading? With what did you agree? Disagree?

  • How do the ISTE Standards connect with this article? In the classroom vignettes that the author described, did you see examples of the standards?

  • Why should we care about ISTE standards?

  • What can we do to promote recognition to the technology-integration in K-12 classrooms? How can we equip pre-service teachers with the mindset?

Work in groups of 3 or 4 to discuss these questions and post your responses to the Padlet (see links below) for your group (15 mins).


2. Meaningful Learning with Technology

A lot of what we learn this semester is based on the ideas presented in Chapter One Meaningful Learning with Technology, so it’s really important to get a solid foundation on the information included in it.

What are your biggest takeaways from this chapter? Leave your response in the Chat box of Zoom.

In order for students to learn meaningfully, they must be willfully engaged in a meaningful task.
Learning technologies can be any environment or definable set of activities that engage learners in active, constructive, intentional, authentic, and cooperative learning.

If you think about the 7 ISTE standards for students as the goals we want students to achieve, then the 5 Meaningful Learning principles show the means to get there. The Universal Design for Learning framework we are going to discuss next class is more about the specific how-to strategies.


3. Tool Commercial project

There are many tools that can facilitate meaningful learning. The Tool Commercial Project is meant for you to explore a facilitating tool of your interest and then introduce it to the class. I believe you have already started to explore some of the tools from the textbook. Since it's impossible to cover all the tools, we'll select from the following 11 categories listed in the textbook:

- Assessment
- Classroom Management
- Flipped & Blended Learning
- Games
- Global Learning
- Learning Management System
- Media Literacy
- Parent Engagement
- Special ED / UDL
- Virtual & Augmented Reality
- Social Justice & Anti-Racism

1) How to sign up?

Think about what category of tools you are interested in, go to the textbook to select one tool from that category. To make sure there are a variety of tools, everyone should pick a different tool and no more than two of you should choose the same category. Take this as an opportunity to learn about a new tool, so do not pick tools that are commonly used, such as Google Doc, Kahoot, Quizlet, etc. Please sign up here by Friday, Jan 29 with the tool of your choice.

2) What should be covered in the project?

Your tool commercial project should cover the following aspects of your tool:

  • Cost: Is it free or is there a free trial? Otherwise, how much?

  • Difficulty level: Is it user-friendly? Easy to use?

  • Accessibility: how can you access it? Does it work on a MacBook, PC, Android, or iOS device? Or is it web-based?

  • Use: What are the main features? Demonstrate how to use it.

  • Application: How to apply it to facilitate effective teaching and learning? Can you give an example?

  • Other: Any other aspects that you think are important to know

3) What could the final product look like?

You can choose your own creative form of your final product for this project. And whatever form it is, it will be added to your portfolio site on a page named "Tool Commercial Project" (Don't forget to publish the changes). Possible forms are:

  • Blog style - written description of the tool with texts, images and other elements (you don't necessarily create a blog site for it, just a page on your portfolio that looks like a blog).

  • Poster - design a poster for your tool on paper or digitally.

  • Video - make a cool video to introduce your tool. Talk with me if you need help with what video creation tools are good to use for your purpose.

  • Other - talk with me if you have other creative ideas.

4) How to present it?

You'll have 3-4 minutes to present your project Tuesday, Feb 9th (two weeks from today). We'll do this in two breakout groups. No need to prepare slides. You just need to demonstrate your project (whatever form it is) and demonstrate how to use the tool. Think about how you can "sell" your tool to your audience. If you prefer, you may record a video presentation in advance and play it in class.

5) Point value

The Tool Commercial project takes up 5% of your final grade (3' for project + 2' for presentation).

6) Due date

You need to post your tool commercial project to your portfolio website by Thursday, Feb 04. Get ready for presentation on Tuesday, Feb 9th.


HOMEWORK

1. FlipGrid Discussion on Meaningful Learning:

  • (By midnight Sunday, 01/31) Record your own response: What examples of meaningful learning with (and without) technology you have experienced since the Spring semester. Use the 5 characteristics diagram (active, intentional, authentic, constructive, cooperative) to explain it.

  • (By Next Tuesday, 02/02, before class) View and comment on at least 2 of your classmates' responses. If someone already has at least 2 comments and there are other threads available, please spread the wealth :)

  • Here is the link https://flipgrid.com/503e5b66. Choose "Join with Microsoft" and enter your UGAmail. Hit the green plus button to start recording. If you're using your phone, you can scan the QR code to start:


2. (By Next Tuesday, 02/02, before class) Read: Rose, D. H., & Gravel, J. W. (2010). Universal design for learning. In P. Peterson, E. Baker & B. McGraw (Eds.), International encyclopedia of education (pp. 48-57). Oxford: Elsevier.

  • You will have to create a free account to read the chapter – but the web version has some nice accessibility features that might be useful to you, for example, there is an option to have any text that you highlight read to you. Only Chapter 4 is required (Pages 48-57). The videos included are not required to view but might help to explain UDL a bit better.

3. (By midnight Thursday, 02/04) Compete your Tool Commercial Project. See instructions above.



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