Support Material, Notes, and Assessment | Origin: ED109
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Preparing and Creating Lesson Plans --> Support Material, Notes, and Assessment
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Lecture notes help to guide an instructor during their course. They work inconjunction with the lesson plan to assit the instructor in real time during their course. Intergrating technology in the classrooms helps with engagement. It also help students with becoming more comfortable with technology which is something that is important to their future employers. Forms of assessments are necessary to provide evidence of the skills they have mastered.
It has emphasized the importance of going back over my lessons and seeing what works and what did not, then revising my lessons accordingly.
I love the statement you're only as good as the material you're working with. It's important to revise your lesson plans and consult colleagues.
Taking notes about lessons will help you in many ways, what worked and what you will not use again.
Lesson plans need to be logical, sequential and engaging for students.
What I took from this course is that lectured notes should guide instruction with flexibility, allowing myself and the students to answer questions and stay on track. I also gained clarity on the different types of assessments and how they each help measure student learning throughout a course.
Course outcomes are the driver of the lesson plan. As a new teacher taking the time to analyze how well a lesson worked and making notes and adjustments to improve lesson planning skills.
Development and delivery of a course is greatly impacted by the skills of an instructor. The details presented here give us the building blocks to for student success.
Incorporating a guest speaker as one of the ways of imparting knowledge to students is a valuable suggestion.
From this module, I learned that lecture notes should guide instruction without restricting flexibility, allowing me to answer questions and stay on track. I also gained clarity on the different types of assessments and how they each help measure student learning throughout a course. Most importantly, I learned that course outcomes should guide lesson planning so each lesson contributes directly to the larger goals. I plan to use these strategies to create more focused lessons and assess students more effectively.
Work backwards in lesson planning, using objectives as the framework.
Knowing your audience allows you the insight to prepare your lesson plan to how your students learn best.
Using new technology in your course can help organized and guide your students while making it easier to track and record students progress.
Having technology and feedback with studentsis imperative
It is important to remember that when developing learning plans, we should consider how students prefer to learn. Students absorb information differently, and the activities they engage with may vary. This can be challenging, so it is important to offer variety.
My class performs both formative and summative assessments
Instructors, by focusing on the course objectives and being mindful of the dynamics and duration of each class, should create iteratively refined lessons plans with detail sufficient enough to deliberately transfer subject matter. Maintaining the discipline of a course notebook will facilitate iterations of the instructor notes for the lesson plans. Quizzes and assessments are good sources for refining and revising the lesson plans, instructor notes, to meet course objectives.
Our support materials, notes and assessments aren't just paperwork. They're the living tools that keep us prepared, connected, and ready to teach our best.
Support material, notes, and assessments are essential for reinforcing learning, guiding instruction, and measuring progress. They ensure students understand key concepts, help instructors stay organized, and provide evidence of mastery.
