Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Multimedia Lesson Plan Reflection

    Teachers need to take many things into consideration while planning a lesson.  They need to come up with an effective way to teach the subject matter to students, make accommodations or modifications for fast and slow learners, and constantly evaluate themselves, the students, and the lesson itself.
    I believe Standard 2A of the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS*T) applies to this assignment.  Standard 2A of NETS*T states that teachers will "design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity" (International Society for Technology in Education, 2008).  Our group created relevant learning experiences for the students and incorporated digital tools by having them view the video and play the educational game on the computer.  The students were to create a glog on Gloster.com to display information of the planet they were assigned.
   Some revisions we can make to the lesson plan to accommodate students with disabilities would probably be to alter the medium.  For example, we can adjust the brightness or contrast levels for students with visual impairments and we can increase the volume levels for students with hearing impairments.  The difficulty level on the educational game can be switched to "easy".  Students who need a challenge can research and write more information on their glog.
    I enjoyed collaborating with my group members when making this multimedia lesson plan because we were able to critique each other's ideas.  Everyone contributed something.  We found interesting websites for songs and games.  Our group divided the workload and we each had a task to complete.  Two of us had to type out the lesson plan format, two worked on the assessment, and the others worked on putting together the website but we all searched for games, activities, and other sources for the lesson.  It did not take us a long time to complete this assignment at all.  It took a while for us to understand what it was we needed to do, but after looking at previous students' samples we were able to have a better understanding of the assignment.  Another reason I liked this assignment was that it allowed us to incorporate technology into our lesson.  Linda Bennet, an editor and associate professor at the MU College of Education's Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum, said, "We have to prepare students for today's society, and if we are not using technology in the classroom, then we are not preparing them adequately" (Faddis, 2007).  I believe that statement to be true.  Not only will our students be engaged, but they will be learning the basics of technology to use in society.
   Teachers must analyze and evaluate their lesson plans, students, and methods of teaching in order to improve the quality of learning for students.  I believe creating this multimedia lesson plan allowed me to consider all aspects of a lesson.  When creating lessons, I usually generalize ideas and keep my lesson plan simple.  I can honestly say I have not worked on a lesson plan as intensely as I have on this lesson plan.  I believe that students will be interested in this lesson because it incorporates technology.  I plan on using this in my classroom in the future.


International Society for Technology in Education (2008). NETS for Teachers 2008. 

Faddis, J (2008). Teachers should embrace technology and incorporate it into the classroom.
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