FIELD STUDY 2 LEARNING EPISODE:

Utilizing Applications (Apps)

FS 2 13 for Teaching and Learning

Resource Teacher: _______________________ Teacher’s Signature ____________ School _______________

Participate and Assist

Before you participate and assist in tasks related to apps, first enumerate the apps your already know
and have probably tried. Explore the Pedagogy Wheel and learn at least five more. Fill out the table
below.

Apps that I already know/have recently explored

How can I utilize this in teaching-learning?

Your guide to participate and assist:

1. Interview your FS Resource Teacher on her experience in using the apps for teaching and
learning.
2. Ask the teacher how you can participate or assist in work involving the use of applications in onr
or more of these tasks:
Preparing materials
Doing a motivational activity
Delivering a lesson
Engaging the learners to respond
Giving an assignment
Making learners practice a skills
Making the learners collaborate and
Managing the class-checking of attendance.

The more opportunities to observe, participate and assist, the better.

Level/Grade of the Class: ___________________________________________________________

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Explain why you selected the app,

What is the use or purpose of using
Apps you use to utilize in the
the app. Describe how you or the
lesson
teacher will use each
based on the five criteria of
developmental appropriateness,
motivation, instructional design,
engagement and accessibility

How does this connect with what you know about selecting and using apps?

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Attach pieces of evidence of what you accomplished in this episode.

Notice
 After you participated or assisted in the use of apps in teaching-learning, describe what you observed
and experienced by answering the items below.

1. Describe how you or the teacher utilized the apps. Narrate your experience as you participated
and assisted.

Analyze

What worked well during the activity using the apps?

What part can be improved?

What would you have done differently? What would I change? What will make it better next time?

How does this connect with what you know about selecting and using apps?

Reflect

1. How ready am I in organizing and using apps in the teaching-learning process?

2. What do I still need to learn in order to use apps in teaching effectively?

 3. What can I do to learn more about and practice the use of educational apps?

Write Action research Prompts

This part allows you to synthesize or put together what you noticed, analysed, and reflect4ed on to come up
with a possible topic for an action research.
OBSERVE

1. What problematic situation/ challenges/ area of improvement prevailed in using apps?

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REFLECT
List at least three sources that you have read about this problem/challenge/area of improvement
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Key points/ findings in what I read

Resource or Reference about the Topic

On what theories/ principles can this problem be anchored?

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2. What do I hope to achieve to address the challenge/area of improvement? (What change do I want
to achieve?)
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PLAN
3. What strategies/solutions/means can I employ to improve the situation/solve the problem?
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ACT
4. If you will conduct action research, what will be the title (Based this on your answers in nos. 1-3):
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Check for Mastery

1. An application (app) can be described by all of the following, EXCEPT:

a. A software
b. Having a wide range of function
c. Some can be used offline
d. All need to be used online

2. Teacher Ruth is excited to try this preschool math app with her kindergarten students. She is
happy because it has a feature where she can review how each child performed and give her
information about which skills she needs to reinforce more and which skills the children have
already mastered. Teacher Ruth has considered which criteria for selecting apps?
a. Accessibility
b. Motivation
c. Instructional design
d. Developmental appropriateness

3. Ms. Peralta found two apps that were both appropriate for high school students taking Physics.
They both have assessment and feedback and were quite enjoyable to play. She can use both on a
free but limited arrangement but need to choose one that the school will purchase for premium
use. She eventually selected the one that links Physics with everyday life like Physics and the
 Internet or Physics in amusement park rides. She based her decision on which criteria for
selecting apps?
a. Engagement
b. Accessibility
c. Developmental appropriateness
d. Motivation

4. From among several apps that focused on grammar, Ms. Tayag chose the one which helped
learners gain mastery through games where players earn tokens when they succeed. Which
criteria did Ms. Tayag consider?
a. Accessibility
b. Motivation
c. Instructional design
d. Developmental Appropriateness

5. They Pedagogy Wheel can help teachers choose apps by all, EXCEPT:
a. It helps teachers identify apps for different grade level of the learners
b. It helps teachers identify apps according to the levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy
c. It helps teachers see the type of technology integration in the SAMR model.
d. It helps teachers explore apps useful for both apple and android users.

Work on my Artifacts

Attach pieces of evidence of what you accomplished in this episode.