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Monday, November 23, 2009
Snappin' at the Zoo!
Creating my second lesson plan was challenging, yet benefiting. It was challenging because I was required to implement multiple media in my lesson; and considering my grade level, it was a bit difficult. It was benefiting because it enabled me to think outside the box, and into the “digital-world.” I asked myself, “What do children like to do when they go to fascinating places?” I automatically thought of picture taking. Children love playing with cameras and printing their photos; it gives them a sense of ownership and of course gives them confidence. I immediately wrote “cameras” as one of my multimedia ideas.
Thinking of another way we can go digital is possibly using a printer to print the photos the students were going to take at the Zoo, but then I thought that utilizing a printer isn’t much considered educational. Instead, I thought about using an extremely simple program on the computer called Microsoft PowerPoint. Creating a digital Zoo-book on a PowerPoint would be an excellent idea. Ideas started pouring as I started my objectives. I was also required to accommodate a student with a disability, so I accommodated a blind student.
As teachers, we are bound to have disabled students, whether they’re in a wheelchair, deaf, or blind; and accommodating them in our lessons is extremely important. I came across a site about accommodating disabled students; it stated “Teachers need special training to assist these learners as they cannot communicate and learn in the same way as other children do.” (Atriclesbase) I don’t fully agree with this saying because as certified teachers, we never receive the “special training” to assist them, by the courses we take in college; we’re supposed to already know how to assist them.
The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•T) for Teachers standard 2A is to “design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity” (International Society…) I was satisfied by the lesson plan I created because not only was I able to implement multiple media in my activity, I was also able to accommodate my special student, and gain more knowledge and ideas in creating more lesson plans in the future.
Sources:
International Society for Technology in Education. (2008). NETS for Teacher 2008. Standard 2A. Retrieved February 15, 2009. From International Society for Technology in Education. Website: http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.html
Disable Child and Mainstream Education - Getting It Right
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-and-family-articles/disable-child-and-mainstream-education-getting-it-right-1455985.html
Thinking of another way we can go digital is possibly using a printer to print the photos the students were going to take at the Zoo, but then I thought that utilizing a printer isn’t much considered educational. Instead, I thought about using an extremely simple program on the computer called Microsoft PowerPoint. Creating a digital Zoo-book on a PowerPoint would be an excellent idea. Ideas started pouring as I started my objectives. I was also required to accommodate a student with a disability, so I accommodated a blind student.
As teachers, we are bound to have disabled students, whether they’re in a wheelchair, deaf, or blind; and accommodating them in our lessons is extremely important. I came across a site about accommodating disabled students; it stated “Teachers need special training to assist these learners as they cannot communicate and learn in the same way as other children do.” (Atriclesbase) I don’t fully agree with this saying because as certified teachers, we never receive the “special training” to assist them, by the courses we take in college; we’re supposed to already know how to assist them.
The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•T) for Teachers standard 2A is to “design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity” (International Society…) I was satisfied by the lesson plan I created because not only was I able to implement multiple media in my activity, I was also able to accommodate my special student, and gain more knowledge and ideas in creating more lesson plans in the future.
Sources:
International Society for Technology in Education. (2008). NETS for Teacher 2008. Standard 2A. Retrieved February 15, 2009. From International Society for Technology in Education. Website: http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.html
Disable Child and Mainstream Education - Getting It Right
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-and-family-articles/disable-child-and-mainstream-education-getting-it-right-1455985.html
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Creating the "Lesson Plan"
Creating this lesson plan was not as easy as I envisioned, at least this one. I am an early childhood and elementary education major and I am not used to creating lesson plans with this criteria. Being an ECE major, I am used to creating simple lesson plans, yet educational. The conduction of this lesson plan in particular was challenging because I had to integrate the usage of technology and an activity that uses spreadsheet with Microsoft Excel, which by far was the least thing I liked in creating this. I was impressed by the wide range of lesson plans my colleagues shared in class. Early childhood and elementary were the minorities. The only activity I thought of first was counting classroom items, such as school supplies, books, and desks. Dr. Cyrus asked me what the students can learn or explain in this lesson plan. I knew I had to think of something else that students can learn from and explain as they present their digital spreadsheet. She also told me to step out of my comfort zone; so I did.
I thought about health and considering how child obesity being an immense dilemma in the United States, creating a lesson plan around children counting the snacks they eat on a daily bases and managing them was my favorite part. From duration of one week, the students can either increase their healthy snacks instead or they can decrease their intake of their unhealthy snacks e.g. chocolate candy, sweet cookies, cakes, etc. In a well constructed lesson plan, objectives are very important; they must illustrate verbs that are clear and measurable. I was fortunate enough to find a web site that stated that “objectives should not be activities that will be used in the lesson plan. They should instead be the learning outcomes of those activities.” (Lesson Plans Page) We want our students to learn from thee objectives in our lesson plans, not just participate in the “activity.”
According to the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•T) for Teachers standard 4C, it states that we must “apply multiple methods of evaluation to determine students’ appropriate use of technology resources for learning, communication, and productivity.” We want to ensure that out students learn the different purposes of technology. Students with a learning disability or those with special needs can still learn how to use technology because technology today is beyond accommodating for everyone, regardless is you have a learning disability or not.
I thought about health and considering how child obesity being an immense dilemma in the United States, creating a lesson plan around children counting the snacks they eat on a daily bases and managing them was my favorite part. From duration of one week, the students can either increase their healthy snacks instead or they can decrease their intake of their unhealthy snacks e.g. chocolate candy, sweet cookies, cakes, etc. In a well constructed lesson plan, objectives are very important; they must illustrate verbs that are clear and measurable. I was fortunate enough to find a web site that stated that “objectives should not be activities that will be used in the lesson plan. They should instead be the learning outcomes of those activities.” (Lesson Plans Page) We want our students to learn from thee objectives in our lesson plans, not just participate in the “activity.”
According to the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•T) for Teachers standard 4C, it states that we must “apply multiple methods of evaluation to determine students’ appropriate use of technology resources for learning, communication, and productivity.” We want to ensure that out students learn the different purposes of technology. Students with a learning disability or those with special needs can still learn how to use technology because technology today is beyond accommodating for everyone, regardless is you have a learning disability or not.
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