Rosemarie EDU

The Incredible Human Journey-Asia

2010-08-27T08:19:00.000-07:00

Tapiohka

2009-12-07T06:19:00.001-08:00

Tapiohka reminds me of the moodle. It is similar in a way because the students and the teacher go both online. It is great for online courses. I can use this definitely in my classroom if funds are available. It is an excellent way to organize and schedule a class. It is excellent that the students can go online and view the class.
I think that the class scheduler is great. It gives the students a heads up and it is great that it is color coded. It is also great that there is a link next to the assignment, lecture, or test schedule for resources. I think resources are a great way to show how an assignment is supposed to be done or information. Resources are very helpful. It is great that not only does the teacher get to post resources but also the students. Students can learn from other students as well not only from the teacher. I think that the study group is great. Instead of meeting in class or if someone misses class they can meet online. It is a great way to also give notes to one another. The profile card is a great way to learn a little bit about the students and also a great way for the students to get to know one another.
It is also cool how you can make a printable syllabus and give it out to the students. Plus the students can go online and view the syllabus is they lose their copy or need to view again for any reason.
I think that the connection between amazon and tapiohka are cool but not really necessary. I mean sometimes I go to eBay or other places online to get books. They should just put maybe two other places to search for cheap books. The class management area is great for the teacher because I can edit the pages easily. It is simple because I can add information or update from one page and not have to go around looking for the right place to put it in. Tapiohka is just great and I think if I every have a class that uses an online website for the class I hope to use this or something different. I used moodle before and I want to try something different. I like Tapiohka and I give it a 4.5 star.

8 Very Useful Technology Tools

2009-12-07T05:43:00.001-08:00

Moodle
I love the moodle. It is excellent for online courses. I have used it before for my Child Growth and development course at the Guam Community College. It was excellent because the Professor opens and closes the assignment and we do not have to go into see the professor unless there is a problem. The class only met once a month and it was just for lectures and activities for an hour.
I do not understand what is wrong with the moodle for the Wednesday class for ED451. It seems like there is a lot of errors sometimes. Dr. Cyrus will always say that her Tuesday and Thursday class moodle is fine but the Wednesday one keeps screwing up.
The moodle is great because we can email our class mates and professor on the moodle instead of using our own email address. I love how it has a little profile section so that we can know a little bit about each of our classmates. The grades part is also great because as a student I can see how I am doing and if I need to pick up any slack anywhere so I can pass the course with a decent grade. The resource section is very helpful. I was not sure how and assure lesson plan was until I saw the example listed there. It was a huge help. The other information listed in the resource section was also helpful. Instead of researching something or asking a question I can check the resources.
There are a lot of thing that I like about moodle and I would like to have this in my classroom if there were enough funds. It would be easy and such a convenience for both the students and the teacher. The moodle is so helpful and it is easy to access online. It is also not difficult to register for the class. The instructions are easy and I had no difficulty getting in. I would recommend it to others and continue to use it.

Delicious List
The name sounds good as it is. Delicious is a great way for me to keep my favorite and important sites at a place where I can access easily. I love how we can put tags into groups and add networks and their sites as well. I am a social studies major and there are so many sites that have great information and resources. I love how I can choose a tag group and be able to look at the sites that I like. I do not like Google sometimes because it gives me Wikipedia and I hate Wikipedia. It is not a reliable site. I would hate to have it in my delicious list. I only want the sites that are useful and helpful when I am researching or looking for information that I want.
I can have bookmarks from where ever I go. All I have to do is get on a computer with internet and go to my delicious list. It is where ever I go and I do not have to always carry my laptop to access my sites, my favorite sites especially. I love how I can add networks and get there bookmarks as well because sometimes I am interested in English Literature classes and my friend is an English major. She has sites that contain English literature information that will help me if I need anything. So I am glad to have other networks in my delicious list as well. It is great that they get to see mine as well because if they have any questions for me I can just refer them to my delicious site and they can help themselves. I love delicious and it is an excellent site for me as a teacher. I will continue using delicious until it is probable not available anymore.

