Module 1-Learning Plans in the Context of the 2V Century

Lesson 1 -The Kto12CurriculumFramesrk

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Learning Plans in the
Context of the 21st
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Jearning: Outcomes

At the end of the Module, the students should have:

• discussed the role of technology for teaching and learning in
the light of the K to 12 Curriculum Framework;
• reviewed the K to 12 Curriculum Guide focusing on the
development of 21st Century skills;
• reviewed learning plans from various sources that integrated
ICTs in the teaching learning process;
• planned activities integrating ICTs that would facilitate the
development of 21st Century skills required in the curriculum
guide; and
• brainstormed about digital citizenship and related this to the
development of 21st Century skills among learners.

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The basic education curriculum of the country was enhanced with
the implementation of the K to 12 Curriculum. The K to 12 Program
covers Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (sIx years of elementary
education, four years of Junior High School, and two years of Senior High
School [SHS]) to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills,
develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education,
middle-level skills development, employment, and entrejreneurship.
The implementation of the K to 12 Curriculum is expected to contribute
to the country's development in yarious forms. It is believed to be necessary
to improve the quality of our education which is critical to our progress as a
nation.
 One of the features of the K to 12 curriculum is the requirement to equip
every graduate with the following skills:
• information, media and technology skills;
• learning and innovation skills;
• effective communication skills; and
• life and career skills.
The development of these skills can be done with the aid of technologies
for teaching and learning which is the focus of this course. This course aims
to present activities that will prepare pre-service teachers to integrate ICTs in
the teaching-learn jng processes in the various fields of specialization. It aims
to help pre-service and in-service teachers to expand the boundaries of their
creativity and that of their students beyond the four walls of the classrooms.
It aims to enable teachers to discover the power of computer technologies as
teaching tools for greater learning.

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The K to 12 Curriculum Framework

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At the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:
• discuss the salient features of the k to 12 Curriculum
requiring ICT-pedagogy integration skills.
• analyze the learning competencies of every year level
according to the field of specialization of the pre-service
teachers.
• review some units in the curriculum guide with focus on the
development of 21st Century skills.

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Step 1: Knowing Each Other

At this time, introduce yourself and meet other classmates by
choosing any kind of educational technology to represent your personality
and profile. The information you will get from your classmates from the
activity will be valuable information for you to use as you complete this
module and the succeeding modules.

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 Introduce yourself to the group using a specific technology thkt was
introduced in TTL I or that you have been using to represent you Explain
why you selected that technology.

Step 2: Recalling Technology for Teaching and Learning Lessons

In a group with 4-5 members, share the learning outcomes you were
able to demonstrate well in TTL 1. Reflect and share why these learning
outcomes were demonstrated well in the class. Moreover, identify the
intended learning outcomes in terms of knowledge and skills in TTL 1
that you were not able to demonstrate in the class. Discuss how you can
help yourself as a class. Demonstrate these to ensure that you can cope
with the requirements of Technology for Teaching and Learning 2.

Step 3: Reflecting. on Technology-based Learning Experiences

Recall how your teachers in your field of specialization used
information and communication technologies to help you understand some
concepts in your lessons.
Identify the specific lesson and learning objectives of your teacher.
Were you able to understand the lesson and demonstrate the learning
objectives with the teacher's integration of ICT? Why?
If you are to enhance the ICT used by your teacher, how will you do
it? Will you use the same ICT or will you modify how it Was integrated?

The implementation of the K to 12 Curriculum of the Department

of Education paved the way for the enhancement of the Teacher Education
Curriculum of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). The salient
features of the K to 12 Curriculum have been thoroughly considered to ensure
that all the courses in the teabher education program will meet the demands
of the 21 1t century classrooms. One of the considerations is the need to
implement the following salient features of the curriculum through integrating
technologies for teaching and learning. The use of technologies is done in the
different levels of learning and in teaching the various fields of specialization.

1. Strengthening Early Childhood Education (Universal

Kindergarten)
With the Universal Kindergarten program of the Department,
every Filipino child is expected to have access to early childhood
education. This access can be facilitated using technological tools that
are readily available to the school for teachers' use.

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 The use of technology in Kindergarten by various schools is very
evident in teaching the kindergarten pupils the alphabet, numbers,
shapes, and colors through games, songs, and dances in their Mother
Tongue.

