- Instructional Decisions/Teaching (InTask Standard # 9): Discuss the implementation process and describe
- What went well and what didn't go well during the implementation of your lesson?
- I think that the assessment and the students knowing the material and being able to use it is what went well. I think that the opening of my lesson could have flowed better because I started with some higher thinking to start with and it was not working.
- How well was the alignment to objectives and standards maintained?
- All of the standards were aligned perfectly to each activity of the lesson and after each chunk of the lesson, I realigned the student's thoughts to the objective and what it was we were trying to accomplish.
- Describe any modifications made during the implementation of the lesson
- The modification I made was that for specific students, I didn't have them answer in detail, the last questions of the sections. Instead, I had them focus their efforts in showing their work and have a solid idea of the math concept rather than graphing it fully.
- Mechanics:
- What technologies did I use (for the teacher and the learner)?
- The technologies that the teacher used were the projector,computer, googledocs, the graphing website and the white board for examples. The students were using their own document through google and the graphing website. For a physical activity, students created foldables for their notes.
- How were the technologies used (by whom and in what manner)?
- The website was used to graph the equations that the students found through their work of the questions that I provided for the students. The students then copied and pasted this into their GoogleDoc, which was used for students to type their answers.
- My lesson was within the correct time frame
- The lesson was within the correct time frame because I over planned, so I had plenty of activities for the students to work on as well as stations if students needed more practice or wanted more practice and I had a review game for students if more time was available.
- Assessment of Learning (InTask Standard # 6):
- Describe your students' level of success in achieving the standards and objectives for your lesson based on your assessment
- Students were successful in their work in their groups as well as individually. I noticed that although the students were in groups, they worked individually but also used each other when one was confused but they did not copy off of each other.
- Describe the level of success you had in teaching the lesson
- How do your individual reflections support this?
- The students felt that the lesson was paced well and that the activities were perfect for teaching the lesson. The students reflected that they felt they knew the material and were not weary of the lesson material after it was taught. They had fun at the different centers and they enjoyed the closing of the lesson that was a competition between the groups.
- How do the comments from your classmates support this?
- Students agreed that the technology was used successfully and that the graphing website helped further their understanding of how the prices or unit rates compared to each other. Students also like the foldable and the ability to look back at physical notes even though computers were used for their work.
- 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 learned that it is always better to be over planned than to feel like I did not have enough material for the students to cover and to have students feel confused. I planned for all levels of knowledge to be able to understand the material and to move through their work at a pace that was set for the class but was beneficial to each student and group. I think that if I were to teach this lesson again, I know that I would do everything the same, but it would turn into a 2 day lesson if the students did not have any background knowledge. If they did, it would be a one day lesson.
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