Classroom Observation
The purpose of the classroom observation is to reinforce concepts learned throughout the semester by allowing you to directly observe how various technologies, particularly computers, are currently being used in a classroom. You are expected to reflect upon and document your observations in a 2-4 page organized essay using the two criteria provided below.
Name of School:
Location:
Date Observed: Content Area (s)/Grade Level:
Reminder: Do not interrupt
instructional lessons. If teachers are very busy, discretely enter and leave the room as inconspicuously as possible.
1) Brief Descriptive Summary of the Activity or Lesson for Students (1-2 pages)
This may include a description of:
School/Classroom Technology Description:
Clear physical description of the classroom observed.
Identification of the technology resources available.
Goal of the Lesson:
Clear description of the instructional purpose.Teacher’s Role:
Description of the role the teacher played throughout the lesson.
What types of activities was he/she doing?Student’s Role:
Description of the role the students played throughout the lesson.
What types of activities were they doing? How did/could they use technology?Role of Technology:
How did/could the technology complement or facilitate learning?
2) Evaluation and Reflection of Lesson (1-2 pages)
In light of the readings and discussions we have had in class, review this lesson critically in terms of the qualities an effective lesson using technology should contain (remember the CHOICE philosophy?). Also, include WHAT and HOW you would have done things differently had you been given the opportunity to teach the same type of lesson.