Tools
for Success in Education
Eight
Week Lesson Plan
(Bing Images, 2019)
Introductions
Weekly Warm up Icebreaker-One-word
adjective
Target
Audience
- Scholarship recipients
and prerequisite learners in GED preparation course(s)
Rationale
for the Use of WIKI
Build learning communities among GED prep participants
to collaborate time management strategies on daily task items, study, reading and note
taking skills strategies. The goal is to reduce the
amount of attrition of the adult learners that have multiple Periods of Participation
(POP) incidents. Address any gaps in
learning, soft skills deficits of the adult learners. Also, participants in the Adult Literacy and Developmental Program have trust issues with unfamiliar situations (West & West, 2009). The goal for the Web 2.0 technology is to eradicate the feelings of mistrust, anxiety and apprehension of learning to earn a high school equivalent (US Department of Education, 2017).
Wiki
Evaluation Rubric
The workshop is a non-graded because it is a
Continuing Education course. However, student’s
evaluations will occur based on peer evaluations from individual contributions
to the project. The project is completed
on or before the deadline. The
facilitator will compile the peer evaluations and integrate remarks to compose
a Pass/Fail grade. If the student receives
a Fail grade, the student has the opportunity to re-take the workshop or
produce an individual reflection WIKI on opportunities for improvement in the
deficit areas listed below. The
evaluation of the individual WIKI would be evaluated by the workshop
facilitator and the department director.
Learner
Collaboration
- All learners work equally towards
project completion
- Provide useful ideas
- Learners is alert and engaged
- Regular attendance of group
meetings
- Demonstrate evidence of higher
order thinking
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Content
- Each area of the wiki addresses the
weekly topics discussed in the workshop
- Support by examples of successful
use of strategies
- Shares opportunities for improving
strategies if necessary
- Use of mixed media, picture, videos
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WIKI
Aesthetics
- Create a learning group logo
- Tag line for learning group
- Project is devoid of spelling and
grammatical errors
- Effective use of hyperlinks
- Clean, clear and concise
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Materials
List
Access to technology-computer/laptop with amplified
sound for a college classroom, access to WIFI; yellow 8” x 10” unlined paper,
markers, colored pencils, crayons, SMART goal worksheets, Career Transition
Action Plan worksheets; Bulletin boards size 20” x 20”, craft paint; magazines,
paint brushes, embellishments for decoration of vision boards; lettering; rulers;
scissors; glue; fabric scraps Workshop Syllabus; textbook(s)
Learning
Objectives
- Define
academic success in Tools for Success in Education Workshop by developing
strategies to improve note-taking skill, study strategies and time
management.
- Understand
and describe how learning success is directly related to one’s behavior.
- Develop
strategies for realistic goal setting and goal achievement.
- Identify
and work toward eliminating factors that hinder academic success.
- Improve
critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Suggested
wiki-related learning activities/practices/schedules
Class
1: Student Success Orientation
Ø Creation of Vision Statement
Ø Goal Setting
Watch Video SMART Goals
Discuss with learners what is the best way to share
this information with class members using technology (West & West, 2009)
Watch DIY Vision Board
Class 2:
Knowing the Success Champion
Ø Skills for Success
o
Identify the skills required to achieve goals
and vision
Ø Review Notetaking, Study and Reading strategy
video
o
Pre-Class work, Notetaking, Study and Reading
Strategies
o
Have students identify personal learning
challenges
Ø Watch Perseverance Video
o
The Death Crawl
Class 3:
Creating Self Order
Ø Self-Organization
o
Designate dedicated study space
o
Assess technology skills for digital literacy
(West & West, 2009)
Ø Benefits of Self-Organization
Class 4:
Managers of Time
Ø Eat the Frog Video
o
Provide Copy of Eat the Frog book
Ø Time Management Activity
o
Complete Weekly Time Study to assess gaps in
productivity
o
Address opportunities for improvement in daily
task items
Class 5:
Creating the Right Attitude
Ø Attitude
and Enthusiasm Video
Ø Professional
Skills
o
Scenario
Role-Play of Workplace Conflicts
Class 6:
Social Media
Ø Introduction
of Web 2.0 Technology
o
Discuss the
usage and brainstorm using the Right Question Technique to incorporate
technology into GED preparation course(s)
Ø Discussion of Social Media
o
Review
from week 4 Time Study
- Workshop Reflection Activity (Oravec, 2002)
Class 7:
Teamwork
Ø Teamwork Video
Ø Distribute Technology Survey on skills,
abilities use of technology (West & West, 2009)
o
Create
teams to formulate WIKI groups
Ø Measurement of Teamwork Skills
Class 8:
Communication
Ø Formal and Informal Communication Video
Ø Effective Communication Skills
o
Learn the
Elevator Speech
o
Watch Elevator
Speech Video
o
Optional
activity: incorporate creating instructional WIKI on an Elevator Speech
What
is the Workshop Time Allotment?
Total production time 90 minutes per session per week.
Additional time is allocated for individual appointments to monitor goals and
review Transitioning Skills Check list.
How
is the WIKI Used?
After the workshop, students will create a WIKI based
on the strategies learned from the Education Tools Success Workshop. The WIKI will also serve in two
capacities. First, the presentation of
the WIKI will occur during the intake and assessment process for learners
entering the Adult Literacy program.
Second, the creation of the WIKI is by the learners in
the Tools for Success in Education Workshop.
The learners will synthesize all of the information learned during the
eight-week workshop and collaborate with peers to generate a WIKI about the
resources, tools, and strategies of the workshop. The WIKI will provide insight to all the
participants of the in the Adult Literacy and Developmental Program. Finally, the
WIKI will also serve as a reflective testimonial from former
workshop participants regarding the use of the strategies of what worked
well in the adult learning environment.
The use of the WIKI tool develops reluctant learners to engage in new ways of knowing by building relationships with classmates to collaborate and share best practices in the Adult Literacy Classroom.
Please share your best practices with us in the comments section and thanks for traveling with Rhonda's Tech Adventures.
Reference
List
Decision
Skills. (2014, May 22). SMART goals-quick overview. [YouTube] Retrieved from
Downing,
S. (2014) On course: Strategies for creating success in college and in life.
Boston,
MA: Cengage Learning.
Hazari,
S, North, A., & Moreland, D. (2009).
Investigating pedagogical value of wiki
technology. Journal of Information Systems Education, Vol 20(2).
Oravec,
J. (2002). Bookmarking the world: Weblog applications in education. Journal
of
Adolescent
& Adult Literacy, 45 (7), 616-621.
Scott,
Nik. (2014, January 1). How to create a vision board and make it work. [YouTube].
U.S. Department of Education. (2017). Reimagining the role of technology
in education: 2017
National Education Technology Plan update. Report
link: https://tech.ed.gov/netp/
West, J. & West, M. (2009). Using Wikis
for online collaboration: The power of the read-write
Web. San Francisco,
CA: Jossey-Bass.
(Stitcher, 2009)
