Submitted by: Pamela Holley
Collaborator: Maria Manning
School: Mills E. Godwin High School
Summary
This lesson offers real world relevance as it engages students in the design of Flash Card Games for middle school ESL students who are trying to grasp the difficult concepts of the English language.
Students utilize research to analyze the challenges ESL (English as Second Language) students encounter with English Language concepts. Programming students were instructed how to create objects in Adobe Photoshop, and learn how to program quiz games in Adobe Flash. Students researched information and incorporated both technologies to create their final project with collaborative teams of four (Researcher, Question Designer, Adobe Photoshop Designer and Adobe Flash game designer). These games were designed to entertain ESL students while strengthening the more difficult concepts of the English language such as idioms, past, present, future, homonyms.
TIPC Ratings
This lesson is an example of the Target level for Research and Information Fluency. Students assembled information necessary to complete their tasks. Students used the tools needed to display and interact with the information assembled.
This lesson is an example of the Target level for Communication and Collaboration. Students used the digital tools appropriate to communicate and collaborate with peers and ESL students regardless of time zone or physical distances.
This lesson is an example of the Target level for Critical Thinking and Problem Solving. Students selected the digital tools and strategies necessary and to solve create their projects.
This lesson is an example of the Target level for Creativity and Innovation. Students created products using new ideas and self-generated knowledge.
Student Artifact
