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Lesson Plan

Jennifer Goins Information Literacy Lesson Plan

Pre-Assessment: After consulting with the technology teacher, I have a general idea of what skills the students have been exposed to throughout the school year. I plan on using this with the 8th grade students at the end of the year.

Standards/Goals: Technology Standard 2.0- Students will understand the importance of social, ethical and human issues associated with technology. Technology Standard 3.0- Students will use technology productivity tools. Technology standard 4.0- Students will use technology communication tools.

Instructional Objectives:
 * 1) The learner will create a library orientation movie, a cafeteria behavior movie, and a hallway behavior movie using MovieMaker and other Microsoft office products.
 * 2) Students will be divided into groups and work together to generate the contents of their designated movie. Students will evaluate the information they feel younger students need to know about the library, cafeteria or the hallway before they begin their project. Students will then use digital cameras to make photographs depicting students who are exhibiting appropriate or inappropriate behavior in the above mentioned situations. Students will then combine the photos and text in the MovieMaker program. There finished product will be a how or how not to video that can be used in orientation during the following school year.
 * 3) Students will demonstrate mastery by sharing their product with classmates and explaining their thought process to their peers. Students will evaluate each other and share their thoughts on the activity.
 * 4) I expect the interest level to be high with this project, thus mastery should be at a very high percent. I expect 100% of the students to participate and produce a finished product.

Materials: Paper, pencil, computers, digital cameras, flash drives, and CDs

Set Induction: I will begin the lesson by showing students a movie I made for a grant proposal that includes pictures of our students and classrooms. I will let the students see how fun this project is and how cool the finished product looks.

Instructional Sequence: Day One: Students will be divided into groups of eight. This will allow for enough people to work on the various parts of this project. Students will then be assigned their topic for their movie. Groups will then spend the rest of the period brainstorming what they would like to include in their movie. Day Two: Students will share with me what their ideas are for their movie. After approval, students will need to complete an outline describing how many pictures they are going to take and what the text will say. Day Three: Students will be able to take pictures in their areas, such as the library, cafeteria or the hallway. Students will use the members of their group to be the performers for their pictures. Students will then download pictures on the computer so they can be examined and edited. Day Four: Students will be directed on how to insert their pictures and text into the MovieMaker program. Student will use the rest of the period familiarizing themselves with the program. Students can put their pictures in the program and "play" with some of the effects. Day Five: Groups should have their pictures in place and text added by the end of this period. Day Six: Students will add sound to their movie and make any final changes. Day Seven: Students will preview their movie for their classmates and administration. Peer evaluations will take place during the viewing. Day Eight: Students will burn their movies to CDs and their movies will be shown school wide on the Channel One system.

Closure: After completing the project, students will complete a survey expressing their feelings on the project. Students will indicate what they liked, didn’t like, what they would keep the same or what they would change in the lesson.

Adaptation and Extensions: This is a very hands-on project that will stimulate most students. There will be a variety of steps that incorporate many learning styles. I also feel that by grouping students their will be peer tutoring going on throughout this process. The instruction process will be more student driven and hands-on learning.

Assessment: The objectives will be measured with the final product. Did students use a variety of media to produce an orientation movie for other student? That will be the main question to be answered when evaluating the final product. I also will use the closure survey to make any changes for the next time I use this lesson. I would like to see the students have fun while working on this productJ

Reflection: This activity was suggested to me by my assistant principal. He knows I enjoy working with students and technology and suggested this would be a good way to have our orientation for next year and allow students to work on a creative project. I am only going to do this lesson with one class this year and may expand the project as an entire 8th grade project next year.