How We Go
Technology Integrated Lesson

Annotation
The "How We Go" lesson could be used with children in kindergarten through third grade.  This lesson is designed for kindergarten level students.  The students will begin with a hands-on technology research activity.  The students will research the topic of dinosaurs through connecting Internet links on the topic page that I developed for my field class students.  This is a cross-curricular lesson integrating science, language arts, technology, and art.

Primary Learning Outcome:
With teacher guidance students will be able to research the Internet and use the computer to find information for the writing and drawing scenario activity.  Did you find information on the Internet about transportation?  If so, what did you find out?
 

Assessed QCC:
Grade: K
Subject Area: Technology Integration
Strand: Research
# 10
Topic: Research
Standard: Uses basic research techniques with teacher guidance.

Grade: K
Subject Area: Language Arts
Strand: Written Communication
# 41
Topic: Reference/Study
Standard: Explores the uses of the media center, picture books, audiovisual recources, and available technology for reading and writing.
 

Total Duration:
45 minutes

Materials and Equipment:
1. paper
2. crayons
3. pencil
 

Technology Connection:
Topic page, "How We Go," and scenario activity developed for field class students.
 "How We Go," information website, for scenario activity
1. computer with Internet connection

Lesson Materials to be Attached:
Attached is a copy of my topic website with scenario activity used in lesson.

Web Links:
Topic Page at:  http://www.valdosta.edu/~ldcranor/topic.html
Transportation at:  http://www.dot.state.tx.us/kidsonly/TransPg/Transport.html

Procedures:

Step One
Introduce students to topic by asking them: "Have you ever studied or talked about transportation?"  "Can you tell me something about transportation?"  Today we are going to learn about transportation by visiting websites on the Internet.  I have made a special page for your class about transportation. (During the introduction the teacher relates the lesson to the students.)

Estimated Time:
5 minutes
 

Step Two
Introduce topic page to students and visit several websites.  Discuss the special information in each website with students.  (Will save "transportation" website to use in Step Four below.)

Estimated time:
15 minutes

Step Three
Read scenario to students.  Tell them they are going to decide what pretend vacation the class is going to go on.  Discuss what types of transportation are needed for different types of trips.Tell the students that the information that they will need to create a vacation and draw a picture of the class on their trip is linked in the scenario.

Estimated Time:
5 minutes
 
 

Step Four
Visit the website for information for scenario activity, "Transportation."  Discuss the Web pages and ask the students questions to emphasize important information to complete the scenario activity.

Estimated Time:
5 minutes

Step Five
Students write (or dictate to teacher to write) articles and draws pictrues for the scenario activity.

Estimated Time:
10 minutes

Step Six
Closure: Discuss with students the scenario activity and what they learned about transportation.  Tell students that you are going to publish their picture and vacation ideas on the Internet to share with everyone.

Estimated Time:
5 minutes
 

Assessment:
Student will be assessed through the use of the computer with teacher guidance to find information for the scenario activity.
Satisfactory: Student is able to use the computer with teacher guidance to find information for the scenario activity.
Unsatisfactory: Student is not able to use the computer with teacher guidance to find information for the scenario activity.

Student will be assessed through the use of technology for writing.
Satisfactory: Student is able to write or dictate information for scenario activity that was obtained while exploring the Internet.
Unsatisfactory: Student is not able to write or dictate information for scenario activity that was obtained while exploring the Internet.
 

Accommodation:
My special needs student is speech and language impared.  He does not put beginnings or endings on words unless he is made to by
either his regular teacher or speech teacher.  He goes to speech class and does really well while he is in the speech room setting.  This
child does preform at grade level and is average among the rest of his peers.  When I work with this student, I need to make sure that I
say my words clearly.  When this student is speaking to me in a group setting I need to stive to understand the words that he is saying
and then attempt to correct the words he mispronounces, but not to the point that he is being singled out or it takes away from other
students.

Here is a web site that will help accomidate teachers who have speech and language impared students in their classrooms.

Speech and Language
 

Reflections:
1.Describe and give examples of how the students were engaged in learning and responded during your lesson.  Jordan and Cole were really involved in this lesson.  They wanted to keep looking at the sites on the web page.  If time had allowed, I would have let them look at the sites more.  They thought all the sites were really neat.  They enjoyed doing the scenario activity.  The coloring I believe was their favorite part.

  2. Describe and give examples of how the students achieved the assessment of your lesson. Give the achievement level (satisfactory or unsatisfactory) for each assessment for each of your students.  Jordan and Cole both gave me very detailed descriptions about what their pictures were.  Both stayed on task when doing the activity.  Both listened closely while we were going over the web page that I made for the class.  Both Jordan and Cole get satisfactory for the lesson.

3. Describe what you would change or do different if you taught this lesson again.  If I could change anything about my lesson, I would have one computer per student.  The space that I was working in didn't allow for that.  I also would liked to have allowed the children to do more searching on the web page themselves.  But, the time and space didn't allow for that.
 
 
 

This is Cole's airplane.  It will land in the water, too.  He is taking Mrs. Keen's class to New York City.  While we are there he is gonna have the class tour the Fire Department.	This is Jordan's school bus.  She is taking Mrs. Keen's class to the beach in Florida.  She is here with all of her friends and her teacher.

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