The purpose of instructional delivery is to evaluate teachers’ effectiveness regarding student engagement. The goal of this standard is for professionals in the educational field to use a variety of strategies in order to meet the needs of individual students. The objective for this standard is to engage students through active learning in order to open the gateway to deep analysis, synthesis, and evaluative learning. Teachers can accomplish this active learning through the four Cs, multiple intelligences, and technology.
The Four Cs
In my teaching, I love to deliver my instruction based on the 4 Cs. Communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity are all vital skills in which the 21st century learner needs to flourish. My instructional delivery is designed to meet at least one, if not all of these skills. Another “C” suggested by one of my professors is “choice.” I will often provide my students with a choice when learning in order to provide students with autonomy and to keep engagement high.
One example of this is from a writing assignment. Students chose one writing activity to complete that involved critical thinking, creativity, and choice. After students wrote, they were to communicate their ideas with their peers.
Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
During my student teaching at Cave Spring Middle School, there were an abundance of bodily-kinesthetic learners. I used in almost every lesson bodily-kinestehtic activities to keep these learners engaged. For example, I took my students on STEM Strolls. During these strolls, I led students around the school while they called out and answered prefixes and suffixes to a partner.
Technology
Technology should enhance the classroom, rather than be a replacement. My three favorite forms of technology I have used in classroom are Kahoot, Podcasts, and Breakout Boxes.
Kahoot is an interactive quiz game that allows student to compete against each other. Competitive spirits and engagement are both high when it is played in class.
Podcasts take presentations a step further. Podcasts allow students to save and share their product. Speaking and listening skills are also developed during the creation of the audio presentations. Here is a lesson plan for utilizing educational podcasts that I created in my Technology Integration in the Classroom course: Technology Podcasting Lesson Plan
Inspired by the popular escape room phenomenon, Break Out Boxes are perfect for active learning and provide opportunities for critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication. Students decipher clues in order to break open a locked box. I had the opportunity to co-write clues for a Dr. Seuss inspired Break Out Box. Seventh grade students paired up with second graders from a local elementary school to complete the Break Out Box.
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