Maker Lesson Plan

I created a Lesson Plan based on the Maker learning platform for CEP 811. I have attached the lesson plan as a sharable Google Doc. I have also reported my rationale and research references within this blog post.

MAKER LESSON PLAN

Rationale –

I used the Instructional Design model to create my lesson plan. I wanted to ensure that students would be able to have a full understanding of wat maker learning is all about, but also to give them real use of application with a maker kit and to make them think and create further about possibilities and other uses within maker learning.

I watched the video from Dr. Stephen Yelon about Instructional Design that stated how to link the objectives, content, methods and evaluation within a lesson to allow students a complete learning experience. (The video file type is not supported in this blog platform, so I apologize for not being able to link you to that video).

Through my research of personal learning, I found that building a personal learning environment for each student there is the possibility of having the greatest effect on every single student. Making those personal connections of learning for each student is the basis for creating lifelong learners. According to Deed, Lesko & Lovejoy (2014), personalized learning spaces are continually re-formed or re-shaped through the questioning of convention and routine. By allowing students to work collaboratively each student can learn from each other and bounce ideas of others and create more dynamic and systematic guess or connections to the learning topics. However, by having each student create their own written blogs and videos they are able to express themselves through their own creativity and demonstration of understanding what the learning questions are. Students are basically creating their own windows into what they understand and are having fun doing it. This type of assessment has the possibilities to be :re-formed” or “re-shaped” over time as the students develop better skills, understanding and connections to the material being learned. Students can further their learning by using informal online writing to enhance their writing skills, discuss things that are important to them and create talking points with their classmates. The purpose of these interactions is to democratize the learning process through personalizing learning and using the affordances of virtual, physical and social space, both formal and informal, in and out of school (Deed, Lesko & Lovejoy, 2014).

As each student learns in different ways, I wanted to show case that significant aspects in creating a lesson that might be include in a resource and/or inclusion classroom where students might have independent learning goals, while others might need to learn from the common core standards. Using the maker learning ideas, any student has the ability to learn from this, as each student will be effected or intrigued by different parts of this learning process. Some students might enjoy creating online media reports about what they learned, some students might make connection to the Maker learning and go home and do their own research and start making things on their own. These learning outcomes is what personalized learning really means to me. Students are learning from concepts being taught, but they are using that learning in various ways in their lives that are very different from each other. Learning style theories emphasize the unique cognitive approaches favored by individual learners and highlight the importance of providing a range of instructional strategies to facilitate learning of all learners (Mandernach, 2009).

I created my lesson based off of my own experience with a maker kit that I originally intended to use for students that were non-verbal, but I also figured I could incorporate not only individual students IEP goals into the lesson, but as well as common core standards for other students who could be inclusion classrooms. I believe that this type of lesson development benefits the greatest number of students and also allows every student the practical demonstration and practice of using maker culture. My intent is to create an interest in students to pursue and research further about all of the possibilities of the maker culture inside and outside of the classroom.

How-to:

Watch what Maker Culture is (5 points)

Students will have a class discussion with Teacher. Each students should participate in the discussion to earn points for participating in this activity.

Create an Evernote Notebook for Touch Sensor Responder Maker Lesson (10 points)

Students will share their notebooks with the teacher for assessment and feedback. Students should have two tags per note and a link to a reference or resource found

Students will play with the Circuit Scribe Maker Kit (10 points)

Students will need to document their experience and observations using a camera to capture pictures and/or video to use with their blog posts.

Create a WordPress Blog (30 points)

Students need to post one written blog that describes their experiences and observations over the entire lesson and students will also create a 1-2 minute blog videos that talks about what they think Maker culture is and what they see themselves doing with Maker kits in the near future

Use student Gmail accounts to access YouTube account to store and upload videos made by students. (5 points)