Tonight I had to give a presentation in my Ed Tech class. For this assignment we had to write a lesson plan that used technology. I wrote mine about designing and making business cards. The part I taught in class was modeling how to make a business card using businesscardstar.com and then having the class design a business card for a historical figure as 'guided practice'.
I thought my lesson went really well. The students were really engaged and seemed to have fun with the guided practice portion. They even answered my questions! I think the lesson was effective because all of the groups were able to produce a business card by following the directions given in the lesson. Even though they did not get the whole instruction portion of the lesson (due to time constraints) they did a great job of using the design principles I did have time to touch on.
I felt surprisingly comfortable in front of the class, even if I did have bronchitis. I felt natural moving through the class and interacting with the students. I wasn't nervous, but that was most likely because I had spent a lot of time planning my lesson and felt comfortable with what I was doing. I would definitely feel comfortable teaching this lesson to a classroom of 'real' students.
