Lesson 1 Phase 2 Reflection
1. Instructional Decisions/Teaching:
I believe my lesson went the way I had expected and wanted it to go. It was easy to get everyone logged in to the web page and set up to create their brainstorming mind map. The objectives and standards were aligned well because the students were able to develop facts and details for their final essay which is an AZ standard. The only modification I can think of is if there aren't enough chromebooks for all students then I would suggest breaking up the writing process into stations.
2. Mechanics:
The technologies used within this lesson are chromebooks, access to indmeister.com, and a printer. Students used the chromebooks to sign on to the webpage mindmeister.com to begin their first phase of their expressive writing piece in which they created a brainstorming mind map. Once the mind map was finished they would print it and use the printed artifact to begin writing their paper. Again, they would use the chromebooks to type up their final drafts. The lesson was within the correct time frame because all students were able to create an essay that included an introductory paragraph, a body, and a conclusion paragraph.
3. Assessment of Learning:
Above is the link to the one student who provided me with their mind map. Thank you Mark! I believe this student was able to a achieve the objective of my lesson because he created the brainstorming mind map which provided facts about himself, the first phase of the writing process. I believe I was highly successful in teaching this lesson because I provided the needed information for student success. Students were able to locate the webpage and with my demonstration they were able to navigate the web page to the correct mind map and begin working.
4. What did you learn from designing and teaching this lesson and how will you use this in the creation of future lessons/learning activities.
I have found that it is important to have procedures set in place when implementing technology in the classroom. For this particular lesson it is important for students to know the procedures of getting their chromebook and how to open a web page and type it in to the search engine. I believe this certain web page provides many different graphic organizers that are helpful and beneficial for organization and student learning. I would definitely use this for all writing lessons/activities in the future.
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