Fire fox Browser
Sometimes I prefer to use Fire fox instead of the original e browser. Most of the time Fire fox is faster and more reliable. If Fire fox is available I would use it. I love how we can download it to our own PCs. Fire fox is fast, safe, and easy to use. It is also so cool because I can customize Fire fox to my own liking. And the best thing is that it is free to download and it takes less than 5 minutes to do so.
In the Fire fox browser there are so many things you can do. There is also a private browser were you can go anywhere on the internet and you do not leave a trace showing that you visited that site. There is also a password manager that remembers site passwords without ever seeing a pop-up bar on the browser bar. An awesome bar helps you find the sites you love fast without typing out the whole URL. Viewing web pages faster without using so much of the computer’s memory space is also available. Also if there is any shut down that is unexpected you can pick up where you left off at instead of having to look for where you left off at. It is also easy to place bookmarks in places that you will need to go back to for any reason. You can also have add ons to your browser to have whatever you would like on it. The tabs are also organizable. By clicking on a tab you can drag it to organize them to your liking. It is also great because you can avoid on line scams and unsafe transactions to prevent identity theft. You can also enforce parental controls and block out sites from underage children that sites might be inappropriate for them. I would recommend Fire fox browser to my friends and family. When I was using my friend’s computer I downloaded Fire fox for her and she loved just as much as I did.

Google Suite Apps (applications)
The Google document applications are so cool it is a great way to edit online with group members. I really enjoyed going on being able to communicate with my classmate. I can arrange a group meeting and have my group members all agree to meet online at a certain time to edit our report paper. I can copy and paste our report and as a group we can make changes together that way we can all take part in the report. I love how we can all go back and see who did what to the report.
This is great so that as a group we can all take part and show who did what and if everybody did something. I hate it when I am in a group and one person or people do not participate. I hate it when one person does most of the work. It is not fair. At least with this we can see what is done and by whom. I already used this for a project and my group members loved it because they never even heard about it. I will definitely continue to use this.

Prezi
Prezi is so cool. I love how it is something different from just a regular slide show. It flips around and has cool, fun designs and ways of getting to the next words for the presentation. It was amazing how someone came up with this. I guess someone got bored of the regular slide shows like on power point and decided to come up with something better and more creative. It is excellent.
I did find it a bit difficult to get the text in and arrange thing. It was hard to navigate through the steps. It seemed difficult at first but later after I fully understood the steps it was much easier to make a presentation on Prezi. I went on to YouTube and found a clip on how to use Prezi. It was about ice cream flavors. I was a fast clip but it made me understand completely on how to use Prezi and the steps to make a good presentation. It was cool. I thought I was going to get lost and give up but the clip from YouTube was very helpful.
I used Prezi for one of my class presentations and everyone was so amazed on how cool it was. Sometimes I felt like they were too busy watching the presentation and not listening to me. They actually all wanted to try making a presentation using Prezi. I knew they would like it because it was something different.
I would make Prezi maybe a little bit simpler if I knew how. I found it a bit frustrating when it came to making the size of the text and having to organize it. It was very easy to access Prezi because it is free and it has great effects and it is great for people who have never seen it before because they will definitely not get bored. They would be like wow and cool.

Read the Words
Read the words were a cool site because whatever I type it will be said by the avatar. It was neat how I can change the voices to different types and also change my avatar. I like how I can adjust the speed of the voice to a fast or slower pace. This is great for some people who are learning how to speak English. I have not come across a word that was incorrectly pronounced or anything.
The only thing I did not like was that a person is limited to how many seconds of recording there is if it is the free membership. We are only limited to 30 seconds of recording time and that is not so much. I hate to read and I will spend money on audio books. I think I have a reading disability because sometime I have to read it four times to fully understand what I read. It is difficult for me sometimes so really enjoy this site. I can just copy and paste what I need to read and the avatar will read it for me. I want to actually buy a silver membership because it is only 20 dollars and I can have unlimited times of recordings that are up to an hour each. That is a long recording. And if it is unlimited I can make part one and part two. I can make them into parts. The gold membership is having up to 8 hours of recording and 100 embedded,

Slide share
Slide Share is a great way to get a slide show done online. It is excellent at sharing information with a bunch of people anyone can go and be able to view you slideshow. When my classmate and I were doing a slide show on slide share we shared it with each other by embedding it to our blogs or websites. We can chose to show it to the public or keep it private which is good because some people might copy our slides and take credit for it. There are several ways to share them privately as well by sending it to them.
It is also a cool way as a teacher to share information with other teachers. It can also be great if a teacher is absent to present the lesson plan or give assignments or even lectures. It is a great resource for presentations. The only thing that I did not like was that some of the fonts I wanted to use were not available on slide share and there is no audio. No sound effects that I wanted or really cared for. Other than those two reason I also liked it because I can save my power point presentations and access them online anytime. This is something that I learned this semester and will continue to use it.

