Down the Rabbit Hole: How do you design your instuction plan? weekly writing #2

How to make a lesson plan...thats the million dollar question! I thought that in college they just give you a book it tells you what to do and BAMM you can write a lesson now. Was I wrong. Now don't get me wrong this way is so much better because now I have the control to learn and create life long learning.

Reviewing all of the materials given for our weekly writing there was a major thing in common and that was that there is no right or wrong black or white it just depends on your situation. However, there are ways to make sure that we don't fall flat on our faces when we become teachers.
Another common factor was that each program needs to fit the needs of the community around it. Something that has really stuck out for me in one of the readings is that as teachers in our minds we have it played out that we will present the material and students will think critically and reach the learning goals. But it ends up with the teacher standing up front lecturing and there is no learning activity were students can think critically. We must line up our learning goals with our teaching strategies.

What is the "Backward Design?"

There are 3 stages to backward design: Identify the desired results, Determine Assessment Evidence & Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction.

Backward design

Stage 1
Focuses on creating questions that engage learning to deepen their learning as well as connecting their learning to other areas. The goal is to create questions that require students to give us a deeper level of thinking. It was called to my attention that for each lesson we should have a few scripted questions that we have thought out in advanced that way we will always be prepared for deep thinking questions.
Stage 2
Starting from the bottom and working your way up is one way to make sure your lesson plans are perfect. At least that's what I'm picking up from this section...other key points are there are 6 facets of understanding needs, you should display empathy and make sure you as the teacher can interpenetrate all of your graphs and visual aids.
Stage 3
Is all about planning for the complete experience. Also you should give your students multiple chances to use the information you have thought them in different settings. Now why does this sound so familiar?? Because in the perfect 3 circle model you do just that, you teach a concept in the classroom students can then apply this knowledge to their SAEs or though a CDE in FFA.

Wrapping all of these topics all together is Bloom's Taxonomy

The Bloom Image we all know

Do you know what Bloom is all about? I don't really know all I know is he made a table showing different parts of learning and I know if you can't achieve the bottom one you sure aren't reachin the top one. Not there is a lot on Bloom and a lot of revision to his work kinda making it easier for the rest of us to understand what he is talking about. But because a picture paints a thousand words ill be sure to include a few for ya.

All in all these readings this week have just brought to life what we have been learning for years. That there are better ways to teach than how we were thought and we are the future so why hold on to what is safe and known and try something new! This whole start from the lesson and work back to the unit, and start with a question first thinking is a technique I wanna try and maybe one day master

“Like Alexander the Great and Caesar, I’m out to conquer the world. But first I have to stop at Walmart and pick up some supplies.”