Application of Content

The Application of Content INTASC standard calls for the candidate to understand how to connect concepts and use differing perspectives to engage learners in critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem solving related to authentic local and global issues. One of my favorite parts about teaching is definitely the application of content in new and creative ways. Having students work with a concept in a variety of fashions and with their own creativity helps promote deeper comprehension and long-term memory. Plus, it’s fun for the teacher too!

Artifact 1 is a virtual geographic bibliography that is interactive and great for visual, written, and kinetic learners. The bibliography follows the life of Deborah Sampson, a female who masqueraded as a male during the American Revolution. The map is marked with her life journey with explanations, photographs, and visual representations of her geographic movement from birth to death. Her life is a great way to teach students about the American Revolution, women’s rights and difficulties in Early America, and major historical figures of the time like Paul Revere in a more personable light. Artifact 2 is a virtual immersion lesson I created with Google Expedition which overlays important historical events with modern day google map geographic representations of the areas they occurred. This helps students think critically while also making consistent connections between their previous knowledge of the world areas where this history transpired. Sometimes history can seem abstract and distant for students but teaching with google expeditions like this helps students visualize and understand the reality of the events in connection with their own life experience. Artifact 3 is an edPuzzle video that encourages students to problem solve and gain initial exposure to new concepts within their own individual minds before any collaborative problem solving later in the unit.