Saturday, February 2, 2013

Chapter #3 - DEVELOPING LESSONS WITH TECHNOLOGY

Focus Question: What is meant by "lesson development using technology"?
  • Lesson development is central to the work of every teacher.
  • Lesson development is a process of creative design and decision making that includes three elements: (1) what to teach, (2) how to teach, and (3) how to know what students have learned.
  • Technology tools support all three aspects of lesson development.
Lesson planning is a special skill that is learned in much the same way as other skills.  It is one thing to surf the web to retrieve lesson plans from others sites and adapt them to your needs.  The internet has many thousands of lesson plans available to anyone.  I find something that will either give me some new ideas, or perhaps reinforce my oldes ones.  Learning from other teachers is an important means of professional development.

Tech Tool 3.1: PBS Teachers

PBS Teachers is an extensive resource for educators from the Public Broadcasting Service. It is available free of charge online. I like this side because it has Prek activities, professional development opportunities, video, etc.

In conclusion technologies change every aspect of teacher's work, including how to plan lessons, keep records, and communicate with students, families, and collagues.  As a parent waiting for inews each month from my daughter's school I find wonderful and also working with prek children getting ideas and information from all kind of sources help me a lot.

Resources:

Maloy, R. W., Verock-O, R. E., Edwards, S. A., & Woolf, B. P. (2010). Transforming
teaching with new technologies. Allyn & Bacon
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  1. M ColemanFebruary 8, 2013 at 6:14 PM

    Thanks for moving into more reflective writing - that is definitely the goal of this blog/assignment. Do develop your thoughts and writing to increase in depth and length, but this is the direction to move!

    The availability of resources for teachers on the internet is almost overwhelming these days! I think that is a 'good' problem, but it does mean that teachers have to take the time to filter out what works and what doesn't work for them and their students.

    Great hyperlinks! :)

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