TokBox
TokBox was cool and interesting. It was very easy to use and it is great that I did not need to download anything. It is a website where I can chat online with my friends, family, or even classmates. It is a great way to also meet with groups instead of meeting in person. I can chat with up to 20 people which is a lot of people. All I need is internet connection and a webcam. There is not a lot of information that I need to feel out when signing up so it was pretty fast. It is very similar to some of the web collaborations that we went over in class. I can send out invitations for a meeting and the group can work on documents. It is great that we can see what everyone does and very easily discuss things.
It is also cool how I can send messages to people. For example I sent a short introduction clip to Dr. Cyrus. It was clear and was easy to load. It takes a short amount of time and the buffering is not slow what so ever. It was an excellent way to send a message. I can use it when I have an important message to send my friends and family and I can email it to them or post it on their myspace or face book. It is great that it is similar to and email address as well because I can receive messages with video clips. I really enjoyed using this new technology tool and I will definitely spread the word to my friends and colleagues.

Digital Safety

2009-12-07T04:53:00.000-08:00

Digital Safety

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My Thoughts on Lesson Plan 2

2009-12-05T05:19:00.001-08:00

Possible NETS*T: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 3b, 3c, 3d, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e
This lesson plan was a lot easier since I had experience with ASSURE model lesson plan format this semester. I really do find it easier to us when making lesson plans. It is not difficult when adjusting the lesson plan for a student with a disability. Well I guess I should take that back because it would depend on what kind of disability the student has. It can be really difficult but I think that sometimes teachers make a plan with the student with the disability and then something comes up like a tantrum or something. It can be difficult. I remember when I was a substitute teacher and I had a studant with a disability. He had a tantrum and the class got distracted by is tantrum. I had to calm him down and try to get the class back on track. It was hard to calm him down and I had to call his one to one aid for assistance. Well in the first place the aid is supposed to with him in the first place.
I think that this lesson plan is going to be fun. I think that the students will have a great time trying to make a movie clip on an awareness of natural disasters. I know that it would be interesting to see Richard, who is hearing impaired do his part. I can not wait to try and do this lesson plan when I am teaching in my own classroom. I would like to see the turn out and how much effort the groups would put into the final project. I think that it will help them also be aware of things that may happen. I would want them to really emphasis on what to do and what not to do for their own safety. I think that by using different types of medias and technologies that students can use will also help them when using technology in and out of the classroom. Their are so many options that they can use to present their work and be creative.

Natural Disaster Awareness

2009-11-17T20:07:00.000-08:00

Analyze Learners
This lesson plan is for students ranging from the grades 9th to 12th who are in the Guam History class. The ages of the students range from 13 to 19 years. One student is hearing impaired and knows and uses sign language. They are culturally diverse. There are a total of 23 students. There are 9 Chamorro, 5 Filipinos, 4 Micronesians, 1 Japanese, 2 African American, and 2 Caucasian.

The learning styles of the students are as follows:
1. Visual: 40%
2. Auditory: 15%
3. Kinesthetic: 45%

The students have received prior instruction and have working knowledge of:
1. Going online and working with the World Wide Web
2. Use of a video camera
3. Knowledge of computer skills

State Objectives

The objectives for the instructional unit:
1. Students will be able to research information online with 98% accuracy.
2. Students will be able to use the technology provided for them with 85% accuracy.
3. Students will be able to recognize and explain the 4 natural disasters with 90% accuracy.

Select Media, Materials, and Methods

1. Computer with movie maker workshop and internet to do research
2. Sample video
3. Video recorder
4. Approved website lists for students to do research on and books to help find useful information
5. Students will be in 4 groups of 5-6 members per group, each group will have a different topic of natural disasters. Group 1 typhoons, Group 2 floods, Group 3 earthquakes, and Group 4 tsunamis. The students are aware of what group they are in already.

Utilize Media, Materials, and Methods

1. Day 1: Students will get into their groups and will use their books and approved websites to do their research for their natural disaster movie clip. Students will have 25-30 minutes to do so. Things to research would be: What it is? What to do when it happens? What not to do when it happens? How can people be prepared? Etc.
2. After they are done with their research they will make a movie clip of awareness of their natural disaster. They will use a video recorder to create a short movie clip (no more than 8 minutes long and no shorter than 6 minutes). The students will have the rest of the class period to do so (which is about 25 minutes).
3. Day 2: The students shall finish up the recording of their information for their movie clip the next class day for about 25 minutes. After they have recorded the information on the video recorder they will edit it on the computer using the movie maker workshop. They can add music pictures, do outtakes, etc. They will have the rest of the class to do so, which is about 30 minutes.

