Lesson Reflection Phase 2

1. Instructional Decisions/Teaching (InTask Standard #9)

• During my lesson, my peers were engaged in the technology but they wished that the technology I chose had worked differently. I also think I should have familiarized myself more with the Storybird portion of my lesson as opposed to the Kidspiration part which I focused more on. 
• My peers created some great stories including beginnings, middles and ends with creative cover pages. They had fun using their creativity to make these stories. They completed all my objectives and they maintained all the standards. 
• If I taught this lesson again I would make sure to be completely familiar with the procedural parts of the Storybird website instead of just familiar with the way the story creating part of it works.  

2. Mechanics:

• The technologies that I used was Kidspiration for story mapping and outlining and Storybird for the story creating. 
• The technologies used were used by the students by starting with Kidspiration and outlining their story and then they used Storybird to take the outline to create and illustrate their story. 
• My lesson was within the correct time frame because the students had enough time to experience the technology but also to get the content of the lesson. 

3. Assessment of Learning (InTast Standard #6) 

• Digital artficats

• From what my peers created, they were successful in the checklist of what they were able to create in the time allotted. They made cover pages and started their stories with a beginning and a middle, with more time I know that they would have been able to continue their stories and finish the end. 
• I felt that my lesson was successful overall. I thought that it went really well, my peers seemed engaged in what they were doing and I felt that they understood the technology. I wish I knew more about the procedure for using Storybird but now I know that I need to be familiar with all parts and aspects of the technology before teaching it. 
• My individual reflections support this because I have said I feel confident in the lesson that I planned and that I thought that it would really be an interesting and engaging lesson. 
• My classmates said that I was prepared and that they liked the lesson but that they wish that the technology was different because they wished that they could have the ability to add their own illustrations instead of the ones that come with the program that you have to choose from. 

4. In this lesson I learned that anything that you could want to do with students in the classroom can be achieved by using technology. I also learned that there are a lot of ways to use technology in the classroom that is more than just the obvious of using iPads and smartboards. In future lessons I will be more aware of what technology is out there and know that I can use it to enhance my lessons and use them to support individual student needs.