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Teaching and Learning with Technology

Melanie Morales

College of Southern Nevada

EDU 214: Preparing Teachers to Use Technology

Professor Saladino

December 12, 2021

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Proposition Paper

Students frequently have trouble being engaged in assignments due to different types of

learning styles. For example, a student may perform well when creating his boat to present to the

classroom about the Boston Tea Party because it allows him to use his imagination and creativity.

But, he fails to pass the pop-up quiz about the Intolerable Acts when his teacher presents it

through a PowerPoint and often finds himself distracted. The reasoning behind this is that it was

difficult for the student to recollect what he just learned the other day from an auditory learning

style when he succeeds in kinesthetic learning. With the help of technology, it has allowed

“educators to accommodate the three main learning styles: visual, auditory and kinesthetic”

(Emma, 2018). Incorporating all learning styles has been a challenge but technology helps not

only teachers but students.

If technology were to be taken away from these students, not only does it put a hold on a

way of their current learning but the advantage students would have in the future. College

students are using computers, laptops, and phones on a day-to-day basis when doing their work

through google docs, PowerPoint, and canvas. However, those students who did not have the

privilege to truly understand how to work those apps are now learning. Although, students who

started using technology at a young age are ahead of those students and have discovered tools

that are hard to comeby when just learning. Additionally, no student would prefer to flip through

pages to find information when they can type in their question and answers come to them on

google. Lastly, students can pass standardized multiple-choice performance exams through

technology with the help of apps that allow teachers to copy the exam onto computers and

laptops. No need to fear if students will open a window and cheat, Lockdown browser is a

custom browser that locks down the testing environment within a learning management system.
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Identification of Standards

The state of Nevada and the National level technology standard both ask for

improvement through a digital device when creating an assignment. Nevada's technology

standard is applied to different grade levels (Second, fifth, eight, and twelve grade) and asks for

more based on higher grade levels whereas the National level is not directed towards a certain

grade. Additionally, ISTE Standards which is formally known as the National Educational

Technology Standard dives into detail on each standard. For example, 1.1 Empowered Learning

standard asks for 3 different in depth standards. The importance of both Nevada and National

standards are how and what is used to improve all students learning through technology. When

using technology students can create a powerpoint on a wide variety of cultures, interactive

quizzes, or other ways of learning which allows them to meet the National Standards that are set

for students.

Technology has impacted all grade levels by making the assignments increasingly

engaging and collaborative. When discussing across-activity choices a student can learn from

paper (book), presentation, or a youtube video. Often a youtube video is far more engaging since

your brain can process what they see faster than what they read. The reasoning behind that is

because students often have a hard time understanding what they are reading whereas the visuals

from youtube can clarify what you are confused on. After that student has learned from the

youtube video (assuming that is what he picked) allow that student to pick how they would like

to demonstrate what he or she has learned of the given topic. Now within-activity choice is still

allowing the student to independently pick something; however, this time the student will choose

the material in his favor: crayons or sparkly markers? Or reading corner or their desk? I plan to

use standard 1.3: 3C (knowledge constructor) into my learning with instructional choices.
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Lesson Plan

Name of lesson: Draw your book

Grade Level Appropriateness: Fifth graders

Technology Content Standard Addressed: Standard #3 3C: Students curate information from

digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that

demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

Other Content Standard Addressed:

4.B.5.1: Plan and manage projects using a digital planning tool. (Nevada Computer &

Technology Standard)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3: ​Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or

events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

Objective: Students will learn how to use the computer's drawing tools to create a book that has

drawings of two characters of their choice from the previous book they just read. This allows

them to be creative and compare and contrast the two side by side characters.

Materials needed to facilitate the lesson: The previous book that will help them decide on what

two characters they will use. https://krita.org/en/post-download-page/ (has to be downloaded)

Suggested group size: Independent working

Procedures: You will click the link that I have provided and press the blue box that says “GET

KRITA NOW.” You will be on a new page and now will select the macOS installer then it will

download. While it is downloading you will go to google search and type in white and will select

a blank white screen and download/screenshot that screen. After Krita is downloaded and you

have the white screen, you will drag the white blank screen into the krita. It will then have tools

around the screen and then you can start editing. First click the brush icon (Far left, down 2)
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The brush icon is your brush that you will use to draw. If you would like to

adjust the size of the brush you are going to click the colored brush icon box at the top.

After, remind students that they should use color because creativity and

using other tools is a part of their grade. To adjust the colors, click the icon right next to it that

has colors you can swap. Shortly after, colors will pop up and you can choose your desired color.

Begin by drawing the outline of a book which is a big line, medium line, and another big line.

(You want these lines four finger spaces from each other but for the students they might need

more space.) You will then have the top of the big lines connect to the top of the middle line and
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repeat it for the bottom of the line. (Now you should have the outline of a book.) THIS IS

WHERE YOU STOP. You will now instruct students that they will be choosing two characters

from the book we “just read” which is A Wrinkle in Time. Inform them that one character will go

on the left side and they have to draw that character along with its powers, personality, and likes.

Then you tell the students to choose a second character from the book and draw and color the

exact same thing. At this point, you will show the students my creation that I have left behind on

a different paper and remind them this is an example and should not be copied because they will

get a 0. Once students have completed both sides of the drawing, remind them to add their first

and last name with the date on the top right corner. Once 100% completed the student will then

hit the file at the top of the computer, press save as, name the file “book: A Wrinkle in Time '',

and select the type of file and have them change it into a JPEG IMAGE file. Once the file is

saved, have the students send me their project through canvas. (students already know how to

send me projects but if they need help, have another student help them.)

If any trouble saving, have the student simply screenshot the image or take a picture from their

phone and send it through the canvas app still.

Assessment: I plan to grade each student's work with the help of a holistic rubric. When looking

at their projects I would like to see the use of colors, different shapes, and length in lines. I want

to be able to get a good understanding of both characters from the book. When looking at their

drawing I do not expect it to be perfect, rather they know what tools they are using so they can

use it in the future.

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References

Emma. (2018, January 16). How to Use Technology for Different Learning Styles. Learn Safe.

learnsafe.com