Course Information[br][br][list][*]Course: Mathematics[br][/*][*]Class: 6th[br][/*][*]Duration: 80 min.[/*][*]Technological equipment:[i] an overhead projector, a smartboard and student's smartphones[/i][/*][/list][br]Course Content [br][color=#999999]Drawing height in parallelogram and area formula[br][/color][br]Learning Outcomes[br][list][size=100][color=#999999][*][i]First, students’ levels of readiness for parallelogram will be tested[/i][br][/*][*][i]Students will figure out what height and its features are[/i][br][/*][*][i]Students will learn how to draw heights in different parallelograms in the course. Students will be able to see how they could draw two heights that belong to two different sides in a parallelogram.[/i][br][/*][*][i]Students will be able to find the area of a parallelogram through counting unit squares.[/i][br][/*][*][i]Students will also realize that they could find the area of a parallelogram through using height and length of sides. [/i][/*][/color][/size][/list]Course Objectives and Assessment[br][list][*][color=#999999][i]When they are given the area of parallelograms in[br]different sizes, are students able to draw the heights of these parallelograms?[br][/i][/color][/*][*][color=#999999][i]Are students able to find the area of a parallelogram through using area formula?[br][/i][/color][/*][*][color=#999999][i]By making use of worksheets and the game in the book[i] Geogebra[/i], I will see into whether or[br]not students have acquired these behaviors. [br][/i][/color][/*][*][color=#999999][i]I will also see into whether or not my class was effective first by trying to understand students’ reactions before and after class and then by means of quizzes and worksheets.[br][br][/i][/color][/*][/list]Learning Strategies [br][br][list][*][color=#999999][i]We will implement the methods of Computer Assisted Learning and learning via presentation. [br][/i][/color][/*][*][color=#999999][i]A smart board, an overhead projector, students’ [/i][/color][i]phones, notebooks, and class tutorials will be used.  [/i][/*][*][color=#999999][i]Technology will be used in every phase of the class.[/i] [/color][br][/*][/list][br][br]References[br][br][color=#999999][i]https://www.geogebra.org/m/SDafNReH[/i][/color][br][br]Integration of Technology[color=#999999][br][justify][/justify][list][*][i]The program will be downloaded onto the smart board and will be made ready for use.[br][/i][/*][*]Students will be asked to download the program into their smart phones to use it later.[br][/*][*]Technical support will be asked from school in case of a problem during the course.  [/*][/list][/color]

[b]How did you implement your method? [/b][br][br][color=#999999][i]I implemented the method in two class hours. I tried to help students draw heights in parallelograms in the first hour. In the second hour, I tried to help students discover the area formula in a parallelogram by means of a plotting paper ad height. [br][/i][/color][br][b]Do you think you could implement the technology in class properly? [/b][br][br][color=#999999]([i]Please fill in this online evaluation form and summarize your response here.) [br][br]I didn’t experience any problems during the integration of technology in class. I conducted the same study in two classes, in one of which the smart board froze and we wasted some time until we sorted the problem out. This was, of course, due to the technological infrastructure of the school.  [/i][br][/color][br][b]Do you think your students accomplished the outcomes of the lesson? [/b][br][br][color=#999999][i]I think they did. I could see this through a game to calculate areas that I had taken from the book [i]Geogebra [/i]to use in class and the assessment procedure we conducted at the end of the course. More importantly, it was when students could tell me about the relationship we intended to find that I could see into this. It was through this way that students could accomplish the outcomes along with their reasons in a more enjoyable way. [/i][/color][br][br][b]What do your students think about the course? [/b][br][br][i][color=#999999]Since it was their first time to meet Geogebra, what they could do through the program looked so important to them and they enjoyed it. They wondered whether they should register to use the program or whether they could make use of the program without registering into it. I told them they could use the program in any ways they would like to. [br]It was so funny to hear the students say the course ended quite quickly. They also added that it was difficult to draw on their notebooks and they wished they could always use technology while drawing.  [br][br][/color][/i][b]What sort of changes could be made so that your method will work better? [/b][br][br][i][color=#999999]It could have been better if all students had had a tablet PC or we had had an access to a computer lab. It was easier for them to look at the smart board rather than their cell phones. I could see into it advance; however, the computer lab was in use by other classes during our class hours. [br][/color][/i]