Blog #8
The Dynamic Instructional Design model is a great source to reference when exploring a lesson plan while looking for feedback and revision within that plan. It breaks down a process into 6 steps to follow when analyzing student learning. The lesson plan I chose to assess is known as Respect Others. Respect Yourself. (http://headsup.scholastic.com/teachers/respect-others-respect-yourself). It emphasizes the importance of self-respect in human development in order to construct healthy relationships and behaviors amongst one another. The lesson plan hits on many of the points highlights in the D.I.D model. The first part of the D.I.D discusses knowing your learners. Seeing that the lesson plan targets students in 6-12th grade, one can understand where this age group's developmental stage is and what their backgrounds may consist of. The next part discusses articulate objectives. This lesson plan outlines three important objectives that students should master by the end. The learning environment aspect is tackled by creating a group activity for the children to participate in in order to create an active learning space. Identifying teaching and learning strategies comes from reiterating the ideas expressed in the first steps and ensuring they were effective. Selecting technologies is navigated by allowing the educator to decide whether or not they choose to include technology in their lesson plan through the group activity or perhaps a video to go along with the lesson. Finally, the evaluation and revision allows for educators to revisit their entire lesson plan after assessing their students on the material and measuring the effectiveness of the plan.
Powerpoint has been around since I could remember. It's multi-functional use allows for students, educators, and even business people to quickly and efficiently put together a presentation. Bloom's taxonomy can be applicable in many different ways when looking at powerpoint. The lower levels of this model describe very surface-level learning styles such as remembering, analyzing, and applying. With powerpoint, an educator can put pictures up on a slide with a corresponding word for students to remember. They could use the picture with caption slide to execute this. Or, the students can demonstrate the illustrated word which would cater to the apply level. With the higher levels, students can use powerpoint to argue their viewpoint on a story in which they either support or defend an idea in that story by providing their support through the presentation. This would cater to the create and evaluate levels of the model.
The WebQuest assignment was definitely one of the trickier assignments of the semester. However, I learned a great deal on how to construct a website and all of its benefits in allowing students to fully understand a project and the expectations within it. Not only did I learn how to add graphics into my website, I also learned how to use different color styles to provide an aesthetically pleasing picture. I loved being able to organize my project into a single space that my "students" could reference if needing guidance during the project. I can most definitely see myself using this when I am an educator in the future only because it was way more fun to construct as opposed to verbalizing the expectations in the classroom or handing out a project paper.
Powerpoint has been around since I could remember. It's multi-functional use allows for students, educators, and even business people to quickly and efficiently put together a presentation. Bloom's taxonomy can be applicable in many different ways when looking at powerpoint. The lower levels of this model describe very surface-level learning styles such as remembering, analyzing, and applying. With powerpoint, an educator can put pictures up on a slide with a corresponding word for students to remember. They could use the picture with caption slide to execute this. Or, the students can demonstrate the illustrated word which would cater to the apply level. With the higher levels, students can use powerpoint to argue their viewpoint on a story in which they either support or defend an idea in that story by providing their support through the presentation. This would cater to the create and evaluate levels of the model.
The WebQuest assignment was definitely one of the trickier assignments of the semester. However, I learned a great deal on how to construct a website and all of its benefits in allowing students to fully understand a project and the expectations within it. Not only did I learn how to add graphics into my website, I also learned how to use different color styles to provide an aesthetically pleasing picture. I loved being able to organize my project into a single space that my "students" could reference if needing guidance during the project. I can most definitely see myself using this when I am an educator in the future only because it was way more fun to construct as opposed to verbalizing the expectations in the classroom or handing out a project paper.
Great job in sharing the interesting lesson plan and evaluating it! You well explained how to use PowerPoint to support student learning at each level of Bloom’s Taxonomy. It's a great idea to use the picture with caption slide to ask students to remember something.
ReplyDeleteI am glad to hear that you learned a great deal on how to construct a website and all of its benefits.