Lesson Planning Proposal
1. The specific instructional objectives forma critical part of any lesson plan as they would dictate how the lesson will flow and what the students need to be able to perform at the end of the lesson.
2. The assessment portion of the lesson plan must be aligned with the SIOs provided and structured in a proper manner to allow accurate assessment of the students’ abilities.
3. The story line has to be fun and interesting in order to capture the attention of the students. It is best not to over-use a type of story or plot in the lesson plan, e.g. crime scene investigation, etc…
4. The incorporation of ICT tools has to be secondary to the lesson objectives. The ICT tool only serve to help the lesson objectives and it is not the main focus of the lesson plan.
5. Storyboarding is an important process as it helps others to be aware of the thought processes of the author of the lesson package.
6. The teachers’ role in the lessons are mostly peripheral; most of the work is done before the lesson and the teacher only serves as a guide and facilitator during the lesson.
Critiquing Process (peer)
1. The critiquing process is important as it helps to incorporate new ideas into the lesson package or to improve existing ones.
Critiquing Process (Dr Ashley Tan)
1. It was a very enriching meeting with Dr Tan as he helped us to focus our attention to the necessary areas rather then spend a lot of time on the parts that are not student-centred.
2. We had a better idea of what the lesson package was going to about and saved a lot of time by cutting out on the redundant portions of our lesson packages.
Thursday, 27 September 2007
Thursday, 6 September 2007
Reflections on ICT e-learning week 6th Sep 2007
1. From a learner’s point of view, how was this week’s activity related to the previous weeks' activities? How do you think it is related to what is to come?
This week’s activities was quite similar to the previous week’s lesson planning in a sense that we were still required to find certain ideas and lesson plans that are suitable for ICT and student based learning. However the ideas provided this week are not as detailed as the lesson plans that were being drafted out last week.
This assignment is largely related to the second part of the written assignment that we are supposed to hand up on the week after e-learning week. Most probably the other assignments that are going to arrive in the following weeks would require us to come up with lesson plans to do with student centred learning and the methods to integrate ICT into student centred learning, be it problem based, inquiry based, resource based, game based or case based learning.
2. From a teacher's point of view, how do you think your instructor designed this task? Why was it designed this way? What considerations did he possibly take into account? What can you take away from this experience?
I think that my instructor designed the task in this way in order to have continuity in our learning process. This course is basically all about student centred learning and the integration of ICT tools to make learning more engaging and fun and more student centred as opposed to the traditional teacher centred learning. It was designed in such a way that the students are able to come up with a proper lesson plan incorporating all the aspects of student centred learning together with assimilation of ICT tools. I guess the instructor did not want us to focus too much on the ICT technological aspect but on how it can help lessons to become more student centred.
In this experience, I learnt many different ways of integrating ICT in different lesson plans such as Chemistry or Maths lessons. I hope it will be helpful to me in the future in planning more student centric lessons.
This week’s activities was quite similar to the previous week’s lesson planning in a sense that we were still required to find certain ideas and lesson plans that are suitable for ICT and student based learning. However the ideas provided this week are not as detailed as the lesson plans that were being drafted out last week.
This assignment is largely related to the second part of the written assignment that we are supposed to hand up on the week after e-learning week. Most probably the other assignments that are going to arrive in the following weeks would require us to come up with lesson plans to do with student centred learning and the methods to integrate ICT into student centred learning, be it problem based, inquiry based, resource based, game based or case based learning.
2. From a teacher's point of view, how do you think your instructor designed this task? Why was it designed this way? What considerations did he possibly take into account? What can you take away from this experience?
I think that my instructor designed the task in this way in order to have continuity in our learning process. This course is basically all about student centred learning and the integration of ICT tools to make learning more engaging and fun and more student centred as opposed to the traditional teacher centred learning. It was designed in such a way that the students are able to come up with a proper lesson plan incorporating all the aspects of student centred learning together with assimilation of ICT tools. I guess the instructor did not want us to focus too much on the ICT technological aspect but on how it can help lessons to become more student centred.
In this experience, I learnt many different ways of integrating ICT in different lesson plans such as Chemistry or Maths lessons. I hope it will be helpful to me in the future in planning more student centric lessons.
Wednesday, 5 September 2007
Reflections of Lesson planning process 30th August 2007
1. What did you learn (or what was reinforced) from the lesson planning process?
Firstly, I learnt that ICT is better used for lessons which are more focused in higher order cognitive skills. ICT can also be used for the lower order cognitive skills like knowledge acquisition or comprehension, but its potential is better tapped on when it is used to facilitate application, analysis, synthesis or evaluation processes. ICT, coupled with student centered learning strategies, would better reinforce these processes.
Secondly, I realized that it was quite challenging to try to incorporate ICT in these higher level mental processes as we were not quite used to them during our schooling days. In our time, the most common use of ICT was PowerPoint slides or videos being screened which were merely passive processes. However, the challenge now is to incorporate lessons with ICT so that they can be more student-centered and more engaging for the students.
Thirdly, the importance writing of good objectives was further emphasized during the writing of the lesson plan. Without a clear and concise objective, it is almost impossible to complete the writing of the lesson plan as a lot of factors such as the activities and assessment hinge on the lesson objectives.
2. What did you learn from the online critiquing process?
I learnt that one should not try to forcibly incorporate ICT into the lessons without a proper idea of the lesson objectives and what the lesson should achieve. Some lessons are better off taught in the traditional method while some lessons can be made more interesting and engaging to the students by the incorporation of ICT. Furthermore, the incorporation of ICT should also be structured properly so as not to incur the student’s confusion. Instructions on how to use the ICT tools should be clearly written and the ICT tools should enable the students to achieve the learning objectives faster and intrigue the students’ interest in the subject.
Firstly, I learnt that ICT is better used for lessons which are more focused in higher order cognitive skills. ICT can also be used for the lower order cognitive skills like knowledge acquisition or comprehension, but its potential is better tapped on when it is used to facilitate application, analysis, synthesis or evaluation processes. ICT, coupled with student centered learning strategies, would better reinforce these processes.
Secondly, I realized that it was quite challenging to try to incorporate ICT in these higher level mental processes as we were not quite used to them during our schooling days. In our time, the most common use of ICT was PowerPoint slides or videos being screened which were merely passive processes. However, the challenge now is to incorporate lessons with ICT so that they can be more student-centered and more engaging for the students.
Thirdly, the importance writing of good objectives was further emphasized during the writing of the lesson plan. Without a clear and concise objective, it is almost impossible to complete the writing of the lesson plan as a lot of factors such as the activities and assessment hinge on the lesson objectives.
2. What did you learn from the online critiquing process?
I learnt that one should not try to forcibly incorporate ICT into the lessons without a proper idea of the lesson objectives and what the lesson should achieve. Some lessons are better off taught in the traditional method while some lessons can be made more interesting and engaging to the students by the incorporation of ICT. Furthermore, the incorporation of ICT should also be structured properly so as not to incur the student’s confusion. Instructions on how to use the ICT tools should be clearly written and the ICT tools should enable the students to achieve the learning objectives faster and intrigue the students’ interest in the subject.
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