Planning Impactful Lessons | Origin: ED125
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Effective and Efficient Instructional Strategies --> Planning Impactful Lessons
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Keeping students engaged in the work so they can gain the most from the training evolution
I loved the concept of "starting with the end in mind". I feel that I will enjoy creating a environment that fosters learning but also engages the minds of my students. From group activities/discussions or end of lesson wrap ups, I hope to make their class time more than just someone "teaching at them". I want them to feel involved in their education.
Have a flexible plan that can be adapted to the energy level of the class.
Provide an environment where mutual trust and respect are the drivers of success.
Planning Impactful lessons requires empathy, energy and enthusiasm. It is important to do a check in at the beginning on the emotional state of the learner and if they are able to grasp all the contents. The teacher should be able to adjust the content to meet the learning needs.
I learned that creating impactful lessons requires careful planning that balances content, engagement, and real-world application. Effective lesson planning goes beyond just covering material—it involves setting clear objectives, scaffolding instruction, anticipating student needs, and integrating activities that actively involve learners.
I intend to apply this by designing lessons in my Electrical Technology classroom that are hands-on, student-centered, and aligned with industry standards. For example, when teaching wiring techniques, I will incorporate step-by-step demonstrations, lab activities, and mini-projects that mirror real-world jobsite tasks. I will also use reflection and peer collaboration to help students connect theory with practice.
By planning lessons this way, I can ensure that students not only understand the material but also see its relevance to their future careers, which increases engagement, retention, and skill mastery.
It's important to find the balance between accountability and flexibility. Keeping students engaged in meaningful work, so that they gain the most knowledge from your course.
I learned that empathy can be expressed by sharing something of value to the students. I think this is important because you never know what a child's home life is like. A lot of students have a lot of family responsibilities.
With this module, I have learned that to help student engagement you need to provide a supportive learning environment. Along with this you need to make sure to provide impactful lessons. With these lessons being planned, you need to make to always have your "what" and "why".
From this module I have learned to provide flexibility to the students. Not to focus on deadlines so much but to focus on capability of understanding the content.
I've learned the benefit of engaging students early on rather than simply giving a lecture on the topic at hand. Students are more likely to pay close attention and retain more information with a frame of reference for the discussion such as handling the tools required to accomplish the task. The students will then be better equipped to visualize what's being discussed even in the absence of a visual aid.
From this module, I learned how planning with clear objectives, structured activities, and meaningful closure creates lasting learning. I’ll apply this by designing lessons that align goals, assessment, and engagement at every stage
As an AMT (Aviation Maintenance Technician) instructor, a final message can leave a lasting impact on the students, reinforcing the significance of their new career and inspiring a commitment to excellence and safety.
I would mention a call to responsibility.
With this type of closing, I intend to emphasize the grave importance of the students’ work and the high level of trust they will be given.
As a reminder and to emphasize the responsibilities to subordinates, peers, and students, as I have done in the past, I would use phrases or quotes like:
Do the job right, the first time, and by the book!
· Carelessness is your worst enemy":
· There is no room for carelessness. For every rivet, every wire, every nut, bolt, screw, and every inspection that an Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) signs off on—a pilot's trust, a passenger's safety, rests on the AMT’s work.
· Or similar messaging.
This would inspire and remind students that their work should be meticulous, to be relentless, and to take pride in the prestigious and invaluable role of AMTs and as guardians of the skies. With positive integrity and positive accomplishments thus far. Allowing the interjection of continued high distinction in everything ATMs do is defined as a definite cornerstone. Just like other AMTs, you are instrumental in the aviation maintenance field, contributing to keeping the skies safe, just as the legacy of the "Tuskegee Airmen," also known as the Red Tails, the historic responsibility of excellence.
As the late Honorable Abraham Lincoln said, "The best way to predict your future is to create it". For the new AMTs, you are doing that now, with more to come in the future. With respect to every aircraft you touch and return to service after suitable and applicable services or repairs have been accomplished in your career, you will be a part of a global network that connects people, cultures, and opportunities. This is not merely just fixing a machine; you are enabling human connections. The continued future of aviation will be defined by your hands and by you, and the ATMs like you."
Congratulations on your successes thus far! Allow me to express my desire for an abundance of continued success in future aircraft maintenance endeavors to all of you.
Have empathy, you don't know what their home lives are like.
I think having learning goals each day is impactful. I have a learning goal for each unit but not each day.
It showed me the importance of engaging with class right from the start and also setting up for any further discussions.
Comment on Lissa Liveson's post: good one
Make sure they have comprehended the material.
I've learned that opening activities do not have to relate to the lesson topic. They can be something to connect learning to real-life.
Among all the valuable tactics given in the module, I intend on implementing learning objectives at the beginning of each class with an explanation of how these objectives relate to their progress in the course and connect with classroom learning and their assignments, how following these objectives would benefit their learning and also how they are connected to the overall course and student overall academic and career goals.
