Assignment #4: Technology Integration

I am currently in Instructional Design, and we have been working on our lesson plans. I am still working on a few ideas with my lesson on personification, so I will not be posting it yet; however, I did find another lesson very similar to what I am working on. Here is the link.

From this lesson I was able to get several ideas to possibly include in my own lesson on personification in poems. This particular lesson does not include technology. There are several ways on how to incorporate technology into the lesson. One idea would be to include a slide show with different pictures of examples of personification as a way to visibly show what personification may look like. Instead of just reading from a handout, the teacher could have the poem projected on to the wall for everyone to see, as it may help some students learn better. If the teacher had a SMART Board, the poems could be on the screen for everyone to see. For example, the students could come up and circle what object is being personified. In the lesson, on Session 2 when students are to write a verb and a noun on the board, one could use the SMART Board to do this activity on instead. In Session 3, the students are given 10 verbs and nouns and are to combine them to then write a poem with personification. Instead of merely writing out these poems, they could be typed and then added onto the teacher’s or class’ blog to show their compilation of poems using personification.

If one wanted to use the idea of a slide show or power point to have illustrations and examples for the class to see, one would need a computer for each student, or one main computer with a projector in the classroom. One would be able to do many things with a SMART Board on this topic; the only major requirement would be to actually have the SMART Board equipment.

Some challenges to adding technology, such as a computer for each student or each pair of students, would be if the student/s started looking up different information on the computer and were not staying on task. There is always the idea that something would not work, or even that the power would go out (as it did at my school today) and then the so called “old-fashioned” way of doing this lesson without technology would have to be done.

NETS for Students:
1.B: Students are creating original works as a means of personal or group expression. (The students are writing their own poems using personification).
2.A: Students interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. (The students will be typing their poems and including them on the teacher’s or class’ blog to share with others).
2.D: Students contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems. (The students will be writing poems to create a class compilation of poems with personification).
6.A: Students understand and use technology systems. (The students may be using computers, or a SMART Board).