For example: The group that has Richard, who is hearing impaired, he can do sign language for the information he is presenting in the movie and then the group can go into the movie maker workshop and put subtitles for others who do not understand sign language.

4. Each student must take part in the movie clip. Each student must speak and be seen in the movie clip. Participation is a big portion of their grade.
On day 3 of this project the students will present each of their natural disasters to the class. The movie clip will be shown and then a discussion will take place about the natural disaster, how it felt to make a movie clip and about their group work (who did what, how did each member do). Each member must say something. After the presentations each student will evaluate their group members individually and then the other groups as a whole group.

Evaluate and Revise

Assessment of Students Achievement
There is a total of 100 points the students can receive based on the students’ knowledge and performance of the assigned lesson.
1. Results of their research and knowledge of their assigned natural disaster. 25 pts
2. The movie clip (how well they used multimedia technology). 25 pts
3. Group presentation to the class and discussion 20 pts.
4. Group participation (30 pts.)

/100 points

Evaluation of Media and Methods

Teacher will review if the students know the different types of natural disasters that may occur on Guam. Teacher will also ask students if they understood how to use a video recorder and the movie maker workshop.

Evaluation of Overall Instruction

The teacher will do a review of natural disasters and how to be prepared for them. After, if time permits a short pop quiz will be given. If there is no time available, let give students a hint that there may be a pop quiz on natural disasters. Then give the pop quiz the following day. If the students answer questions accurately then the lesson was a success and the class can proceed with the next lesson. If more than 50% of the students fail the pop quiz it may call for a repeat of the lesson until at least 75 to 80 percent of the students understand. Others will need individual (one on one) help.

Comments:

One student may ask to go to the restroom and then another may ask. It is a non-stop line to the restroom. Please try not to let this happen. They usually want to just stroll in the hallway.
Richard is hearing impair and he has an interpreter there with him most of the time. If he does not have an interpreter with him the teacher may ask Joni for help. She knows a little bit about sign language. Or the teacher may communicate with Richard with a piece of paper and a pencil (writing).

Jing Project

2009-11-04T22:22:00.000-08:00

First off, I am happy that I did not have a hard time downloading Jing Project to my PC. Jing allows me to share images and videos online in a convenient way. It was a lot easier than typing the whole thing out or sending documents at different times. I loved it when I recorded my voice and there was no static. It comes out clear and it is understandable. I would recommend Jing Project to other students and teachers. It was not difficult to manage. As long as the person trying it out goes to the tutorial and see how it works he or she should be fine. The video clip really helped me. I would definitely use this in my future class for maps, charts, and graphs. Being able to record and the students go over it will make things a whole lot simpler for not only me but the students as well. It will be good to also use Jing Project for groups whether it is meetings or just with friends messing around or planning an event. Instead of typing we can get straight to the point and show them it. We can share instantly and collaborate of projects or assignments. Jing is for quick and easy visual communication. It limits video clips to 5 minutes. It would be nice if it could at least 10 minutes. I like how it can be used as a site to save documents, storage. Two GB is a lot and I will probably not even use that all up. I am just glad that it comes with this site. When I first saw Jing I thought it was cool. The graphics were attractive and the tools had an easy access to. I did not have to search for the tools like the difficult way I did with my Web conferencing website Yugma. I would rather use Jing. Jing is free and it is fun and easy to use so I would continue using it.

Picnik.com

2009-11-04T01:50:00.000-08:00

I love how it makes me edit my pictures. I have lots of pictures and I love how I can write quotes and little messages on my pictures. I also love how I can change the lighting and the brightness of the pictures. I love adding little things to my pictures to make them look cute or just cool. I am happy that I did not have to download anything to my desktop and there was nothing to install. It was all instantly. There is also a variety of fonts and little shapes to choose from. Being able to click on one of the websites on the bottom to get a picture (where it is being stored at) was very convenient and made things easier. The picture that I edited was very fuzzy and it did a great job fixing it to be clear.I wish there were more things to do with the pictures with the free version. But I guess that is the way to sell the program and get customers in. It is not expensive to become a member so it is something that we can explore more into for a small price. We can store, explore, and get more options as one spend more.I would recommend it to my friends and families that love taking picture and editing pictures as well. I think by purchasing the highest version it will be fun, exciting and will allow you to do more with pictures that may be messed up or may just need to be more creative. This is something that many people will find interesting and delectable.

