College of Southern Nevada

07/01/2018

Hailin Yao
 Position Paper

Because of the development of the technology, more technology equipment appears in

education. In my opinion, technology will enhance teaching. According to Alberth, teaching and

learning with technology provides excellent, authentic, and abundant learning resources. It also

allows students to connect with other students to share their ideas. Besides, it will play a pivotal

role in the life of the knowledge society. David Andrade mentioned that educational technology

can benefit both teachers and students. Technology helps teachers to find lesson resources so that

they can make better study plans for students, and it is easier to connect with parents via

technology. What is more, it is easier for teachers to organize all papers and documents. Students

prefer technology than paper and pen because they are born in technology era. They will be more

engaged when they learn with technology. In addition, different students have diverse learning

styles, and technology can benefit all students because it can provide multiple learning styles for

students. Last but not least, teaching and learning with technology will protect the environment

because it will save a lot of paper. As a result, teaching and learning with technology should not

be abandoned at ABC Community School.

Works Cited

Alberth. "Technology Enhanced Teaching: A Revolutionary Approach to Teaching English As a

Foreign Language." TEFLIN Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1-13. ProQuest,

http://ezproxy.library.csn.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-

com.ezproxy.library.csn.edu/docview/1615787628?accountid=27953.

Andrade, David. “The Benefits of Educational Technology.” Tech Learning, 18 Mar. 2015,

https://www.techlearning.com/tl-advisor-blog/9059.
 Identification of Standards

There are seven standards in the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards,

which are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer,

Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator; however, there are

six standards in the Nevada Computer and Technology Standards because it combine the

Communicator and Collaborator into one standard, and the six standards are Creativity and

Innovation, Communication and Collaboration, Research and Information Fluency, Critical

Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making, Digital Citizenship, and Technology

Operations and Concepts. The terms in two standards are in the opposite order. In the ISTE

National Educational Technology Standards, there are only indicators, but there are detailed

indicators for different grades in Nevada Computer and Technology Standards. The contents in

both standards are similar.

Communication is important when students graduate and work in the real world. As a

result, I will use the ISTE National Education Technology Standards, standard #6: Students

communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the

platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals, to make the

lesson plan.

Lesson Plan for High School Mathematics

Name of Lesson: Trigonometry Functions

Grade Level: 11th grade

Technology Content Standard Addressed:

The ISTE National Education Technology Standards, standard #6: Students communicate clearly

and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles,

formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.

Other Content Standard Addressed:

INTASC standards

1: Diverse Learners: The teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to learning

and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.

2: Multiple Instructional Strategies: The teacher understands and use a variety of instructional

strategies to encourage students’ development of critical thinking, problem solving, and

performance skills.

Objective: Students will be able to understand the relations among the trigonometry functions,

and they can use these functions to solve real world problems.

Materials Needed to Facilitate the Lesson: Calculators, PowerPoint, notebooks, handout

sheets, and homework question.

Procedures:

Do First: When the class begin, I will ask students to take out their calculators to find some keys

(sin, cos, and tan). Then, I will ask them to find π, and what is the relation between π and degree?

Finally, I will let them turn their calculators to radian mode (5 minutes).

Mini-lesson: Now, I will start the class: Trigonometry Functions. When I click the Trigonometry

Function in my PowerPoint, it will go to the website:

https://www.mathopenref.com/trigfunctions.html.
There are definitions of the six functions, relations among these functions, and the formulas. I

will highlight the key words and ask students to take notes (20 minutes).

Guided Practice: After teaching the knowledge, I will show some special triangles for them to

remember the trigonometry functions. Then, I will show some example questions to students.

After that, I will give them some similar questions to practice. When students finish the

questions, I will give the answers by solving these questions (30 minutes).

Independent Practice: Then, I will give them handouts to practice and set them into groups so

that they can discuss and share ideas. When they are working on these questions, I will walk

around and give them some tips when some students have problems. I will solve the problems in

the blackboard if more then two groups have the same question, which means most of them do

not understand the knowledge. Of course, I will prepare some hard questions for the skilled

students who may finish the handout early. When students finish the handout, I will let students

in different groups to solve different questions in the board. I hope through this activity, they can

improve their communication skills and know how to express themselves. I will give feedback

when they finish their presentations (30 minutes).

Homework: I will ask students to finish the homework online and send it to me via e-mail (5

minutes).

Question: Use any drawing tool to sketch the graph of the right triangle (two legs are 3 fts and 4

fts)and find the result of the six trigonometry functions.