Lesson Plan Supplemental Materials

The purpose of this lesson is to give the children various opportunities to construct knowledge about letters; both upper and lower case and their associated sounds. For the students that are past that level, we have the process of phoneme and all students will opportunities to work on their fine motor skills in the writing process. There are also various opportunities for beginner rhyming as well as established and advanced rhymers. The standards that are addressed in this lesson are ; Domain : Language and Literacy Strand : Reading Topic Phonological Awareness, Standard Statement: With modeling and support, recognize and produce rhyming words. Letter and word recognition Domain : Language and Literacy: Strand : Reading Topic : Letter and Word Recognition Standard Statement : With modeling and support, recognize and name some upper and lower case letters in addition to those in first name.


Below  is a copy of one of the games I will use for pre-assessment .



 





This is a teaching tool I plan to use as part of my lesson plan. The pictures in the power point will be aligned to card with the appropriate words on them. The students will match the words to the pictures, as well as the pictures that rhyme.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10Ozf12JCSpegS-RTX-nu4Ujw-3ncV2M3sNucPv8Pnkw/edit?usp=sharing





This video is what the finishing product of the lesson plan would look like,students able to look at a picture and find the rhyming words .


https://goanimate.com/videos/0x689dGdHMjU?utm_source=linkshare&utm_medium=linkshare&utm_campaign=usercontent

“My Technology Lesson Plan”

Ed Tech ECDE Activity Plan SherrylAnn James by SherrylAnn James on Scribd

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“Growing Up Online.”

I recently watched a video called “Growing Up Online” and it was based on high school students who were part of the internet explosion of the first social media MySpace. This video was done in 2008, years ago, however the explosion of the internet and the social interaction has not just exploded in numbers but as well as quality since then. I believe that the internet can be a useful tool if used correctly, however, just like everything else; there should be some sort of balance. I believe that parental support for their children’s independent internet use has decreased since 2012 because of the number of cyber bullying attacks. According to StopBullying.gov, “the 2013-2014 School Crime Supplement (National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice Statistics) indicates that 7% of students in grades 6–12 experienced cyberbullying. The 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey finds that 15% of high school students (grades 9-12) were electronically bullied in the past year. Research on cyberbullying is growing. However, because kids’ technology use changes rapidly, it is difficult to design surveys that accurately capture trends.” I believe that we as educators can motivate students to want to learn the materials given to them , and have them write their own responses if we give them various options to express their point of views. I believe that if students are given a chance to take ownership of their work using the latest technology out there, then they can be inclined to produce work of their own and not borrow from others. Using ideas like Infographics to create a paper from a student’s point of view would be a great incentive to get students to work instead of cheating and using someone else’s paper from online. I think that using other people’s words without citing it is definitely cheating and displays the integrity of said person. If students are taught this, and again, given the opportunity to have ownership of their w I believe that any student who relies on summaries and annotated notes on Web sites about any books given in class to read should feel guilty. It should be looked upon like cheating, because they are taking ideas from someone else who actually read the materials and summarized it according to their interpretation. When students don’t read assigned materials, there’s no way they can connect to the lesson being taught and even apply it to real life scenarios. I think that everyone that uses the internet uses it not just as a tool for information, but as a tool to to express themselves. It is used as a “continuum to their existence”. An existence that may be only available online verses in reality. At some point people get caught up with the amount of attention they may receive online and it gives them a sense of purpose and even a sense of being famous. I believe to be a celebrity , one has to be celebrated for a purpose, a positive purpose , not just because you may have a certain amount of fans, but maybe what you are doing and has done to make this world a better place. I believe that it’s the parents responsibility to make sure that they are aware of their children’s interactions online. Some students are not just using the internet to bullying others, but to also plan to physically hurt others and conspire with others to commit the crime. The following link tells of three teenagers who planned an attack on a fellow student, and there’s over 3000 pages of data to review surrounding the case that was planned online. The link is; http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2016/05/09/doj-issues-warrants-3-teens-death-amy-joyner-francis/83866170/ According to Suler’s disinhibition effects, I believe that when someone is able to tease, lie, gossip, threaten, and spread rumors online to others without any concern of the consequences or the person’s feeling because they are not physically seeing that person this is called dissociative anonymity . Suler calls the dissociative anonymity where “the person doesn't have to take responsibility for those actions” I personally spend a lot of time online and I believe that if I am not aware of the time spent I can get carried away. I can easily disconnect from it all , when I am actually disciplined about it. Sometimes I am less conscious of it and I find that I miss actually being online. All together I can disconnect when I am on vacation and when I need to study.

Tech Tool Review

Pinterest in the Classroom

I discovered various things from my exploration on Pinterest . Firstly ,this site is vast with tons of information according to topics. Some of which has to be broken into subtopics.

The information on Pinterest is like being in the ocean with beautiful colors around you for you to chose your destination . Every direction brings you to new and exciting paths that leads to new endeavors for exploration.

I believe as a Teacher Pinterest can be used to facilitate many needs such as collaboration of various lesson plans in different subject areas , ideas for classroom management and set -up, as well as strategies for teaching .

I think the strengths of Pinterest are many. It's visually appealing ,engaging , motivating and inspiring . I believe that some of the challenges of Pinterest are that there's a multitude of choices where a person can get over stimulated, with the mass amount of information available based on an unlimited amount of topics .

Overall , I am impressed with the quality of information on Pinterest . I believe that it will become a great value with teachers across the world to share various ideas ,topics and inspiration for free. This is a site I will be using to gain different perspectives , inspiration and sharing with my older students.

"Khan/Koller Review"

My impression of Khan Academy

I recently visited the site called Khan Academy and I was very impressed by the site itself. The site wasn’t just colorful, but simply easy to navigate. I liked the fact that the site used subjects and broke it down to various topics of that subject with appropriate videos. It was as easy as turning the pages of a book without effort. This site is truly driven by one’s desire to learn, if you want to learn anything about Math ( from K- 8 grade& High school) , Arts & Humanities , Economics & Finance ,  Computing & Science Engineering, it’s there.

I can see myself using this site not just for myself to brush up on some skills, but also with my students. Since our students are intrigued by technology, this is a wonderful site for them to explore topics like the Aztec Sun Stone or “What advice can Salman Khan give Lebron James” both of these great topics with engaging videos to watch and learn from .

 I believe that Salman Khan is right when he says that in the future ,we will rely more on “credentialing” through the use of online courses. More and people are relying on technology and it’s use, so to take advantage of learning from the safety and comfort of their homes. Especially students who may home schooled, sick or can’t handle  large groups of social interactions.

 

My impression of Coursera

 

When I explored the Coursera course offerings, I was very interested in their Language Learning course. I would like to explore the option of their online courses available.  I am not aware if Columbus State accepts Coursera transfer credits as I didn’t see their name, nor the names of the Universities the instructors  of  Coursera come from under the “Transfer & Articulation” section of the school website. However, with the growing population of people taking courses at Coursera, I wouldn’t be surprised that eventually credits from them  can be transferred to Columbus State.

The courses at Coursera appear to be more interesting than those I have taken or experienced before because of the 8-12 minutes interactive lessons. I also think because there’s that community of Global learners that can help with questions is forever evolving the learning experience. I wouldn’t say that my opinion of who is teaching at Coursera  has anything to do with my decision of maybe taking courses there, however , it’s the method of instruction that intrigues me.

I really believe that MOOCs ( massive open online courses) are the "wave of the future" because of the leaps and bounds we have with technology right now.  Eventually I believe that all teachers will need to know how to give engaging instruction online for all students because  that will become the norm of our society