Yugma (Web Conferencing)

2009-10-15T08:05:00.000-07:00

I did not like Yugma. I had a hard time downloading it because it was so slow and it took a bit long to complete the downloading of the software. I did not find easy or user friendly. I did find it to be a bit convincing when trying to get people to buy the yugma pro version. It had a lot of buttons or click-ons to purchase a higher version than the free one.
The only thing that Celia and I were allowed to do was chat online and record or chatting. We could chat in a private chat room or in public. I was the host so I would have to email Celia and give her a time to go on so that we can start a meeting. In order for us to use any other features we would have to buy an upgraded version of yugma. I would never purchase this web conferencing site.
I would not recommend this to anyone. If this was not an assignment I would have gave up from the downloading because it took to long and pulled so much of the Internet. This web conference site is for broad band only. Dail-up would be too slow for it to work.
It was difficult to navigate my way through the website and to try and understand how this web conferencing site works. Celia and I were having such a hard time that we wanted to quit and just give what we had for our presentation. It was difficult. I think if we were given the money to buy an upgraded version of yugma it might be a bit more simpler.
By the way it looks it did catch my attention for a while. But as it started to get complicated and frustrating I hated it. I was so confused. I took me a while to find support online because the help or support on the web conferencing site was always offline or not available. It was just too difficult for me to explore this web conferencing website. I give it a .50 star out of 5 stars.

Enabling Dreams

2009-10-15T07:35:00.000-07:00

I was so amazed with the different types of technology that was available for students with disabilities. I have seen a few devices while I was taking ED215. My professor was Dr. Clare Camacho from Guam Community College and she was able to show the students some technology that students in the Guam public schools used. There were also some technology that were home made. In Guam money in the school systems is a problem, so some teachers make things to help disabled students learn or just to make their life a bit more simple.
It was amazing to see the different types of technology especially with the instruments. It was so weird that someone would even steal his instrument. That is just so rude. It was touching to hear that the community helped out in this situation and raised enough money to buy him another one that was even better than the other one that was stolen.
In my lesson plan I would need to make changes in some areas where a student with a disability will still learn the same things as other students do. As long as the student has the technology he or she needs for the class, things should run smoothly. If they do not have the technology, I may have to make changes to where I can try my best to help accommodate the student to get the lesson done. It may take more time but if it is to help a student learn it will be worth it in the end. Some areas may be in the rubics part. I think that effort is just a major factor.
After watching this video clip I saw technology for students with disabilities from a different view. When the parent of the boy took the instrument into the shop to see if they can do something to help him was a great step. Looking around for help is great because you will never know what will come about. When they were able to help him, it was amazing. It seems that now days anything is possible. One of my cousins is disabled and the clip talks about how one student communicates with his eyebrows. I think my cousin might be in the same situation as him. He has very stiff joints. This movie encourages me to look for help and find different kinds of technologies to help any of my future disabled students.

Online Educational Game

2009-10-07T01:59:00.001-07:00

This online educational game is one that I will use in my future classroom for my future students. When teaching American History it is important to know the Presidents and what they did while in office. This game give facts to students. I can use this in the grade 5 to 12. As a secondary education student with an emphasis on social studies I found it a bit difficult at some points.

This game is good because it gives the students four clues and a portrait of the president. You can also change the level of difficulty by giving the students one to four clues. One thing bad about it is that the portrait is always given and the students can just memorize the president's face and get it right. The student will not need any clues.

The graphics non this game could be better. Sometimes the portrait does not really look like the president and it can throw a student off or give them the wrong idea. There is also no sound effects. It would be nice to hear something, which can also motivate the student. It is good because it gives reinforcements by mentioning that the question was answered correctly. If it is wrong it just mentions "Oops" and then gives the correct president, and the continue button is below it. It gives you your score at the end of each game. There is a total of 10 rounds. You can also email your results to your teacher, parents, or friends.

I enjoyed this game and definitely find it useful in my future.

Presidents Game Evaluation

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Rainfall in US State Capitals (LP 1)

2009-09-15T19:37:00.000-07:00

Rainfall in the US State Capitals

Analyze Learners

This lesson plan is for students ranging from the grades 10th to 12th who are in the geography class. The ages of the students range from 14 to 18 years. One student has a learning disability and one is hearing impaired. They are culturally diverse. There are a total of 23 students. There are 8 Chamorro, 5 Filipinos, 5 Micronesians, 2 Japanese, 2 African American, and 1 Caucasian.

