I’m excited about my lesson plans because they are able to help me plan for the future in how I want to use technology with my class. The first lesson plan I decided to pick a seventh grade book called, The Outsiders. As I am teaching important English objectives at the same time, I’m teaching technology. For the book, I plan to show my students a digital story that I create from the book, The Outsiders. The students will have a good example and then I will teach them how to make their own digital story about another book they read. In the future, I plan to use technology with several book reports as I did in this lesson. Also in this lesson plan, I had students, blog about what they thought the theme of The Outsiders was. I think it is important for students to learn about blogger especially in English. It is a way to publish writing. I want to use technology as a vehicle to teach ideas such as theme. I also want my students to know about other countries and have assignments communicating with others who live far away. I fulfilled this goal by requiring my students to use snail mail in this particular lesson plan. I also realize that when communicating with other countries and unknown people that safety precautions have to be followed. In the future, I plan to use technology to help my students learn from others and other cultures. (Such as, I did in this particular lesson plan)
I am even more excited about my next lesson plans on careers. I really would like to teach my students about goal making and careers. (This idea applies to writing because they can research careers) My lesson plan takes my students on a scavenger hunt over seven weeks where they will have opportunities through technology to learn about careers. The first week they choose from fifteen different digital stories about careers and they pick five of them to watch. Then the next week they blog about their favorite career and explain why. In the future, I want to give my students similar activities. I want them to learn using digital stories because the learning is a visual education they could not receive otherwise.
For the fourth week, I have my students get into groups of four where they will make their own digital story on a career. (One that was not one of the fifteen) I want my students to think on higher levels and to accomplish my goal I will use technology. This activity on digital stories will help my in my goal. Overall, I want to use technology in my lesson plan because it is an effective way to learn for students. I want to challenge them and use it as my vehicle to teach important objectives.
Video: Millennial generation
In the video, it is clear that the young and rising generation is using technology. They are even asking why questions. For example, questions like “why can’t I watch television on my phone.” I feel that the technology that we have today is only the beginning. Someday we will be able to watch television on our phones and it will be easily assessable. (Also, I feel the cost will be reasonable at one point in time) As I have noticed that all things eventually go down in price such as IPod’s and digital cameras. I want my students to be asking such questions as the students in these videos. They were informed about technology and knew about it without being afraid to use it. I want to teach my students about technology and show them the benefits that it brings to learning. I plan to create assignments that make them think and use technology. I do not want my students to be afraid of technology, I want them to be ready to dive in and use it.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Digital Stories Two...Yay!
As I have been learning how to create a digital story, I have realized it is not as hard as I had first thought. With the help from my group members the process has been simple and reasonable. As a group we discussed and considered all of our options of our digital story. We searched for several different types of pictures on the internet. We found pictures of places that resembled his poems. For example, coinciding with his poem, “Birches,” we found a beautiful picture that represented these trees. Also, we found pictures of Robert frost when he was a young boy and then ones of him as an adult. Then we picked our favorite pictures of his works that he had written himself. Next, we thought about if we wanted our story to simply be about Robert Frost’s life or if we wanted to read his poems instead. All this work that my group has put into this project is going to pay off. All the small details that we talk about and discuss will benefit our students. They will leave our digital story remembering Robert Frost and having a respect for him through seeing all the images.
I often talk about group work— it is very exciting to me and a worthwhile topic. As I have been able to work in groups and make friends I want my students to be able to do the same. As our class has been assigned to groups, I want to do the same in my English classes. I want them to learn how to work with others and enjoy it at the same time.
From this experience of creating digital stories, I would like to teach my students how to create their own digital stories. I could see myself assigning a project where they have to create a story about a book we read as a class. Or create a story about a famous author similar to the one I am working on in our class. I would require them to do so in a group and present it to the class on an assigned day. As students learn in creating their digital stories they will also learn a lot from other students stories also.
Video: Did You Know 3.0
In the video it talks about students who begin a four year technical degree. It goes on to say that by the third year half of what the students have learned will be outdated. I feel that I can apply this to my own college experience. It seems that when I learn something new it changes by the next year. As I say this I am definitely not complaining. Ideas and things are constantly being updated and it has changed the world we live in for the better. I feel that it is important to be ready for change and be that kind of person who is willing to learn new things. For example, I cut hair and I have to continually update my skills with the next new best thing. Technology will continue forward in evolution. For example, in the video it talks about how in 2013 a computer will be built that exceeds the computational capability of the human brain. Times are changing and we must be willing to change with it. As we are being educated on this issue, I feel it is important to teach our students about the same thing. We need to learn technology to help them with their questions. Most of all we need to teach our students to value technology.
I often talk about group work— it is very exciting to me and a worthwhile topic. As I have been able to work in groups and make friends I want my students to be able to do the same. As our class has been assigned to groups, I want to do the same in my English classes. I want them to learn how to work with others and enjoy it at the same time.
From this experience of creating digital stories, I would like to teach my students how to create their own digital stories. I could see myself assigning a project where they have to create a story about a book we read as a class. Or create a story about a famous author similar to the one I am working on in our class. I would require them to do so in a group and present it to the class on an assigned day. As students learn in creating their digital stories they will also learn a lot from other students stories also.
Video: Did You Know 3.0
In the video it talks about students who begin a four year technical degree. It goes on to say that by the third year half of what the students have learned will be outdated. I feel that I can apply this to my own college experience. It seems that when I learn something new it changes by the next year. As I say this I am definitely not complaining. Ideas and things are constantly being updated and it has changed the world we live in for the better. I feel that it is important to be ready for change and be that kind of person who is willing to learn new things. For example, I cut hair and I have to continually update my skills with the next new best thing. Technology will continue forward in evolution. For example, in the video it talks about how in 2013 a computer will be built that exceeds the computational capability of the human brain. Times are changing and we must be willing to change with it. As we are being educated on this issue, I feel it is important to teach our students about the same thing. We need to learn technology to help them with their questions. Most of all we need to teach our students to value technology.
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