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Manchester Memorial School
Manchester-by-the-sea, MA
School Type: Public
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School Setting: Rural
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Level: Elementary
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School Design: Traditional
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Content Presented By:
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NEIRTEC, Northeast & Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium
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The Education Alliance at Brown University
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Summary
The practice: Multiple Learning Strategies
Technology-enhanced lessons and activities should represent a variety of learning strategies that include active learning strategies, constructive learning strategies, authentic learning strategies, cooperative learning strategies, and intentional/reflective learning strategies.
- 6th grade social studies class in rural community north of Boston
- Teacher integrates technology projects into her World Geography curriculum
- All units align with Massachusetts state social studies frameworks and technology standards
- Collectively, the units require students to use multiple learning strategies
Sixth grade teacher Becky Baun wanted to create an updated and engaging series of units for her World Geography class. She decided to use technology to enhance the material. Students studied four continents during the course of the year, using the five major themes of geography as a foundation, and incorporating increasingly sophisticated technology components into each unit. Baun's lessons allowed students to use a variety of learning strategies, including collaborative, reflective, and active learning. In addition, they were closely aligned with state social studies frameworks, which require students to systematically learn geography around the world continent by continent; and technology instructional standards that require students to demonstrate an ability to use technology to locate and process information and to solve problems.
This site also exemplifies the following practice(s):
- Standards
All technology-enhanced activities should be deliberately and consciously aligned with local, state, and national standards.
- Teachers provide varied and increasingly challenging writing experiences for students at all grade levels.
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