Megan's first lesson plan (final version)

Target Audience of the Lesson:
A first grade class is beginning to learn about the United States government. There are 20 students of all learning levels in the class. 3 of the students have a learning disability in reading and 2 of the students have an attention disorder (ADD).

Big Idea of the Lesson:
The class is beginning to learn about the United States government. The teacher decides to take the students on a virtual field trip of the White House as well as the U.S.Capitol to learn more of where some government action takes place.

Overall Goal for the Lesson:
I want students to be able to see where portions of United States government action take place.

Indiana Content Standards Addressed:
1.2.1 Give examples of people who have the authority* to make and enforce rules.
1.4.3 Compare and contrast different jobs people do to earn income.

ISTE CNETS Student Standards Addressed
2. Use a variety of media and technology resources for directed and independent learning activities.
9. Use technology resources (e.g., puzzles, logical thinking programs, writing tools, digital cameras, drawing tools) for problem solving, communication, and illustration of thoughts, ideas, and stories.

Student Objectives for the lesson:
In this lesson students will explore the United States capitol as well as the White House to view different places where government takes place. They will complete a worksheet answering different questions about the rooms they saw in the two buildings.
Length of Lesson: (minutes, number of class periods, or days or weeks needed).
This lesson will take about an hour to an hour and a half
Schedule of Activities: (Break down your activity into a timeline of events. Focus on what students will be doing and what teachers will be doing during each part of the activity.)
Have students gather around the classroom computer or on their own computer in a computer lab
Students will link to the White House website and the U.S. capitol website
At the websites the students will explore different rooms of the white house and the capitol building.
4. Students will write down aspects about the different rooms they encountered in the two buildings5. Students will come together to discuss how these different rooms looked and what they are used for

How will these activities be assessed?
I will be able to assess my students through a few different ways. I will be able to assess them through their worksheets they filled out, through watching them while they explore, as well as by asking questions during a discussion at the end of class.

Adaptations:
For a student with special needs you could pair that student with another that may make it easier. Also some individual attention for the special needs student would also be helpful. If these two tactics couldn’t work the instructor could have a computer hooked up to a projection screen for the whole class to see.

Materials Needed:
Computer(s)
Worksheets
http://www.senate.gov/vtour/index.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov

Revision for First Lesson Plan

For my first lesson, once I learned we would have to be teaching these at some point, I need to change my lesson activity a lot. Instead of it being 2 weeks long, since that is way to long, I decided this would take up two class periods. I will have the students doing research still, but instead of doing any out of class work, I will allow the entire lesson time to be devoted to the timeline activity. Students will still be working with groups, but they will be using the internet to gather data and pictures to do a visual timeline. It will still be about major events from the 1920s-present and they will still need to find at least 10-15 events. How I will change this is the students will need to find an event, get a picture that represents that event well (picture must be approved by me), and write up what that event was about, who was involved, and the outcome. They will then need to do that in a powerpoint fashion, then be able to print out the entire thing to be able to line it up in a timeline form. Hopefully this will work out better then the 2 week form.

Heather's Activities

For my lesson plan I plan on dividing the class into cooperative groups of 4-5 students. Provide each group with at least one magazine and the local newspaper. Ask the groups to locate at least two advertisements highlighting modern technologies. Each group should then discuss the value of the modern technology and the influence of the technology on daily life. Students will be able to understand the concepts of using technology and become more familiar with using different types of technology through activities.

Megan's First Lesson

Activity Name: My U.S. Government
Target Audience: K-12
Subject: Social Studies
Learning Style: Observational Learning
Purpose: To allow students to see the most popular government building, to gain a better understanding of governmental practices.

Task:
1. Have students gather around the classroom computer.(for upper level grades the students may be at their own computer.
2. Students will link to the White House website
3. At the website the students will explore different rooms of the white house
4. Students will write down aspects about different the different rooms the encountered
5. Students will come together to discuss how these different rooms are utilized in day to day activities by the President and his staff.

Megan's Preliminary Lesson Plan

Target Audience of the Lesson:
A first grade class is beginning to learn about the United States government. There are 20 students of all learning levels in the class. 3 of the students have a learning disability in reading and 2 of the students have an attention disorder (ADD).

Big Idea of the Lesson:
The class is beginning to learn about the United States government. The teacher decides to take the students on a virtual field trip of the White House to learn more of where some government action takes place.



Overall Goal for the Lesson:
I want the students to be able to connect what they are seeing with elements of the U.S. government.

Indiana Content Standards Addressed:
1.2.1
Give examples of people who have the authority to make and enforce rules.
ISTE CNETS Student Standards Addressed

2. Social, ethical, and human issues
Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.

Activity for Lesson Plan

The activity that I have come up with will be for a 6th grade class. This will be a social studies lesson and will take about 2 weeks to complete. I am having the students create a video timeline of the 1920s-present. They will be working on this in groups and must first do research to come up with their ideas on the topics they want to cover. They must have at least 10-15 events to cover on their timeline. In order to have a better visual of what to look for, the students must hand in a written timeline first to show their events. These must be approved by me. The students can be as creative as they want with costumes, etc. While working in groups, pictures must be taken during their meeting time to show progress and assess the work they are doing. The overall assessment will be the video to see how well they understood the assignment along with how well they learned their history.

