Learning and Evaluating with Multimedia

While trying to think of an interesting activity for lesson plan two, I was challenged to include the use of two multimedia tools. At first, I thought it would be easy, but when it came time to write my objectives I found myself revising and changing the lesson. I finally came up with an activity for middle school students in a science class. Although my content area is English, I wanted to do something different, which is why I chose to use science as the lesson. I found the topic of seed germination to be extremely interesting. I thought this would be an exciting topic for students to learn.

I wanted to include multimedia that most students have experience with—the digital camera and computer. In addition to these tools, the students would need to learn how to use Windows Movie Maker to create a slide show. This lesson would “promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness” in the students. The students will have to use their creativity to create a slide show with unique pictures they take on a field trip. I chose to have students use Windows Movie Maker as the software to create their slide shows because it was an easy tool to learn. Students with special needs can also take part in this activity with the assistance of the teacher or other students.

I found it very fun making a website for my lesson plan because I could put my own creativity into the website. I think that the lesson plan website is also a good tool for students to use if they want to see what is expected of them for the lesson. The website includes the whole lesson plan, along with the grading rubric. This Multimedia lesson plan was also challenging because of the Evaluation and Revise part that had to relate to the Objectives. The objectives included the students being able to create a slide show and present this to the class. Therefore, I had to make sure that this was evaluated as well as the effectiveness of the media that was used. I had a challenging and fun time creating this multimedia lesson plan. I hope that one day I can actually use it in one of my classes.



References:

ISTE. (2008). ISTE/NETS Standards for Teachers 2008. Retrieved February 20, 2009, from ISTE International Society for Technology in Education: http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.htm

Koning, Ross Seed Germination. Retrieved April 15, 2009, from Seed Germination Web site: http://plantphys.info/seedg/seed.html