2. Project Goals
Demonstrate a co-planning/teaching instructional approach, supported by
professional development that deepens practice of teacher and community
educators to facilitate effective, technology integrated experiences that are
linked to 21st century skills and video production techniques.
Increase capacity of after-school educators and teachers to design Common Core
aligned lesson plans with digital tools, encourage critical thinking and
collaboration, and address sensitive topics such as sexism in media by applying
basic connected learning strategies with the use of MediaBreaker.
3. Updates
Recruited Teams of Educators
Five sites total with teams of 6 educators per site, includes 2 formal teachers and 4 community educators
Facilitated Three-Day Training Workshop
Facilitated by The Lamp on August 17th-19th, discussed expectations and grants
Upcoming Mid-Year Training Workshop #1
Scheduled for October 17th and all educators are expected to attend
On-site Coaching Visit #1
Site visits start this week
4. Our Approach
Lesson Plan Template
Provided by The LAMP, distributed at training and to be collected during site visits
Artifact Driven Interview Protocol
Walkthrough of lesson plan implementation, success stories and reflection of challenges
Key Stories
Title, Site, Activity Setting, Activity Purpose, Background, Main Instructional Narrative, Points of entry for
media and technology
Shared on EdModo
Key stories will be uploaded via a single group account
5. Prompts and Questions
1. What are some successful strategies that you have implemented in the past
for collecting lesson plans from participants or to document an educator’s
implementation practices/strategies?
2. What website or online network do you use, or have used in the past, for
sharing quality lesson plans or educational activities? Why do these websites work
for you? If none, what are some things that would matter the most to you in
identifying a quality lesson sequence?
