2: Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition

What is Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition?

Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition are found in the Red Zone of the Framework for Instructional Planning. The Red Zone is also known as Creating the Environment for Learning.

View the video for an introduction to this category of instructional strategies

To continue to the Instructional Resources for Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition, click on the arrow in the lower right corner or navigate using the Table of Contents on the left hand side of your screen.

Instructional Resources

1. Click on the image below to view the Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition presentation. (Note: The presentation will open in a new window or new tab depending on your browser settings. The course will remain open in the other window or tab.)

Suggested Text Reading: Chapter 2, pages 57-72, in “Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, 2nd ed.”

Now that you have reviewed the strategies for best practice instruction in the category of Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition, you will continue to develop the Capstone Project lesson plan.  As you review the additional resources below, you will be trying out the various tools and selecting the ones that you will incorporate into your lesson. In this section of the lesson plan, you will develop the following:

• Decide how will you use technology to define and Reinforce Effort for students with regards to your lesson objective(s) and create the artifact(s). For example, you might create an effort rubric using Rubistar or an effort survey using Google Forms or Survey Monkey.
  
  
• Decide how will you use technology to Provide Recognition and create the technology artifact(s). For example, you might award badges via Class Badges or you might create a certificate using Certificate Street.

Be prepared to post your ideas to the Red Zone Discussion Forum by contributing links to show what you have created for student use and explaining how you will use the items in your classroom.

2. The Tech Best Practice website contains resources that support Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition. Refer back to the presentation and review the slides for examples of ways to use technology when Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition. Use the links on the Tech Best Practice website to help you select the technology tools you are going to incorporate into your lesson.

Click on the image below to go to the Tech Best Practice website.

3. Visit the 21 Things 4 Teachers website and use the tutorials to learn how to use the technology resources that support these strategies.

Refer back to the presentation and review the slides for examples of ways to use technology when Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recogntion. Use the tutorials on the 21 Things 4 Teachers website to learn to use the technology tools you are going to incorporate into your lesson.

Click on link below to access the tutorials.

• Thing 12 – Evaluation & Assessment

Check for Understanding

Your next task will be to complete a short, ten question quiz to check your understanding of this category of strategies. You will only have one attempt to complete the quiz, but you may use notes and resources to help you respond. Your  coaches and administrators may choose to review the quiz data for tech readiness and professional development planning.

Click here to take the Quiz: Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition.
Note: You can also access the quiz directly from the front page of this module.

You are now ready to move on to the next activity: 3: Cooperative Learning