designing lesson

This professional development activity is designed to help you in constructing lesson plans for your classes using the current Tennessee Curriculum Frameworks from the Department of Education. This professional development activity supports standards-based instruction.

Standards-based education refers to identifying subject matter and content areas of what students should know and be able to do for specific grade levels.

Technology-based lessons and projects include, but are not necessarily limited to:

What is the difference in an Internet-based project and a WebQuest?

An Internet-based project is used to refer to to any lesson where most or all of the information comes from the Internet. A WebQuest is only one type of Internet-based project. A WebQuest is generally an inquiry-oriented activity where learners are focused on using information rather than looking for it and to support thinking of the learner to focus on analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of information. In short, a WebQuest focuses on the USE of information and not just gathering information.

The following four steps will be used in creating an technology-based lesson which matches a curriculum standard for your specific subject matter. You will be creating three lesson plans for the scope of the grant requirements. One of those lesson plans will need to be 90-minutes in length. The other two may extend more than one class period if you wish.

	What to Do	What You Need to Consider
1.	Create learning objectives	What must students be able to know and do? Identify the standards you need to address for your subject matter by using the Tennessee Curriculum Framework.
2.	Design the lesson Explore some ideas and activities that address your selected standards.	Think of tasks which will keep students involved and remain engaged in the concept of the lesson. Incorporate activities which allow your students to demonstrate what they learn.
3.	Implement the lesson Identify and create technology resources that support your lesson	Find and create resources which fit into your time frame, your teaching style, and are appropriately matched to the curriculum standard(s) you selected. Keep the learners involved in information rich resources which add value and relevance to the lesson
4.	Evaluate the lesson Reflect upon the lesson's effectiveness	What worked and didn't work in using this technology-based lesson? How will you change or modify the plan for the next learning group? Can you evaluate the learning by a rubrics assessment?