Understanding the learner and understanding all the facets that go into realizing the learning process are critical to finally coming around to the larger portion of this course's content - technology.
Without a foundational understanding of how someone learns, being aware of the various tools available to teachers (by way of theories, methods, and planning), the use of technology will (and probably should) fail, especially if it's given the power to supplant your teaching rather than to support it.
Realize, that I really do enjoy learning, and learning about technology. I love to play with it, figure out and investigate how it can be used in a support role to teaching. Yet, we have to get a good handle on these basics - including lesson planning.
Lesson planning holds behind it this idea of looking before you leap, and thinking through how you are going send the message - with the intent that the message you send is the message received. Lesson planning takes practice, research, collecting the supplies needed, preparing the classroom, etc., in order to help bring about or at the very least - support student success.
This week you have the same chapter puzzler's to do - and I know those will probably be very easy. Focus your best effort on coming up with a rock-solid lesson plan - one in which you can be proud. Here's my objective for this assignment:
The Learner Should Be Expected To: construct a lesson plan with a given framework (see bullets below) and identify the technology to be integrated into the lesson 100% of the time.
TLS(BET): assess the role of the technology identified 100% of the time.
Be sure to include/state the following:
- the grade level
- the subject area
- the subject area standard you'll be focusing on
- well written objectives (at least 2)
- well written procedures following a Step 1, Step2, etc. pattern
- materials you'll need (just a list not the actual supplies
- some form of technology integration
