Unit 4: Putting It Into Practice

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Putting It Into Practice

In the final unit of the mini-course, participants will reflect on their learning as they create a 5-10 minute instructional video on a topic of their choosing. When participants share their instructional video with the rest of the class, they will have the opportunity to give and receive feedback on how the implementation of hands-on manipulatives was successful in their video and how it promoted greater levels of understanding from students.

Lesson 1: Create Hands-On Manipulatives Instructional Video

Lesson 2: Peer Feedback

Lesson 3: Final Reflection

Lesson 1: Create Hands-on Manipulatives Instructional Video

Directions: Now that you have watched several videos that demonstrate how hands-on manipulatives can be used to teach students about various mathematics topics with increased understanding, it is time to create your own that can be used in your personal classroom! Your task is to create a 5-10 minute instructional video on the mathematics concept of your choice that uses hands-on manipulatives to create a visual for the topic to make is easier for students to understand.

In your video, be sure to include an explanation of how to use the hands-on manipulative and an example where you model at least one mathematics problem using the hands-on manipulatives.

You may use any platform you like to create your instructional video (Loom, Screencastify, Flipgrid, etc.).

Lesson 2: Peer Feedback

Directions: Upload your hands-on manipulative instructional video to class Google Drive folder. Watch at least three of your classmates' videos and provide them with feedback. Provide peers with a list of aspects from the video that worked well and suggestions for improvement in the future.

Lesson 3: Final Reflection

Directions: Complete the Google Form as a final reflection of your learning throughout this mini-course.

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