Classroom+Management

//Prior to class on April 26, read the following article on how to thrive in a one computer environment.// How to Thrive

//At home before midnight on May 3 (be sure to get your partners' email addresses before you leave!):// In order to begin to gain experience with adapting lessons to meet the realities of technology resources found in today’s classrooms, you will collaboratively work in pairs or threes to brainstorm and present your lesson modification. For this activity, you are a 5th grade teacher in an elementary school. You have 30 students in your class. You have found a WebQuest called //A Night of Terror,// which has students create their own special broadcast news report on a tornadoes. The problem is that you don’t have the necessary technology for this activity, so you need to figure out how to modify the lesson to work within the limitations of your classroom.

1) To begin this activity, you will review the webquest [|A Night of Terror]. Carefully review! Your modifications should be specific to THIS lesson.

2) Next, Dr. Angelone will assign you to one of the following classroom configurations:

A: (Alex B. and Casey W.) You are teaching in a one-computer classroom. You have Internet access and a printer. Your computer has a web cam attached to it. The software on your computer includes Microsoft Office, Movie Maker, and Internet Explorer. There is //no// LCD projector or screen. There is //no// computer lab in the building. All classrooms in the school have the same technology available.

 B: (Logan M., Kyle P. and Danielle M.) You have a TV, DVD Player, and Video Camera in your room. You have //no// computer. There is //no// computer lab in the building.

C: (Corrine D. and Kassi W.) You have 5 computers with Internet access in your classroom. Your computers have Microsoft Office, Movie Maker, and Internet Explorer. You also have an LCD projector, screen, and digital camera (takes stills and a few seconds of video). You do //not// have a video camera, web cam, or printer. There is //no// computer lab in the school. //All// classrooms have the same equipment available.

D: (Lacey L., Kara H. and Jon K.) You have 1 computer lab in the school with 25 computers. You have access to the computer lab once per week. The lab computers have Microsoft Office, Movie Maker, and Internet Explorer. There is one printer in the lab. The lab has very slow Internet access. There are //no// computers in your classroom. There is //no// video camera, web cam, LCD projector, or screen.

E: (Cameron H. and Katie K.) You have 5 computers in your classroom. These computers do //not// have Internet access. You also have a teacher computer with Internet access. You have a printer connected to the teacher computer. You have a web camera. You have //no// LCD projector or screen. All computers have Microsoft Office and Movie Maker. There is //no// computer lab in the school. //All// classrooms have the same equipment available.

F: (Anisha L., Rachael B., and Carly W.) You have a SMART Board in your classroom, a computer with Internet access, and printer. The computer has Microsoft Office, Movie Maker, and Internet Explorer. You also have a scanner. You do //not// have a web cam or video camera. There is //no// computer lab in the school.

G: (Patrick G. and Jason W.) You are in a one-computer classroom. Your computer has Internet access. You have a video camera. Your computer has Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Movie Maker. You do not have an LCD projector, screen, printer, or TV. There is //no// computer lab in the school. //All// classrooms have the same equipment available.

H: (Matthew N. and Hanna C.) You are in a one-computer classroom. Your computer has Internet access. Your computer has Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, and Movie Maker. You do not have an LCD projector, screen, printer, or TV. There is a laptop cart at the school with 10 working laptops. These laptops have web cams in them.

3) For your assigned configuration, you will brainstorm with your partner about how you can adapt the lesson so that you can still use it in your classroom even though you don’t have all the necessary technology. Please use what you learned from article above, which you read for homework.

4) Document your main ideas on the page associated with your assigned configuration (4 to 5 bullet points). Click on the __letter__ associated with your configuration, edit and save the page with your ideas.

5) Visit the pages of two other groups and leave a substantial comment regarding their choice of modifications.