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Voices from the Field: Supporting Learning with Multiple Technologies
This video features a teacher who integrates a variety of technology tools in his classroom to support students’ learning. The lesson in this video is in an Advanced Placement Statistics class. The teacher is in his seventh year of teaching, though has only taught AP Statistics for 2 years. The classroom is equipped with a computer and LCD display, document camera, graphing calculators (though most have their own), and a cart with 15 laptops. All students in this school are encouraged to bring their own device, such as a cell phone, laptop, or tablet. With access to such tools, this video can provide a glimpse of how a teacher decides to use the tools to support instruction. The 90 minute lesson is edited to mainly showcase use of technology, and does not represent all aspects of instruction and student engagement during the lesson. The video ends with a reflection by the teacher on decisions he made for supporting the lesson with technology.
The following questions can be used to guide discussion around this video (12:12 minutes)
Before watching the video:
- In a classroom with access to lots of different tools, how you think a teacher could use those tools to support a statistics lesson?
After watching the video:
- Why did the teacher use productivity and communication tools such as a PowerPoint, class website, Remind App, Google Form, and document camera? How did these support his instruction and students’ learning?
- How did the teacher and his students use the graphing calculator?
- How did the teacher use the Fathom software to support his instruction?
- What strategies did the teacher use to help students coordinate different actions they did, and tools they used, in the lesson to help develop their conceptual understanding?
- What did you learn from hearing the teacher discuss his decision making after the lesson?