TPACK Planning - Lesson Plans

Following are the links for my three lesson plans
Math Lesson plan
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfnrjrvm_357zfqffs

Language Arts lesson plan
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfnrjrvm_1hgwwwzd8

Science lesson plan
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfnrjrvm_2hh9gh3hd

Week 9 - Motivation

Discussing with Camila Monteiro, we both assumed that most of our classmates are extrinsically motivated. The reason why is because there are so much work to get done, that students don’t even get a chance to get interested in a subject matter; they just do it because they have to do it, they do it for the reward-the grade. Even if a student is intrinsically motivated he/she do not have the time to learn the way one whish, because in reality is not possible.

Extrinsic motivation is much more affected by the reward than intrinsic motivation. Maybe what we are trying to say is that both have rewards, but in a very different way. For example, if one is intrinsic motivated, he/she is studying for interest or enjoyment. The learning experience becomes the reward. While if one is extrinsic motivated he/she is learning-studying much more for the reward-the grade, than they are studying for the learning experience.

Expectancies have everything to do to influence student motivation to learn because if one does not believe in oneself capacity to learn, it is most likely he/she will not be able to learn. So, for one to be motivated to learn, expectancy is one of the keys. Value also influences student’s motivation to complete academic tasks. It will depend if the student is extrinsically or intrinsically motivated to complete the task.

Camila and I saw a couple different strategies to increase student’s motivation during the practicum. One of them is for sure the management plan, where classrooms have the rules and consequences. Many times the kids would learn and do for the reward. Another times, during guided reading for example the teacher motivated the students to master a book, so they could move to the next leveled book. The students really wanted to read well, for the reason of learning, improving, and moving on to the next level.

Again Camila and I both agree that Self-Worth Motivation is the theory we agree most with. We believe that students will perform better if “we” as teachers believe in them, so they will believe in themselves too. The intrinsic motivation will play a big whole in student’s performance, so then they will learn for self-worth, for the sake of learning, for being interested in a subject matter.

Technology Available

The classroom I am at Nibley Park the teacher has her own computer, an overhead, TV, and a CD player. So there is not much technology in reality. The school has one computer lab with 30 computers, but on the hall, right outside the classroom door, has this little computer area with 12 computers where students can use during the day. The school itself has some technology that is shared among the whole school too.
I have completed parts 2 & 3.