Rection 10 EME 2040

I have learned many things in this class. One of the many things that I have learned in this class is a lesson plan is an extremely important tool in a teacher’s arsenal. What a lesson plan does is acts as a guide for what you want to teach the students. It outlines everything step and everything that you want done during the lesson. I feel that this is a tool that makes the difficult job of educating the next generation a lot less difficult. When the professor first introduced us to lesson planning I was amazed on much planning it takes to create a lesson plan. A good lesson plan takes time and effort to do. It is not something that is thrown together on the fly. Many times educators research other lesson plans and try to look at research that proves a particular lesson works. A lesson plan is immensely detailed and through and it has to be in order for it to be effective. There is also not just one type of lesson plan. In this class we went over three distinct types of lesson plans. These lesson plans are the Behaviorist, Constructivist, and Transpersonal lesson plan. These lesson plans are different in style and approach but they have proven to be effective. The main focus of these lesson plans are to educate students and have them be able to use what they have learned in the future.
Something else extremely important that was learned in this class is the use of technology. Technology is another important tool in the classroom. Technology can help the students better understand the lesson. When we were creating our lesson plans we used technology. Technology has made learning more accessible and easy for both educators and students. If students need help with an assignment, the internet which has a wealth of information is at their finger tips. Teachers and students can send emails to one another and there is even virtual school. This has become an important part of education and as technology grows, so will our use of technology in the classroom. As important as technology has proven to be in the classroom, we must still be mindful of it. The internet is full of material and some of it is inappropriate or full of false information. It is the responsibility of educators and students to make sure they use reputable sites.