Paula Sandridge
SLM527mc SU03
02/15/03
OLA: Creating Effective Discussion
Discussion Questions
Approach |
Question |
| Determine Understanding/Get
Feedback I want to determine if the students understood the reading, and are able to apply the research into their own teaching situations. |
After examining the current research on teaching and learning with technology, what would be the most effective way of incorporating technology into future lessons for your students? |
| Assess and Evaluate
Information With this question, I want to get opinions from the teachers as to how the 5P strategy actually worked with their students. I also want to get their suggestions for improvement, to gauge how they might adapt the strategy for their student's needs in a future lesson. |
Following the implementation of your lesson plan using the 5P reading plan, comment on the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the strategy using details from your experience. Would you make any changes to the strategy for future use? Why or why not? |
| Get Agreement, Solution,
or Conclusion I am trying to force the agreement that elementary teachers should always provide their students with carefully evaluated websites for instructional use. I also want to see when teachers would permit students to search on their own in school. |
Why is it important for an elementary teacher to provide websites for students when these websites are used as resources for an instructional activity? Is there ever an occasion when students should be doing their own search of websites in school? |
| Get Discussion Started I want the teachers to analyze an example of a 'virtual tour' created with PowerPoint, and generate some discussion of effective multimedia elements that they will then strive to include in their own virtual tour. |
What are the multimedia elements of an effective online virtual tour? How can these elements foster a greater understanding of a place? |
| Lead Discussion
to Next Topic I am trying to lead into the next topic of blending technology skills/expectations into content rubrics. |
Many new users of PowerPoint are excited about incorporating special effects into their presentations. How can these special effects enhance or detract from the content of the presentations? What can teachers do to ensure that students are making proper choices in the design of their presentation? |
