Sunday, September 22, 2013
Intern Year Post #5- 9/16-9/20
This week I attempted to teach my first lesson which allowed the students to use technology. The goal of my lesson was to have my students become more familiar with the laptops, so I created a "laptop scavenger hunt". I assumed because my students went to a "basic skills" computer class once a week so they would have background knowledge to contribute. To my surprise, I was completely wrong and my lesson did not turn out the way I had expected. First, some of the students had trouble logging onto the computer. Then some of my students couldn't read the directions. But, to top it off, the websites were not working properly which caused a great deal of confusion among the class.
Once the lesson wrapped up I was very disappointed with how the lesson went. In all my college courses my teachers are stressed the importance of incorporating technology. I keep asking myself, how can this be done when students aren't familiar with how to use it. After this lesson, I am very fearful to use the laptops again.
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Don't be fearful, think about what they didn't know, and design your lesson around that next time. Maybe they need to go to the computer lab with you (that time can be scheduled just like the laptops) to work on some basic skills before they're ready for the laptops. Just think through what went wrong and back up to something easier. They won't ever learn it if you don't go back and teach them--really concentrate on the prerequisite part of your lesson next time. Think about what they need to know, and figure out a way to assess whether or not they know that before the lessons starts.
ReplyDeleteLaura made some good points about taking what you learned from this lesson and using them to teach future lessons in technology. Do not let this discourage you from using technology though. You did not have as horrible as an experience as you think.
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