Ideal+Lesson


 * An Ideal Lesson or Small Unit - Creating the FUTURE! **

Introduction:
Have you dreamed of creating an engaging learning experience? Your students (**young or old!**) are //so excited t//o learn that they forgot they are in in your environment for education! And, you assess them so that it makes sense to learning.

What would the ideal learning experience look like? It would be a learning experience that teaches //important content//, //uses good pedagogy//, and uses the //advantages of technology//?toc

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 * The slide show presentation below is just something to help you think: We do we need for the future? How do we create a lesson to encourage it? **

**Task**:
You need to create our Ideal Lesson(S) or Small unit or Experience. It should be something engaging to the students that helps them create deeper understanding of a subject. It should also utilize technology in a meaningful way. This can be contrasted with a simple Power Point Presentation where the instructor or presenter is using one way transmission in order to teach a concept. In this way, the teacher acts as a transmitter. Yes, the instructor may have much interaction, because most good presentations do require some interaction, however the students are not creating deep and meaningful knowledge during the PPT.

Instead, in your ideal lesson or small unit, you want interaction with the students, so that you are more facilitative or your role is a facilitator. See the following video as inspiration:

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**Other Inspiration**

 * Small Lessons -
 * WIKIS: Banned Books Wiki and the Flat Plant - http://flatplanet.wikispaces.com/About>
 * WebQuest: [|Jazz Music]
 * Blue Man Group School:@http://blueschool.org/cnn-next-list
 * Edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/video
 * Look in Discovery Learning - United Streaming. In there are a host of lessons.
 * Your book has many examples.

**Process**
You will create an "ideal lesson" or "ideal activity" and rubric or checklist for one of your activities. The lesson should utilize the ideal classroom you have designed, including the technology.

**Steps**

 * 1) Create a **Title** for your Ideal Lesson, small unit, or experience.
 * 2) Write the **overall goal**.
 * 3) IF you received your inspiration from **another source, please cite it**. Also, put a **copy** of it in **your binder**.
 * 4) Summarize in //**paragraphs or steps**// what the ideal lesson(s) or small unit would look like. Unlike the presentation project, you //**do not**// have to create a full detailed lesson plan on the whole thing. It may be too big. 1-3 paragraphs
 * 5) Create a rubric.
 * 6) Checklist for the lesson, or a rubric for one part of the lesson.
 * 7) The whole lesson plan should be about 1 page.
 * 8) Writing Guidelines:
 * Overall Goal
 * Paragraph 1 - What the students will do and the instructor (make sure that it includes some technology here or below)
 * Paragraph 2 - More details (or list)
 * Paragraph 3- What you will do for an **FORMATIVE assessment** (before a grade) and what the students will do for a **SUMMATIVE** assessment (or a Grade)
 * Rubric or checklist for what the students should be able to do.


 * Remember the ideal lesson or experience should align with your teaching philosophy and utilize your ideal! **