Best practice involves learning environments where students are active participants, involved in meaningful, hands-on learning opportunities that involve equitable use of technology. This lesson plan template incorporates many areas of instructional rigor and student engagement that will result in student learning, collaboration, and success at all levels, with opportunities to gain 21st century learning skills.
After you've completed the “Sequenced Steps” section to integrate technology into the lesson, what management and/or organizational practices would you recommend to enable smooth implementation?
What might you include to address students with special needs, including those served in special education, ELL and gifted/talented programs?
Evaluate the lesson. What worked and what didn’t work? How will you modify this lesson for future use? How did the use of technology enhance student learning/collaboration?
Once you've identified a unit or lesson that can be enhanced through technology, ask yourself the following questions: