Overall Instructor Rating: Satisfactory
Ratings explanation:
- Exemplary - A model answer in almost every way (this is given out very rarely).
- Satisfactory - Very well done; you've met the expectations of the assignment. There are some minor problems, so read my feedback well.
- Marginal Pass - You pass, but there are lots of issues to consider. Read my feedback very carefully and be sure you understand the points/issues I raise.
- Not satisfactory, redo and resubmit - The assignment was not completed appropriately. I am concerned that you do not understand the process well enough yet. To get credit for the assignment, you need to redo it, most probably on another topic. Read and consider my feedback very carefully before redoing.
Instructor's Overall Feedback:
Your lesson design is excellent: Very carefully designed with great attention to Gagne's events of instruction.
Your lesson's objective is not complete, however, which prevented me from giving you a rating of "exemplary".
The purpose of this activity is to design a specific lesson based on the lesson objectives identified in one of your unit instructional curriculum maps (ICMs). This IDA is designed to give you practice in planning lesson based on Gagne's events of instruction (see Dick, Carey, and Carey, chapter 8).
Complete the instructional strategy planning sheet below for one lesson of your choice. Preferably, this is a lesson that you identified during the unit design analysis. However, you can choose any lesson you wish. As outlined by Dick, Carey, and Carey, it may be helpful to organize the events of instruction in the following major groups or components: Pre-instructional activities, Content presentation, Learner participation, Assessment, Follow-through activities.
Your instructional plan should emphasize materials-centered instruction. That is, you should consider resources other than a live instructor for the delivery of the lesson. As you consider possible media, also consider the affordances, or special characteristics, that various media possess.
Instructional Strategy Planning Sheet
Write the instructional objectives of your lesson here (it can be more than one):
Your final response:
Describe how the concept of appropriateness is applied to create professional publications. 1
The instructor's feedback to this step:
This is OK, but it is not written as a complete objective (at least as described in class). Recall the "recipe":
"A-B-C, and maybe D, but definitely include the cap-a-bil-a-tee."
...which translates to:
The student will be able to (Audience), Learned Capability, Behavior, Condition, and add Degree if it makes sense, and if you have the basis for determining this.
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Enter your instructional plan for each of the instructional components. Also indicate your media choice for each instructional component.
Instructional Component |
Instructional Plan |
Media Choice |
1. Pre-instructional activities
- a. Motivating the learners/gaining their attention
- b. Informing the learners of the lesson objectives or purposes
- c. Informing the learner of what they already need to know to be successful in this lesson (i.e. prerequisite skills)
2. Content presentation
- a. Presenting the content to be learned (i.e. stimulus material)
- b. Guiding the learners as they are presented with the content
3. Learner participation
- a. Giving the learner opportunites for practice (i.e. eliciting the performance)
- b. Giving the learner feedback during practice
4. Assessment
- Tests and other assessments to see if anything has been learned as a result of this lesson
5. Follow-through activities
- a. Memory aids for retention
- b. Activities to help learners transfer their learning to other contexts
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Your final response:
1. Pre-instructional activities
1a. Present students with two examples of brochures
Each brochure cover will have the same text, but
will be presented differently using various fonts,
font sizes, and graphics. Discuss with students
the kinds of image or feeling each brochure
projects.
1b. Describe that the goal of the lesson is
to choose fonts and graphics that project the writer's
intended message. Explain that the lesson will
include correcting/editing inappropriate selctions
in different types of publications and creating
publications by choosing appropriate elements.
1c.Emphasize the importance of element placement
in the creation of different types of publications.
2. Content presentation
2a and b. Present same two brochure covers
and discuss which brochure is appropriate in
regards to the intended message. Present student
with two more set of examples and discuss which
example conveys the intended message.
3. Learner participation
3a and b. Assign exercises from the text that require
them to edit and create appropriate professional
publications. Assist students with any questions
or concerns they may encounter as they complete
the exercises.
4. Assessment
4. Ask the students to create a flyer announcing
the annual company picnic for Triple C Lanscape.
The flyer should contain an appropriate selection
of fonts and graphics. Students will not be able
to refer to their textbooks or each other for
design tips.
5. Follow-through activities
5a. Have students critique another's work
(anonymously, of course). They can use their
textbooks and the Poweroint presentation to help
reiterate important principles and concepts.
5b. Assign students an out-of-class activity
that requires them to find one example of a
publication that successfully supports the
concepts of appropriatness and one example that
does not.
The instructor's feedback to this step:
Excellent! Very well designed.
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Your final response:
1. Pre-instructional activities
Teacher; Powerpoint
2. Content presentation
Teacher; Powerpoint;
Actual publications
3. Learner participation
Textbook containing exercises;
computer
4. Assessment
Teacher; computer
5. Follow-through activities
Critiqued publication;
Professional publications
The instructor's feedback to this step:
This looks very appropriate.
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Provide a rationale for your media choices. How do the media you have selected support the instructional plan you have designed? Do the affordances of the media you've selected match the instructional strategy and support student learning?
Examples of media affordances:
- Video: dynamic representation of people, social situations, psychomotor tasks, etc.
- Computer simulation: dynamic representation of concepts and principles
- Computer spreadsheets: dynamic representation of numeric relationships
- Computer databases: dynamic representation of categorical relationships
Your final response:
The primary instuctional media needed for this lesson is Powerpoint. The use of Powerpoint
is necessary to show students what an appropriate publication looks like and how the concepts
of appropriateness are applied to creating a publication. The use of examples are necessary to
emphasize the idea of an appropriately designed publication. Students will use the Powerpoint
slide show, the computer, and the textbook to edit and create publications using the concept of
appropriateness. The advantage to this type of media is the students will be able to review the lesson as many times as needed to learn the concepts and then take their new knowledge and apply it in practice.
The instructor's feedback to step 4:
Very good rationale.
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