Chapter 9 Instructional Support Strategies

​Instructional Support Strategies

​Selecting a "just right" tool: allows students to meet their learning goals.

  1. Differentiation- allows teachers to select learning levels for different students. Tool example: Tween Tribune.

2. Focus on Learning Task- allows students to easily focus on the learning goals and not be distracted by other features of the device.

3. Choice- Having options to pursue different interests through the tools to meet their learning goals. Tool example: Storyboard.

Open Ended

Selecting a "just right" tool: allows students to meet their learning goals.

  1. Differentiation

2. Focus on Learning Task

3. Choice

Which of the three seems the most important?

Modeling- showing students how to use resources. Model to students how to use tool before students have access to the tool.

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• Guided practice and a Gradual Release of Responsibility – “I do, we do, you do” students first see the teaching modeling before students have device.

• Software Tour – teachers take students on a “tour” of the software, sharing what they notice, options, visuals, and how they imagine the tool can be used.

• Teacher Think-Aloud- demonstrate software while talking out loud about what you are doing and why you are making those choices, give reasoning.

Poll

Modeling: model to students how to use tool before students have access to the tool.

Which do you think is the best modeling way for you?

• Guided practice and a gradual release of responsibility

• Software tour

• Teacher Think-Aloud

Ask students to reflect on a specific aspect of their learning, first share with a partner, then share out to the class what their partner said. ​

Think, Pair, Share

Ask students to share with a classmate what they are learning, how they are learning it, and what they would like to learn.

Turn and Talk

Co-Use and Co-Engagement

Co-Use and Co-Engagement

Co-engagement. Ask students to switch devices, so students can look over the work of the other and add content or give feedback.

Switcheroo​

Partner students to work together on a technology tool, give each a purpose and role preferably a checklist.

Purposeful Partnering

Draw

Between Turn and Talk. Think, Pair, Share. Purposeful Partnering, and Switcheroo.

Draw something that reminds you how to stay engaged in class.

​Reflective Thinking Practices

• Self reflection: ask yourself questions, mention what you notice while engaging in the content in order to generate predictions.

• Read Alouds/ Interactive Share Alouds: participate in groups, build co-constructing ideas and collaborate in software.

• ​Visual Representations: create visuals that show understanding of the content. (ex. graphs, maps, drawings, animation, posters).

• Elicit Prior Knowledge: ​Integrate strategies around digital tools to help students make connections with what they currently know with new knowledge and ideas.

• Tech-to-Self Connections: Select technology tools that allow students to connect their everyday experiences to the content learning. Allow students to select tools rather than the teacher always selecting for them.​

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Multiple Select

Which Reflective Thinking Practice have you used before?

• Self Reflection

• Read-Alouds

  Interactive Share-Alouds

• Visual Representations

• Elicit Prior Knowledge

Monitoring Learning

Self-monitoring: Teacher gave you a checklist that you need to fill out while working with your technology tool. If you are unable to answer you can ask the teacher for help.

Self-monitoring

Sit down with students and ask them questions to see if the student is taking up knowledge through the device.

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Sit down with Students

Poll

Monitoring Learning: How does your teacher monitor learning?

A. Sit down with students

B. Self-monitoring

• A. Sit Down with Students

• B. Self-monitoring

Authentic Context

Creating context around an assignment with an authentic purpose for using the technology tools. Technology can be used to solve a real-world issue, network with local community, or advocate for an important cause.

Open Ended

Based on Authentic Context what is something in your everyday life that you believe can be talked about in order to create a real-world solution?