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TPACK Template Mobile Applications Assignment
Draw&Tell Mobile Application for Collaborating
Subject Focus on one subject English
area
Grade Level This may be the K.2.a-e 5.8.a-k
same or different for each app.
Learning Objective The student will expand understanding and use The student will edit writing for correct
The objective of the lesson is what
students will be able to do as they
of word meanings. grammar, capitalization, spelling, punctuation,
finish the activity. For this objective, sentence structure, and paragraphing.
use the Standards of Learning (SOL)
to say what you want to focus on. a) Increase listening and speaking vocabularies.
You can find the SOLs at a) Use plural possessives.
[Link]
look on the right of the screen for the b) Use number words.
subjects and go from there.
b) Useadjectiveandadverbcomparisons.
c) Use words to describe/name people, places,
and things. c) Identify and use interjections.
d) Use words to describe/name location, size, d) Use apostrophes in contractions and
color, and shape. possessives.
e) Use words to describe/name actions. e) Use quotation marks with dialogue.
f) Use commas to indicate interrupters.
g) Use a hyphen to divide words at the end of a
line.
Content
h) Edit for fragments and run-on sentences.
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i) Eliminate double negatives.
j) Use correct spelling of commonly used
words.
k) Identify and use conjunctions.
Complete the My students are using the Draw&Tell mobile My students are using the Google Classroom
sentences to the right. application on their cell phone or tablet to create a mobile application on their individual cell phones
descriptive picture that includes a character, or tablets to collaborate with their peers and to
setting, and action that can be described. peer assess essays for editing purposes.
Pedagogy Planning
Activity The teacher will instruct students by tables to go A few class periods prior the teacher will have the
get an ipad and bring it to their seat and then go sit students begin working on an essay about the book
at the carpet. The teacher will choose a story to they are reading in their English small groups.
read aloud to the class as the students sit at the Students are to spend three, 45-minute class times
carpet. The teacher will then begin to read the researching their book and writing their essay prior
story will the students sit listening. About 1/3 the to this assignment. Prior to this assignment, the
way through the story, the teacher will stop and teacher will make groups within google classroom
ask the students to raise their hands and share for each small group. On the day for revision,
something that happened in the beginning of the students will submit their essay within their
story. After calling on 4 students to retell the preassigned group. The other students in the group
beginning, students will go back to their seats and must read and edit their peers work as well as
open the Draw&Tell app. The teacher will tell the make suggestions for improvement. They need to
students to open and blank paper within the app. check for spelling, punctuation, dialogue,
The students will have 5 minutes to illustrate a capitalization, and run on or fragmented sentences.
Pedagogy
moment from the beginning of the story. While the During this time the teacher should call back
students do this the teacher will walk around and students to briefly conference with them about
ask students to describe their drawing while their essays, provide feedback, and make
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prompting them to use descriptive and action suggestions for the student to improve their
words. Once the students are done drawing they writing. While doing this the teacher must also
will record their voice (hold down the crayon in the monitor students to ensure they are working
upper right hand corner and hit the pink diligently and on the proper websites. Do this by
microphone in the top center of the screen) walking around or logging into Google Classrooms
retelling that specific part of the story. Once and view the groups progress. Once students
students are done they stop recording and hit the complete their revisions (groups of 5- 10 minutes
green button at the top center of the screen to per revision) students can then spend the
save. During this time the teacher is continuing to remaining 10 minutes of their hour block looking
walk around and monitor the students’ progress, over the suggestions their peers or the teacher
prompting questions, and insuring they are on made and making changes before starting their
proper apps. After 5 minutes call the students back final paper.
to the carpet and continue reading. Repeat the
activity at 2/3 the way through and once finished
so students can retell the middle and end as well.
Once all three are created the teacher will instruct
students to go to the my drawings page and hold
down on the second image. Then drag it to the first
image to create a story. Drag and drop the third
image to the story so all three images can be found
together. Students then will save their drawings to
their ipads and upload them onto the classroom
website. The teacher is giving instructions, showing
directions as they are spoken, and walking around
helping students during this time.
Name of the Mobile Draw&Tell Google Classroom
Technology
Application
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App Store Where App Store App Store
Mobile Application is
Available (e.g. Apple
App Store, Google Play
Store)
Before you submit, delete the explanatory text (the text in small italics).