Relevant and Innovative Learning Scenario
Nashon R. P. Selby
Target Audience:
Grade K-12 Teachers
School District Inservice Day or Beginning of School Year Activity
Materials:
v Pencil/Pen
v Tablet/Notebook
v District School Buses w/Driver(s)
v Computer
v Class Rosters
v Assignment Books
v Overhead Projection Device/SMARTboard
v Cell phone
v Imagination
Objectives:
Level 1
Knowledge
By the end of this lesson:
Teachers will be able to list uses for social-networking in their classrooms.
Teachers will be able to show how to log in to twiducate.com
Teachers will be able to recall the locations of the different communities in the school district
Teachers will be able to name the low-income, middle class, and upper class communities in the district.
Teachers will be able to recall where students, in their classes, come from.
Level 2
Comprehension
By the end of this lesson:
Teachers will be able to describe how to create a twiducate.com account.
Teachers will be able to describe the living conditions of students in the district.
Teachers will be able to explain how twiducate.com can improve communication between teachers and parents.
Teachers will be able to discuss their observations of the school district’s communities.
Teachers will be able to discuss possible ways to increase student achievement, no matter their background.
Level 3
Application
By the end of this lesson:
Teachers will be able to apply all of what they have learned about Twiducate.com, into classwork, homework, and parent communications.
Teachers will be able to apply twiducate.com in, communicating emergencies and other teacher related news.
Teachers will be able to demonstrate how to use Twiducate.com, for students and parents.
Teachers will be able to use social-networking, inside and outside of school, in conjunction with the curriculum.
Teachers will be able to demonstrate how to use technology to enhance the learning environment and teacher-parent relationships.
Level 4
Analysis
By the end of this lesson:
Teachers will be able to analyze the learning attitudes of their students.
Level 5
Synthesis
By the end of this lesson:
Teachers will be able to design their own, twiducate.com profile
Teachers will be able to create twiducate.com classrooms for each of their classes.
Teachers will be able to develop intriguing classroom topics to motivate student learning.
Teachers will be able to develop lessons designed to enhance student-teacher relations.
Level 6
Evaluation
By the end of this lesson:
Teachers will be able to assign and collect student work via twiducate.com.
Teachers will be able to determine if twiducate.com will enhance teacher-student communication, in their classrooms.
Teachers will be able to determine if twiducate.com is an easy tool for better parent-teacher communication.
Steps to Process:
1. Beginning the lesson is to first learn about Twiducate.com
2. The teachers will listen to my short lecture and view my twiducate.com profile on the overhead screen.
3. Each teacher will create a twiducate.com account. Writing the information in their notebooks.
4. Each teacher will create class lists, on twiducate.com, with each student ‘s name.
5. Then, the teachers will take a bus trip throughout the school district.
6. During the ride, the bus will stop in different neighborhoods and teachers will knock on doors and introduce themselves to the community, while using their cell phones to access their twiducate.com accounts to post information gathered on the trip.
7. After returning from their trip and eating lunch, the class will have open discussion on what was observed and record their findings.
8. Drawing from their observations, the teachers will be led in a discussion about what issues may affect their teaching environments.
9. The teachers will then access their public profile and upload a topic for discussion for their students and their students’ parents to respond to.
10. Each teacher is to respond to 2 other teachers’ posts.
11. This is to get the teachers to get to use their accounts but also be led into proposing a letter to go home to parents.
12. After brainstorming and coming up with the components of the letter, the class will, open windows, type the letter, save it, and upload it. (The letter should state the accessibility before, during, and after school.)
* Children will be given their first assignment with twiducate.com, as a fun activity the day the letters are sent home.
Web 2.0 Tool:
Twiducate.com- a social-networking site developed by teachers for teachers
Social Participation:
This lesson is designed from the start to take teachers on an adventure. This is what most kids want! What better way to teach how to give the students what they need, than through giving them something of what they want!
On the bus ride, teachers will share what they see with each other. Then back in class, open-discussion of the issues discovered are explored on how they may relate to grades and behavior. Then, teachers will explore options to better reaching the students.
Making Connections:
This information is important for the teachers to comprise the letter to be sent home and bookmarked on the teacher’s twiducate.com profile. This letter explains the importance of connecting, like this, to improve teacher-student-parent relationships, communications, and student success! Teachers will have a better understanding of their classroom students, by seeing where they live and play.
This is an avenue for the students, parents, and teachers to work together, solve issues together, and achieve together.
Create/Produce:
The teachers will create a functioning twiducate.com account, ready and waiting with each class roster, of their students.
A letter to parents, from the teachers of the school, will be made and ready to send home. This letter is about twiducate.com, the rules and regulations of usage, and the manner by which it will be used.
The teachers will create topics of thought for their students to respond to on twiducate.com.
Assessment:
Teachers will use the computer to create a twiducate.com teacher profile.
Assessment will be to monitor progress during the training of twiducate.com. Teachers will compose a parent letter for twiducate.com implementation.
Teachers will explain possible factors facing students in their school.
All teachers will share their findings for group discussion.
Teachers will create their individual twiducate.com class lists.
Reflection:
Teachers
At the end of this lesson, teachers will reflect on their experience, from the day. Teachers will fill out a post-lesson questionnaire. Teachers will give outlooks on the ongoing usage of this tool and knowledge.
Trainer
Upon completion, all teachers will receive a certificate of completion.
Information gathered from the questionnaire, will assess the trainer and give positive and negative feedback from teachers.
Teachers will be encouraged to be accessible through twiducate.com during every school day to chat and share with co-workers, students, and parents. Parental involvement will also be encouraged.
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