TPACK Lesson Plan Reflection 1/11/17

Lesson Plan for TPACK integration

Application

FFA/American Agriculture History

Learners: Freshman/Intro to Agriculture class

Learning Outcomes: At the end of this activity, students will know important dates in FFA/American Agriculture History.

Assessment: Students will be given a quiz at the end of the lecture

Order of Events:

• ·         The lesson will be begin by asking the students if they know some basic dates/facts about the FFA and American Agriculture. This should take a few minutes.
• ·         We will then use the FFA website to find some important dates/facts about FFA, as well as discuss them and good ways to retain this information. This should take five to ten minutes.
• ·         After using the FFA website, I will give more dates and facts about American agriculture using PowerPoint. This should take about five minutes.
• ·         At the end of the lecture I will ask the students questions regarding the information covered, followed by a short quiz on the Socrative quiz app. I will show the students how the app works before and after the exam. If there is enough time after the quiz, we will go over upcoming chapter events.

Reflection:

1.       My lesson was stronger in the content taught than the technology itself. In fact I struggled a bit using the Socrative app.
2.    The use of the PowerPoint app as well as the FFA website helped enhance learning through both convenience and self-learning from the students.
3.    My teaching strategies during this lesson were based heavily on teacher/student interacting in the content being presented to them via PowerPoint and website. This helped the student learn through me involving them and asking what they think showing that I care about their involvement and I’m not just talking to myself. Some specific examples include when I asked when they thought FFA included African Americans, or when I asked how a war in Europe could cause dust storms in the United States.
4.    Some misinformed pre conceptions about agriculture as well as what is to be gained from agriculture education has to be adjusted through my teaching.
5.       The technology such as the PowerPoint application helps me present the lecture with better graphics and more ease in transitions. The FFA website helps me plant a seed for ongoing student self-learning and provides the info I was teaching for me. The Socrative app was not very useful to me, I could have much less struggle and ease in grading with a paper test.
6.      Next time I will give a paper quiz which will be easier and produce better results for the students learning by seeing the grade they deserve first and not the errors of the computer. I wouldn’t change anything about the technology for the rest of my lesson.
7.      The PowerPoint provided great graphics and ease in transitions. The FFA website provided my information for me.
8.     The PowerPoint in combination with my teaching makes the lecture less boring. The FFA website offers news, membership, history, and much more to me and my students.