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ISTE Technology Standard Addressed: What would you like students to know and
1.1 Empowered Learner: Students leverage be able to do by the end of this lesson:
technology to take an active role in choosing,
achieving, and demonstrating competency in - Students can observe, evaluate, and
their learning goals, informed by the learning communicate information about the
sciences. properties of matter.
1.1.a: Students articulate and set personal - Students can communicate
learning goals, develop strategies leveraging information about the changes that
technology to achieve them and reflect on occur in an object.
the learning process itself to improve learning - Students can determine if the change
outcomes. in a state of matter is reversible or
1.1.c: irreversible.
Students use technology to seek feedback
that informs and improves their practice and
to demonstrate their learning in a variety of
ways.
How do you plan to implement this lesson and integrate the technology? Check all that apply:
X Teacher-led: There is no student voice and choice in the activities. Students are guided
by teacher direction and expectations. Learning activities are assigned to the student
and mostly practice based.
X Student-Led: Students are given voice and choice in the activities. They may select the
topic of learning and/or determine the tool they will use to meet the learning goal. The
teacher facilitates the learning as the students direct their own learning processes.
Students will be limited to the amount of time-on-task they receive. By giving them a set time
to complete the Padlet, they are having to actively pace their learning. They are also given a
chance at the end of the instructional period to participate in a metacognition check. During
this, students will share what they have learned, where they still have confusion, and any
other questions or comments they have on the learning goals or content. This time will also
provide them a space to reflect on the effectiveness of Padlet in their learning experience. By
giving students a period to reflect on their learning and how they learned, they are actively
assessing themselves instead of taking in information and letting it sit in their thoughts.
Students also actively learn through the Quizizz! Assessment given at the end of Padlet. The
Quizizz! Requires students to check back in every few days and review the learning goals they
have studied in class. They will be actively reviewing the changes of states in matter and will
practice deciding if they changes are reversible or irreversible by playing a game at home, at
school, or anywhere they can access.
Reflective Practice:
After designing this lesson, we do believe that this tool will help students build understanding
in a way they could not do with traditional tools. The way we learned about this certain topic
in elementary school was by watching many videos on changes of matter. There was little
time for us to interact with the videos and learn hands on, and we know that this did not help
us reach our highest level of understanding. The Padlet we designed incorporates many
opportunities for students to respond to their learning, even if they are learning through
videos or images. By responding to what they have learned through videos ro images,
students are creating a more concrete knowledge because they are having to explain their
knowledge using drawings or words. We are so excited to implement this lesson and see each
of the drawings of changes in the state of an object because students get so creative and
typically want to do their best work to impress the teacher. We also know that students are
going to really enjoy this part of the lesson because it is so fun to draw what you know! We
also are excited for our conclusion to this lesson because we want feedback from real
students to see what they enjoyed or what they did not like. This will help us improve this
lesson for the future.