Penny's Activity

Hey guys, since I might actually have to do this lesson plan, it is not feasible to make it a "field trip." Therefore, I am abandoning the digital camera idea and replacing it with research on the internet. The students will still prepare a power point presentation.

Divide the class into 8 groups (3-4 in a group). Assign each group a topic related to their home community. (Restaurants, Arts & Entertainment, Activities, Attractions, Transportation, Worship, Homes, Fun Facts)
Give each group a URL or two and a list of questions to answer about their topic. Tell them if they find any interesting pictures to go with their topic to let me know. (I will show them how to save them.)
Students will be looking for things that are unique about their community as well as looking for several examples of their topic to show diversity.
Teacher will be monitoring students and assisting where needed.

Amy's Lesson Activities

The activity for my lesson plan is to answer a survey using the performance support system. I will have the students poll their fellow peers on their "favorites" (ie. favorite color, food, car, etc.) I will then have the students interpret this data.

Penny's Preliminary Lesson Plan

Target Audience of the Lesson:
Third grade classroom. There are 24 students

Big Idea of the Lesson:
Students will examine their own community to find what makes it unique and diverse.

Overall Goal for the Lesson:
The students will identify the factors that make their town special and take digital pictures of it.
They will create a presentation that could be used for families who are new to the community.

Indiana Content Standards Addressed:
3.5.1 - Give examples of how the local community is made up of many individuals, as well as many different groups.
3.5.3 - Examine the contributions of individual artists (painters, sculptors, writers, musicians, and traditional artists) in enriching the culture of the community.
3.5.4 - Identify factors that make the local community unique, including how the community is enriched through foods, crafts, customs, languages, music, visual arts, architecture, dance, and drama representing various cultures.

ISTE CNETS Student Standards Addressed
3 Technology productivity tools
Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.

#W301 Lesson Plan Template
Target Audience of the Lesson:
Grades 6-8
Big Idea of the Lesson:
Technology Impact in Education
Subject: Language Arts/Social Studies/Technology
Divide the class into cooperative groups of 4-5 students. Provide each group with at least one magazine and the local newspaper. Ask the groups to locate at least two advertisements highlighting modern technologies. Each group should then discuss the value of the modern technology and the influence of the technology on daily life. Each group will be invited to share their advertisements with the class and review their reflections regarding the necessity of the modern technology. The teacher will track the discussion via a graphic organizer and display the advertisements.
Facilitate a whole group discussion regarding essential modern technologies and how they affect the students’ daily lives.

Overall Goal for the Lesson:
For students to be able to:
Identify influential modern technological advances.
Compare essential and non-essential modern technological devises.
Describe the impact of modern technological inventions on life in 2005.
Evaluate the current US culture’s dependency on technology.
Explain how technology integration impacts US student preparation for a Global Economy.
Write a formal persuasive business letter emphasizing the need for technology within the school setting.
Understand the difference between Fact and Opinion.

Indiana Content Standards Addressed:
Standard 1: READING: Word Recognition, Fluency, and Vocabulary DevelopmentWord Recognition involves the understanding of the basic features of words: word parts, patterns, relationships, and origins. Students use phonics, context clues, and a growing knowledge of English and other languages to determine the meaning of words and become fluent readers.
Standard 7: LISTENING AND SPEAKING: Skills, Strategies, and ApplicationsResponse to oral communication includes careful listening and evaluation of content. Speaking skills, such as phrasing, pitch, and tone are developed in conjunction with such strategies as narration, exposition, description, and persuasion and are applied to students’ delivery of oral presentations.

ISTE CNETS Student Standards Addressed
Social, ethical, and human issues:
Students understand the ethical, cultural, and societal issues related to technology.
Students practice responsible use of technology systems, information, and software.
Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.
Technology productivity tools :
Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.

W301 Lesson Template

TARGET AUDIENCE: 3rd graders

BIG IDEA: Use whiteboards to show different habitats and have the students place various animals in the correct habitat.

OVERALL GOAL: For students to know about different habitats as well as what animals live there. By the end of the lesson the students will be able to place various animals in their correct habitats.

INDIANA CONTENT STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
Diversity of Life
3.4.1

Demonstrate that a great variety of living things can be sorted into groups in many ways using various features, such as how they look, where they live, and how they act, to decide which things belong to which group.

3.4.2

Explain that features used for grouping depend on the purpose of the grouping.

ISTE STUDENT STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
3. Technology productivity tools

Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.

Lesson Plan Ideas

These ideas are for science class.

~Use the interactive whiteboard to show different habitats (ex: Rainforest, Arctic) and have students place where the different animal belong (ex: lizard, polar bear).

