Interactive White Boards and Participation If you are looking for a way to get students more actively engaged in lessons, an interactive white board may be exactly what you need! Most often, when teachers present notes, they have a PowerPoint from which students mindlessly copy. In this typical scenario, students are neither engaged nor participating. To keep students from being passive receivers of information, teachers have to get students involved, so they are actively learning. Gynzy Interactive white board applications can make this process easy and effective. I recommend checking out Gynzy. This tool is especially useful because it offers all of the pros of an interactive white board, without actually requiring an interactive white board. This is great for those of you who do not have an interactive white board or those who prefer that students do not leave their seats during a lesson. You can have students access the presentation on a computer or tablet and interact from their seats. To get started, go to Gynzy and create a free account. Once you are logged in, go to the tabs on the left hand side and click Board. This is where you can start creating your presentation. You can add slides by clicking on the "+" button in the bottom right hand corner. On each slide you can add text, images, math tools, videos and more. The most useful part of the application is accessed under the Tools tab. Here you can search for tools for specific subjects and grade levels and personalize them. Each topic has lessons and activities prepared on popular topics. There is also an Extra tab that contains tools like timers, video and image search, review games and more. In my specific example about the Bohr Model, I found it useful to create my text slides on Canva and upload them as images. I inserted an informational video using the YouTube tool under the Extra tab. Adding a short video to a lesson can help keep students engaged. It catches their attention as it changes the structure of the lesson. After reviewing the schema and learning the new knowledge needed for the lesson, I added an activity that can be used as guided or independent practice to promote student participation. In this activity, the students apply their new knowledge by drawing Bohr models. To draw in the model, they simply open the Pen tool and draw in the electrons. I ended the lesson with a quick review quiz that gives instant feedback to fix any incorrect schema. To add a quiz, go to the Extras tab and insert a quiz- you can customize the quiz to fit your needs. When you are finished with your lesson, be sure to save it! One of the only cons of this tool is that it does not automatically save. Support for Interactive Presentations Danielson domain 3 (Instruction) supports the use of interactive presentations. This presentation includes the use of questions (3b) and assessment in instruction (3d). Most importantly, it engages students in learning as it requires their attention and participation (3c). The ISTE standards support these presentations because the teacher facilitates and inspires student learning and creativity, designs and develops digital age learning experiences and assessments, and models digital age work and learning. Similarly, students act as empowered learners, digital citizens, and knowledge constructors. The SAMR Model supports this style of teaching as it modifies the learning experience. By including assessment with instant feedback, teachers can ensure they are meeting the needs of their students. Additionally, it gives information to students about what they need to study further. Interactive presentations allow for student participation in teacher-centered lessons. This allows educators to quickly get through large amounts of information, while still allowing students to actively participate and learn. See my example below in the slide show or click here to open the interactive presentation. References
Danielson, C. (2011). The Danielson Group. The Framework for Teacher Evaluation Instrument. Retrieved from: http://static.pdesas.org/content/documents/danielson_rubric_32.pdf Gynzy (2017). Gynzy.com. Retrieved 24 November 2017, from https://api.gynzy.com/en/#!/welcome/items_home ISTE | Standards For Students. (2017). Iste.org. Retrieved 24 November 2017, from https://www.iste.org/standards/for-students ISTE | Standards For Teachers. (2017). Iste.org. Retrieved 24 November 2017, from https://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/20-14_ISTE_Standards-T_PDF.pdf Walsh, K. (2015). 8 Examples of Transforming Lessons Through the SAMR Cycle | Emerging Education Technologies. Emergingedtech.com. Retrieved 24 November 2017, from http://www.emergingedtech.com/2015/04/examples-of-transforming-lessons-through-samr/
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