http://www.youtube.com/user/edutopia?v=M_pIK7ghGw4
I found this video on YouTube. It's from an educational site that I really like called Edutopia.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Interactivity #4
Lesson Plan Map Analysis
I chose this lesson plan because I feel most comfortable teaching middle school social studies. I have had a lot of experience in the middle school and high school level and I have come to find that I am meant to be a middle school teacher.There were some gaps between my lesson plan, curriculum goals, teaching strategies, and technologies. However, in my experience I've had with lesson planning and teaching, I've come to realize that you borrow resources from varied places, add your own ideas, and make the lesson your own. Although I keep the standards in mind, I frequently change/add/delete aspects of lessons I come across and make them my own. Since history can be boring for a lot of students, technology is essential in this lesson to spice it up. If students were just reading and answering questions from a text book they wouldn't be as engaged, they would probably not be learning anything, and they would have no way of expressing any creativity. I really thought using Skype was a great way to make history more interesting. I've learned how important it is that students learn from one another and Skype is a perfect way to connect with people in other cities and states with different perspectives. I really liked this lesson and how it seems like a pretty good balance of student centered and teacher centered activities. I enjoy being in front of a class and teaching students but like I said before I think students learn best when they are learning from each other.
I chose this lesson plan because I feel most comfortable teaching middle school social studies. I have had a lot of experience in the middle school and high school level and I have come to find that I am meant to be a middle school teacher.There were some gaps between my lesson plan, curriculum goals, teaching strategies, and technologies. However, in my experience I've had with lesson planning and teaching, I've come to realize that you borrow resources from varied places, add your own ideas, and make the lesson your own. Although I keep the standards in mind, I frequently change/add/delete aspects of lessons I come across and make them my own. Since history can be boring for a lot of students, technology is essential in this lesson to spice it up. If students were just reading and answering questions from a text book they wouldn't be as engaged, they would probably not be learning anything, and they would have no way of expressing any creativity. I really thought using Skype was a great way to make history more interesting. I've learned how important it is that students learn from one another and Skype is a perfect way to connect with people in other cities and states with different perspectives. I really liked this lesson and how it seems like a pretty good balance of student centered and teacher centered activities. I enjoy being in front of a class and teaching students but like I said before I think students learn best when they are learning from each other.
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