The learning styles of the students are as follows:
1. Visual: 35%
2. Auditory: 10%
3. Kinesthetic: 55%

The students have received prior instruction and have working knowledge of:

1. Going online and working with the World Wide Web

2. Different search engines

3. Keyboards from classroom computers
4. Using MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Excel, & MS Publisher

5. Geography of the land of US states
6. Updates of rainfall in each US State Capital

State Objectives

The objectives for the instructional unit:

1. Students will able to collect data with 90% accuracy.
2. Students will able to organize their data using MS Excel correctly 4 out of 5 tries.
3. Students will able to compare and contrast the different areas of rainfall in the US State Capitals.

Select Media, Materials, and Methods

1. Computer with MS Excel- at least 4
2. Sample: Data chart
3. Geography School Textbook
4. Approved website lists for students to do research on.
5. Students will be in 4 groups of 5-6 members per group

Utilize Media, Materials, and Methods

1. Students will be using their textbooks and approved websites to do their research.
2. The students will be using the computers to complete their chart using MS Excel.
3. The students will be divided up in to four groups. Each group will have 5-6 members.
4. Each group will be assigned a region of the United States (Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, and Northwest).
5. The groups will find the inches of rainfall of each of the state’s capital in their region. For example if the group has the region of the Southwest they will have to find the rainfall in inches of Phoenix, Arizona and explain why there might be little or high rainfall due to the geographical features in that area.
6. The students will be provided an example using Alaska and Hawaii (not given to students in their specific regions)
7. Students will have 25-30 minutes to find the rainfall amount in inches, the reason for the amount of rainfall, and to input it in the computer using MS Excel.

Require Learner Participation

Once all students have completed the charts with MS Excel, the class will then present each of their findings of rainfall and explain why the rainfall in each state’s capital might be high or low to the rest of the class. Each group will have about 5 minutes each to present their findings.

Evaluate and Revise

Assessment of Students Achievement

There is a total of 50 points the students can receive based on the students’ knowledge and performance of the assigned lesson.
1. Accurate recording inches of rainfall in each US State Capital (10pts.)

2. Reasoning of why the rainfall is high or low due what geographical feature (20pts.)

3. Group presentation to the class of the groups chart using MS Excel (10pts.)

4. Group participation (10pts.)

/50 points

Evaluation of Media and Methods
Teacher will review if the students know how to accurately use MS Excel and understand the amounts of rainfall in the US.

Evaluation of Overall Instruction
The teacher will do a review of the amounts of rainfall and geographical area in each region the next class session and ask questions to see if the students remember. If the students answer questions accurately then the lesson was a success and the class can proceed with the next lesson. If students seem lost and confused it calls for a repeat of the lesson until at least 75 to 80 percent of the students understand. Others will need individual (one on one) help.

Comments:

My Learnings from My Geography Lesson Plan

2009-09-15T19:28:00.000-07:00

Possible NETS*T: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 3b, 3c, 3d, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e

I have learned a lot about making this kind of lesson plan. I have never heard of ASSURE model of lesson plans. I find it a bit less difficult when creating a lesson plan. I am not good at making lesson plans and I believe this really helped me and made me understand lesson plan formats better. Planning activities can sometimes be hard when you are trying to tell it to someone on paper. The lesson plan must be understandable and be exciting. If the lesson plan is easy to read than the person who is reading it should understand what the lesson is about and how to construct the lesson. If the lesson plan has graphics and is creative it can motivate the teacher and the teacher can motivate the students to become better learners and to also be excited about the lesson they will be doing.
I did all my planning and outlining of my lesson plan on my PC and I looked for different types of pictures to input and be a bit creative with the lesson plan. I also tried to do a sample on MS Excel of what the chart might look like that the students would come up with. I used the different tools to make a chart.
The least thing that I liked about this assignment was that the students had to count something and put it on a chart in using Excel. My subject is social studies. I found it very difficult to come up with something for the students to count. It would be difficult to count the amount of soldiers died in the civil war or the different types of Indians and the types of food they traded. I found rainfall to be the next best thing to count in inches. I think if my subject was for an elementary school setting or in a math or science subject it would seem easier. I noticed that the example of nutrition was common. I do not feel like I will ever need my students to use a digital spread sheet to count something unless it is rainfall. I do not have any ideas. It would be nice to get more ideas on how I can make them use a digital spread sheet to count something.
I really like the fact that I felt like I was creating a real lesson plan for a class that I will have in the future. I would like to teach Guam History or Geography. I loved how I learned something new. ASSURE is really much easier model for me to do a lesson plan. I believe that the more I practice to do lesson plans the better I will get.