Phase 2: Reflection on Lesson

INSTRUCTIONAL DECISIONS/TEACHING

• Overall, I think that the activity went really well.  I had some trouble with a student loosing their work and not being able to fully complete it, but everyone else was able to complete their work and actually put some effort and thought in it.  I did have some complaining throughout doing the activity and a student telling me "this is too hard for the grade level" but it met the standards and everyone else enjoyed it.

• I was able to keep aligned to my standards and objectives.  During the activity every stayed on task and it seemed to keep their interest for the whole hour.  I made this activity take up most of the hour to keep everyone interested and engaged.  They were also teaching themselves about a topic that came from an overarching topic, which was part of my objectives.

• Modifications that I made during the lesson was to not have the students keep a word document containing added information from their timeline presentation.  There simply was just not enough time for that.

MECHANICS

• Technologies the teacher used was the SmartBoard.  Technologies the students used was their personal computers.

• Technologies that I used for the teacher was the SmartBoard.  I just used this to show the students how the timeline maker would work.  Students then just used their personal computers to conduct the research and make their timeline.

• Yes, my lesson was within the 60 minute time frame.  The students had plenty of time to do their activity and I had them wrap up a couple minutes early so a student could present their work.  If I had a little more time, I would have had all of the students present their timeline, but it was not needed.

ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING

• Digital Artifacts:

• Two out of my three students were able to successfully complete the assignment.  The only reason the third student did not fully complete it is because she kept closing out of it without saving it.  Regardless, they all did what they were supposed too very successfully with what was turned.

• I believe I had success in teaching this lesson.  There was not a lot of lecturing, it was more the students working on the activity so they could later on teach each other.  I think this is a more effective way to teach instead of just lecturing them on each topic.  Based on the responses, all my students enjoyed doing this too!