Instrcutional+Plan+for+New+Literacies+Institute

Sinky Zheng &Yan Xu’s ** Instructional Plan **  ** This project is designed for grade 10 students learning English as a foreign language in China. ** The topic is “talking about the future”. It is planned for one 50-min teaching period. Our question is: How can technology tools such as videos, cartoons, and blogs help students learn foreign language! The instructional plan is based on the premises that: students have already learned the future tense, phrases and expressions that could be used to predict the future. Students also have required technology skills to conduct the collaborative inquiry-based learning. As a part of our instruction plan, students will be asked to collaborate with group members to create a multimedia product to demonstrate understanding of the language they have learned in the class. 1. teacher created videos 2. classroom blog  ** Objectives: **** Students will: ** **1. **** use their imagination and look into the future ** **2. **** talk & write about future in a foreign language(English)—the Future tense/sentences patterns/phrases ** **3. **** develop 21st century literacies (digital literacies, critical thinking, collaboration, imagination, and foreign language literacy) **   ** Connection to other subjects: ** Computer science, Art &Music  **Section 1 **   Before the end of the prior reading class about __“Life in the Future”,__ have students form small groups of 4-5 people. Each group creates a short video clip (2-3mins) about life in the future. Students can choose one of the following areas of the future based on their interest to do their inquiry project. Students will share their products with others in the next class and make a brief presentation using their prior English knowledge.* **Possible inquiry topics**: transportation/Business/health and medicine/education and school in the future. <span style="font-size: 15pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"> * **Cool Tools used**: ---Moviemaker or Primary Access ---.__Delicious.com__ (students use delicious.com to share resources). Classroom blog * **URL of our classroom blog**: __ www. learninglanguage2009.blogspot.com __ **<span style="font-size: 18pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Section 2 ** <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"> **<span style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: ZH-CN; msolist: Ignore;">1. **** Introduce **** the topic “Life in the Future” **** by **** showing students a teacher created video about this topic ****. **     Have students think about questions while watching the introduction video. **After watching the video, have students pair up and discuss the above questions**.Guiding questions: Phase 1--What is the video about? Phase 2—What do you think it will be like in the future? ---What do you think it will be like in 2050? ---What do you think it will be like 5 years later? ** Cool Tools used ** : ---Teacher created multimedia product ** 2. Have students share videos they created ** with the whole class. Also, have students make a short presentation about their products. ***Encourage students in other groups to make comments**. * Have students visit the classroom blog and vote for their favorite videos and presentations. ***Cool tools used**: ---Student created multimedia product (delicious.com/ Wordle) --Classroom blog: URL: __www. learninglanguage2009. blogspot.com__ ---Move on to have students discuss related topics about life in the future to further develop their fluency in using English. // Have students work in groups. The year is 2089 and scientists have discovered how to make “doubles”, exact copies of a person that can do everything the original can do. Your group has to decide whether the new technology should be used. // __ Penzu. com __ –One of the group members take notes during the discussion, then read it out to the class. **<span style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: ZH-CN; msolist: Ignore;">4. **** Closure: Whatever Will Be, Will Be! **  If there is still time left, play an English song about FUTURE and have students sing together. .  ** Cool Tools used: ** ---Songs/Music ** “Whatever will be, will be”** **<span style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastlanguage: ZH-CN; msolist: Ignore;">5. **** What will YOU be like in the FUTURE? **  Assignment: Using your imagination, write a short passage (100 words) about What will you be like in the Future. ** Post your work on the classroom blog. Respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts. **  ** Cool Tools used: ** ---Classroom blog: __ www. learninglanguage2009.blogspot.com  __ ** Assessment Strategies: ** ** * **** Formative Evaluation: ** Teacher observation of class performance. (Walking around the class while students are playing group activities) ** * **** Summative Evaluation **** : ** Written response ** * Peer Evaluation: **
 * Introduction: **
 * Our final technology products: **
 * Inquiry question: How can technology tools help middle school students learn foreign language (English)?  **
 * Subject: foreign language arts **
 * Topic: Life in the future **
 * Pedagogy: **
 * Teacher led instruction—Student “inquiry-based” learning—collaborative learning **
 * <span style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"> Technology intergration:   **
 * <span style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"> 1. Videos&song---Movie Maker / Primary Access/I Movie/PPT   **
 * <span style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"> 2. Classroom Blog---online writing/communication   **
 * <span style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"> 3.Delicious. com---group collaboration tool   **
 * <span style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"> 4.Penzu.com--- group discussion note taking tool   **
 * <span style="font-size: 15pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;"># Preparation **
 * __ *Link to our technology product:  __**
 * 3, Twice as Good or Double Trouble?  **
 * *Cool Tools students may need:  **