My Practicum My Practicum Technology Technology ExperienceExperience

My Practicum My Practicum Technology Technology ExperienceExperienceRachelle CorniaRachelle Cornia

March 2009March 2009

Lesson Objective• State Core, First Grade Language

Arts Core, Standard # 4 Objective # 2

• The student will use knowledge of structural analysis to decode words.

R Controlled Vowels• For my lesson, I used a projector to

present a PowerPoint to my first grade class about R controlled vowels. The PowerPoint consisted of a quick introduction and a variety of practice sentences where students picked out the R controlled word and wrote it on their white boards.

Active Learners• Using technology combined with the

work students did on their white boards keep students very engaged through the whole lesson.

• Technology was an add on to this lesson because it acted as a motivating factor for my first grade students. We hardly ever get to use the projector in class, so it was a treat and exciting to get to use that form of technology in class!

Praise and Polish• What went well? The students were engaged

through the whole lesson and excited about using the technology!

• What could I do better? The projector did not work right away when it came time to use it. Something I would do differently when doing a lesson like this is next time, I will have a quick intro activity prepared that students can be doing while I set up technology. This way students are not having too much downtime, they are still engaged.

Focus on Learning Task• The use of the projector helped to focus learning in

their phonetic awareness because we used something different to present the materials. This use of technology appealed to various different learning styles.

• This use of technology was a help for me in this lesson to teach the concept. My first grade class is full of very active children and I learned it is important to always be presenting information in new and different ways. The best part is, using this form of technology does not take any longer than teaching students without technology.

Added Value• The added value that technology brought into this

lesson was the level of engagement for the students in my class. They got excited about being able to use the projector and the overall presentation had a lot of pictures and colors that were appealing to the students in my class. The greatest value the technology brought to my class in this lesson is that I believe it made the lesson, and therefore material, memorable. It only took once to teach R controlled vowels for every student to master the material. Even the slowest learners in my class only needed one lesson. That is what makes teaching so rewarding, when the students get it!