Make a Power
Point
Must be a well-organized
presentation of the materials
presented for the topic(s)
Must be a comprehensive
demonstration of the concepts
presented (meaning bullet points are
explained well enough that someone
new to the topic could read your
presentation and understand)
Clear understanding and
EXAMPLES provided about
the use of concepts as a
teacher
Application Activity 3: Constructivism & Creativity
Assessment Instruction
Purpose of this Assessment
To APPLY what you have learned the past 3 weeks, in a way that is meaningful to you, for your future classroom. There are several options for how you can do this. Refer to the Application Activity Rubric
Actions
for ideas to complete this assignment. You need at least one of the 3 application activities for this course to be a lesson plan (unless you are an FLHD major then you do not have to write a lesson plan). You could also choose to write a mini unit and have all 3 application activities be lesson plans. The choice is yours. This assignment goes in your final portfolio for this course.
Instructions
Once you choose a type of assignment from the application activity rubric,
Actions
you should be sure to address all of the components listed on the rubric for full points.
These last 2 weeks we have discussed Cognitive Constructivism (Piaget), Social Constructivism (Vygotsky), Creativity, and Complex Thinking. What does this mean to you? How will you use this information in your future as a teacher?
**Remember that at least one of your three application activity assignments for this course should be a lesson plan (if you have not done one yet, then congratulations! You have chosen Constructivism). This is actually a good opportunity to practice using social learning constructs in your planning of a lesson, so DO NOT hand in a teacher lead lesson for this topic. How can you write a plan that is STUDENT CENTERED where the students are mostly responsible for the learning?.
If you choose to make these topics apply to a lesson plan, then be sure to use the following links:
SUU Daily Lesson Plan TemplateLinks to an external site. (download this Google Doc to make edits)
LINK TO UDL Guidelines
*HINT* To write a constructivist lesson plan, you REALLY need to think about the lesson plan template in a new way. The template is set to follow the “direct instruction” model, which IS important to use, but it is not necessarily “constructivist”. At different times within a unit of study, it is also important to allow students to construct their own learning. It may be helpful to take all you know about constructivism and go back to the WEBB matrix from module 2 and look for places where it is easy to build in constructivism. You may also be leaving parts of the lesson plan intentionally blank. If you do this, be sure to write in a rationale for why you do not have content for that area (one example could be the “modeling” row… if students are constructing their own learning, you may not be modeling something for them… but then again you or another student may… it depends on your lesson content and how you design it). How can you allow for your students creative thinking and problem solving skills to lead the way in a lesson? Can you as a teacher, give up the control?
You can also choose to try planning a constructivist lesson using the 5 E model. An Example is provided in the following article:
What is the 5 E Instructional Model?Links to an external site.
(Links to an external site.)
In addition to the lesson plan, please answer the following questions attached to the bottom of the lesson plan template.
1. How does your lesson plan utilize/apply the concepts learned over the past few weeks?
2. How will you access what you know about giving students the responsibility and room to use creativity to construct their own learning your class?
3. What considerations did you make when designing a student centered plan and completing the UDL components of the lesson? (EX. How did you determine what the barriers were going to be? etc)
IF YOU HAVE NEVER USED THE SUU DAILY LESSON PLAN or do not know how to use the UDL chart in your lesson…
check out the SUU Daily Lesson Plan PrimerLinks to an external site.. This resource includes example lesson plans, video walk-throughs, and descriptions
of lesson plan elements.
Grading of Assessment
All components of the assignment are completed. Students put forth good effort to apply the concepts learned to a future roll as a teacher. The chosen assignment matches content required from the application activity rubric.
