Student name: Janai Duncan
Source of illustration: EME 4406 Integrating Technology into the Curriculum
Professor: Richard Hartshorne
Semester completed in program: Spring 2003
Acceptable grade received on assignment: Y
Group assignment/Individual assignment: Individual Assignment
Accomplished practice:  Accomplished Practice 12- Technology
Description of Assignment:  The purpose of this assignment was to create a lesson rich in technology that promoted higher order thinking skills among students.  In addition to students using technology, the teacher (students in EME 4406) used technology as a tool to create and design the lesson that was specific to their chosen area of study. Students in EME 4406 created a web page or web quest that explained the purpose of the lesson and a description of how the lesson was to take place.  How technology was used in the lesson they created was for students to decide.  For my lesson, I created a web page with an introduction explaining the value of the topic of study and a list of assignments for students to do.  Specific assignments had examples of work to show to students and handouts explaining the directions to guide students. Within my lesson, students used technology in a variety of different ways.  They researched information on the Internet, used Excel to keep track of data in a spreadsheet and make a graph, and presented their findings in a power point presentation or through a web page.  Each assignment had a list of objectives to help define desired learning goals of the lesson and a breakdown of grading criteria.
Rationale (Why you chose to use this as an illustration and how it is an example of the Accomplished Practice:  I chose incorporate this assignment within my Florida Accomplished Practices because I believe it shows my understanding of how technology serves as a tool for teachers in creating their own lesson plans, and it displays how technology, when integrated into content instruction, can promote higher order thinking among students. In addition, this assignment displays my knowledge of objective writing and is a perfect example of how the study of Sociology can be linked to other subject areas such as math and English.
(Pseudonyms have been used to protect the privacy of the participant)
Technology Rich Lesson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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