Overall Instructor Rating: Exemplary
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:
Excellent lesson! You really seem to understand the process well. (Hey, all those years of teaching experience really pay off!) It's also great to see you incorporate WebQuests into your design!
(I noticed that Chris did not have much feedback.)
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:
The student will be able to generate a slide presentation to teach about endangered animals and their biomes in the United States.
Please view this Strategy Planning Sheet on my webpage for more creative page design: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~gwillson/6170/IDA4.htm
The instructor's feedback to this step:
Very well written objective.
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. View video on endangered animals
1b. Discuss the definition of biomes and the rapid decline of certain animals throughout the United States in their biomes, the difference in threatened, endangered, and extinct, causes of endangerment, how animals make the endangered list, why we need to save these animals,and how man can be a part of the solutions for saving them and no longer the problem. Describe that the goal of the lesson is to generate a PowerPoint presentation as the tool for teaching about endangered animals in the United States and how they can make a difference in stopping the decline in animal populations
1c. Explain that experience using PowerPoint, including slide layouts, graphics, animation and sounds and using a web browser are expected
2. Content presentation
2a. Assign students to one of six biomes of the United States. Tell each group they will choose three endangered animals to research in their assigned biome.
2b. Distribute the teacher-made PowerPoint guide for developing appropriate slide layouts. Explain that everyone will have an opportunity to go through the guide on the computer in a minute. Provide a brief demonstration of choosing appropriate slide layouts.
2c. Distribute the handout with essential questions to be answered as they research their biomes and endangered animals
3. Learner Participation
3a.& b. Move to the computer lab or set up laptops with remotes in the classroom. Tell students to follow the procedures for choosing slide layouts. Assist students in using websites provided on the WebQuest to locate information to answer essential questions
4. Assessment
4a. Ask the students to design a creative slide PowerPoint presentation using the essential questions as titles for slides.
4b. Use the PPT rubric provided on the WebQuest to guide them in creating a presentation that meets all objectives
5. Follow-through activities
5a. Let students keep the guides and handouts.
5b. Ask another grade level for permission to present PPT presentation to their classes.
5c. Enter the PPT presentations in the North Georgia Regional Technology Fair
The instructor's feedback to this step:
Excellent! Very solid design with well thought-out instructional strategies. It's clear you've been teaching for awhile! Great attention to Gagne's events of instruction.
This also strikes me as a very motivating lesson!
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Your final response:
1. Pre-instructional activities
1a - 1c. Teacher; video; WebQuest
2. Content presentation
Teacher;PowerPoint guide; PowerPoint; computer;
3. Learner participation
handout; computer;
4. Assessment
Teacher; computer; WebQuest; rubric; judges at technology fair
5. Follow-through activities
Other grade level's students; North Georgia Regional Technology Fair
The instructor's feedback to this step:
Very good use of media to support/enhance the lesson.
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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 main instructional media used in this lesson is the teacher-made WebQuest and PowerPoint. The The teacher-designed WebQuest provides a broad picture of endangered animals and their biomes as it presents essential questions and answers to endangered animals in biomes of the United States, as well as resources of Internet sites, reference books, fiction and non-fiction books. This is invaluable and timesaving for students and teacher(s). PowerPoint which provides the media through which the students demonstrate their knowledge gained. Although the handout of appropriate use of PowerPoint and the handout of essential questions are secondary, they are both very important for a quality end product. Middle school and elementary students especially need concise guidelines, sample end products, or templates at times, to gain a clear idea of the teachers objectives. Using notecards can be helpful as they can be viewed as slides. The WebQuest provides an opportunity for students to acquire that same quick access to knowledge from any computer at school or home as long as the Internet is available.
The instructor's feedback to step 4:
Very good rationales.
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