The goal of this assignment is to demonstrate your ability to design a lesson that makes substantial use of instructional media and technology and be able to teach this lesson in a regular classroom setting using the media you have incorporated.
Develop the lesson using Young's "Essential functions of instruction" (Gagne's "Events of instruction") and the "Instructional Management" section of Young's Instructional Design Guide
Arrange with your mentor teacher to teach the lesson that you have developed ( in his/her classroom or somebody else's) in which you incorporate a substantial amount of technology in your overall instructional strategy. Plan and schedule this lesson as early as possible. Your lesson will be observed by Dr. Young, so you must coordinate your plans with his schedule. Contact Debbie O'Hara at (410) 455-2465 or dohara@umbc.edu
Your report for this assignment should be 4-5 pages, including a copy of the actual lesson plan/design you developed, some evaluation comments from the regular classroom teacher, and a short critique of how you felt the session went. Mail your paper as an attachment to an e-mail message.
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