Section 3

One of the models that I found was the ASSURE Instruction model that was developed by  Heinich, Molenda, Russel, and Smaldino.  This model is an instructional model for planning a lesson and the technology that will enhance it. The ASSURE model contains six steps and the letters in ASSURE form an acronym.  ASSURE stands for Analyze the Learner, State Objective, Select Media or Materials, Use Media or Materials, Require Learner Participation, Evaluate and Revise.  This model is great for teacher to plan lessons with technology in it, the picture to the left is great for starting out and then it will eventually become second nature to incorporate the model without even thinking about it.

The second model for evaluating instruction is the 4C-ID model which is an instructional design model by Van Merrienboer and others.  "4C" means "four components", "ID" means "Instructional Design".  This model can also be found in Merril's first principles of instruction.  According to Martin Ryder, the 4C-ID instructional model is characterized by four components:

(1) Learning Tasks,

(2) Supportive Information,

(3) Procedural Information

(4) Part-Task Practice.

The tasks are ordered by task difficulty and each task offers at the beginning a lot of scaffolding which is reduced as the learner progresses.  This model is good for the classroom because it has the idea of scaffolding which has always worked for me but this is a way of planning.

           I teach Pre-K at a daycare and technology is not a big thing there, they do not even do anything on the computers.  Technology innovation at Primrose is almost non existent.

I would use Situational Leadership in a professional development session focusing on technology use in the classroom by telling them that is not one right way to be a leader, just as there is not one way to use technology.  It is all based on the task at hand; going with the lesson that will be taught will depend on what technology will be used.  The Situational Leadership theory is very effective because it has a very independent approach to it, giving the teacher the ability to choose.