EDEL466/566 - Computers in Education

1. Focus and Review

Focus:  Bell ringer and Before Class

• On board message on board:

• Please write your letter to teacher in your writing journal.  Remember your writing rubric will help you in this assignment.  When you finish please read silently until I begin class.

• Teacher Is:

• I am greeting students at the door and standing in the hallway outside my door.

• Take attendance while students are reading while the bell is ringing.

Review:  Class Introduction  (Total Time = 15 minutes)

• State objectives for the day and announce the video we will be watching. (3 mins..)

• Show the class the two minute introductory video (2 mins..)

• After the video is over hand out sideways to each row the questionnaires.  Remind class to be quiet while filling them out so that all students have privacy.  You do not have to put your name on the questionnaire’sunless you have a particular concern and then you may write me a note on the bottom.  Flip your paper over if you finish so I know you are through and then sit quietly. (7 mins..)

Review:  Prior Knowledge through Brainstorming (Total time = 20 minutes)

• Restate objective for this section. In this section, we are going to explore what you know about computers.  This will be the first step in our project of building a web page.  (1 minute)

• On a piece of paper divided in two (demonstrate folding paper in two) write on the top of the page your name.  For the next three minutes, I want you to free write what you know about computers.

• Now that you have that information, on the other side of the paper we are going to write what our partner knows about computers.  In groups of two (teacher divides class two by seating arrangement 2, 2,2), one person shares while the other person listens and takes notes. Then I want you to switch.

• Have each group share the other person’s knowledge.  This helps the children practice interview skills and contribute information to the class.
  

• Teacher can write on overhead main ideas about the computer that the children are presenting.

2. Objectives

• Stated to students:
• Today in class we will identify and match terms, so that as a class we will gain knowledge about The Odyssey, Homer and the computer.  My goal is to help you develop some core knowledge that you can build on which will help you as you read the Odyssey and begin your computer project.

• Standard Course of Study Objective for English I:
• 2.02 The Learner will be able to explain commonly used terms and concepts clearly and be able to classify terms in an organized manner.

• Standard Course of Study Objective for Computer Competencies:
• Competency Goal 4 The learner will explore and use research processes to meet information needs

• 4.07 Organize and use information.
  

• This lesson focuses on:
• The skill of recall is the primary focus of this lesson as an introductory lesson, I am introduce and identify terms that will be used in the unit.  It also incorporates the skill of comparison because we are looking at two different sets of terms literary and computer.  Finally it will requires inference because of the brainstorming exercise at the beginning of the lesson.  An analysis question and evaluation question may be used during this lesson but are not the primary focus of this lesson.

• Resource Materials needed for this lesson are:
• Introductory Video
• Vcr and TV
  
• An overhead Projector
• Objective Handout make copies for class
  
• List of Computer and Literary Terms matching sheet on an overhead sheet and copies for class
• Answer Key for Teacher
  
• Computer Matching Sheet on an overhead sheet and copies for class
• Answer Key for Teacher
• Literary Term Matching sheet on an overhead sheet and copies for class
• Answer Key for Teacher
• Copies of Homer as an oral poet printed from http://www.britannica.com
  

3. Teacher Input

Recall Lesson (Total time = 15 minutes)

• Restate objective for this section of lesson.  Now we are digging deeper into our prior knowledge and this exercises will help me know how much technical or recall information you have about two subjects.

• I am going to work out a schedule with the classroom computer so that we can rotate the classroom computer in 30 minute time slots so that those who need computer time can have some independent time on the computer.  Only three people can sign up a day, so if you have a time slot use it wisely it is possible you may only get two turns this six weeks.  I will also set up separate days where we will all go to the lab, if you have extra time on those days it may be used to work on your project.

• I am impressed with the knowledge of computers that you have shown in the brainstorming exercise.  I feel that we all gained from the knowledge of our classmates in that sharing time.
  

• How many People have heard how the computers brain works before?  Okay good.  Well then this will expand your knowledge today.  A computer has a brain, and its brain is called the CPU or central processing unit.  Unlike when we think in words inside our minds.  The computer thinks in 01 or 10.  So I thought it would be fun today to practice thinking and organizing like a computer with our term sheet.  If you will flip over your objective for the day sheet, you will find a term sheet with terms on it. (Now the teacher goes over the terms with the class so that the class has labeled all the terms).  Good Job.

• Step one use overhead sheet  and handouts to cover ones and zeros.   If it goes in one category it is a plus and if it goes in another category it is a zero.  In truth terms that go with the Literature the Odyssey are the , and terms that go with the computer are the zero.  Use this time to go over the meanings of the word with the student definition while the class is sorting.
  
  

4. Guided Practice (Total time 10 minutes)

• In this step, student in pencil do two study sheets with definitions with the 10 computer matching and 10 literary words matching sheets.  The teacher will walk around and see what inferences students are making about the new terms they are learning.
  
• During this step, the teacher goes over answers of the check sheet computer matching and literary words on the overhead and tells the students to keep this sheet in their notebooks for these will be on a quiz on friday.

5. Independent Practice (Total time 15 minutes)

• Give students homework handout (copy of web page) and have them start reading silently.  The homework is to find five important pieces of information about Homer .
  

6. Closure (Total time 15 minutes)

• Go over class questionnaires with ratios (examples 6/30 have computer access, 15/30 have used a word processor, 15/30 have used the Internet.  15/30 have used email, 10/30 excited 10/30 scared and 3 don’t care 7/30 are others).
  

• Go back over all the objectives of the day.
  

• Repeat homework assignment.  Now what you are going to do for tomorrow is read this article and bring in five pieces of information regarding the Odyssey.
  

• Question and answer time.  Go over Higher Order thinking Questions, and answer any student questions that arise.  These are questions students can use in their journal time tomorrow.

• Higher Order Thinking Skills Starter Questions:
• Recall: Who is Homer?
• Analysis:  What are the basic components we will be using in building a web page?
• Comparison:  Compare oral writing and the writing that we do today?
• Inference:  Hypothesize what would have happened if Homer had not translated the Odyssey into text?
• Evaluation:  What would be the best way to design a page layout?