Instructional Project Reflection

For the last assignment, we put all of the tools and skills we learned this semester and put them in practice. It was a result of everything we have worked on all semester! My group chose to focus on research for our topic. We chose this topic because it will be something new for them entering high school but something very important throughout their high school career. We wanted to teach a basic/introduction to research for high school freshmen. For our technology tools we used Google Slides for our lesson/lecture. It allowed us to collaborate on the project together. For our lesson plan, we used a Google Doc so we can all collaborate and edit together. We also wanted to incorporate social media into our lesson. High schoolers love social media and use it every day. We wanted something relevant to them. So, we decided to have the students write 'Tweets' after the lesson. The "tweets" would be posted on the bulletin board in the library. We wanted to use the activity as a review and exit slip. Students were asked to Tweet a question they still had, something they learned or something they didn't know that they learned today. In reality, we would have a routine in place so students know after each lesson to take a Tweet slip, write a tweet and post it on the bulletin board. It is not only a nice display but also a way for students to see each other's Tweets. The Librarians would try and answer the questions by replying to the student's Tweets. I think that having an interactive part is so important to every lesson. Writing lesson plans sometimes may seem like a pain and useless but they are so important. Even if it is a skeleton outline, it is useful to have some type of organization of your lesson. Also, it is always a good idea to have a plan B, C, D and to always be ready to adapt!