Annotated Bibliography for April 5 on Assistive Technology for Reading Tools
Questions answered on Annotated Bibliography: “Teaching? Learning? There’s an “App” For That”
1. How did the teacher use technology in this lesson/approach? Details – time, activities, products, etc.
The teacher is a high school English teacher and she uses the iPads to bring books they are reading to life, help students peer edit compositions, and take vocabulary quizzes. For example, the teacher allows the students to use iTunes on the iPads to fins music that relates to the book that they happened to be reading when this article was being written (which was The Scarlett Letter by Nathan Hawthorne.) The teacher has the students use apps like the SAT Vocabulary app, ART app, the Dexy app (a free form notation organizer), and a dictionary app.
2. How did the students use technology? Details – time, activities, products, etc.
Students are allowed to share new apps that they find with the class. Also, by allowing students to use technology in the classroom it allows some students who are perceived as “tech geeky” to act as leaders and trainers in using the iPads. The teacher has guidelines set up in class for working on the iPads, like the example in the article where students are given a set time to finish an assignment. The teacher doesn’t care if the student chooses to check fantasy football, so long as they finish the assignment on time.
3. How were students assessed? How were students’ content knowledge, skills, and/or technology skills evaluated?
If the teacher wants to assess the students on what vocabulary she needs to cover before a test, she programs the iPads with a quiz and this actually gives the teacher instant feedback on what needs to covered.
4. How were students provided feedback, remediation, scaffolding?
The iPads can be programmed for the quizzes to be anonymous or individualized. Since the iPads are also used for peer evaluation on compositions, the students receive instant feedback from their peers.
Annotated Bibliography for April 5 on Assistive Technology for Reading Tools
Questions answered on Annotated Bibliography: “Teaching? Learning? There’s an “App” For That”
1. How did the teacher use technology in this lesson/approach? Details – time, activities, products, etc.
The teacher is a high school English teacher and she uses the iPads to bring books they are reading to life, help students peer edit compositions, and take vocabulary quizzes. For example, the teacher allows the students to use iTunes on the iPads to fins music that relates to the book that they happened to be reading when this article was being written (which was The Scarlett Letter by Nathan Hawthorne.) The teacher has the students use apps like the SAT Vocabulary app, ART app, the Dexy app (a free form notation organizer), and a dictionary app.
2. How did the students use technology? Details – time, activities, products, etc.
Students are allowed to share new apps that they find with the class. Also, by allowing students to use technology in the classroom it allows some students who are perceived as “tech geeky” to act as leaders and trainers in using the iPads. The teacher has guidelines set up in class for working on the iPads, like the example in the article where students are given a set time to finish an assignment. The teacher doesn’t care if the student chooses to check fantasy football, so long as they finish the assignment on time.
3. How were students assessed? How were students’ content knowledge, skills, and/or technology skills evaluated?
If the teacher wants to assess the students on what vocabulary she needs to cover before a test, she programs the iPads with a quiz and this actually gives the teacher instant feedback on what needs to covered.
4. How were students provided feedback, remediation, scaffolding?
The iPads can be programmed for the quizzes to be anonymous or individualized. Since the iPads are also used for peer evaluation on compositions, the students receive instant feedback from their peers.
Citation: Bafile, Cara. Teaching? Learning? There’s an “App” For That. In “Education World Archives”. (2010).Retrieved from: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech254.shtml