I have found that technology creates a way to tie in
different subjects in a way that can help students find meaning in what they
are learning. For example, in my Language and Literacy class this semester, my
partner for one assignment was an English Education major. We had the task of
creating a short lesson that incorporated language and literacy. We were able
to create a lesson that contained both Math and English, something we could not
do without technology.
We began the lesson by showing a brief clip of Wheel of
Fortune on YouTube. Then we took a specific section of The Giver, and typed it into a word document. After the class read
the section and analyzed it, the class then had the task of counting each
letter and finding the percentages of each letter occurring. We had the class
relate these percentages to the clip we showed at the beginning and the “winning”
letters in the clip all had high percentages from The Giver. After this, we asked the class how different our
language would be without popular letters. We removed the highest percentage
letter from the section of The Giver
and had the students try to read it. The students then had to reflect and think
about how important each letter can be to our language.
By using these technologies, we were able to incorporate a
lesson that served both Math and English. In addition, students were able to
relate the lesson outside of the classroom by thinking about each letter in the
alphabet.
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