Education & Technology

Guidelines for Classroom Observation:

You will need to observe a classroom teacher of your choice (for the grade level/subject area in which you intend to teach) for a minimum of 10 hours.

2. During each observation period, you will need to take notes on how the teacher incorporates technology into the classroom. What technologies does the teacher utilize? Are the technologies utilized simply as a means to deliver course content or do they engage students in such a way as to promote active and meaningful learning? Were any 21st century technologies used to address diverse learning needs? If so, include these in your paper.

3. Around the 7th hour of your observation time, you will need to interview the teacher about how technologies have been utilized in the classroom. What drove the selection of the technologies utilized? Does the instructor have plans for utilizing other technologies in the classroom? Your notes should help you to formulate other interview questions.

4. Once you have completed your 10 observation hours and interview, you will use all of your notes to write a 5-7 page paper that 1) provides a synopsis of your observation hours, 2) provides a synopsis of your interview, and 3) makes recommendations for more effectively utilizing technologies in the classroom. In making your recommendations, you will need to give specific examples from your observation notes. (You are NOT required to share your recommendations with the teacher that you observed.) Furthermore, you will be required to sup-port your recommendations with scholarly sources.

5.The paper must be documented use APA style and include a list of references. Please view the following video for helpful information on how to correctly format your paper:

https://online.apus.edu/educator/common/COLL100Master/videos/APAForm.mp4