2. Making the Curriculum Relevant to Learners (Contextualization

and Enhancement)
Research shows that learners will value a curriculum that
is relevant to their lives Students are often heard saying, "Do I
need to know these to live a meaningful life?" "How will I use
this lesson in the actual workplace?" "What is the relevance of this
to me?" and so on. The answer to the question of relevance is vital
to help the teachers think of some ways by which they will be able
to let their students realize that their daily lessons are of good use
to their personal well-being and to their professional preparation
Sara Bernard (2010) stressed that students need to have a personal
connection to a lesson material that can be done through engaging
them emotionally or through connecting the information with that
which they already know. This she calls "Give It Context, and Make
it Count."
Briggs (2014) shared some few tips for making learning engaging
and personally relevant as cited by Willis, Faeth, and Immordino
-Yang:
• Use suspense and keep it fresh - Drop hints about a new
learning unit before you reveal what it might be leave gaping
pauses in your speech change seating arrangements and put
up new and relevant posters or displays all these can activate
emotional signals and keep student interest piqued
• Make it student-directed - Give students a choice of
assignments on a particular topic, or ask them to design
one of their own. "When students are involved in designing
the lesson, they better understand the goal of the lesson and
become more emotionally invested in and attached to the
learning outcomes."
• Connect it to their lives and to what they already know -
Taking the time to brainstorm about what students already
know and would like to learn about a topic helps them to
create goals. This also helps teachers see the best points of
departure for new ideas Making cross-curricular connections
also helps solidify those neural loops..
• 1 Provide utility value - Utility value provides relevance first by
piquing students and by telling them the content is important

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 to their future goals; it then continues by showing I or
explaining how the content fits into their plans for the future.
This helps students realize the content is not just interesting
but also worth knowing.
• Build relatedness • - Relatedness, on the other hand, answers
the question, "What have these to do with me?" It is an
inherent need students to feel close to the significant people in
their lives, including teachers. Relatedness is seen by many as
having non-academic and academic sides.

To be able to apply the tips recommended by various experts

and to allow students to realize the value of their curriculum,
technological tools can be used. 2t Century learners are expected
to be demonstrating 21st Century competencies such as collaboration,
digital literacy, critical thinking, and problem solving to be able to
thrive in this world (Rich, 2014). Contextualizing the curriculum of
the students for meaningful learning poses challenges in enhancing
teachers' pedagogical skills as well as technological skills.
3. Building Proficiency (Mother-tongue Based Multilingual
Education)
To be able to promote the child's dominant language and to use
it as a language of instruction, maximum use of technological tools
is highly encouraged. Currently, a lot of teachers and schools are
into developing learning materials to be. able to implement the MT13-
MLE program properly especially that there is a dearth of printed
and c-materials in the mother tongue of the students. Mother Tongue
is used in instruction and learning materials of other learning areas.
The learners retain their ethnic identity, culture, heritage and values.
Children learn better and are more active in class and learn a second
language even faster when they are first taught in a language they
understand.
4. Ensuring Integrated and Seamless Learning (Spiral Progression)
Learning basic concepts that lead to a more complex and
sophisticated version of the general concepts entail TPACK:
Technological knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and content
knowledge. Rediscovering concepts previously presnted as students
go up in grade level will be fully supported if all the areas of
specialization will be aided by technologies for teaching and learning.
This will further strengthen retention and will enhance mastery, of
topics and skills as they are revisited and consolidated time and again.
This also allows learners to learn topics and skills appropriate to their
developmental and cognitive skills.

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 5. Gearing Up for the Future
The K to 12 Curriculum ensures college readiness by aligning the
core and applied courses to the College Readiness Standards (CRS)
and the new General Education (GE) Curriculum. Hence, the K to 12
Curriculum focused on developing appropriate Specialization Subjects
for the Academic, Sports, Arts and Design, and Technical Vocational
Livelihood Tracks All of these specialization subjects have to be
supported by educational technology for better learning
6. Nurturing the Holistically Developed Filipino (College and
Livelihood Readiness, 21 11 Century Skills)
To nurture holistically developed Filipino, every K to 12 graduate
is expected to be ready to go into different paths - higher education,
employment, or entrepreneurship. Every graduate is expected to be
equipped with information, media and technology skills, learning
and innovation skills, effective communication skills, and life and
career skills This may happen with the proper implementation of the
curriculum and with the facilitation by excellent teachers For teachers
to maintain excellent performance, they need full support, one of
which is technological support.

