Innovative+Uses+of+Technology+A+Group+Project

**A Group Project ** **Classical Conditioning Project ** **By ** **Courtney & Mike Verellen ** **Rationale ** Classical conditioning is a foundational topic for Psychology. In this project, students will be learning about classical conditioning, watching examples of classical conditioning, learning the formula, and creating and evaluating their own unique example of classical conditioning.
 * Creating Innovative Uses of Technology: **

**Lesson One (Designed by Mike Verellen) ** **1. A Brief Description: ** First, the teacher will discuss the “classic” example of Pavlov and his dogs. Then the teacher will go into discussing different examples of classical conditioning. This would include describing the vocabulary of a conditioning experiment. Along with this, the teacher would go through examples of how students would go from the unconditioned stimulus and unconditioned response to the conditioned stimulus and conditioned response. The majority of these classical conditioning examples would be shown through videos off of the Internet.

**2. The Technology and Resources Involved: ** The teacher would need to have access to the Psychology textbook, a computer, the Internet, and a projector to show videos.

**3. What Skills, Knowledge and Pedagogy are Required of Teachers: ** Knowledge of the process of classical conditioning is required to teach this lesson (preferably having a degree, certification or being highly qualified in Psychology). There would also be the necessity of having knowledge of using computers, Internet and a projector.

**4. What Prior Skills and Knowledge are Required of Students: ** Essentially, the students are coming into this project with no prior knowledge of what classical conditioning is. They may have seen similar examples or heard of Pavlov’s dogs, which would give them a slight advantage to learn the material or understand a bit quicker than others.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5. What are Students Asked to Do Exactly (Product or Process): ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The students would have to be active participants in the learning process. Students would be required to watch the videos, ask questions, take notes and solve some example problems. In these example problems, students would be required to identify the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), unconditioned response (UCR), and neutral stimulus (NS) to the conditioned stimulus (CS), and conditioned response (CR).

