Get+Going+with+PowerMedia+Plus

Return to iSquad Lessons = = = = Getting Going With PowerMedia Plus SETTING THE STAGE //(To be reviewed before the session begins.)//

Session Overview //In this session, participants will learn how to use PowerMedia Plus. They will learn how to navigate, search and download media from the site.//

Focusing Questions //What is PowerMedia Plus? How can I help my teacher use PowerMedia Plus?//

Materials The following materials are used in this session: -Laptops -Projector Resources [|http://www.powermediaplus.com] INSTRUCTION //(Typically lasts about 20% of session.)//

Framing the Session Give participants an introduction and purpose/reason why you are teaching this session: //“In this session we will be learning about PowerMedia Plus. When we have completed this session you will be able to help your teacher navigate and download videos from the site.”// Teaching Demonstrate for participants how to: //“Watch me as I show you have to get to the site and download videos.// // Step1: Open up Internet Explorer and type in [|www.powermediaplus.com] in the address bar. // // Step2: Log into the website using your schools username and password. // // Step3: Click on Video. // // Step4: Type in a keyword of the video you are trying to find. // // Step5: Look at the list and select a video. // // Step6: Click on play to review video. // // Step7: Click the back button and click download once you like the video you previewed. // Guided Practice Guide participants through the process of: //“Now its your turn to try it. Lets find a video on fractions.”// WORK TIME //(Typically lasts about 60–70% of session.)//

Getting Started //“Now you have a chance to find your own video. Search for a video that could be useful in one of your classes now. If you are learning exponents in math search for exponents.” Download it to the desktop.// Participant Activity Participants will be searching for a video they can use in their class. Facilitator Conferring Circulate around the room and confer with participants. Make sure that they are on task and are searching for videos. Check to see that they have previewed the video before downloading. Suggest that, If participants finish early they search for another video.

Take note of particularly good examples of work that can be presented during the Share. SHARE //(Typically lasts about 10–20% of session.)//

Share Ask selected participants to share the video they have download. Ask them why they downloaded that particular video. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Author: Michelle Santana, Bonnie Page Email: msantana2@schools.nyc.gov, bpage@schools.nyc.gov School/Employer: IS 192, IS 195. Title: Get Going with PowerMedia Plus TEMPLATE DESCRIPTION

Each session contains the following components and can be conducted in 45–60 minutes:

Session Overview This is a concise summary of the session, and how it fits into the training series as a whole.

Focusing Questions These are the specific questions that guide the session. The purpose of the session is to address these questions.

Materials This is a list of all materials that the facilitator must make sure are present at the training site, including technology resources.

Resources All handouts can be found linked from the Resources section of the participant agenda. Participants will be able to access these materials online during the session, but the facilitator should review them ahead of time, and any instructional support charts should be posted in the room before the session begins.

Framing the Session The facilitator explains to the participants what will be covered in this session, how it fits into the training series as a whole, and how it may be incorporated into their reflective practice.

Teaching This is a short period of facilitator-led instruction designed to prepare the participants for their work time. The facilitator might demonstrate a specific use of technology in an authentic curricular context, selected participants might be invited to share relevant experiences, or the group as a whole might contribute to a shared brainstorming list. The facilitator should be careful to avoid giving a lengthy lecture or straying too far from the focusing questions.

Guided Practice Sometimes it is helpful for the facilitator to walk the participants through a process step by step. This gives the participants the hands-on experience of work time before losing the scaffolding of facilitator-led instruction.

Getting Started The facilitator gives instructions to the participants for their work time, and lets them know what they will be expected to share at the end of the session.

Participant Activity Participants are given time to practice the specific process they have seen demonstrated. They may be working independently, with a partner, or in small groups.

Facilitator Conferring As participants work, the facilitator moves around the room holding short conferences to help guide the work and make it more productive. The facilitator should be at eye level with participants during each conference. These conversations need not be especially private; the facilitator may invite someone sitting nearby to listen in. If common needs among the group emerge, they can either be addressed immediately or during the sharing time.

Share Participants gather at the end of the session to demonstrate what they have done, discuss experiences they have had, and reflect on what they have learned. This is an opportunity to return to the focusing questions that began the session, and discuss what has been accomplished in the interval.

Acknowledgements This section acknowledges those who contributed to the creation of this session. = =