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Project 6: PLANalyst Lesson Plan

EDTEC 470 - T2ARP Section

Planalyst is a curriculum development tool created by Dr. Bernie Dodge of SDSU's Ed Tech Department. The software program serves as an expert system for educators by providing an instructional scaffolding for lesson planning. Teachers, trainers and deliverers of instruction can benefit from the wide range of suggestions, methods and design elements offered in the program. In this assignment, you will design and create a lesson that you'll be teaching during your student teaching experience at O'Farrell or Morse. The lesson printout will cover course assignments for the Ed Tec 470 class and the Ed Psych class (make a copy for the Psych class).

Preparation
Review class handouts and explore the Planalyst program.

Look at some of the sample lessons included with the software as well as some of the lesson formats and details offered in the teachers' guides that you are using with your kids at Morse and O'Farrell. Read over the Gagne, Bloom and Krathwohl taxonomies (pink handouts).

Think about a lesson that you'll be teaching; review it with your master teacher.

Identify events of instruction and behaviors for instructional objectives.

List a small set of learning objectives...specific statements that point to student outcomes.

Remember, good learning objectives should be simple, clear and have:

Audience (who is the learner?)

Behavior (one per objective)

Condition (where, how the behavior will take place)

Degree (how well does the behavior have to be done?).

Materials:
Planalyst with time at SDSU or O'Farrell.

Activity
Create a lesson using Planalyst. Make certain that you enter information for all fields, time, events, reflections. Remember to include all parts of a sound lesson, from preliminary (gaining attention) through post-evaluation components. Print out the completed version of your lesson.

You should run it past Anna Liszt so that you've remembered to include all the necessary pieces. Anna should give your lesson at least a "Very Good".

Deliverable
A print out of the PLANalyst lesson.

Evaluation

The completed lesson should be conceptually clear specific, in terms of content, action, time, and directions. The educational purpose and value should be evident. Particular attention should be given to the thoroughness of the instruction, detail of the event narratives, direction of classroom management, application of appropriate teaching strategies, specification of activities and events, and overall lesson format.

This is an individual assignment, although you may consult with your guide teacher, SDSU faculty and other student teachers as you design your lesson.

This project is worth 5% of your final grade.

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Preparation	Review class handouts and explore the Planalyst program. Look at some of the sample lessons included with the software as well as some of the lesson formats and details offered in the teachers' guides that you are using with your kids at Morse and O'Farrell. Read over the Gagne, Bloom and Krathwohl taxonomies (pink handouts). Think about a lesson that you'll be teaching; review it with your master teacher. Identify events of instruction and behaviors for instructional objectives. List a small set of learning objectives...specific statements that point to student outcomes. Remember, good learning objectives should be simple, clear and have: Audience (who is the learner?) Behavior (one per objective) Condition (where, how the behavior will take place) Degree (how well does the behavior have to be done?).
Materials:	Planalyst with time at SDSU or O'Farrell.
Activity	Create a lesson using Planalyst. Make certain that you enter information for all fields, time, events, reflections. Remember to include all parts of a sound lesson, from preliminary (gaining attention) through post-evaluation components. Print out the completed version of your lesson. You should run it past Anna Liszt so that you've remembered to include all the necessary pieces. Anna should give your lesson at least a "Very Good".
Deliverable	A print out of the PLANalyst lesson.
Evaluation	The completed lesson should be conceptually clear specific, in terms of content, action, time, and directions. The educational purpose and value should be evident. Particular attention should be given to the thoroughness of the instruction, detail of the event narratives, direction of classroom management, application of appropriate teaching strategies, specification of activities and events, and overall lesson format.