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6. What are the Procedures of the Project (Steps to teach the technology skills): ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The teacher would first give students the definition of what classical conditioning is for their notes and give them the Pavlov example. After, the teacher would show and explain how the formula works. Students would then watch the video examples the teacher would show from YouTube: [], and [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Finally, the students are given a worksheet with scenarios and they have to complete the formula on the scenarios in small groups.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7. What are the Advantages of the Project: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The students learn the “classical/traditional” way first of the Pavlov example. Next, the teacher shows student created examples and popular TV show examples that make this lesson more relevant to their lives. Students enjoy watching the videos and are challenged to make their own example work in the next lesson.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">8. What are the Disadvantages of the Project: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The teacher would need to have Internet usage and a projector to show the online videos. Some students do not grasp the formula concept as well or as quickly as others.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">9. What Types of Effective Instructional Strategies are Included: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This lesson has many different strategies within it. Students will be working collaboratively in groups, they will use higher order thinking compared to rote memorization. This will also apply to the different types of learning styles because there will be visual as well as auditory components to the lesson.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">10. What are the Possibilities that the Innovation can be Transferred to Other Teachers, Subject Content, and Different School Settings: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This lesson can easily be applied to other teachers, subject content and different school settings. One condition of this is that the teacher has a computer with working Internet, and a projector. Also, the teacher may have to check to see whether or not YouTube is blocked by their school’s filter. YouTube has a variety of videos that can pertain to any subject area and has a vast quantity of concepts that could be applied to any class. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Lesson Two (Designed by Mike Verellen) ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1. A Brief Description: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The students will be given the option to work individually or with a partner to create their own classical conditioning experiment and document it using a Flip video camera. The video does not have a length requirement, but has to have all of the vocabulary identified within the video. Also, they will need a conclusion at the end to identify what went well and what did not and the factors that could have potentially influenced their experiment.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2. The Technology and Resources Involved: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The teacher would provide Flip video cameras for each individual or group.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3. What Skills, Knowledge and Pedagogy are Required of Teachers: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The teacher would have to have strong background knowledge of how the Flip video camera works and be able to create a step-by-step process for the students to use. This would include examples and written directions.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4. What Prior Skills and Knowledge are Required of Students: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The students would now need to have a firm grasp of the concept of classical conditioning to be able to create their own experiment. They would need to have a command of the vocabulary that would be included in their video. It would be beneficial if they had some prior video experience.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5. What are Students Asked to Do Exactly (Product or Process): ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The students would have to create their own example of a classical conditioning experiment. Next, they would have to capture this process on a Flip video since it takes multiple trials to train the subject.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6. What are the Procedures of the Project (Steps to teach the technology skills): ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The teacher would first give students the Flip video cameras and show them how to operate. This would include giving them step-by-step examples and some written directions on how to record from the device. Next, students would have to set up their specific experiment and capture the series of events on the camera.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7. What are the Advantages of the Project: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">By creating a classical conditioning example themselves, they develop a deeper understanding of the concept. Students are also familiarized with how to use a Flip video camera and the technology that goes with the device. The project is student-centered because the students has to take their prior knowledge and apply it to a working example.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">8. What are the Disadvantages of the Project: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The teacher would need to have access to Flip video cameras. Depending on the class size, one would need around 10 – 15 of the Flips. Unfortunately, the Flip video cameras cost around $150. This would be a one-time purchase where they could be used again. Also, there is the possibility that they could be funded through a grant. Another disadvantage is the possibility of damage or loss since the students would be taking the cameras out of the classroom. Some of the projects may require widely varying amounts of time to complete depending on how well their subject is trained, so it may be hard to put a time line on this experiment.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">9. What Types of Effective Instructional Strategies are Included: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This lesson has many different strategies within it. Students will be working collaboratively in groups, they will use higher order thinking compared to rote memorization. This will also apply to the different types of learning styles because there will be visual, auditory, and kinesthetic components to the lesson. Students will be introducing a new technology into their experiment and will now have those skills to take to another class.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">10. What are the Possibilities that the Innovation can be Transferred to Other Teachers, Subject Content, and Different School Settings: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This lesson can easily be applied to other teachers, subject content and different school settings. For this lesson, a teacher would have to have access to multiple Flip video cameras. As stated, however, once purchased these cameras could be used in any subject area for video recording. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Lesson Three (Designed by Courtney Verellen) ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1. A Brief Description: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Students will be using the Flip video recordings they took from the previous lesson and editing their videos to the final products of a classical conditioning experiment.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2. The Technology and Resources Involved: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The students would have to have access to the Flip video cameras which they recorded their videos on, a computer and Internet access.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3. What Skills, Knowledge and Pedagogy are Required of Teachers: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The teacher would have to have a strong grasp of the editing features that are available on the Flip video camera. They would have to show students how to take their recording and store it on the computer. Next, they would have to show the students how to take their recordings and edit them into a final video showcasing their experiment on classical conditioning.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4. What Prior Skills and Knowledge are Required of Students: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The students would need to have a good understanding of the Flip video camera and access to the recordings that they took. The students will be shown how to take their videos off of the Flip cameras by their teachers, so they will need to have a basic understanding of the computer. Having prior experience in editing video would be very helpful but would not be necessary.