Step 1 Introducing the Technology for Teaching and Learning 2 Course

The Technology for Teaching and Learning 2 Course helps you use
the power of computer technologies in the different fields of specialization
to spark student imagination and ultimately move, motivate, and support
students toward meaningful learning.
Let us assess your prior knowledge on how you can best use computer
technologies to enhance learning, answer this question by writing your
answer in the box provided:
How can technology be used most effectively in the various fields
of specialization to support and assess student learning?

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Step 2: Setting My Outcomes for this Course
It must be noted that course outcomes can be achieved if clearly
set. Therefore, there is a need to ground this course with curricular and
research-based goals and objectives. Throughout this course, you will be
tasked to use various technological resources and tools that can help you
create your plans and materials, improve your instruction, and enhance
your future students' learning.
Collaborate with your teacher and colleagues and think about what
you must do to be able to make the most out of this course. Answer the
following questions:
1 How will I apply all the knowledge and skills that I learned in
TTL 2 in teaching my field of specialization?

2. How will I develop learning plans for my classes to make sure

that available technologies for teaching and learning will be put to
use for meaninsfui1 learnincs?

3 How will I ensure that my goals in this course will be achieved'

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 Exchange

Teachers play a very important role in the facilitation of student learning

by designing, implementing and evaluating the curriculum. In the Philippines,
teachers are expected to actively engage themselves in curriculum design to
ensure that the K to 12 Curriculum will be best delivered to fully realize its
intended learning outcomes.
Teachers make decisions about how they will implement the curriculum
of their specific field of specialization. They decide on how they must
structure the activities of their lessons and manage students' responses and
ideas. Hence, the decision of teachers is very important. It has an impact on
the students' learning. The following are points to consider in identifying and
understanding teachets' roles as curriculum designers:
• Undoubtedly, the most important person in the curriculum
implementation process is the teacher. With their knowledge,
experiences and competencies, teachers are central to any
curriculum development effort. Better teachers support better
learning because they are most knowledgeable about the practice
of teaching and are responsible for introducing the curriculum in
the classroom (Alsubaie, 2016).
• Curriculum is the planned interaction of pupils with instructional
content, materials, resources, and processes for evaluating the
attainment of educational objectives —Jadhav and Patankar (2013).
• Curriculum is content, but when contextualized, it comes alive
for students. The role of teachers in the curriculum process
is to help students develop an engaged relationship with the
content. Active learning increases the focus and retention of
the curriculum, resulting in an exciting learning environment.
Teachers build lessons that include simulations, experiments, case
studies and activities to deliver a curriculum. This interactive
approach intertwines curriculum and practical experiences that
• immerse students in learning. The curriculum process provides an
opportunity for teachers to be creative and put their unique stamp
on the classroom experience (Meier, 2018).
• Teachers, on their part, have practical knowledge based on their
daily work with students. This knowledge is useful to curriculum
committees because teachers can assess whether the ideas being
developed will work in the classroom (Young, 1988).

Step 1: Considering my Role as Curriculum Designer

With the points of reference provided about curriculum and the teacher,
participate in a face-to-face discussion with the whole group about how your

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field of specialization (Ex. Physical Education, English, Filipino, Social
Studies, Mathematics, Science and so on) was designed In the' discussion,
you are asked to thoughtfully consider your role as a curriculum designer.
Go over the Curriculum Guide and discuss together the essential features,
focus, and the general content and performance standards of your field of
specialization or major per grade or level.

Step 2: Integrating Technologies for Teaching and Learning

After having an in-depth understanding of the general nature, focus, and
non-negotiable standards set for your field of specializatiofl, share with the
group some technological resources and tools that can help you deliver you
lesson to raise at a high level of excellence.
Brainstorm on how these technologies can be integrated properly and
how they will meet the important learning outcomes and the 2 t Century
skills. Share the results of your group discussion in the class.

Answer the following:

1 How will technological tools for teaching and learning promote the
salient features of the K to 12 Curriculum'

2 \That are the 21st Century skills that are highly required to be
developed by your field of specialization' Rank them in terms of the
identified standards and competencies of your curriculum guide

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