I was so glad we took time to really look at the LoTI levels during class on Thursday. Most of the examples I found were 3 or 4a. I don't think I was too far off, however when we talked about student-focused or teacher-focused and that being a major difference between the 3 and 4a, that helped me make a few changes in my list.
Working for Georgia Virtual school, we use technology lessons. However, some are very basic. Tutorials, or simple interactive activities that focus on practice. We do have many projects that require students to use the internet for research and use those findings to make good decisions. We try to make these projects real-world type applications! It's nice as we start a new development term with our courses to have really reviewed these standards. I plan to share them with my developers so we can make sure we are using technology properly.
As I've gone through these examples, I now want to make a great lesson for us to use in our finance class. I think several of the examples I found were relatively basic or that the teacher had a great part in what they needed to learn. I'm hoping to walk them through a set of scenarios that will teach them about credit card use. The tricky thing about credit cards is they are really necessary. You must be able to establish credit in order to purchase a car or a home. So you need to know the pros and cons in order to properly use them. As a college student and newly married person, I got myself into some trouble with credit cards! Oh how I wish someone had set me straight then! So I'm hoping to help a few students avoid what I did!
Love it and totally agree! I think we finally have a grasp on it now!
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ReplyDeleteI'm glad many of the examples you found were LoTi 3 or higher. Many of mine were too, but level 5's and 6's were extremely tough for me to find. I think its so interesting that you work for the Georgia Virtual School, what a great way to be plugged into technology in the classroom today! I'm really interested in real-world applications too, so if you have any science related ones, send them my way:)
Lara
Hey Tami! I know that she is not in this class, but Shanna Weaver did a project for one of our classes incorporating financial responsibility with credit cards, etc... It was a lesson plan for Choi's class, I think. It may be worth sending her an email. I know there was a really cool website with some great learning materials...
ReplyDeleteSo, are you a developer, or are you in charge of the developers? Have you ever come across issues in the courses for GA Virtual where your developers create these wonderful lessons that integrate technology at very high levels, but the facilitators don't follow through in the delivery of the courses? I'd love to see any data or even examples of who well the facilitators stick to the developed plans... That is just an interest of mine. :)
Thanks Jordan! I will talk to Shanna in class on Tuesday! Any info she could share would be great!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have a good grasp of LoTi and that you are going to make a great project! Maybe you should share it with Congress....ha ha....they need to learn about financial responsibility, huh?
ReplyDeleteChanMin: Tami, I love your plan to talk with your developers to ensure that higher LoTI levels are practiced with student-centered, real-world projects. It is always happy to see EDIT7500 participants play the role of a change agent at work! Your plan for a finance class lesson sounds great! I laugh whenever I see Credit Report.com commercials on TV. You may want to use one of their commercial videos avialble in Youtube (e.g., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1uMBtrDpp4) to gather students' attention?
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