Small Group Lesson Plan

School Counselor: Lana Dautrich

Date: 8/19/16, Freshmen Orientation

Activity: Training seminar on using electronic tools for academic research

Grade(s): Incoming 9th
School Counseling Program Goal(s) addressed: Educate students in using online resources for
academic research.
ASCA Student Standards addressed:
Category 1: 5, 6
Category 2 (Learning Strategies): 4, 5, 8
Category 2 (Self-Management): 3, 6
Category 2 (Social): 9
Learning Objective(s):
1. Students will have a better understanding of how to use their iPads
2. Students will learn how to use EBooks and become fully capable in navigating their electronic
classroom textbooks
3. Students will become proficient in using online library and research tools such as Ebscohost,
Britannica, and Google Scholar
Materials:
PDF Handouts/information: http://support.ebsco.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=3866
https://www.regent.edu/lib/help/tutorials/ebsco-guide-search.pdf
https://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/help.html
iPads
YouTube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXyCECMxhOs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzCXB-BD9g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS4rqd9Zp9E#%20
Procedure:
Introduction: Provide a high level overview of material to be covered
during the meeting. Ask the students what they already know about iPads
and why they are useful for research. Get a sense of the students
knowledge of online library/research tools.

Activity: Distribute PDFs to all students and have the counselor go over
more detail regarding content of the PDFs. From there, introduce the iPad
to the students and show the first YouTube video
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXyCECMxhOs, why having an iPad is
so important to use in education and for learning). After a time of
questions/answers and discussion, show the second video that goes into
depth about the iPad and using eBooks. Show the second YouTube video
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLzCXB-BD9g, an introductory overview of the
iPad). More time for questions/answers and discussion. Watch the last
YouTube video about why Christian Academy gives each student an iPad
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS4rqd9Zp9E#%20). Instruction in using the
electronic library research tools Ebscohost, Britannica, and Google Scholar (PDF about
how to use Ebscohost, https://www.regent.edu/lib/help/tutorials/ebsco-guide-search.pdf).
Conclusion: Review the presentations and encourage discussion. Ask the
students what they have learned and if the information presented was
helpful. Lead a question and answer time.
Plan for Evaluation: How will each of the following be collected?
Process Data: All incoming freshmen are required to sign in and attend orientation. This group lesson is a
requirement for orientation.
Perception Data: Counselor will run this group session about iPads and electronic research tools and will
be available to help students with any future questions.
Outcome Data: Students will be proficient at using the iPad and electronic academic research tools.