Technology Lesson

My partner and I team-taught the lesson to make it more effective. The subject we needed to teach was vocabulary from the book "Charlotte's Web". We found a template online of a jeopardy game and then put the definition of the vocabulary word in the template and the children needed to say the vocab word in the form of a question. The lesson was a great success! The children were very excited and we had children speak up who don't normally speak up in class.

TPACK ideas

In my classroom the only technology available is a computer (on the teacher's desk that we really shouldn't use) and a projector that goes around the classrooms. I would teach a modern art unit with the projector showing different artist's work and their histories.s

TPAC questions for virtual tour

Content Area - I will be using several pictures, and a couple internet sites to show the students about the trek to Salt Lake City, Utah.

Pedagogy - I will use an active participant pedagogy to teach this lesson. The students will use the ruler tool and pictures to see how far away Nauvoo and Salt Lake are from each other and see how difficult the terrain is for pulling things across.

Technology - I will use google earth to have the students able to access the exact distances between Nauvoo and Salt Lake. They will also use the internet site for specific journal entries from pioneers.

Technology Inventory

I was surprised that there weren't any computers in the classroom where I have been assigned. The students do just fine without them. In fact, their class is rather crowded so it's better that they do not have computers in the room. I think it's great that there are so many computers in the computer lab and that the students have access to them there. I wish there were more science technology tools, but you have to work with what your school has!

Location	Activity	Google Earth Content
1. Nauvoo, Illinois	Show picture of Nauvoo in old days and compare with today	Look up modern Nauvoo
2. Winter Quarters, Nebraska	Measure distance from Nauvoo to Winter Quarters	Follow the trail from Nauvoo to Winter Quarters
3.Martin's Cove, Wyoming	Ask them how difficult it would be to pull wagons and handcarts across the terrain at Martin's Cove	Look up Martin's Cove and notice the mountains and hills
4. Salt Lake City, Utah	Measure the distance from Nauvoo to Salt Lake	Follow the trail from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City. That's like walking to disneyland and back
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Digital Storytelling

Storyboard

Here is our story board for our story!! Thanks!!

The content we will be using in our lesson is a poem called "The Aliens have landed" by Ken Nesbitt.
The pedagogy we will be using is reading aloud. Because we are learning about rhymes in this unit, this is the ideal way to to teach because they will be able to hear the rhyming.
The technology we will be using is the digital storybook program. This will enhance the lesson because the children will be able to listen to the story and see the funny pictures as many times as they need.