Using the three day, 6th grade math unit plan referenced previously, I incorporated opportunities for students to use technology within the lesson that supports diverse cultural perspectives.
During day one of the unit, students will answer an open-ended response question embedded in the Nearpod. This question has students apply their knowledge by typing or recording a response regarding how they can apply the information learned to their world outside of the classroom (job, home, work, hobby, etc.). This was chosen due to that fact that when teachers tie content to a student's background or experiences, it helps to make the content more accessible for all (Robertson, 2021). The class will be able to view the student's responses to help make connections with each other, their backgrounds, and the real world. This technology engages students as it allows student choice in the way in which they respond, along with making their own connections to what appeals to them. This promotes a diverse cultural persepective as it allows students to view other student's responses, which can inform them more about the student's background or culture iand see their content connections, therefore, allowing students to see how the content can be relevant across many different cultures.
On the second day, students will design an original, ordering rational numbers problem centered around a favorite hobby, family tradition, or food for a classmate to solve. They will type it into the digital collaboration board before leaving class for the day or have it ready to put on the board at the beginning of the next class period. One of the main principles of culturally responsive teaching is for the instructor to make sure activities are inclusive and personally inviting; discussion boards and Google collaboration tools help to achieve this goal (Technology and culturally..., 2021). This technology helps support student engagement as once again, the class will be able to view the student's responses to help make connections with each other, their backgrounds, and the real world.This promotes a diverse cultural perspective in the same way as the first example. It allows students to view and respond to other student's responses, which helps to provide more information about the student's background and culture.
On last day of the unit plan, for an extension activity, students will choose a favorite family recipe and create a flipgrid video in which they demonstrate how to make the recipe and be specific as to the ratio of each ingredients included. The flipgrid will be submitted through Google Classroom for others to view. This technology will help support student engagement as they get to not only choose the recipe that means something to them, but also get to showcase it on a flipgrid video as if they have their own cooking show. Student engagement is further increased as they will anticipate seeing their peer's videos and be able to respond. This helps support diverse cultural perspectives as students will be showcasing a recipe that is special to them and their family while demonstrating their knowledge of ratios. No matter where students are from, or where they currently live, they all have one thing in common; they eat (Cook, 2021) . Therefore, students can learn a bit more about student's culture through viewing their peer's work while being able to make personal connections as well.
References
Cook, D. (2021). Celebrating cultural diversity, One bite at a time - Storey publishing. Storey publishing. Retrieved from https://www.storey.com/article/celebrating-cultural-diversity/.
Robertson, K. (2021). Connect students' background knowledge to content in the ELL classroom. Reading rockets. Retrieved from https://www.readingrockets.org/article/connect-students-background-knowledge-content-ell-classroom.
Technology and culturally responsive teaching - ASD instructional tech. Sites.google.com. (2021). Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/a/auburn.wednet.edu/asd-instructional-technology/home/culturally-responsive-teaching/technology-and-culturally-responsive-teaching.
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