1. CREATING A LECTURE
THAT STUDENTS WILL
ACTUALLY LEARN FROM
Doug Doblar
LSTC, Britt Elementary

2. Lecture:
 (n) - The exposition
of a given topic
delivered to an
audience or class
for the purpose of
instruction
 (n) – A primarily oral
presentation
intended to present
information or teach
people about a
given subject.

3. A Synopsis:
“Though lectures are much criticised
as a teaching method, schools
and universities have not yet
found practical alternative
teaching methods for the large
majority of their courses. Critics
point out that lecturing is mainly
a one-way method
of communication that does not
involve significant audience
participation. Therefore, lecturing
is often contrasted to active
learning. Lectures delivered by
talented speakers can be highly
stimulating; at the very least,
lectures have survived
in academia as a quick, cheap
and efficient way of introducing
large numbers of students to a

4. Discussion
 What I see: lecturing (or teacher presentation)
is very, very, very frequently used teaching
method in ES, MS, and HS classes. It is also
highly criticized as ineffective by professors,
administrators, and academic coaches.
 What do you see, hear, and think? Lecturing:
The good, the bad, and the ugly.

5. Purpose of this Workshop
 Lecturing is highly familiar and valuable to teachers, but gets
a bad rap.
 Lecturing is not a GCPS Quality Plus Teaching Strategy, but it
is something I do often at Britt.
 With 1-2 fairly quick and simple technological additions, I can
enhance lectures with:
 Modeling and Practice (QPTS 3)
 Vocabulary (QPTS 4)
 Non-verbal representation (QPTS 5)
 Summarizing (QPTS 6)
 Background knowledge (QPTS 8)
 Questioning (QPTS 9)
 Technology (QPTS 10)
 Comparison and Contrast (QPTS 13)

6. What is a “media dump”?
 Rudimentary website (I use a wiki)
 Organize EXISTING resources (pics, videos,
links) to supplement or replace lecture info
 Benefits:
 Can be used over and over (and at home)
 Visual organization
 Interesting
 Provides initial structure/plan, but still free to be
flexible

7. Examples
Memorize the Learn the features of
locations of the certain rocks and
major rivers and minerals (3rd grade)
mountain ranges in
the USA (3rd grade) http://limestone-
zuber.wikispaces.co
http://3rd-grade-rivers- m/
mountains.wikispac
es.com/

8. Make your own!

9. Steps
 www.wikispaces.com
 Username: gdlc2012
 Password: gdlc2012
 (Or make your own account)
 Choose a topic
 Google pictures, links, videos
 Remember… not just what tells about it. What
makes it interesting?
 Ex: Granite  caves
 Ex: Hudson River  plane landing

10. Question Breaks
 Stopping for
“question breaks”
let’s you see
whether or not
you’re getting
through
 What is wrong with
just asking
questions?

11. Two Examples
Low Tech (Rivers Lecture) High Tech (Granite Lecture)

12. Question Breaks
Add some in