My goal was to find a
lesson that was engaging and allowed the students to think critically. I chose this lesson because it was student
oriented and it integrated technology effectively, but at the same time there
were parts that I believed I could add and edit to make it a more complete
lesson. I truly believe there is no such
thing as a perfect lesson because there is always a small hiccup that we do not
account for.
There were certain parts of the lesson in
which the curriculum, teaching strategies and technologies used were not
completely connected. In the first step
the lesson describes how the circumference of a circle depends on the diameter
of it. The lesson then gives the
students a procedure to follow integrating MIRA, which is a transparent
geometric tool that reflects like a mirror to help understand characteristics
of a circle. In this example the
technology and curriculum goals align very nicely, but I think the teaching
strategies relied too much on the students to do all the work. I would have liked to see the lesson reflect
the teacher/student combination of work.
It would have made it more complete, although it is a great lesson. I would have liked to see this second
standard covered in the lesson because they could be so easily implemented so I
added a standard and example. In the
part I added I had the learning more teacher centered because of the fact that
most of the other parts were student centered and I wanted to see an even
mixture.
I believe the technology used in
this lesson was perfect for the information that was trying to be taught. Without this technology the lesson would have
been a complete failure because it relied on it to create the learning
materials and implement them. A compass
was necessary for drawing a circle that the students needed to examine. Then MIRA and the geometer sketchpad program
helped see ratios which led to the students understanding the formula for circumference. This was one of the common core content
standards.SPREADSHEET
I completely agree with you that there is no such thing as a perfect lesson. I think how you teach or how you deliver the content to your students determines the quality of your lesson. I like how you added more things to the lesson so that it addressed more standards. You mentioned that the lesson is more student-centered and relied on the students to do the work. I agree with you that the teacher has to take part in the lesson as well, but students should be the one who is actively participate in the lesson in order to learn something from it. So, I don't think there is any problem with the lesson even though it is more student-centered.
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