Krystle DeVera
ED 451 – Audio Visual
Dr. J. Cyrus
September 20, 2009
“A Learning, Challenging, and Fun Experience!”
In coming up with ideas for the lesson plan was definitely an experience worth doing. It made me realize that there are so many things we can do in integrating technology. For my first lesson plan, I wanted to come up with a lesson plan dealing with magnets. The reason being is that I was always interested in magnets. In elementary school, I remember my teacher giving us a magnet, and she made us explore the classroom to see what objects do/do not attract to the magnet. I was definitely amazed to see what the magnet can “pick-up.” When given this lesson plan assignment, it was a challenge to integrate technology, especially where the students’ end product has to be a digital spreadsheet. In coming up with ideas, I used some technology tools we learned in class, such as the delicious website. This website really helped a lot. It narrows down topics in a way that it is really easy for the researcher. Delicious helped me find a particular website which gave me an idea of using three different types of magnets (Smith, 1998).
The title of my lesson plan is “Exploring with Magnets!” The content area is science, and integrates technology, math, and language arts. We had to use the ASSURE model in creating our lesson plans. It was definitely a challenge for me because I only used the ASSURE model once last semester in one of my Elementary Methods classes. As a result, I did a lot of research online to help guide myself in completing the ASSURE lesson plan (Heinch, 1999). There was also a website I found online where all I have to do is enter my information. In this website www.coe.uga.edu/~gthomas/summer/assuretemplate.doc, it gave me a format of how to do the lesson plan and details on what to put for each category.
The NETS*T standard that mostly applies to this lesson plan that I created is standard 2A - Design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology-enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learners. The NETS*T standard 2A relates to my lesson plan because the students explore using magnets and show their results using the program Microsoft Excel. In doing this, the students are applying technology to further their understanding and comprehension of their findings.
I learned a lot about planning lesson activities. When planning a lesson plan, it’s imperative that you know what your topic is all about. You would have to plan and have an understanding on the topic you are going to teach. There is a lot of research you have to do and you have to look at all the resources available. You then need to figure out what you want your students to learn. The students’ objectives are very important. Planning on how to deliver your lesson is important because instruction should be clear to your students. The lesson plan should be detailed enough with precise instruction for both you and the substitute teacher. It should also be fun for students to enjoy so it will keep students’ interest going. In addition, there is definitely not just one way in doing a lesson plan. There are so many ways. It all depends what you are comfortable with. I will without a doubt use the ASSURE model in my future lesson plans. It is really helpful in planning detailed lesson plans, and allows integrating technology into course materials.
The biggest challenge I had with this lesson plan was coming up with ideas. However, technology helped me. It gave me ideas which in turn made me create my own ideas into the lesson plan. I would love to do this lesson plan with my future students. Also, I enjoyed decorating my lesson plan with pictures. It really makes the lesson plan more interesting and gives a mark on what the lesson plan is all about. In addition, I actually did some of the experiments in my lesson plan. In doing so, it showed me what my future students will do and learn from this lesson plan.
References
Heinch, M. (1999). The assure model. Retrieved from http://www.unca.edu/education/edtech/techcourse/assure.htm
Smith, R. (1998, March 12). Amazing magnets. Retrieved from http://www.proteacher.com/cgi- bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=10015&external=http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/ lessons/298AmazingMags.htm&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110077.shtml&title =Amazing%20Magnets
ED 451 – Audio Visual
Dr. J. Cyrus
September 20, 2009
“A Learning, Challenging, and Fun Experience!”
In coming up with ideas for the lesson plan was definitely an experience worth doing. It made me realize that there are so many things we can do in integrating technology. For my first lesson plan, I wanted to come up with a lesson plan dealing with magnets. The reason being is that I was always interested in magnets. In elementary school, I remember my teacher giving us a magnet, and she made us explore the classroom to see what objects do/do not attract to the magnet. I was definitely amazed to see what the magnet can “pick-up.” When given this lesson plan assignment, it was a challenge to integrate technology, especially where the students’ end product has to be a digital spreadsheet. In coming up with ideas, I used some technology tools we learned in class, such as the delicious website. This website really helped a lot. It narrows down topics in a way that it is really easy for the researcher. Delicious helped me find a particular website which gave me an idea of using three different types of magnets (Smith, 1998).
The title of my lesson plan is “Exploring with Magnets!” The content area is science, and integrates technology, math, and language arts. We had to use the ASSURE model in creating our lesson plans. It was definitely a challenge for me because I only used the ASSURE model once last semester in one of my Elementary Methods classes. As a result, I did a lot of research online to help guide myself in completing the ASSURE lesson plan (Heinch, 1999). There was also a website I found online where all I have to do is enter my information. In this website www.coe.uga.edu/~gthomas/summer/assuretemplate.doc, it gave me a format of how to do the lesson plan and details on what to put for each category.
The NETS*T standard that mostly applies to this lesson plan that I created is standard 2A - Design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology-enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learners. The NETS*T standard 2A relates to my lesson plan because the students explore using magnets and show their results using the program Microsoft Excel. In doing this, the students are applying technology to further their understanding and comprehension of their findings.
I learned a lot about planning lesson activities. When planning a lesson plan, it’s imperative that you know what your topic is all about. You would have to plan and have an understanding on the topic you are going to teach. There is a lot of research you have to do and you have to look at all the resources available. You then need to figure out what you want your students to learn. The students’ objectives are very important. Planning on how to deliver your lesson is important because instruction should be clear to your students. The lesson plan should be detailed enough with precise instruction for both you and the substitute teacher. It should also be fun for students to enjoy so it will keep students’ interest going. In addition, there is definitely not just one way in doing a lesson plan. There are so many ways. It all depends what you are comfortable with. I will without a doubt use the ASSURE model in my future lesson plans. It is really helpful in planning detailed lesson plans, and allows integrating technology into course materials.
The biggest challenge I had with this lesson plan was coming up with ideas. However, technology helped me. It gave me ideas which in turn made me create my own ideas into the lesson plan. I would love to do this lesson plan with my future students. Also, I enjoyed decorating my lesson plan with pictures. It really makes the lesson plan more interesting and gives a mark on what the lesson plan is all about. In addition, I actually did some of the experiments in my lesson plan. In doing so, it showed me what my future students will do and learn from this lesson plan.
References
Heinch, M. (1999). The assure model. Retrieved from http://www.unca.edu/education/edtech/techcourse/assure.htm
Smith, R. (1998, March 12). Amazing magnets. Retrieved from http://www.proteacher.com/cgi- bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=10015&external=http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/ lessons/298AmazingMags.htm&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110077.shtml&title =Amazing%20Magnets
