TED-Ed Lesson about Promoting Digital Equity

Directions: For this assignment, you will work in pairs to create a TED-Ed lesson about
promoting digital equity in the elementary or secondary classroom. You can either: (i) create a
lesson that helps teachers increase digital equity in their classrooms or (ii) create a lesson about
digital equity for your future students.

Lessons for teachers can emphasize topics like:

● digitally equitable classroom strategies
● engaging students from marginalized populations in computer science
● increasing access to technology
● supporting digital literacy
● digital UDL strategies

Lessons for students can emphasize topics like:

● digital citizenship (e.g., what is it, why does it matter)
● digital equity (e.g., what is it, why does it matter)
● computer science (e.g., what is it, why does it matter, what jobs are out there)

This assignment has several short portions:

1. You will research and write about your topic using the template below. Then, you will
discuss how you plan to create your TED-Ed lesson (see template below). This should be
a quarter-page minimum, plus a short reference list in APA. (~30mins)

2. You will actually build your lesson and share it (as a link) at the end of your paper. For
directions, visit the following link: https://bit.ly/3He5wKl. To create your lesson, you will
first create a TED-Ed account, then pick a video, draft some questions, including some
supplementary information, wrap up your lesson, and then publish it. (~30mins)

3. Lastly, you will create a digital Loom presentation in which you present your lesson
(e.g., to your peers). To be clear, you do not have to show your whole video, but rather
just provide some highlights (e.g., a minute or so) and take us through the rest of your
lesson. This could be narrated by one person or your whole work team (up to you).
(~30mins)

4. You will (i) submit your written portion on Brightspace (Assignment Submission Folder)
and (ii) paste your Loom presentation link to the discussion board by midnight on
3/17/24. (~5mins)

5. During the following week, you will (iii) watch and provide peer feedback on three
presentations. (~30mins)
Suggested Template for Writing about and Planning your TED-Ed Lesson (to be submitted
on Brightspace):
I. Introduction
1. What is your topic?
2. How is it related to K-12 education?
3. What is your purpose in this TED-Ed lesson?

II. Presenting your topic

1. Why is the topic important?
2. What recent events or research have informed this topic (e.g., COVID)?

III. Implications and recommendations

1. What are your ideas for addressing any problems or leveraging the potential?
2. What still needs to be researched further?

IV. Planning your TED-Ed lesson

1. What video will you use?
2. How will you introduce your lesson (quick lesson description)?
3. What are three questions you can ask about your topic?
4. What supplementary information (e.g., web links, resources) can you provide your
audience?
5. What two discussion questions can you provide about your topic?
6. What conclusions can you make about your topic?

V. Provide a link to your lesson

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Components of a TED-Ed Lesson (screenshot from website)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phgUMsf15vM

dig deeper:
https://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/03/01/10-strategies-promoting-digital-access-and-equity/

Kate, Molly, Jennifer

The topic we chose is digitally equitable classroom strategies, this is important to the

time we live in because of the increasing use of technology across the classroom. K-12 education

uses more and more devices each year and the purpose of this lesson is to educate our fellow

teachers on the strategies to increase digital equity in our classrooms. COVID-19 severely

affected the use of technology in schools. Since COVID we have relied on technology for

assignments, lectures, videos, and much more. Online systems make reaching parents, other

teachers, and staff so much easier. We have gotten used to the way technology aids in our

teaching. Some of the ways we may be able to address digital equity are by making assignments

not online, in case students don’t have access to computers or the internet at home. We can also

talk with students about technology and how we will use it in our classroom. It is a complex

problem that is beyond a solution from a teacher. This is definitely something that needs to be

evaluated at each individual school level. The video we chose provides examples of ways to get

around not having internet access. For example, using Google Drive offline allows the use of

docs, slides, etc. to be edited and created without wifi. We will introduce this by providing a brief

introduction to the 3 tips mentioned. The questions we asked are: Of your knowledge of using

Google Drive offline would you feel comfortable giving assignments on it? Would you send the

documents as a pdf for the kids to make their lives easier? Would you use this instead of printing

out articles? Our discussion question is use the iceberg tool to evaluate these tips and how/ if you

would use them in the class.

 In conclusion, these are strategies that could be easily implemented in the classroom.

TED ED link: https://ed.ted.com/on/xACXsjmc

LOOM VIDEO:

https://www.loom.com/share/ef1a7be28fe442d79d6d5af894b3606f?sid=48cc72c0-66b3-46ce-a3

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