1. Plan Your Lesson – Lecturing is a great educational tool, but it can sometimes leave learners uninvolved. In planning your lesson, consider alternative methods for reaching your intended learning objectives.

• • Hands-on Activities: Individually or in small groups, have learners take part in a hands-on experience. This could take the form of physical or mental construction such as preparing a presentation on information that has not yet been presented to the class or building a model of an object discussed in class.
  • Reflection: Encourage learners to share their experiences with

2. Allow the learners’ educational experience to help shape the learning process.

For additional information on XXXXX instruction, please visit our Teaching Strategies page of the MNSU Instructional Design Services.  In order to implement a XXXX instruction lesson in your classroom, there are a few planning steps to consider.  Fill in the blanks with your lesson-specific information in order to plan your XXXX lesson.

3. Develop clear and measurable learning objectives (including cognitive and behavioral objectives)

By the end of my lesson,

• Students will be able to __________________________________
• Students will be able to __________________________________
• Students will be able to __________________________________

Ex: Students will be able to identify methods of differentiation using Web 2.0 tools

4. Identify the learning resources students will need to access at home before coming to class.

• Worked examples
• Watch instructional video xxx (name of the video) for xx minutes http://www… (for examples of tools you can use to create lectures, visit the MNSU Instructional Design Services)
• Play Game xxx (name of the game) for xx minutes http://www…
• Teacher self-created materials video, game, quiz …
• Reading materials

Ex:  Before class on Thursday, please watch instructional video #1.

Learning Resources my lesson will include:

• __________________________________
• __________________________________
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Technology Resources I will need to create the pre-class learning resources:

• __________________________________
• __________________________________
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5. Specify how the students will need to interact with the pre-class learning activities.

• Prepare questions for the teacher
• Exercise on worksheets, if any
• Suggest other learning resources

Ex:  After watching instructional video #1, answer the video reflection question in the discussion forum.

Ways in which students will interact with the learning materials of my lesson:

• __________________________________
• __________________________________
• __________________________________
• __________________________________

Technology Resources my students will need to complete these activities:

• __________________________________
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6. Identify in-Class Activities that your students will be completing.  Let students know if they need to bring or prepare anything before class.   The idea is to create an active learning environment where students actively interact with the content and the instructor acts as a guide.

• Materials preparation
• Address common problems
• Whole group discussion
• Differentiation/Individualization
• Group activities

Ex:  For Thursday’s class bring your guided reading worksheet, we will use this for the basis for the group discussion.

Activities students will complete during class time of my lesson:

• __________________________________
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Technology Resources my students will need to complete the in-class activities:

• __________________________________
• __________________________________
• __________________________________
• __________________________________

7. Create the assessments that you will use for determining students’ mastery of the learning objectives.

• Formative/Summative
• Challenging questions
• Interactive quizzes

Ex: Create a graphic organizer that categorizes at least 15 Web 2.0 tools.  Identify how these tools will allow you to differentiate your instruction. 

Assessment(s) I will use in my lesson:

• __________________________________
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Technology Resources my students will need to complete the assessment(s):

• __________________________________
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8. Verify that your assessments and activities align with the learning objectives.  Do they allow your students to demonstrate that they have achieved the learning objectives?