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5. What are Students Asked to Do Exactly (Product or Process): ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The students would have to take their recordings and break the recordings into chapters. They will have to add commentary video to explain what is occurring in their experiment. At the end, they will have to record their results and conclusion of their video project. The students will have to take all of these recordings and place them in proper sequence.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6. What are the Procedures of the Project (Steps to teach the technology skills): ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The teacher would first have to show students how to edit and organize the video clips using the Flip video software. After, the students would have to take their recordings and put them in proper order to create the final sequence or video that shows their experiment. Students would be encouraged to take the editing further by creating text overlays, adding sound or music, graphics or designs, etc.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7. What are the Advantages of the Project: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Students like to create projects that show their knowledge. Using the Flip video cameras, they will be learning a new technology and editing features that they can take with them in the future. The teacher will know if students truly learned the concept of classical conditioning since the students will have to use their knowledge and apply it in their own creative way. Being able to create a finished product will give the students pride in their work, and in the next lesson they will publish this work.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">8. What are the Disadvantages of the Project: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The biggest disadvantage would be that editing takes time to learn and to actually complete. The student would have to go through each of their recordings and identify what is important to include and what could be cut. For some students, this would be extremely difficult. Also, the teacher would have to know some quick troubleshooting techniques for the editing features because the students could run into problems when doing this process.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">9. What Types of Effective Instructional Strategies are Included: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The strategies that are used for this project vary greatly. The students would still be working collaboratively with partners or even working with each other to help in the editing process. The teacher would have to have excellent communication skills to show students how to use the editing features of the Flip video cameras. Also, the students would be gaining the knowledge of how to edit for future recordings or just in general. The skill of learning to use the Flip video camera and the editing features will be invaluable for them as well.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">10. What are the Possibilities that the Innovation can be Transferred to Other Teachers, Subject Content, and Different School Settings: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This lesson can easily be applied to other teachers, subject content and different school settings. The teacher would have to be familiarized in how to use the editing features themselves first, and then be able to communicate that with the student. However, the idea of using this technology to record an experiment and edit that experiment to a final product could be used in any school, in any class and at any level of teaching. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Lesson Four (Designed by Courtney Verellen) **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**1. A Brief Description:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Students will be taking their final edited Flip videos on their classical conditioning experiments and publishing them onto YouTube or a comparable site. They will then present their Flip videos to the class.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2. The Technology and Resources Involved: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The students would have to access to a computer, Internet, a projector, their final edited Flip video and create an account on YouTube or a comparable site.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3. What Skills, Knowledge and Pedagogy are Required of Teachers: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The teacher would have to show students how to publish their Flip videos onto a video presentation site. The teacher would have to show students how to create an account on YouTube and the steps that would be involved in putting the video on the site.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4. What Prior Skills and Knowledge are Required of Students: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The students would not need to have any prior knowledge of how to publish a video. This could all be learned from the teacher. The student would need to have knowledge of where they stored their final, edited Flip video experiment on the computer. If the student had used YouTube before or already had an account, this would be beneficial.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5. What are Students Asked to Do Exactly (Product or Process): ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The students would have to take their final, edited Flip videos and publish them to YouTube or another video presentation site. The students would have to make an account with the site and then upload their video. Then they would need to copy down or paste the URL of their video so that they could present it to the class.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6. What are the Procedures of the Project (Steps to teach the technology skills): ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The teacher would first have to show students how to create an account on YouTube or another video presentation site. The teacher should take the time to show the highlights and what is available on this site. Next, the teacher would show the students how they would upload their video to their account. After, they would get the URL for their video and copy or paste this so that they have it to show when they need to present it to the class.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7. What are the Advantages of the Project: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">By this step in the project, the students should feel a lot of pride and ownership over their experiments. The students will have worked hard on creating, editing and finalizing their Flip videos and showcasing how well they understand what classical conditioning is. Students will be able to feel true completion of the project when they publish it to a site like YouTube for others to see their work. Students will also gain the knowledge of how to use YouTube or other video presentation sites.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">8. What are the Disadvantages of the Project: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The biggest disadvantage of publishing their classical conditioning videos is that of privacy. By publishing their video to a site like YouTube it would be available to anyone. Depending upon what they included in their video: like their house, where they live, who is in it, etc. could be a privacy concern. The teacher needs to warn students of this in the editing process so that they make sure to edit out anything they do not want the public to see.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">9. What Types of Effective Instructional Strategies are Included: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The strategies that are used for this project vary greatly. The students would still be working collaboratively with partners or even working with each other to help in publishing their videos. The teacher, again, would have to have excellent communication skills to show students how to use a site like YouTube and how to upload their videos. Students would also be gaining the technological use of sites like YouTube which is just the beginning of the shift of learning from technology.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">10. What are the Possibilities that the Innovation can be Transferred to Other Teachers, Subject Content, and Different School Settings: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Again, this classical conditioning experiment and all of the technology used within it can be transferred to any teacher, for any subject, at any level. Students could use a recording device such as the Flip video in any class. Learning to edit video and publishing video is something that students could have exposure to in any subject area or class. Really, any age of student could use this process as well, with some minor changes in what the teacher would require them to do.