Instructional Learning Strategies

Student Lesson: “My Career, My Choice & My Challenge”

(5^th grade: Personal Decision Making—an elective course)

Aspect 1: The Syntax

Learning Goals

-Target &/or Professional-

Instructional Strategies

Instructor Actions

Student Activities

Student Content Goal

Demonstrate comprehension of the idea of a career by identifying the career, rough outline of training required, wage range, and changes over 10 years in the career.

 Independent work

Peer collaboration

Guided modeling

 Explicit teaching: Model information gathering and decision process as a whole group lesson. Facilitate independent work

 Using help sheets, students will replicate teacher actions to begin online assignment. Student will take notes and record sources per copyright compliance.

 Present personal “Map of Success” to the class as a culminating reflective activity. Explain personal career goals, inherent challenges and long-term rewards of reaching the goal.

Role-play with peer collaboration

Presentation

 Reflective listening during practice.

Audience member and evaluator during presentation

 Organize thoughts in presentation format (outline help), practice with peers, edit and finalize. Oral presentation to class using finished Publisher doc.

Student Technology Goal

Create a ‘Map of Success’ in MS Publisher that includes a career path in a game board format. The map will show the major steps and challenges to reach the goal and possible outcomes. Communicate using graphics, color, and text to enhance the factual information.

-Direct Instruction

-Guided Modeling

-Personalized with support

-Cooperative Peer

-Cognitive Apprenticeship

Direct Instruction

Demonstration

Teacher will provide a help sheet with an example of a finished product.

Teacher will demonstrate the software.

Students will take notes on the help sheet as teacher demonstrates to whole group.

Guided modeling

Teacher will direct students to their machine and lead students through basic steps.

Students will actively listen during guided modeling of the software, taking notes as necessary.

Independent work

Peer collaboration

Teacher monitors and assists students as they complete their map.

Teacher will final color map.

Work independently to create map. Assist peers and get help from peers and teacher as needed for success.

Teacher Technology Goal

Plan applications-based integrated technology lesson. Identify assistive technologies for students’ needs

-Independent Study

-Collaboration with Mentor

-Role play

Independent Study

Collaboration with Mentor

Role-play

Complete steps required to build the technology lesson. Will gather ideas, collaborate, and practice teaching the lesson to mentor.

Not involved, yet.

Mentor Affective Goal

Support teacher to build confidence for successful technology integration.

-Active listening

-Collaboration

-Modeling

-Role play

-Focused Imaging

-Concept Formation

-Reflective Discussion

Active Listening

Collaboration

Model

Role-play

Focused Imaging

Concept Formation

Reflective Discussion

Actively listen and take notes to use as a guide as mentee brainstorms details of technology integrated lesson.

Mentee will explain ideas and visualize a successful lesson.

Mentor Instructional Goal

Attend to details of lesson development to guide teacher to incorporate effective techniques, strategies, and technology skills for student success.

-Structured overview

-Concept mapping

-Reflective discussion

-Explicit teaching

-Problem-solving

-Active listening

-Reflective discussion

-Evaluation

Structured Overview

Concept Mapping

Reflective Discussion

Explicit Teaching

Problem-solving

Mentor will communicate an understanding of the mentee’s goals. Mentor will provide help pages to guide effective documentation of lesson sequence and materials for mentee use as needed.

Mentor will walk mentee through the software demonstration and guided modeling students will perform during the lesson.

Mentee will actively participate in the lesson, taking notes and asking questions as necessary. Mentee will clarify meaning as needed.

Active Listening

Reflective Discussion

Evaluation

Mentor will active listen and consider mentee’s ideas on evaluation of helps and tutorials provided to the mentee.
Mentor will adjust as necessary to allow for growth and focus in the mentoring process.

Mentee will evaluate and communicate to the Mentor the usefulness of helps and tutorials, offering suggestions at will.

Aspect 2: The Social System

Describe the interpersonal structure of the instructional experience.

Students will actively listen and cooperate in whole group discussions and modeling. Peer group members will be respectful and employ etiquette when assisting peers during group work and in technology lesson.

Aspect 3: The Role of the Instructor

Describe your general instructional role. For example, will you present material, guide students as they research, etc?

As mentor, I will be present during the first presentation of this lesson taking notes and recording data per mentee’s request. I will also be ready to problem-solve and trouble shoot technology and classroom management problems as they arise to enable the classroom teacher to present the information and focus on her new skills integrating technology as she interacts with the students.

Aspect 4: The Support System

Describe the types and amount of instructional, technical, and other resource support required for the instruction

(e.g., materials, communication capabilities).

Human Resources

Hardware & Software

Other Instructional Materials

Librarian

Reference materials

Nonfiction resources

Instructional Technologist

Planning support

Hardware & software support

Tutorials and trouble-shooting

Templates

Assistive adaptations as identified

Classroom Teacher

Content guidelines

Student note prior to web search

Modifications

Recommend assistive adaptations

Student support

Computer lab

Projection system

MS Publisher

Color printer

2 reams 12# white paper

MS Publisher “Help” sheets

Career Fact sheet (filled out by student)