Digital Badge J ch.4

           Lesson Plans are very important in a classroom. It gives guidelines and directions for each activity of the day. Planning allows your classroom to have a flow feeling. Without a plan students will move through the activities without sense of purpose. They will become distracted as you are thinking how to organize that lesson. Enhancing lesson plans with technology is very engaging to students. There are three elements  related to a good lesson plan they are academic content, teaching goals, learning assessment.



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       The academic content are facts, concept, ideas, and skills used in your lesson. It is under the branch that said what to teach. Under each state there are assigned standards about the lesson they need to follow. There is a curriculum that needs to be followed. The teacher decides how he/she wants to teach it. Technology is a great way to teach with. You can use videos, pictures, charts, databases, and wiki all of the sources will enhance the students knowledge about the lesson.
         Also, when preparing a lesson plan you need to know how to teach. Using teaching goals methods and procedures. A goal is use because it gives you a reason to see how far you need to teach in that lesson. You can combine goals by daily learning. Technology helps by using visual thinking software, presentation software, web based diagrams. I think using these tools due benefit kids. I see it at the school I work at when a teacher combines it in her lesson plans how students engage more. Their understanding increases as well. Using sources such as websites, podcast, software, and cameras.
       Lastly, when creating a lesson plan your next element is knowing what the students have learned. This is done by assessments. Some assessments can be done before, middle or the end of a lesson. This measures the students knowledge, understanding, and performance. Some technologies that can be used to assess kids are electronic quizzes and test, grade keeping, student response system. The student response system can be done by older kids. It will show you what they have learned and if they are confused its very helpful for a teacher.
        Using lesson plans in a classroom is very important. Without one you will be lost and so will your students. Using technology enhances it and engages the students in a daily basis.


Reference:
Maloy, R. W. (2011). Transforming learning with new technologies. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.