Creating+An+Innovative+Use+of+Technology

=__ Creating Innovative Uses of Technology __= =__An Individual Project __= By

Niambi M. Pringle

Rationale : The rationale behind this lesson is to incorporate social sciences and technology. I want the students to be able to have a peer edit assignments via the class wiki as well as their own wikispace that they created. The first step would be to create and execute a government assignment that would be the first step. Lesson One **//1. //****//A brief description of lesson number one //** The students will answer a series of questions pertaining to topics of discussion during the previous weeks of class as well as create a concept map using Inspiration 7 licensed by Inspiration Corporation. The students are asked to use that software to depict and discuss the topics, cases and issues pertaining to civil rights. The new trimester started on March 21st and for four weeks we are required to cover civil liberties, civil rights, citizenship and the responsibility of a citizen. The assignments will be placed on the student generated wikipage.

**//2. //****//The technology and resources involved //** The students will need access to a computer, the internet, wikispace account, zoho account, inspiration 7, Kalamazoo Public Schools, (Novell Server), and mrspringle.wiki.zoho.com.

**//3. //****//What skills, knowledge, and pedagogy are required of teachers? //** Teachers must be able to have basic technology skills and able to navigate through programs to instruct the students on the procedures. Teachers also, must be able to make an assessment on the ability of the students and their level of understanding. In addition teachers must be able to embed video as well as audio, place graphics and hyperlinks.

**//4. //****//What prior skills and knowledge that is required by students? //** The student must have prior knowledge of the Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, How individuals become a citizen and the responsibility of a citizen. In addition, basic computer skills are required.

**//5. //****//What are students asked to do exactly? //** The Students are asked to read a series of articles. Watch documentaries and create projects pertaining to Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. Once the students have completed those assignments they are required to create a wikispace where they will place the assignments as well as create groups to have class discussion with during class.

**//6. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">What are the procedures of the project? //**  · **//__ Students are to determine which Bill of Right is most important to the democracy of America. __//**  · **//__ Students are to report to personal accounts of an individual or group that experienced a injustice of their civil liberties __//** · **//__ Students are to create a concept map that depicts the struggles and triumphs of civil liberties in America __//** · **//__ The students will create a __//**[|**//zoho wiki account//**] · **//__ The students will create a wiki where they will place the previous assignments on individual pages __//** · **//__ The students are required to embed a video that depicts the civil liberties that were discussed in class __//** · **//__ Students are required to use graphics that exemplify the essence of Government and how the government plays a role in the lives of citizens. __//**  · **//__ Students are required to hyperlink their wiki to the class wiki __//**

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">7. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">What are the advantages of the project? //** The advantage of the project is that the students are able to peer edit assignment, collaborate on group projects and ask assignments about the current and future assignment

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">8. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">What are the disadvantages of the project? //** The disadvantage of the project is that students may find themselves veering of onto other sites that do not pertain to school. In addition, the assignment may take longer to accomplish if students do not have that background knowledge in technology.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">9. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">What types of effective //**[|**//Instructional strategies//**]**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">are included? //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The assignment allows for one-on-one instructional strategies. In addition, peer teaching <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">is evident as Indirect Instruction.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">10. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">What are the possibilities that the innovation can be transferred to other teachers, subject content and different school settings? //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">There are several possibilities for this assignment to be transferred to other subject content. For example, the English department could review and discuss the poetry that was written by African-American writers at the time. The Science department could research and discuss the scientific discoveries of minorities, for example, George Washington Carver and Elijah McCoy.

=<span style="background: yellow; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: #17365d; font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">Creating Innovative Uses of Technology = =<span style="background: yellow; border-bottom: #4f81bd 1pt solid; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: #17365d; font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 15pt; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">An Individual Project = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">By <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Niambi M. Pringle

<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Rationale <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: The rationale of this assignments is to allow the students to build on lesson one. The previous lesson requires the students to be present in class to accomplish a series of assignments. These assignments are to be uploaded to the student’s personal wikis so that students can peer edit. This assignment continues in Lesson Two, however, the students will include a chat that will allow the students to discuss questions that are posed pertaining to the topic of the week <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Lesson Two **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">1. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">A brief description of lesson number two. //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Lesson Two will include a chat session where students will begin discourse over topics that the teacher will post.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">2. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">The technology and the resources involved //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The students will need internet access as well as a zoho wiki account. In addition to supplemental reading.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">3. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">What skills, knowledge and pedagogy are required of teachers //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Teachers must be aware of their students reading and writing ability. This knowledge will help asses the grammar as well as participation that a student may set forth.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">4. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">What prior skills and knowledge is required by students? //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It will be helpful for students to have basic computer knowledge as well as [|Core Democratic Values.]

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">5. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">What are students asked to do exactly //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The students are ask to participate in political discourse through out the trimester. They are asked to post a question per week as well as answer a question per week that was posted by another student.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">6. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">What are the procedures of the project? //**  · **//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The students will create a chat group of three classmates. These will be the classmates that they will chat with. Nonetheless, they will be able to chat with others __//** · **//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The chat option is available when the students click on “Switch to” icon. When clicking on that option they will follow the steps to create a chat. __//**  · **//__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The students are required to post a question by the end of the day on Monday. They are required to answer a post by the end of the day on that Friday. __//**

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">7. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">What are the advantages of the project? //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The advantage of this project is that students are able to ask their peers for help if I am unable to do so.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">8. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">What are the disadvantages of the project? //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A disadvantage of this project is that if a student does not have access to a computer at home, they would need to find school time to post and answer a post.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">9. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">What types of effective //**[|**//instructional strategies//**]**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">are included? //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The strategies that are included in this assignment is Independent Instruction, Interactive Instruction and Indirect Instruction.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">10. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">What are the possibilities that the innovation can be transferred to other teachers, subject content and different school settings? //**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This project can be taken to another level if students at other schools are chatting on the same topic. In addition, different subjects can join in on the chat if teachers talk about their experience teaching the topic or if they lived during the mentioned topic, they can be a personal account of civil liberties and civil rights. Creating An Innovative Use of Technology