Technology Lesson/Activity/Project Planning
PPP - Preparation - Process - Presentation

Technology 'Lessons/Activites/Projects' come in different shapes and sizes.  They can be a quick one session Internet research or a two week multimedia project.  The following guidelines will help you in designing the activity.  Some criteria will pertain and some may not, depending on the activity. Keep this planning overview in mind as you follow the lesson format as presented in TaskStream.

 

Text Box: Preparation
  • What will the students have already done/experienced/studied?
  • What will they need to have completed before going to the lab?
  • Pre-reading
    • Novel
    • Chapter in textbook
  • Recently finished unit.
    • Project is culminating activity
  • Will they need time to do Internet research?
  • Will they need to  go to the library and research?
  • Will they need to write rough drafts?

 

 

 

Text Box: Process
  • What exactly will this look like in the lab/classroom?
  • What skills do they have?
  • What skills will you teach?
  • Process must have day by day breakdown with expectations.
  • What will the students accomplish in each lab session?
  • Include Internet research if it is needed.
  • Include how you will organize the writing of rough drafts.
  • Require written text before images/sounds/movies.
  • Where will they save?
  • What will you do with the early finishers?
  • How long will the activity take?

 

Text Box: Presentation
  • What will be the closure for the student?
  • Present project in class
  • Team presentation
  • Bulletin board
  • Credit/NoCredit grading Ð process oriented
  • Corrected by teacher