Micro Lesson 2 Designing Instruction

Designing Instruction:

• How your instructional design contextually and logically organized?
• Design of this lesson was created in a step by step processes. Each section builds off prior ones so information is sequential. In the beginning of the lesson, the teacher is doing most of the lesson engagement in teaching students content. As the lesson progresses, the teacher gradually fades from being the focus of the lesson and students begin to take over to be actively engaged in content and apply the knowledge they learned.

• How your instructional design use varied instructional methods that meet individual student needs and target higher order thinking skills?

• The technologies used in the lesson helped to accommodate a variety of students. Instruction was differentiated through multiple intelligences including visual, auditory, and kenesthetic. This helps to meet more students strengths for them to be successful in the lesson. Examples of accommodations include: 

 

·      Objective can be reduced in quantity for students with special needs.

·      The computer software program provides text and visuals of all content in an interactive way. ESL students, at-risk students and students with disabilities can better understand content by seeing, and using the content interactively. This method helps to cater to many multiple intelligences.

·      Assistive technology such as of text to speech tools can be used to make up for the lack of auditory information on software programs and handouts. This tool can be used with all instructional material and cater to children with auditory strengths or ESL individuals looking to learn the English language with vocabulary.

·      Computer is equip with ready to use assistive technology tools and is capable of enlarging print, volume control, text to speech capability, etc.

·      In the computer software program, there are additional activities that gifted students can complete if they finish their assignments early, to deepen their knowledge of the material. There are also additional assignments that are optional and not required to complete if a student finishes their work early.

• How your instructional design aligns with research based understanding of technology integration?
• Technology was used to enhance the learning for the child, and help bring to life the concepts in the lesson. It helped to incorporate all students into the lesson and  make the lesson engaging for stduents. These days kids are surrounded by the fast pace of media, and incorporating some of that media technology into lessons helps to keep childrens' attention on task.