Sunday, February 9, 2014

Journal Post 4

Journal Post 4
EME 2040

Chapter 4-Lesson Plans

How can teachers use technology to make decisions about meeting educational standards in their lesson plans? 1. Utilizing the web 2. Introduction 3. Standards 4. Hyperlink

Nowadays technology can be utilized at work, school, and at home. Technology has come a long way especially for teachers. Teacher can assess and evaluate students, use grading software, create rubrics, create lesson plans, get the standards their school uses, and find resources online.

First lets start by talking briefly about utilizing the web. There are a lot of reliable sources that can be utilized to help the teacher find answers that she may have if she needs more information on a certain subject. The public schools usually provide links on the schools website for teachers. This will help the teacher get more comfortable as she gets more informed on the subject she had questions on.

The second thing is the introduction on your lesson plan. When a teacher is utilizing technology to make decisions on her lesson plans, she could start off with beginning with one of the standards for a kindergarten class and sing a song that meets one of the music standards seen here: http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewIdea/Preview/982#/#accesspoints-toggle

Next is the standards, how can we make sure we are meeting these standards? The public schools usually have the standards on their webpage. These standards have a section where the teachers in Collier County can go into and utilize their website to get ideas and more informed on what the requirements are and will help them with teaching the students. One of the standards is the Common Core State Standard. It will give you the option to chose a grade level and subject (Mathematics or English Language Arts). It will have the standards and you can choose to watch a video that will help you understand the standard and what the student is required to learn. This is a short video on the Common Core State Standard.
The standards help each teacher to need to teach. I use the VPK (Voluntary Prekindergarten) Standards. I make sure that every week when I create a lesson plan, I have met the standards for the week and I also make sure that each standard is met by the end of the year. The standards basically help "guide" me to teach what the students need to learn and accomplish it by the end of the year.

I also add hyperlinks or videos to my lesson plan and I can bring them up on the SmartBoard and just click on it and the children just watch what I would like for them to watch. This also helps for them to avoid watching commercials that are not appropriate for them like YouTube has inappropriate ads for children, most of the time.





1 comment:

  1. A very thorough answer with reflective comments to the focus question - also like the enhancement with YouTube video. Missing the "Tech Tool" and "Summary" sections?

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