7: Assigning Homework and Providing Practice

What is Assigning Homework and Providing Practice?

Assigning Homework and Providing Practice is found in the Orange Zone of the Framework for Instructional Planning. The Orange Zone is also known as Helping Students Develop Understanding.

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

To continue to the Instructional Resources for Assigning Homework and Providing Practice, 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 Assigning Homework and Providing Practice 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 7, pages 167-179, in “Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works, 2nd ed.”

Posting homework/practice opportunities on your website, course management system, Edmodo, blog, or wiki is a great way to provide practice on essential skills and concepts to help students meet the objectives you set. For this category, either post a practice opportunity for students in your online presence (website, Blackboard/Moodle, blog, wiki, Edmodo, etc.) and share the link in the Orange Zone Discussion Forum, or create a flashcard set on Quizlet and share the link with your colleagues in the forum.

Those who are feeling “adventurous” may want to try a sample “flip” and use one of the recommended screencast programs to create a lesson for students!

2. The Tech Best Practice website contains resources that support Assigning Homework and Providing Practice. Refer back to the presentation and review the slides for examples of ways to use technology for Assigning Homework and Providing Practice. 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 this category of instructional strategies.

Refer back to the presentation and review the slides for examples of ways to use technology when Assigning Homework and Providing Practice. 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 the links below to access the tutorials.

• Thing 2: Face of the Classroom (BlackBoard, Moodle, Edublogs, Weebly)
• Thing 13 : Interactive Learning (Thinkfinity, Quizlet)
• Thing 18: Virtual Classroom (Edmodo)
• Thing 20: Online Video and Audio (SchoolTube, TeacherTube, Discovery Streaming, Learn 360)
• Thing 21: Flipping the Classroom (Screencast-o-matic, Jing, Khan Academy, WeVideo, Vimeo)

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: Assigning Homework & Providing Practice.
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: Orange Zone Discussion Forum