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Classroom Applications for
Using Technology with
Classroom Instruction That
Works
Kristin Skogstad Instructional Coach
Sioux Falls School District
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Introductions
• Why am I here?– I am a classroom teacher/Instructional Coach– I am a Technology Integration Consultant– I understand the impact of the 21st Century skills on
today’s learners.– I am passionate about this subject.
Classroom Instruction That Works
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Strategy Average Effect Size
Percentile Gain
Number of Studies
Identifying Similarities and Differences
1.61 45 31
Summarize and note taking
1.00 34 179
Reinforcing effort and providing feedback
.80 29 21
Homework and Practice
.77 28 134
Nonlinguistic representation
.75 27 246
Cooperative Learning
.73 27 122
Setting Objectives and providing feedback
.61 23 408
Generating and testing hypotheses
.61 23 63
Cues, Questions, Advance organizers
.59 22 1251
Similarities and Differences
Research
45 percentile gain
The ability to break a concept into its similar and dissimilar characteristics allows students to understand (and often solve) complex problems by analyzing them in a more simple way.
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Recommendations
• Teach students to use comparing, classifying, metaphors, and analogies when they identify similarities and differences.
• Give students a model of the steps for engaging in the process.
• Use a familiar context to teach students these steps.
• Have students use graphic organizers as visual tools.
• Guide students as they engage in the process.
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Identifying Similarities and DifferencesVariety of Ways
-Comparing similarities and differences
-Classifying grouping things that are alike
-Metaphorscomparing two unlike things
-Analogiesidentifying relationships between pairs of
concepts
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Technology Applications
• Create graphic organizers using Microsoft Word Drawing or special software such as Inspiration or Kidspiration.– Comparison Matrix– SMART Notebook Lesson Toolkit 1.0
• Use Bar Graphs of Similar Traits– Spreadsheets
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Summarizing and Note taking
Research34 percentile gain
High leverage strategies because they: - encourage powerful learning
- lead to deeper understanding- endure long-term recall
Verbatim note taking is the leasteffective way to take notes.
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Recommendations
• Teach students the rule-based summarizing strategy.
• Use summary frames.• Teach students the reciprocal teaching
strategy.• Give students teacher-prepared notes.• Teach students a variety of note-taking
formats.• Use combination notes.
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Technology Application
• Use Microsoft Word to Show Tracked Changes and AutoSummarize Mark-Up.
• Create combination notes using Microsoft Word.
• Use the outline form in PowerPoint.
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Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
•Believing in effort can serve as a powerful motivational tool that students can apply to any situation
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Research
• 29 percentile gain
• People generally attribute success at any given task to one of four causes:
Effort
Other people
Ability
Luck• Three of these four beliefs ultimately inhibit
achievement – (Covington 1983,1985)
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Recommendations
• Explicitly teach students the importance of effort.
• Have students keep track of their effort and achievement.
• Personalize recognition.• Use the Pause, Prompt, and Praise strategy.• Use concrete symbols of recognition.
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Technology Applications
• Create certificate templates• Rubrics• Create a book• Posters• Use Excel to create charts
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Homework and Practice
Research
28 percentile gain
Both homework and practice give students opportunities to deepen their understanding and proficiency with content they are learning.
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Recommendations
• Establish a homework policy.• Design homework assignments that clearly
articulate the purpose and outcome.• Vary approaches to providing feedback.• Ask students to chart their accuracy.• Design assignments that focus on specific
elements of a skill or process.• Plan time for students to increase their
understanding.
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Technology Application
• Teacher WebPages• Rubrics• Multimedia Presentations• Research tools• Blogs or Wikis
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Technology Application
• Allow students to use Word to add pictures to their writing assignments.
• Create graphic organizers• Digital Cameras and Videos• Inspiration/Kidspiration
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Cooperative Learning
Research
27 percentile gain
Organizing students into cooperative groups yields a positive effect on overall learning if approach is systematic and consistent.
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Recommendations
• Use a variety of criteria to group students.• Use informal, formal, an base groups.• Keep the groups to a manageable size.• Combine cooperative learning with other
classroom structures.
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Technology Application
• Webquests• Group projects• Progressive stories using Word.• Peer editing using Notes function in Office.• Google Calendar• Google Docs• Sharing bookmarks• Course Management
– Web 2.0 tools
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Setting Objectives and Providing FeedbackResearch
23 percentile gain
Students learn more efficiently when they know the goals and objectives of a specific lesson or learning activity.
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Recommendations
1. Set learning objectives that are specific, but flexible.
2. Allow students flexibility in personalizing the learning objective or goal.
3. Communicate the learning objectives or goals to students and parents.
4. Contract with students to attain specific learning objectives or goals.
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Technology Application
• Create Rubrics– http://rubistar.4teachers.org
• Create Surveys– www.surveymonkey.com– www.pollcat.com
• KWL Charts• Kidspiration/Inspiration
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Generating and Testing HypothesesResearch
23 percentile gain
Generating and testing hypotheses involves the application of knowledge, which enhances learning.
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Recommendations
• Make sure students can explain their hypotheses and conclusions.
• Use a variety of structured tasks to guide students through the process.
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Technology Application
• Use computer version of Mastermind• http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/category_g_2_t_1.h
tml• Use internet simulation activities• Graphs• Interactive websites
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Cues, Questions, and Advance OrganizersResearch22 percentile gain
• CuesExplicit reminders about what a student is about to experience
• Questions Help students analyze what they already know
• Advance OrganizersHelp students retrieve what they know about a topic and focus on the new information
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Recommendations
• Use expository advance organizers.• Use narrative advance organizers.• Teach students skimming as a form of advance
organizer.• Teach students how to use graphic organizers.• Use explicit cues.• Ask questions that elicit inferences.• Ask analytic questions.
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Technology Application
• Kidspiration and Inspiration• Use images to provoke thinking.• Use http://www.uen.org/activities/• Post items to a teacher webpage or other
shared site.
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Nonlinguistic Representation
Research
27 percentile gain
-Teachers typically present new
knowledge to students linguistically.
-Engaging students in the creation of
nonlinguistic representation actually
stimulates and increases activity in
the brain
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Recommendations
• Use graphic organizers to represent knowledge.
• Have students create physical models of their learning.
• Have students generate metal pictures of the knowledge they are learning.
• Use pictures or pictographs to represent knowledge.
• Have student participate in kinesthetic activities.
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Technology Application
• Higher –Order Thinking Skills – Images• Spreadsheets• Brainstorming software• Using videos in the classroom
– www.learn306.com– www.unitedstreaming.com– www.creativecommons.org
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What Questions Do you have??
• Resources can be found at:
http://2009ess.sfinstructionalresources.wikispaces.net/
www.sfideas.edublogs.org
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