How I Used Technology to Enhance One of My Lessons in the Practicum

• Lesson objective: Students will share with a partner one thing they learned about weather •Use technology to allow for easy access to pictures and keep the students’ interest in the lesson• Introduce pictures of weather the students may not have experienced before• Include a fun activity that has to do with weather

The first slide of the

presentation

Students are giving me

examples of different types of

weather that happens in

Utah

Normal WeatherHere is one of the slides

from my presentation

The students looked at normal weather and talked about normal

weather for Utah

Extreme WeatherWe also looked at different kinds of extreme weather

Lightning was one example I used for extreme weather

The students loved the pictures that were in my

slideshow

As I showed the slideshow, students were able to tell me which types of weather they had heard of before. Most students had

never really heard of hurricanes before.

What went…Well:They all were

engagedThey loved the

picturesMy lesson was

enhanced

Not so well:Split up into two

different daysStudents got too

excited and were disruptive

• Mostly teacher use

• Students were involved by viewing pictures

• All students had easy access

• Promoted student involvement

• Most effective for picture viewing

• Creates motivation

• Keeps students engaged

•Motivational, but also necessary for all to see, more interactive

• Focus was weather

• Although created excitement, students learned intended material

• Was fun for kids

• Allowed access for all students

• Very visually pleasing

• Not easier without technology

•More interactive learning