(My ROY G. BIV Digital Tutorial)
Given the opportunity to take the class, ED 271 with Dr. Cyrus, I have learned a great deal about how to integrate technology with almost anything, more specifically a lesson plan. The lesson plan was created with one of my new technology tools, Wix, a site building website that has various customizing options and editing tools. I decided to create a lesson plan where I, as the teacher, would teach first graders their primary, as well as secondary colors. My ideas for the lesson plan were gathered based on the content of my digital tutorial, which was a rap video, meant to teach children about the colors of the rainbow. According to the Guam Department of Education's fine arts, content standards for first graders they are to already have some knowledge of the basic colors, however, by this grade, learn how to mix primary colors in order to make secondary colors with paint (GDOE 2010). Because of this I decided to introduce the lesson with the rap video on the colors of the rainbow, followed by a lesson on the color wheel, where primary colors are found. Without directly telling the students how to obtain a secondary color I incorporated a finger painting activity in the lesson plan where students would have to experiment with their primary colors and mix them in order to create their secondary colors. The exploration portion of the lesson will allow them to find out on their own where secondary colors come from. The kids will then use the colors they have learned to make and use them to create a rainbow.
As part of the lesson I was required to chose a specific disability and make accommodations for that individual and i chose the disability of a visual impairment. For that child with visual impairments, the accommodations that I would make would be a print out of the lyrics to the rap song at the beginning of the lesson in large font, a seating arrangement at the front of the classroom where the lecture is visible, I would assist he or she in the finger painting activity if certain colors are hard to see, and allow the student more time to complete the online color wheel game. These accommodations are important, especially for the child with the disability in order to guarantee all learners' success in the classroom.
A way that I can make the subject material more challenging is if I have the students create a more abstract piece of art work rather than a rainbow or if I decide to incorporate patterns into the lesson plan. Regardless of how challenging the lesson may be for the students, it will meet their needs as first grade students and with the incorporation of technology the students will be more motivated to learn which aligns to the first NET standard for teachers (NETS*T 2008). Moreover, I am very excited to have found a new way of creating lesson plans and the fact that students are becoming more tech savvy these days reassures me that my teaching strategies, in which technology will be incorporated, will be effective one day.
GDOE Content Standards,http://www.gdoe.net/ums/GDOE%20Content%20Standards%20June%2015,%202010.pdf
NETS*T Standards 2008, http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-teachers.aspx
My Multimedia Lesson Plan!
