Immigration Reflective Essay

In order to effectively teach the patterns of conflict involved immigration, I have used technology in three different ways; through a short Prezi presentation, an interactive game, and two short videos concerning the differing views of immigration by the two leading candidates in the upcoming Presidential election. By providing a variety of learning materials, my students stay interested and engaged throughout the lesson. According to “Instructional Technology and Media for Learning,” text in the Enhancing Learning with Text and Visuals chapter; not only do a variety of visuals engage students. Visuals also assist in making theoretical ideas more solid, motivate learning by holding their attention longer, and lastly, a variety of visuals assist in remembering content; they hear the information from the teacher, and see it/read it with the visual content. For all of these reasons, new information is easier for students to comprehend using visual content. Rachel Radar’s Prezi presentation, ‘Immigration in the USA,” is packed full of essential information for the students to learn in order to truly understand a brief timeline of the history of immigration in the United States. By including this

This game not only refreshes students’ minds and gets them excited, it also teaches them what immigration was like in the turn of the century. This technology benefits the students because it engages essential problem solving skills that come with mastery of this subject. These students have to truly understand the content learned in ‘Direct Instruction’ in order to do well in this interactive game. “From Ellis Island to Orchard Street,” also helps myself, as an educator, because it teaches the students what I have taught them, for a second time-which further drives home the