1. Domain A4 – What Is It?
Staff Meeting (as needed)
Independent Work (AS TIME
ALLOWS)
2. 6.1 Demonstrate basic technology competencies through effective use of
multiple software applications
6.2 Use existing and emerging technologies to accomplish educational goals
6.4 Align curricular goals and instructional objectives with the capabilities of
electronic media
9.1 Align instructional goals and activities with school and district priorities
and with Ohio’s academic and technical content standards
9.3 Communicate clear learning goals, and link learning activities to those
defined goals
9.4 Apply knowledge of how students think and learn to instructional design
and delivery
9.5 Differentiate instruction to support the learning needs of all students
9.6 Select activities that are designed to help students develop as
independent learners and complex problem solvers
9.7 Use resources effectively to enhance student learning
10.2 Collaborate with other teachers, administrators, school personnel and
district staff
10.3 Collaborate with the local community and community agencies, when
appropriate
12.6 Explain the developmental characteristics and intervention strategies for
exceptional children and youth across education and community settings
13.5 Involve learners in self-assessment and goal setting to address gaps
between performance and potential
14.4 Create learning situations in which students work independently,
collaboratively and/or as a whole class
4. Name several non-lecture ways to
present information to students
Explain the pros/cons of various
presentation methods
Describe technology that can
assist teachers in presenting
information to students
5. What we hope ever to do
with ease, we must learn
first to do with diligence.
Samuel Johnson
6. Creating or selecting teaching
methods, learning activities, and
instructional materials or other
resources that are appropriate to the
students and that are aligned with
the goals of the lesson
o Creating or selecting
o Methods (means and mode)
o Appropriate
o Aligned
7. Creating or selecting teaching methods,
learning activities, and instructional
materials or other resources that are
appropriate for the students and that are
aligned with the goals of the lesson
What does A4 look like?
What does A4 sound like?
8. How many different ways can a
teacher present information without
lecturing?
Games, debate, group discussion, CNN Student
news, artwork, flashcards, demonstration, movie,
group project, role play, reflection, current events,
journal, nature walk, pictionary, individual white
boards, board races, swat the spot, playdough,
PowerPoint, Magic School Bus, Bill Nye the
Science Guy, Inspiration
9. Pathwise, p. 14
o Highlight
• ¶1, L1-2, various…activities
• ¶2, L1, teacher-directed to student initiated
• ¶3, L1-2, instructional materials…the lesson
• ¶4, L1-2, methods…each other
o Circle
• ¶1, L2, Methods
• ¶1, L3, activities
• ¶4, L3, developmentally appropriate
• ¶4, L7-9, should accommodate…learning differences
10. Pathwise, p. 14
o Note
• Activity Goal – busy action
• Learning Goal – brain action
• Selection of resources is based on
• Students
• Content
• Time
• Available resources (money, space, etc.)
11. Examines how various developmentally-
appropriate teaching methods are aligned with the
goals and objectives of the lesson
o 3 or 4 different methods (NOT lecture)
o Connect to appropriate developmental level
(Piaget, Erikson, P/SE/C/M)
o How each method connects to the learning
goals and objectives of a lesson
o Why is each example appropriate for these
specific students?
THEORY
12. Describes how instructional materials and resources
are used to enhance the lesson
o YOUR or other instructional materials
o How do these items engage learners,
make learning “come alive”, address
varied multiple intelligences, encourage
HOTS?
o How is the lesson better because of the
specific instructional material?
PRACTIC
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13. Identifies and describes the use of technology to
reinforce the lesson’s developmental goals and
objectives
o What technology might a teacher use to present
a lesson?
o How is the technology age-appropriate?
o Overhead, document camera, computer, white
board, digital camera, clicker system, etc.
o How does the technology connect to
developmental levels (Maslow, Piaget, Erikson,
Bloom)?
PRACTIC
14. Where do teachers find new, exciting, and
engaging ways to present information?
15. Name several non-lecture ways to present
information to students
Explain the pros/cons of various presentation
methods
Describe technology that can assist teachers in
presenting information to students
16.
17. 405 – Leave spaces between lines and
double spaces between ideas. Your
notes will be easier to review later.
406 – Copy down everything your
professor writes on the board.
