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Technofy a Traditional Lesson EDU 370 Integrated Technology in Education Spring 2014 This is the required assignment for all students taking EDUC 370 at the University of Montana.

This is the culminating major assignment of our course (Horejsi, 2010). Plan to submit no later than at the beginning of the last day of class when you will share in a five minute (maximum) presentation an overview of your assignment and submit the entire assignment electronically to Moodle. In addition, you should keep a copy to be used in your portfolio in the Professional Education program.

First, consider the content/concept for a lesson that you would like to teach. For elementary majors, this could be a mathematics lesson, a social studies lesson, a science lesson, a language arts/reading lesson, etc. For secondary majors, choose one from your discipline, perhaps one that you remember from your secondary school days. In all cases however, the lesson should be what we consider “traditional” meaning without very much technology integration. Then, either write your own traditional lesson plan, or preferably, search the Internet for a traditional lesson plan aligned with your concept/content, and make a digital copy of that lesson plan for your packet including a full citation of where you obtained the lesson.
 * STEP ONE: Pick a Before Lesson**

Advice for this step:
 * Provide sufficient detail in order to allow me to meaningfully evaluate your "technofied" lesson.
 * Appropriately cite any material from sources, Internet or not.
 * Keep a copy of any web page that you use (Evernote would be useful here) so you can share a copy of it with your final project.


 * DUE Monday, April 14, 2014, 4pm in MOODLE.**


 * STEP TWO: Technofy This Lesson!**

I. Planning

Integrate appropriate technology in this traditional lesson to allow learners an opportunity to learn the concept/content in a better way, not just fluff because of the intrigue of technology, but actually a better lesson for student learning. Think outside the box. How do I really best communicate this to my students? Does technology allow you to actually have more time to teach students as the technology could be used to collect, analyze, and present some data? In this integration process, the entire structure of the lesson could change, but the overall goals and objectives for learning a concept would remain.

II. Formatting

To share the new lesson, use two columns with the original lesson in the first column and the new lesson in the second column with any changes to the lesson in a different color font, paired where appropriate. In MS Word, to most easily share these two columns, use a two-column table.

Details to include:
 * Objectives: What student objectives will be served by this lesson?
 * Essential Questions: What essential questions do students answer in completion of this lesson?
 * Procedures: What preparation is required by teachers and students to successfully adopt this lesson?
 * Activities: What will students be doing in this lesson or unit?
 * Materials: What materials are required? Be sure to share a list of technology and non-technology materials.
 * Content standards: What content standards are covered?
 * Technology standards: What technology standards are covered? (Montana Technology Standards OR the ISTE NETS for Students)
 * Assessment: How will you assess the ...objectives? ...essential questions? ...standards? Include any required rubrics.
 * Don’t skimp on details. Assume that the reader knows nothing about the technology.

III. Commentary

Write a 500-word essay that explains your revision and addresses why and how the change from the traditional lesson improves student learning. Be very specific and if you feel you are stating the obvious, then you are clearly communicating this component of the assignment.


 * ALL FILES, MEDIA OBJECTS AND RELATED ITEMS DUE IN MOODLE May 12, 2014, 4pm in MOODLE.**

__**STEP THREE: Present**__

Fifth, prepare a __//**maximum**//__ of a five-minute presentation to share with the class during the final exam period. The time limit on your presentation will not allow you to teach the entire lesson, only to share at least two of your major changes and address the thrust of your essay with the class. As you prepare this presentation, consider the best way to communicate using multimedia appropriately. It could be using a Smartboard, a video, an MS PowerPoint presentation, a teaching guide, etc. Remember to use multimedia that impacts the observer through multiple senses.


 * Presentations will be on May 12, 2014 in class.**


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