Technology Lesson Reflection

US Observation Reflection

Reflection on Use of Technology

This was the first time that I used technology other than the projector for a lesson but my

comfort level was good for this lesson mainly because I have seen this type of technology done

before in one of my college classes. Also, my comfort level was good because I practiced using

this form of technology before. The technology that I did for my lesson was a PowerPoint in the

form of the game Jeopardy. A success that I encountered during my lesson when using this

technology was that the students seemed to really enjoy this form of review because they don’t

really see this type of technology used in their classroom. There was good classroom

management during this lesson because I think of the technology too. Also, another success

when using this technology was that it gave me instant feedback on what the students were

struggling with during the review. There were a few technical difficulties when using this

technology. The first problem that I encountered was after the students chose a category and how

many points they were trying to go for a question the screen didn’t mark those points so that we

knew it was already chosen. I dealt with this problem by marking the questions that were already

chosen with sticky notes so that the class didn’t try to choose those points again. Then another

problem that I encountered was that the PowerPoint during the review exited me out of it. I dealt

with this problem really fast by just clicking on the PowerPoint again so that it would go over the

projector for the students to see. Like I said before the technology that I used was a PowerPoint

in the form of the game Jeopardy and I downloaded the Jeopardy format off a website and it set

up my PowerPoint to work/look like the game. All I had to do was fill out the PowerPoint of

what I wanted it show during the review. The artifact is a picture of PowerPoint I used for this

lesson.

Reflection on Student Learning

The technology that I used further enhanced this lesson and student learning. It enhanced

my lesson because it made it more interesting for the students. Instead of having a plan old

review on a piece of paper for students to do this PowerPoint Jeopardy review game enhanced

the students learning because it made them more interactive with the lesson and challenged them

at some moments. I was able to see what the students were struggling with in this review and

take some time to go over some questions with them. Doing this enhanced the students’ learning

too because I made them question problems and have some of them even come up to the front of

the class and explain their reasoning to the answers they were giving me. The claim that I can

make about student learning based on my lesson with technology integration is that it hit all my

students’ needs. This technology integration was a good activity for diverse learners because it

had group work, visuals, class discussions, and the whole class working together at some points.

The students were actively engaged during the lesson. Students were answering their Jeopardy

questions, coming up to the white board and showing their work, working with the group

members to come up with the correct answers to the questions, participating in class discussions,

etc. There were some moments where I had to ask for different students to raise their hands and

explain a problem but overall there was a lot of engagement during this lesson. The artifact that I

am showing for this section is a screenshot of the question that the majority of the students were

having trouble with during this review. There was class discussion about how to answer this

question and student learning was being challenged here. Also, it showed me that I needed to

focus more on this part of the lesson later because of the number of students that were struggling

with the concept.

Reflection on Teacher Learning

Doing this lesson made the students react in a positive way. All the students were

involved and engaged throughout the whole lesson. If I presented this lesson again I would do

some things differently. I would first have more review questions on the Jeopardy game that

were more challenging to gifted students so they can think problems through too. Also, I would

want to use the smartboard with this lesson next time so that the students can come up and

interact with the game/technology more and press on the categories instead of me doing it for

them. Areas in which I would like to grow as a result of teaching this lesson is first using more

technology in the classroom. Seeing how well using technology went for this lesson and how it

made the students more engaged and motivated to answer questions really showed me that

student learning can benefit from using technology in the classroom. Also, I would like to grow

in teaching more math lessons and learn the different strategies to use when teaching them

because I really enjoyed doing this lesson with the class. Other support that would have helped

me complete this project are my CT because she knows her students well and what they need to

work on and other website game generators for Jeopardy PowerPoints. The artifact that I am

using for this section is a screenshot of me right before I started the lesson. After each lesson that

I do I grow little bit more confident in certain areas. This was the first time doing a lesson with

technology involved and my comfort level was good but I wasn’t sure how this lesson would

turn out and if the students would like it. After this lesson was done I learned new things about it

and what I could do next time to improve it. This artifact shows me before I learned new things

about myself as a teacher, which is that it is important that technology is incorporated into the

classroom.

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