Topic 7: Instructional Technology Example

I was fortunate enough to visit several seminars offered by the TATN at the TCEA conference in Austin last February. I was able to witness several technology related lessons from experienced teachers. This has been my most beneficial experience with viewing education technology lessons in the classroom.

The first lesson that I was able to see was one about compare and contrast. Students were able to learn how to compare and contrast two items and create a graphic organizer to represent those items. Students were taught with presentation software (PowerPoint) on the topic of compare and contrast. Students were assessed by creating their own graphic organizer on the computer where they had to compare two objects.

I feel that the effectiveness of this lesson would be average, meaning that there wouldn’t be an overwhelming understanding and excitement, from the students perspective but at the same time it would still engage students enough. Personally I would add more interactive components to the lesson, such as a interactive websites on the topic or other multimedia for students to experience