~Use the tablets to do an on-line scavenger hunt. For example. if discussing weather in science class I would give the students incidents of natural disasters, such as Katrina, and have them find the five W's, WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY.

~Use digital cameras to take pictures of the different phases of the moon throughout a month. Could compare pictures and find the differences and similarities between them. For example, someone's moon may look slightly different if he or she took the picture at a different time in the evening than someone else.

Amy's Lesson Plan 1

Target Audience of the Lesson:
This lesson plan is intended for a sixth grade math lesson. It should be implemented during a unit where the students are learning about fractions and percentages.

Big Idea of the Lesson:
This lesson consists of using the performance support system to collect data about various real world questions, and then interpret this data using percentages and statistics.

Overall Goal for the Lesson:
Students should become familiar with using the performance support system to create polls and collect data. After completion of this lesson, students should also be able to analyze and explain what the data means. This lesson plan should also help students practice with the following math skills: fractions, percentages, and statistics.

Indiana Content Standards Addressed:
Standard 1: Number Sense
*Convert between any two representations of numbers (fractions, decimals, and percents) without the use of a calculator.
*Recognize decimal equivalents for commonly used fractions without the use of a calculator.

Standard 6: Data Analysis and Probability*Through the collection and analysis of data, students can learn to make sense of and interpret information. This will enable them to make and critically examine statistical arguments.
* Organize and display single-variable data in appropriate graphs and stem-and-leaf plots, and explain which types of graphs are appropriate for various data sets.

ISTE CNETS Student Standards Addressed
1. Technology productivity tools:
*Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
*Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.

5. Technology research tools:
*Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
*Students use technology tools to process data and report results.
*Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.

Lesson Plan 1

W301 Lesson Plan Template

Target Audience of the Lesson:
A 6th grade social studies course. There are 24 students in the class and this class is required for every 6th grade class. There are students with honors and students that struggle with grades. 3 of the students that struggle have a learning disability in reading and 2 of the 3 have an attention disorder (ADD).

Big Idea of the Lesson:
The students are learning about historical sites in Indiana. They are focusing on Spring Mill State Park for the next few weeks. I want to take them on a field trip to the park so they can take pictures with class digital cameras.


Overall Goal for the Lesson:
I want students to begin to have a better understanding of history around them and become more familiar in particular with Indiana’s history.
Indiana Content Standards Addressed:

6.5.7
Examine art, music, literature, and architecture in Europe and the Americas; explain their relationship to the societies that created them; and give examples of how artistic ideas have spread from one culture to another

ISTE CNETS Student Standards Addressed
1. Social, ethical, and human issues
· Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.

3 Ways of Using Technology in the Classroom

1. Mathematics- using computers for different mathematical activites is beneficial for students. This allows them to work at their own pace and learn through practice.

2. Science- using the internet to explore different approaches to finding out methods of experiementation allows each student to use their individual creativity while learning about science.

3. Another useful form of technology in the classroom is using powerpoints. This can be beneficialfor teacher or student presentations and also highlighting important parts of a lesson.

Amy Scheidler, lesson plan ideas

The following are three lesson plan ideas that incorporate technology for various subjects:
1. Art History lesson- have the students do a virtual tour of a museum in Europe. Then have the students pick on particular exhibit at this museum to focus on and research more about.
2. Math Lesson- use the performance support system to poll students on various questions. Then have the students use this data to complete a project that works with statistics and percentages (math) in the real world.
3. Science Lesson- have students form groups and make a power point presentation about a specific subject in science. Then, have the students present these presentations to the class.
4. Spanish Lesson- create a blog in which your students can communicate via the computer with a group of students from Spain. Have the students find out information about Spain's culture, history, etc.

lesson plan ideas, Megan

going on a virtual feild trip to a museum to aid in a history lesson

use a digital camera to take pictures of your classroom and make a digital tour of the classroom and or the school

students create a power point to tach a lesson to the class about a particular subject or project

Lesson Plan ideas, Holly

For a fifth or sixth grade class, have the students work in small groups and go to a local park, museum, or even around a school, and have them create a website with pictures for that particular place to be used as an online brochure. The students will need to go to the actual place and take their own pictures using a digital camera and transfer them to their website.

For a social studies lesson, let students pick a topic to cover that they find most interesting. For example WWII, and have them create their own powerpoint with pictures they find on the internet and discuss it with the class. They will learn how to make a powerpoint and be able to experience teaching at the same time. This would be a lesson for 3-6 grade.

To teach younger students how to use the internet and follow directions, give them a sheet of directions to follow for different site to find. Have them go to helpful sites that they will use such as Google, Wikipedia, etc. Allow students to explore and use these tools for future learning. Grades K-2.

Lesson Ideas

A Scavenger Hunt using digital cameras - a field trip to the town square looking for culture (art, history, foreign country, etc.) OR a trip outside looking for certain examples of plants, fungi, or animals

Using Geometer Sketchpad to explore triangles.

Younger grades- something to practice typing skills-perhaps some sort of blogging or IM - give a topic to discuss