Planning

Planning matters. A well-designed plan that incorporates FUN (i.e., purposeful technology integration) can motivate and engage students to accomplish great things. Here's a video that demonstrate this idea in action:

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Here are some great examples of K-8 teachers in all subject areas planning lessons and units that integrate technology in thoughtful ways:

In [|this link], teachers are planning using Voki.

In [|this link], a teacher designed a unit of study on e-Pals for digital storytelling.

In this link, teachers at a new literacies institute in Massachusetts earlier this summer (that Greg organized) demonstrate their plans, based on Understanding by Design.

Here is an overview of planning a lesson based in Understanding by Design:



Here are two lesson plan templates. The first one is based in Understanding by Design:





Here is a rubric to self-assess and revise your lesson plans:



In addition, check out these National Education Technology Standards (from ISTE):

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[|For administrators]

These standards will help you to plan for and assess your lessons.