Cara Gallagher C-SPAN Senior Fellow Chicago, IL Hello, and welcome!

Cara GallagherC-SPAN Senior Fellow

Chicago, IL

Hello, and welcome!

When your students think of C-SPAN, they think of…?

Make-up at ETHS:

Student population: 3,200

Student demographics: Asian: 3.8%African American: 32%Hispanic/Latino: 15.4%Two or more races: 5.2%White: 42.9%

Countries represented: 54

Low-income: 41%

Graduation rate: 86.7%

College bound: 82%

A mutual admiration society

Taking Your Tech Temperature…What do you use?

Issues:• What should Congress and the President do about

immigration reform?• Should race be a factor in admissions processes?• Should Congress enact new gun control legislation?• Is the Affordable Care Act constitutional?• What should Congress and the President do about the

“fiscal cliff”?• Does money unfairly influence our political processes?• Do state laws involving voter ID unfairly affect voter

participation?

CCSS compliant:ELA.-Literacy.RH.11-12.2/.3/.4/.6/.7/.8/.10

9-10 application as well

• Access points from today’s presentation– Presentation, materials, and contact info

available to you online• What works for me, may not for you• Kids, Teachers & technology:

Misconceptions about technology in the classroom [a video]

• Our multi-dimensional learners are bright – so give them high-quality primary & secondary sources

• C-SPAN materials: Classrooms, Deliberations, Video Library, & Congressional Chronicle

The Plan:

Students & Technology

How do we get kids to use their “smart” devices in smart ways?

Misconceptions about Technology in the Classroom:

1. Kids can hit the ground running simply because they’re the hyper-tech “Millenials”– Product: Paralysis by Analysis

2. Teachers: “I can’t…,” “I don’t know how to…” sometimes = “I won’t…”– YouTube videos, online courses, Tech or

A-V departments, or ask someone

The edict coming down from our department chairs, administrators, school boards, and at the national level…

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/4458269

Technology should:•Enhance your curriculum, not replace it•Activate lessons, units, themes•Promote student-centered learning•Unite students

Technology should not:•Segregate students•Be reverse-engineered to meet an evaluative requirement•Stress you or your students out•Create excessive hours of homework or preparation and grading

A Flipped Lesson on the ACA using C-SPANtastic resources

The elusive “flipped” classroom

If we move lecture or the transfer of knowledge online to create time and space in the physical classroom, how are we using that time to improve learning for

students? -Caitlin Tucker, English Teacher

• Effective use of the “flipped” classroom model in a Social Studies/History class (i.e. non-Science class)

• How to “flip” using C-SPAN’s abundant sources

Part I. Research/Role Play a Congressional Rep

• Using C-SPAN’s Congressional Chronicle page, students can research their Rep’s background, voting history, and watch videos featuring him/her

• Students must come to class ready to answer the following questions as their Rep:

– Tell us a little about yourself? What is your political experience? Who are you?

– What is your political ideology? (Strong Conservative/Liberal, Moderate Conservative/Liberal)

– What are the demographics of your district?– What Interest Groups support you?– Are you in a “safe” or marginal district?

[Marginal=won w/ less than 55% of vote]– Explain a bill that you recently sponsored/co-

sponsored?– Any pork or earmarking for your district?– How did you vote on the Health care bill (HR 3590)?

Expectations of the Rep Role Play:

• Using the C-SPAN Deliberations page, have students teach themselves to answer the question of constitutionality

• Guided worksheet will help them through the erudite arguments– May want to pre-screen to

select, clip, & paste portions of the video specific to your curriculum

Part II. Preparing for The Great Debate: Is the ACA Constitutional?

• http://studentcam.viddler.com/videos/watch.php?id=5fc2eb52

Part II ContinuedHosting the Debate In Class

• Students create short videos attacking the opposing party’s stance on the ACA

Part III. The Attack Ad

• End with a Supreme Court Review video that offers multiple & diverse answers to the constitutionality question

Part VI. Answers to the Constitutional Questions

The realities of “flipped” classroom lesson models

• Not a one-size-fits-all model– Khan Academy works for some, not for

all• Schools lack resources • NO one is expecting you to video or

YouTube your notes, lessons, units…

How to make it work for you:• Befriend your Tech Director, Ed Tech

Consultant, or librarian • Use what’s already out there

– Khan Academy, Brightstorm, iTunesU, TED & TED-Ed, YouTube

– Check out the GoogleDoc on the packet• loads of resources

• Have a one-stop-shop, a platform, for your students– Edmodo, GoogleSites, and Blogspot

• Clip your own videos from Video Library

Best Activities From C-SPAN Classroom Deliberations Page:

Thank you!

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