1. Effective
Pairings
Instructional
Strategies and
Technology Tools
Jennifer Gingerich
jennifergingerich@mac.com
presentation available at slideshare.net

2. Talking Chips
• Use your card as a talking chip.
• Place card in the middle of table when
answering the question. Only talk once,
during your turn.
• Everyone answers the question, and
every card ends up in the middle.
• Reverse the operation for next question.
Card is picked up from the middle to
answer question. Every card is picked up.

4. Are they engaged by technology...

5. Are they engaged by technology...
at school

6. Are they engaged by technology...
at school to make meaning of

7. Are they engaged by technology...
at school to make meaning of
the curriculum?

8. Are they engaged by technology...
at school to make meaning of
the curriculum? Why or why not?

10. How can we ensure that the
technology at school engages
students in learning and making
meaning of content?

11. Objectives
• Participants will examine several lessons that pair
instructional strategies and technology tools.
• Participants will consider the role of technology,
instructional strategies, and the gradual release of
responsibility in designing effective and engaging
lessons.
• Participants will reflect on instructional strategy
initiatives in their districts and consider ways to
incorporate these into their technology focused
staff development.

12. Planning Engaging Lessons
• Essential Question
• Standards
• Instructional Strategies
• Student Outcome
• Technology Tools

13. Research Based Strategies
~ District Initiatives ~
✓ Bloom’s Taxonomy - Questioning
Strategies for Higher Order Thinking
✓ GLAD - Songs and Chants
✓Marzano’s Strategies - Building
Academic Vocabulary, Cooperative
Learning, Summarizing

14. Planning Engaging Lessons
• Essential Question - do wedo insects effect the insects?in
which we live? How
How
effect the world of
world
• Standards - 5.2L.1 Explain and interdependenceinfluences
animals, and environment,
the
how adaptation
of plants,
survival. 5.1L.1 Explain that organisms are composed of
parts that function together to form a living system.
• Instructional Strategies - Bloom’s Taxonomy Questioning
Strategies for Higher Order Thinking
• Student Outcome - Students answer higher order
questions and present/explain reasoning
• Technology Tools- Inspiration

15. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Use verbs to ask questions
for higher order thinking
template available at
inspiration.com/community

16. Research Based Strategies
~ District Initiatives ~
✓ Bloom’s Taxonomy - Questioning
Strategies for Higher Order Thinking
✓ GLAD - Songs and Chants
✓Marzano’s Strategies - Building
Academic Vocabulary, Cooperative
Learning, Summarizing

17. GLAD
Use songs and chants to reinforce language skills
and retain content

18. GLAD

19. Planning Engaging Lessons
• Essential Question - What roles do farms play in our
world?
• Standards and actions (e.g., size, color, andplaces, things,
locations,
- EL.00.SL.05 Describe people,
shape). EL.
00.SL.01 Recite short poems, rhymes, and songs.
• Instructional Strategies - GLAD Chant/Song
• Student Outcome - Students write and read poetry
(song/chant) on topic using adjectives and nouns
correctly.
• Technology Tools-

20. Marzano’s Strategies

21. Marzano’s Strategies

22. Marzano’s Strategies
➡Nonliguistic Representation
➡Cooperative Learning
➡Building Vocabulary
➡Summarizing

24. Answer Garden
• Go to http://answergarden.ch/view/8871
• Type in your team’s 20 words to describe
the Tiffin Delivery System.
• Export and use the Wordle to write a
summary of the Tiffin Delivery System.
Make sure to address the essential
question: How and why do different
cultures organize themselves?

25. Planning Engaging Lessons
• Essential Question
• Standards
• Instructional Strategies
• Student Outcome
• Technology Tools

26. Answer Garden
• Answergarden.ch
• Create New and Type in
Question
• Click for More Options
• Use unlimited answers
• Set Admin Password
• Will Send Email
• Click on Options
• To Hide Answers
• To Export to Wordle

27. Effective Pairings
Instructional Strategies Technology Tools
• GarageBand
• Bloom’s Taxonomy
Levels of Question • Digital Camera
• GLAD • Inspiration
• Marzano’s • Wordle
Research Based • Answer Garden
Strategies
• Video Segment

28. Effective Pairings
Instructional Strategies Technology Tools
• GarageBand
• Bloom’s Taxonomy
Levels of Question • Digital Camera
• GLAD • Inspiration
• Marzano’s • Wordle
Research Based • Answer Garden
Strategies
• Video Segment

29. Effective Pairings
Instructional Strategies Technology Tools
• GarageBand
• Bloom’s Taxonomy
Levels of Question • Digital Camera
• GLAD • Inspiration
• Marzano’s • Wordle
Research Based • Answer Garden
Strategies
• Video Segment

30. Effective Pairings
Instructional Strategies Technology Tools
• GarageBand
• Bloom’s Taxonomy
Levels of Question • Digital Camera
• GLAD • Inspiration
• Marzano’s • Wordle
Research Based • Answer Garden
Strategies
• Video Segment

31. Effective Pairings
Instructional Strategies Technology Tools
• GarageBand
• Bloom’s Taxonomy
Levels of Question • Digital Camera
• GLAD • Inspiration
• Marzano’s • Wordle
Research Based • Answer Garden
Strategies
• Video Segment

32. Essential
Question Effective Pairings
Instructional Strategies Technology Tools
• GarageBand
• Bloom’s Taxonomy
Levels of Question • Digital Camera
• GLAD • Inspiration
• Marzano’s • Wordle
Research Based • Answer Garden
Strategies
• Video Segment

33. Essential
Standards
Question Effective Pairings
Instructional Strategies Technology Tools
• GarageBand
• Bloom’s Taxonomy
Levels of Question • Digital Camera
• GLAD • Inspiration
• Marzano’s • Wordle
Research Based • Answer Garden
Strategies
• Video Segment

34. Gradual Release of Responsibility

35. Gradual Release of Responsibility

36. Gradual Release of Responsibility

37. Gradual Release of Responsibility

38. Gradual Release of Responsibility

39. Gradual Release of Responsibility

40. Create an
Effective Pairing
• Work collaboratively or independently
• Identify an instructional strategy (initiative) used in your
district.
• Identify a technology tool that pairs well with this
instructional strategy.
• If you have an effective pairing please contribute the idea to
our wall wisher: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/pairing