Component2-Social+Studies

​ ​ Subject from Component 1: Social Studies


 * Technology Used:** Software( Microsoft MovieMaker)

Feedback as well as nonlinguistic representation increases knowledge and thus confidence in students. Increased confidence then contributes to higher student motivation.
 * Strategies:** / Nonlinguistic Representation Providing Feedback. After students have created their various digital stories as described in Component 1, students will then present them to other classmates for feedback. Also, the teacher will provide written feedback based on the initial presentation. This will aid in addressing the educational challenge of student motivation. After the presentation, students will incorporate various feedback suggestions into their video and turn in a final product. Once students have turned in their videos they will present the " final product". Students will take notes on the presentations based on the information presented, the next day groups of classmates will then be encouraged to analyze using their notes from the previous day and play Imperialism charades. The students will then be able to analyze the various charades and identify key people and events during the age of Imperialism.The rationale behind this is that students are more adept at using computers than any other technology, so software enjoys some familiarity amongst students while not being as mundane as chalboard and lecture. Students will become more confident as they receive positive feedback from their fellow classmates and teacher. According to the Northwest Educational Technology Consortium website:"When feedback is corrective in nature—that is, it explains where and why students have made errors--significant increases in student learning occur (Lysakowski & Walberg, 1981, 1982; Walberg, 1999; Tennenbaum & Goldring, 1989).Feedback has been shown to be one of the most significant activities a teacher can engage in to improve student achievement (Hattie, 1992).Asking students to continue working on a task until it is completed and accurate (until the standard is met) enhances student achievement (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001)."Nonlinguistic Representation will also contribute to student motivation by giving them a different and entertaining version of learning. According to the Northwest Educational Technology Consortium website:"Learners acquire and store knowledge in two primary ways: linguistic (by reading or hearing lectures), and nonlinguistic (through visual imagery, kinesthetic or whole-body modes, and so forth). The more students use both systems of representing knowledge, the better they are able to think about and recall what they have learned (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001).Visual representations help students recognize how related topics connect (NCTM, 2000)."
 * Estimated Cost:** None. The school system has all Microsoft software.