Technology Lesson

Mindy Ward

Cohort 1Provo District

Spring Creek Elementary School

Mrs. Stilson’s 3rd Grade Class

• 27 kids

• Stability Balls

• Promethean Boards

• Classroom audio system

• iMac computers for every 2 students

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Technology Lesson

• Content: fractions

• PowerPoint

• Promethean Board

Purpose• Standard/core: Standard 1, objective 2, indicator b

– Standard 1Students will understand the base-ten numeration system, place value concepts, simple fractions and perform operations with whole numbers.

– Objective 2Use fractions to communicate and compare parts of the whole.

• Define regions and sets of objects as a whole and divide the whole into equal parts using a variety of objects, models, and illustrations.

• Learning goal: Students will understand that they can make fractions out of anything.

are everywhere!

Fractions

How many pieces make the whole?

12 pieces = the whole

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

How do we write this as a fraction?

If we eat one piece, what fraction of the

bar is left?

Can we make fractions out of other things?

Anything else?

You can make fractions out of

anything!

Manipulatives

• At this point, I used magnets to stick 7 leaves to the board

• As a class, we made them into a fraction (3/7 of the leaves are orange)

Manipulatives

• Then I passed out small cut-outs of varying shapes/colors

Find the hidden fraction in your

set of things.

Draw a picture of the fractions on your worksheet.

What Went Well

• Students loved having their own set of manipulatives

• Students could visually see the fraction

What Didn’t Go Well• The activity was looking at pictures

and writing a fraction, while the assessment was making pictures when given a fraction- opposites! (assess what was taught next time!)

• Wasn’t as good on the Promethean Board as I wanted to be (Practice next time!)

Principles of Effective Technology Integration1. Student Use of Technology: Effective

technology integration typically involves students (as opposed to just the teacher) in actively using the technology.

Didn’t meet this one- students should have used the Promethean Board- not just teacher

2. Technology Use is Essential: Effective technology integration is essential not peripheral to the learning activity.

It was essential to make sure all students could see the detailed fraction images in the book I scanned pages from

Principles of Effective Technology Integration

1. Focus on Learning Task: Effective technology integration focuses on the learning task and not the technology.

1. Success! The Promethean Board was not the focus- it was the helper!

2. Added Value: Effective technology integration facilitates learning activitiesthat would be more difficult or impossible without the technology.

1. It would have been harder (if not impossible) for all students to see the fraction pictures without the Promethean Board

The End