My students need 2 Apple iPad devices to create student tutorials.
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My Students
Building connections between old and new knowledge helps enlighten and enhance learning. Classroom discussions help broaden my students' knowledge base about the topics and ideas we're studying. Although my students attend a Title One school, they love working together--discussing new topics, as well as making connections between what they're learning and the real-world.
My students range in abilities and languages spoken--they are diverse learners who need a variety of teaching strategies to help them learn.
They love learning and thrive for knowledge.
My Project
Previously, in schools, teachers were the ones with all of the knowledge...the givers of the information where students were compliant learners. In this technological age, the tides are turning. We are preparing students for jobs that don't exist yet and we, as teachers, need to engage students in new, innovative ways.
My students are already using YouTube and the cameras on their phones to create videos based on their interests and their possible careers.
Using their expertise in technology and knowledge of the curriculum, the students will use the 2 Apple iPad devices to create student tutorials as a tool for the other students. The student tutorials will be viewed in class or at home via Google Classroom, to help with classwork, homework, as well as increase parental involvement.
Student engagement will improve since students need to prove that they are knowledgeable in the subject matter via exit slips, assessments, and conversations prior to creating the tutorials. Tutorial outlines will be created to show the steps of the selected standard, as well as plan for possible student misconceptions and how to help students tackle these hurdles. Deeper thinking and rich discussions will occur prior to the tutorials by the students making the videos; the students viewing the tutorial will have the benefit of revisiting standards and discussing concepts that prove to be difficult for them.
Student achievement is measured through the ability to use the information in the tutorials to solidify skills within given standards, specifically to identify errors and misconceptions within their work and fix them. Ultimately, more students will have the opportunity to create tutorials as achievement increases.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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