Course Project: Lesson Plan

Description:

As a final project for the course we ask you to develop a lesson plan that teaches 21st Century Information Fluency skills to your students or staff. We'd like you to include as part of your plan, use of the IMSA Online Learning Modules. A good Lesson Plan will document your thinking and help other librarians and teachers build on your work. Eventually your plan may be published as part of the IMSA 21st CIF Lesson Plan and Action Research Repository Please follow our plan format so we can have a consistent presentation in our publication. Be sure to explain your thinking clearly and completely so those who follow will benefit from your hard work. This is especially true when it comes to explaining the actual learning activity performed by the student.

You and your partner(s) are asked to work on this plan as a team.
Your plan should promote 21st Century Information Fluency as well as any other curriculum content you wish to include.
Your plan should also explain how you might use IMSA Online Learning Modules to promote 21st Century Information Fluency Skills.
When you plan is 'complete' we ask you to self-assess your work using our Online Rubric. Think of this self assessment as one last chance to revise and edit the work before you publish it to the class!

Lesson Plan Elements:

Contact Information:

Your Full Name and Title:

Your E-mail Address (Optional):

Your Partner's Name(s) and Title(s):

Your School & School District Name:

Introduction:

This is an overview of what you'll be teaching. Briefly explain the theme, focus, or intent of the plan. This brief introduction should inform and orient your reader.

Learners:

Describe the grade level(s), academic background, and previous experience of your students.

Special Needs Accommodations:

What accommodations might be needed for students with special needs? Think of your audience: they may have special needs students. Those who view your work would appreciate some guidance. Will they need adaptive technology? Are there strategies they can use to help special needs learners?

Standards:

Specify which local, state, and national standards are addressed by your plan.

Clearly identify the standards organizations you are referencing.

Use numbering syntax and language of the standards to which you're referring.

Whenever possible, provide links to online versions of the standards you are addressing.

Goals and Objectives:

What are your 21st Century Information Fluency goals for this lesson? (What are the 'big idea' behaviors or skills you want to teach?)

What are your curriculum content goals for this lesson?

Learning Activity:

Explain in detail what your students actually do in the lesson. (Help us 'see it'. Remember we're not there!)

Be clear about the outcomes of the lesson. (What will they be able to do as the result of the lesson?)

Describe how the lesson is organized:

Does it involve more than one class?

If students are divided into groups, provide guidelines on how this might be done.

Method(s) of Evaluation:

How will you assess your students' learning? How will you know what they learned?

If you have rubrics, tests, worksheets or other student products, include them in the main document. If necessary, send additional pages as separate files. Include your name, as part of the name for each separate files?

Resources:

People: (Describe your ideal team.)

How many teachers at your school might use this plan?

Could Teacher Aides and parent volunteers become involved?

Does your plan have a community element requiring collaboration with people offsite (a teacher at another school? students in another country? A visiting expert?)

Would your plan benefit from a partnership with a community organization or business?

Technology: (What technology is needed to support your work?)

E-mail accounts for all students?

Access to IMSA Portal?

Specific software - how many copies?

Specific hardware - what kind? How many?

Internet connectivity?

Audiotapes or Videotapes?

Will you need adaptive technology for students with special needs?

Tape recorders, Kurzweil Readers, JAWs web browsing software

Non-digital Material: (What traditional sources will you use?) Please use a formal citation style when referencing specific texts, reference works, music, etc.

Books, magazines and other printed materials from the classroom or school library

Concluding Reflection:

Summarize your insights. What did you learn by teaching this lesson?

If you haven't yet taught your plan, reflect on what 'might happen'. What will you do if the computers are offline? What will you do if you run out of time?

What have you learned by teaching this plan?

What would you do differently?

Can you suggest follow-up and extension activities that could be done with students?

If you were unable to teach the plan during the course, when do you intend to use it?

What modifications might you make if your time line is disrupted?

What elements of the plan might you extend or elaborate upon before you actually teach it?

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