Lesson Plan 1

Analyze Learners

Number of Students: 20 No. of Males/Females: 10 Males / 10 Females Age Range: 9-11 Mental, Social, Physical, Social Notes such as: Disabilities: Mild Mental Retardation Cultural/Ethnic Notes: 8 Chamorus, 5 Filipinos, 3 Palauans, 2 Caucasians, 1 Asian, 1 African American Current Knowledge, Prerequisites, and Notes about Learner Attitudes: Students have been learning how to make graphs on MS Excel. They have been learning about US elections. Learning Styles Visual: 40% Auditory (Aural): 20% Kinesthetic (Hands On): 40%

State Objectives

- Students will be able to create a graph using MS Excel when given information about presidential polls with 90% accuracy. - Students will be able to determine who has won the election based on the information of the graph they created with 100% accuracy. - Special needs student will be able to complete the same tasks with 80% accuracy.

Select Media, Materials, and Methods

- Digital Camera - Popsicle Sticks - Computers - MS Excel Programs - Projector

Utilize Media, Materials, and Methods

- Digital Camera: TSW take pictures of the candidates for the Class President and Class Vice President Positions. - Popsicle Sticks: TSW use the popsicle stick to vote for their favorite candidate for the Class President and Class Vice President Positions. - Computers: TSW use the computer to access the program needed to complete their assignment. - MS Excel Program: TSW create different graphs depicting the outcome of the election. - Projector: TSW present their graphs to the class.

Require Learner Participation

The students will be broken up into 4 groups of 5. The students will nominate their peers as candidates for the election. The students will then take pictures of the candidates. 4. The students will use the popsicle sticks as a vote for their candidate. 5. Each group will then use the results to create 2 different types of graphs. 6. After students are finished, each group will present their graphs to the class.

Evaluate & Revise

Student Performance: - The graph presentation will determine if they understood how to use MS Excel. - Observation: Did the student work well with their group? Did the students speak clearly during their presentation? Instructor Performance - Did the students understand the instructions given? - Can students use the lesson taught for future applications?

Election Day

At first I was worried as to how my group and I were going to incorporate all of our majors into one lesson plan. Two people in my group are Chamoru majors, one person is a Social Studies major, one is a Special Education major, and I’m an Early Childhood major. So coming up with one lesson that included all our majors was difficult. When we had our group meeting and decided with a lesson about elections.

Trying to write out the lesson plan was a lot easier than last semester. We had to use the lesson plan format called the “ASSURE” model, which I was used to. Last semester I was extremely confused, but this time it was my group members who were confused. I showed them a website (http://www.unca.edu/education/edtech/techcourse/assure.htm) that explained it to me and last semester and it helped them understand.

Although more than one standard from the NETS can apply to our lesson, I decided upon NETS-T.2.A;

“Planning and Designing Learning Environments and Experiences. Teachers plan and design effective learning environments and experiences supported by technology. Teachers: design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology-enhanced instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of learners.” (http://www.iste.org/inohouse/nets/cnets/teachers/pdf/NETS_forTeachers_2007.pdf)

The part that I enjoyed the most while doing this lesson plan was creating another lesson that incorporated technology. With taking Dr. Cyrus’ class last semester I have a bigger list of resources that will help make it easier for me to enhance the students learning opportunities in the future.

Resources:

"NETS for Teachers." National Educational Technology Standards Project. 22 Feb. 2008. .

Heinich, Molenda, Russell &Smaldino. 1999. Instructional Media and Technologies for Learning. 22 Feb. 2008.

Technology Tool Assessment #3

Tool: Moodle

There are clear educational uses with this tool. This is an easy to use tool and very self explanatory. Recommended for classes to keep track of assignments, due dates, and even contact information of the teacher and classmates.

Moodle

Rating: 5

Tool: Firefox

I found Firefox to be a lot more useful than Internet Explorer. I ended up changing to it. FIrefox has so many add-ons to suit different people’s needs. Such as Adblock or even changing it’s skin. I also found that I had less trouble with Firefox than Internet Explorer, for example with all the pop-ups.

Firefox

Rating: 5

Tool: Del.icio.us

This is a really good tool. I found it amazingly helpful to keep all my bookmarks in one place, especially if you use more than one computer. I also like that we can view and share our own del.icio.us list with our friends, classmates, and teachers. This is a very good educational tool. It is also very easy to use.

Del.icio.us

Rating: 5

Tool: Google Suite

The three tools discussed, Google Pages, Google Docs, and Blogger, are very useful. All three tools were easy to use. I felt that with Google Pages there were some limitations, you can find other website creators with more . With Google Docs I liked that how a document could be edited by more than one person and the same time, although the set-back was that two people could be editing the same part and you wouldn’t be able to see until they were done. With blogger I found it ok. It’s the same as any other blog site, and easy to use.

Google Suite

Rating: 4

Tool: NiceNet

NiceNet is a good place to keep in contact with group members or classmates, but that’s pretty much all. You can upload documents and share them, but I found Moodle to be a little better. NiceNet is easy to figure our and navigate. It does make contacting people a little easier.

NiceNet

Rating: 3

Tool: Jing

Jing is a great tool to have. It helps make presentations or tutorials a little more interesting. Although you can take pictures and videos of what you see on your computer screen, I found that you’d need different software just to be able to save the videos on your computer and watch, which Jing does not tell you. Also, you can’t edit your video so you basically have to keep redoing your video if you mess up. Overall I think this technology tool is useful, considering it’s free.

Jing

Rating: 3

Tool: Pageflakes

Pageflakes is a great way to stay organized especially if you use more than one computer. It is like having an online organizer. You can make To-Do Lists, keep contacts updated, and even check other sites without leaving the page. You can do all that and so much more and its free!

Pageflakes

Rating: 5

Tool: Tripod

Tripod is another website creator that goes beyond its competitors. You can easily edit your page and see how it looks as you edit. It has many different tools to spice up your page and easy to follow steps. Once again a great technology tool for free!

Tripod

Rating: 5

Credit to the following for the images:

http://blogs.peregrinatio.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/moodle1.jpg

http://affiliatefortunecookies.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/firefox_logo.jpg

http://www.nelsonguirado.com/media/users/nguirado/del.gif

http://www.maip.com/media/images/Google%20Logo.jpg

http://www.un.org/depts/OHRM/sds/lcp/Spanish/images/special/Specials_070Rub/nicenet.gif

http://www.jingproject.com/img/jing-logo.gif

http://www.pageflakes.com/ImageFile.ashx?instanceId=Static_4&fileName=pageflakes_logo.PNG&cacheDuration=10080

http://charsnow.tripod.com/imagelib/oneminute/tripod_small.gif