Session Title: Navigating Curriculum via Video Conference

Session Type: Model Classroom

Date: Thur. 2/11                                                              

Time:  8:00:00 AM to 9:30:00 AM

Strand: Teaching and Learning

Program Summary: See live students actively engaged in math, science, language arts, and social studies lessons – easily adaptable Challenge, Shared Lesson, and Literature Study formats

IMPORTANT: Please clarify that you will need TCEA to provide the following software and hardware for your session. Do not include items you intend to provide yourself. All software requests should be identified by Software Title, version and link if FREE download is available.

Software Request:

Hardware Request: IP based video conference endpoint

Co-Presenter 1: 'Angela Conrad'

Co-Presenter 2: 'Amy Yager'

Short Description: 'See live students actively engaged in math, science, language arts, and social studies lessons - easily adaptable Challenge, Shared Lesson, and Literature Study formats'

Full Description: 'Participants will experience live snippets of three sample video conference formats:  Challenges, Shared Lessons, and Literature Study. These formats can easily be modified to meet specific curriculum needs and instructional levels. Genuine student engagement is a primary ingredient of each format.

CHALLENGES focus on content reading and research skills by requiring text proof to defend responses.  This format has been successful for 2nd graders focusing on national landmarks, 4th graders studying Texas history, and 5th graders studying American history. The objective of the

SHARED LESSONS is to target instructional needs such as holiday themes, science topics, or poetry.  These sessions are often introductory but provide a great avenue to model technology integration and high level questioning. 

LITERATURE STUDY sessions have been written around specific books such as Hatchet by Gary Paulsen and Number the Stars by Lois Lowry; OR themes such as survival, Civil War or WWII. The Literature Study format includes an introductory session and a culminating session.  The introductory session prepares students for a quality reading experience through connections with background information, poetry, nonfiction resources, and predictions.  During the culminating session, students summarize, compare, and analyze the text.  Presenters will discuss how each VC format could be modified.'