Computer-based Lesson - Classmate Inquiry by Jessica Dilworth

Integrating Computer Technology into the Classroom Final Activity

Title:                   Classmate Inquiry

Learner Level:    Intermediate to Advanced English Language Acquisition; Intermediate Computer Use

Pre-Instruction:   Familiarity with making Tables and Charts in Microsoft Word            

  Familiarity with using a microphone to record their voices on a CD Familiarity with using an

  Oral Language  Rubric

Duration:               2 classrooms days; 2 computer lab days        

Materials:            Microsoft Word; Microphones for the computers

                              Windows Media Player; Instructions to students for the assignment

                              Oral Language Rubric (Web Page)

Handouts in Word Documents:

Objectives:

Students will:

• get to know classmates better, creating a learning community

• practice oral English and do a self-assessment of skills

• create a table

• create a graph

• present their findings to the class

• display their graphs in the classroom, creating an artistic and scientific environment

Procedure: 

Classroom day 1:

Students think of a question they would like to ask classmates; they write the question and possible responses; students circulate, ask their questions, and record the answers

Computer lab day 1:

Students use Microsoft Word to create a table and a pie chart to display the answers to their questions (see sample charts)

Computer lab day 2:

Students use Windows Media Player or a similar recording program to practice the English they will use to present their findings to the class; they use the assessment rubric to self-assess their English; they ask the Instructor and other students to listen to their recordings and assist with English questions they are not sure of

Classroom day 2:

Students in turn, present their findings to the class describing the charts and telling the class why they chose that particular question; the Instructor uses the same Rubric to measure English skills as students used in self-assessment; students hang their graphs on the walls of the classroom; the Instructor conferences with each student using their Rubrics as a departure for discussing progress and language learning goals

Evaluation:          

Can students create a table?

Can students create a pie chart?

Student self-assessment using Oral Language Rubric  (Web Page)

Teacher assessment using Oral language Rubric

Conference to discuss progress and language learning goals