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CHILDERS FINAL PROJECT:

POSITION PAPER, STANDARDS, AND LESSON PLAN

Abigail Childers
College of Southern Nevada
EDU 214 section 1001-1002
Professor Steve Saladino
June 28, 2020
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Position Paper:

Technology in schools should remain exactly where they are. Technology can enhance

relationships between teachers and students. Technology also makes collaborating and working

with other students more fun and helps the creative side of the work show through. Technology

also helps prepare students for their future.

Building relationships with our students is an important part of teaching. When teachers

can connect with their students it creates a healthy and safe feeling learning environment. When

we show interest in our students lives it shows that we care about them. If we can hold a

conversation about the latest Tik Tok challenge, then it shows we are not closed minded about

the world around us. Technology also helps teachers keep the student up to date at ABC

Community school. We use Google Alerts to remind the students they have assignments due the

next day and or that night. When we got the Interactive Tables not one of the teachers new how

to use it until we read the manual, however the students took to using the tables like it was

breathing. Keeping technology in school will help keep teachers on track with technology.

Technology helps keep the students in a collaborating environment and makes it easier.

They can do and complete assignments from home. According to Hoffman and Ramierez

“Student-centered technologies have not only increased student motivation and academic

performance, but interactive technologies can lead to differentiated instruction through which

students have again shown higher motivation.” Files can be transferred from students to other

students. They can work on it at the same time from different locations. There is no worrying

about “Oh, Allie has the paper.” but instead anyone can log in and turn in the work as long as its

shared.
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When asking different kids why they think technology is important, a thirteen-year-old

boy named Xailin said “Technology has helped me learn things I could need for my job in the

future.” Technology is not slowing down, taking it away from the students would be more

detramental than anything to their education.

Hoffmann, M. M., & Ramirez, A. Y. ". (2018). Students' attitudes toward teacher use of
technology in classrooms. Multicultural Education, 25(2), 51-56. Retrieved from
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Identification Standards Paper

Looking at technology standards as well as the Nevada standards there are obvious

differences as well as similarities. I will be comparing and contrasting Creativity, Collaborations,

and Critical Thinking.

Starting with Creativity the national standard is “Students demonstrate creative thinking,

construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.” and the

Nevada Standard is “Process new ideas based on existing knowledge to brainstorm solutions to

an authentic problem using digital tools.” Both standards focus on creating new ideas and using

digital tools to solve problems. The difference is Nevada focuses more on specifically creating

new ideas.

When looking at Collaborations the National Standard is “Students use digital media and

environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support

individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.” this is making sure the students are

still in touch while they are not in the same location. The Nevada Standard is “Collaborate to

create and publish digital products to share beyond the classroom.” This is more along the lines

of working on something at school and being able to share it at other places.

Lastly, I will look at Critical Thinking. The National Standard for Critical thinking is

“Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve

problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.” This is

having the students use their skills to make informed decisions about problems. The Nevada

Standard is “Plan and manage projects using a digital planning tool.” They are using digital tools

specifically to solve the problem they are having.

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Lesson Plan:

Name: Celebrity Family Tree

Grade Level: 9-10 grade Reading-Literature

Technology Content Standard: 2. Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and

opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and

model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical. 1. Students leverage technology to take an active

role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by

the learning sciences. 1.c Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves

their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

Other Content Standard Addressed: RL.9-10.3: 3. Analyze how complex characters (e.g.,

those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with

other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

Objective: The students will analyze relationships between the characters in the book and create

a family tree for one of the main characters. They will choose a book or play we have read

throughout the year.

Materials: Computer, PowerPoint/Google Slides, Access to the internet, the book/play they

choose to do the family tree on.

Group Size: Individual or in pairs

Procedure: Step 1: The students will decide whether to work individually or in a pair.

Step 2: They will then decide what book/play they will create a family tree for.
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Step 3: The students will review said book or play and refresh their memories on the characters

and their relationships.

Step 4: List the characters to determine how big the family tree will be.

Step 5: Using PowerPoint or Google Slides create the family tree of a character.

Step 6: Look at how the book describes the character and find an actor/actress that matches the

description and add a picture next to their corresponding character.

Step 7: Find a quote for a minimum of three of the characters. The quote should showcase their

character.