Connect: Interactive Learning

Make Learning Accessible

Utilize these resources to provide accommodations for the interactives discussed in Define. Once you get a general understanding with these, you will know what to look for in the interactives that you find.

PhET Interactives - Accessibility : Science investigations 

Media Types for Knight Lab : Social Studies timeline builder

Support Best Practice

When choosing a learning resource, always think about your objectives and reasons for selecting, and have a clear goal or purpose for using the technology (visuals, videos, interactives, lessons, engaging students, etc). Consider where it fits within best practice implementation: SAMR, TPACK, Triple E, or TIM (Thing 1).  To assist you with these design considerations, download the 21 Thing 4 Educators Lesson Design Template. 

Design Considerations for Using Interactives

• Use these resources to find ideas about how to lesson design using interactives.

• BrainPop Educators - Teaching Strategies of Interactive Simulations

• PBS Learning Media for Students - Lesson plans - home page

• Brown University - Interactive Classroom Activities

• Canva Education - 25 Interactive Classroom Ideas

Frameworks for Technology Integration

SAMR

Consider these guiding questions when utilizing this framework.

S - substitution

• What will I gain by replacing the task with new tech?

A - augmentation

• Does the tech add new features that improves the task?

M - modification

• Does the task significantly change with the use of tech?

R - redefinition

• Does the tech allow for creation of new task previously inconceivable?

For example, if your lesson objectives focused on climate change, how would these resources fit with the questions above?

• S - video about climate change
• A -NASA interactive or NASA Climate Kids
• M - classroom ready data collections
• R- Use Design Thinking (Thing 16)

TPACK

Consider these guiding questions when utilizing this framework.

CK - Content Knowledge

What standards does this lesson meet?

PK - Pedagogical Knowledge

What teaching strategies are you using? How are you assessing the learning?

TK - Technology Knowledge

How is technology being used by the students? How is technology being used by the teacher?

Triple E Framework

Consider these guiding questions when utilizing this framework.

Engage

1. Does the use of technology limit distraction so students can focus on the learning goals?
2. Does the use of technology motivate students to start the learning process?
3. Does the use of technology encourage students to engage in active social learning (co-use)?

Enhance

1. Does the use of technology help students develop or demonstrate deeper learning of the content?
2. Does the use of technology make it easier for students to understand the content (differentiation, scaffolding, personalization)?
3. Does the use of technology allow students to demonstrate their knowledge in a way that they couldn't without technology?

Extend

1. Does the use of technology create opportunities for students to learn outside of the school day?
2. Does the use of technology tie school learning to real-life experiences?
3. Does the use of technology help students build skills that they can use in their everyday lives?

Technology Integration Matrix (TIM)

Consider these guiding questions when utilizing this framework.

1. What is the level of technology integration?
   • Entry, Adoption, Adaptation, Infusion, or Transformation
2. What are the characteristics of the learning environment?
   • Active, Collaborative, Constructive, Authentic, or Goal-Directed
3. What are the teacher descriptors?
4. What are the student descriptors?
5. What are the instructional setting descriptors?