Integrating Technology in the Classroom Unit

Integrating Technology in the Classroom Unit

Chaz Burton
Middle School
EDUB 528
 Integrating Technology in the Classroom Unit

I. Introduction

I teach at English at Jingyo Middle School and Jingyo High School, and my students range
from grades 7 to grade 12. Jingyo is a small rural town in Gyeongnam Province in the
southern part of South Korea. All are Korean and speak virtually exclusively in Korean. My
classroom is arranged in groups of four, to maximize student interaction. The technology
that I use regularly is the classroom computer and large screen, the Smart Board, YouTube
and other videos I have taken in the classroom or around the school, Microsoft PowerPoint
and Word, and various educational websites, such as DiscoveryEducation.com,
FactMonster.com, HowStuffWorks.com, FunBrain.com, FunBrain.com, and others. And I
have gradually begun to experiment with and use other forms of technology, such as Skype,
Audacity and Google Earth, all of which you will see in this unit.

Context:

We have been working mostly on speaking skills, utilizing dialogues, video and audio clips, and
simple partner/group conversations. Part of the dialoguing has included using Skype to connect
with some of my friends and family, and with other students, from as close as the high school
students across the street and as far away as my sister’s students in the suburbs of San
Francisco. I have also used Google Earth to generate interest and excitement and to facilitate
greater understanding of and connection with the interconnectedness of the world. I have
been seeking ways of incorporating both Skype and Google Earth more into my lessons, and
was pleased to find an idea on the internet using Google Earth and Skype simultaneously. Since
I only see the students once each week, this is a three week unit.

Primary Learning Objectives:

1. Students will use Google Earth to explore their local community.

2. Students will identify features of maps and globes on Google Earth and will work with the
measuring tools, legends, and interactive features of the program.

3. Students will become familiar with and utilize terminology associated with maps, globes and
Google Earth.

4. Students will create and practice a dialogue about their homes in relationship to their local
community.
 Integrating Technology in the Classroom Unit

3. Students will record their dialogues using Audacity.

4. Students will share their dialogues with students at the High School using Skype.

4. Students will self-evaluate using a rubric.

Procedures

1. “Who wants to see my house in California from space?”

2. Show my house in California on Google earth.

3. Introduce Google Earth, and its tools. Introduce Key Terms: Key, cardinal directions,
location, place mark, etc.

4. Show Jingyo Middle School and the surrounding town. Have two or three students
come up and find their houses.

5. Students will use Google Earth to find and creates place marks for their homes.

6. Students will then create a simple dialogue with a partner. (see Cloze Worksheet below)

7. Students practice dialogue with their partners.

8. Students record dialogue using Audacity.

9. Students call a High School class using Skype, and share their Google Tour and Audacity
recordings.

10. Students evaluate themselves using the rubric.

 Integrating Technology in the Classroom Unit

Graphic Organizer of Concept Map

Demonstrate
creative thinking,
construct
knowledge, and
develop innovative
products and
processes using
technology

Use digital media

and environments
Apply existing to communicate
Creativity and
knowledge to and work
generate new Innovation collaboratively
ideas, products, or
processes

Interact,
collaborate, and
Create original publish with peers,
works as a means experts, or others
of personal or employing a variety
group expression of digital
environments and
Communication media
and
Collaboration
Use critical thinking
skills to plan and Communicate
conduct research, information and
manage projects, ideas effectively to
solve problems, multiple audiences
and make informed using a variety of
decisions using media and formats
appropriate digital
tools and resources

Integrating Contribute to
Critical Thinking, project teams to
Identify and define Problem Google produce original
works or solve
authentic problems Solving, and Earth and problems
and significant
Decision Making Skype
questions for
investigation

Apply digital tools

Plan and manage
to gather, evaluate,
activities to develop
and use
a solution or
information
complete a project

Research and Plan strategies to

Information guide inquiry
Understand human, Fluency
cultural, and
societal issues
related to Evaluate and select
technology and information sources
practice legal and and digital tools
ethical behavior based on the
appropriateness to
specific tasks

Advocate and
practice safe, legal,
5. Digital
and responsible use
of information and Citizenship
technology

Exhibit a positive
attitude toward
using technology
that supports
collaboration, Buy SmartDraw!- purchased copies print this
learning, and document without a watermark .
productivity
Visit www.smartdraw.com or call 1-800-768-3729.
 Integrating Technology in the Classroom Unit

II. Learning Standards

Korea has no Standards that I have access to, so I’m using State and National Standards that
seem to best apply.

Content Standards:
SS(K) Self and Family 7: Identify representations of Earth using technology, maps, and globes.

SS(1) Exploring Our Community and State 6: Identify land masses, bodies of water, and other
physical features of Earth on maps and globes.

SS(2) Exploring Our Nation and World: People and Places 8: Identify continents, oceans, and the
equator using technology, maps, and globes.

