Focus Question: What is meant by "lesson development using technology"?
Lesson development is the process
in which teachers use to make/ create a lesson, the way the teacher teaches the
lesson, and also the teacher’s evaluation process to make sure the student is
understanding and grasping the lesson. By using various technology resources,
the teacher can involve technology to help with each step of the lesson development.
The
first step of lesson developing with technology is figuring out what to teach,
or the curriculum. A majority of the curriculum is provided to the teacher by
different standards coming from national, state, local, and the school
standards. The teachers are given the broad outlines of what must be covered in
their specific grade and subjects, but they still get to choose the precise
lesson and what they think needs to be taught to their students, based on the
outlined standards. Technology helps teachers with this part of the development
process because they can access the internet, where they can find the required
curriculum, research the lesson more, and associate with other teachers getting
ideas of what and how to teach the lesson.
The
second step of the lesson developing with technology is the instruction of the
lesson, or how the teacher will teach the lesson. In this part of the
development goals are set up in order to set what needs to be accomplished by the
end of the lesson. The method of teaching then comes next, how will the lesson
be taught? This is where the teacher can bring in the use of technology, the
lesson can be administered through a PowerPoint, Prezi, SmartBoard, Interactive
videos and games, and many other technology based programs or devices. And finally the procedures the teacher uses in
order to give them an estimated time that the lesson will take.
The
third and final step of the lesson developing using technology is the
assessment portion, or the evaluation of what students have learned. The assessment
is important to make sure students have learned and understand what has
previously been taught to them. Assessments can be given before, during, or
after the lesson, to evaluate what they know before starting the lesson, what
they are learning during, and what they have mastered and know after the
lesson. These assessments do not have to be administered through the expected
multiple choice test, with the technology we have today, we can evaluate a
student’s understanding by online testing, “digital portfolios, personal
response systems, online surveys,” also through web based research projects.
Technology provides students with mass amounts of information on any topic, in
which they can research and learn more about through interactive games, etc.
Tech Tool Links: Online Resources for Lesson Planning: Thinkfinity, PBS Teachers, and Gliffy
I really enjoyed this tech tool, particularly the Thinkfinity website. On this website you can find lesson plans, lesson ideas, you can ask for opinions and help from other teachers, and also find links to fun and interactive websites.
This photo is from http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html , on Thinkfinity I researched how to teach
the american presidents, and the link it provided me with, provided above, took
me to a very fun and interactive website, which students can learn explore the
lives of the presidents and play games to learn more about the presidents. I
would definitely use Thinkfinity when making up lesson plans.
Summary and Connection:
This chapter really opened my
eyes on how much a techer has to consider and prepare for just one lesson. How
much thought is put into a lesson is incredible, and something I never
appreciated from my own teachers when I was younger, now I know how much they
put into their lesson plans in order to keep us intrigued and inersted, while
also learning new things. I can not wait to make fun and interactive lessons
for my students, while using technology in order for them to connect more with
the lesson.
Resources:
Maloy, R. W., Verock-O, R.
E., Edwards, S. A., & Woolf, B. P. (2010).Transforming learning with new
technologies. Allyn & Bacon.
Smithsonian American History.
(2013) Objects from the Presidency. Retrieved from: http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html.
Keep that enthusiasm and excitement for lesson planning and teaching with technology alive! :) You made some great observations in your Focus Question response and I appreciate some of your examples, as well. One thing you can do to improve your post is to add hyperlinks to other webpages to which you refer (i.e., Thinkfinity and your photo credit in this post) so that the reader can access directly. You are making good contributions to your blog. :)
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