National Standards: International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

1. Creativity and Innovation
Students:
 demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative
products and processes using technology.
• apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
• create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
2. Communication and Collaboration
Students:
 use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively,
including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning
of others.
 interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety
of digital environments and media.
 communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety
of media and formats.
 contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
3. Research and Information Fluency
Students:
 apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
 plan strategies to guide inquiry.
 evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the
appropriateness to specific tasks.
 Integrating Technology in the Classroom Unit

4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

Students:
 use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve
problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and
resources.
 identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.
 plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
5. Digital Citizenship
Students:
 understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice
legal and ethical behavior.
 advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and
technology.
 exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration,
learning, and productivity.

III. Matrix
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3

1. Students will use Students will record their Students will share their
Google Earth to explore dialogues using Audacity. dialogues with students
their local community. at the High School using
Objective Skype.
2. Students will also
identify features of maps Students will self-
and globes on Google evaluate using a rubric.
Earth and will work with
the measuring tools,
legends, and interactive
features of the program.

“Who wants to see my “Who wants to learn how Connect with the High
house in California from to record and listen to School classroom via
Opener space?” their dialogue?” Skype
 Integrating Technology in the Classroom Unit

Show my house in Demonstrate how to use Pairs come to the front

California on Google Audacity on the Smart one at a time and play
earth. Board (screen) their Audacity recording
Activity #1 while showing their
Google Earth place mark.

Activity #2 Introduce Google Earth, Choose a pair to come up As they return to their
and its tools. Introduce and demonstrate desks, they complete the
Key Terms: Key, cardinal recording their dialogue self-evaluation using the
directions, location, place for the class. Rubric.
mark, etc.

Show Jingyo Middle Students take turns

School and surrounding recording while the
Activity #3 town. Have several others practice their
students come up and dialogues.
find their houses.

Students will then create

a simple dialogue with a
partner.
Activity #4
 Integrating Technology in the Classroom Unit

Students practice
dialogues with their
Activity #5 partners.

Student journals, Student journals with Student journals with their dialogues,
pen/pencils. their dialogues, pen/pencils, Audacity, and Skype
Materials pen/pencils, Audacity.
Needed

Classroom computer, Classroom computer, Classroom computer, Smart Board,

Smart Board, (screen) Smart Board, (screen) (screen) Audacity, and Skype.
Technology and Google Earth. and Audacity.
Used

Monitoring partner dialogues Monitoring recordings Checking self-evaluations and

and checking journals for evaluating students using the
Assessment completion of written same Rubric.
dialogues.
 Integrating Technology in the Classroom Unit

Rubric

Google Earth Tour

         

Teacher Name: Burton

Student Name:     ________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Participation I was fully I was somewhat I was often often I was a
engaged and engaged and off-task and distraction to my
contributing to contributing to contributed little partner and the
the process and the process and to the process class.
project. project. and project.
Written Accuracy My writing My writing My writing My writing is
closely follows somewhat shows little signs incomprehensibl
the prompt, is follows the of following the e and/or illegible.
grammatically prompt, has only prompt, has
correct, and my a few numerous
handwriting is grammatical grammatical
neat. errors, and my errors, and my
handwriting is handwriting is
relatively neat. sloppy.
Verbal Fluency My speaking was My speaking was My speaking was My speaking was
very clear and somewhat clear sometimes most often
correct, my and correct, my unclear and unclear and
pronunciation pronunciation incorrect, my incorrect, my
was accurate, was somewhat pronunciation pronunciation
and the rate and accurate, and was sometimes was most often
tone were the rate and inaccurate, and inaccurate, and
natural. tone were the rate and the rate and tone
somewhat tone were were most often
natural. sometimes unnatural.
unnatural.

Date Created: Feb 26, 2011 09:09 am (UTC)

 Integrating Technology in the Classroom Unit

Cloze Worksheet

A. “Where do you live?”

B. “This is my house in Jingyo.”

A. “Who lives there with you?”

B. “I live there with ________, _________ and __________.”

A. “Where do you like to go in Jingyo?”

B. “The places I like to go in Jingyo are __________, ___________ and

__________”

A. “How do you get there?”

B. “To get to _________ from my house, I walk _________, then _________”

(cardinal directions)

A. “What is your favorite place in Jingyo?”

B. My favorite place in Jingyo is _____________”

 Integrating Technology in the Classroom Unit

Links

Tech Tours using Google Earth:

http://alex.state.al.us/lesson_view.php?&print=friendly&id=23590

Rubric:

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?&screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2020680&

Google Earth:

http://earth.google.com/

Skype:

www.skype.com

Graphic Organizer of Concept Map:

http://www.smartdraw.com/downloads/?id=340839&gclid=CIu-ofTYp6cCFUSGpAodBmXUBg

Audacity:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Integrating Technology in the Classroom Unit