After My VoiceThread Lesson

I have taught my technology lesson and it went well.  The students were engaged throughout the lesson and very excited to record their comments.  I did a brief review with them because none of the students had used VoiceThread before, but they caught on right away.  I think VoiceThread is a good activity for 2^nd grade because they are independent enough to navigate through the program with little or no difficulty.  What worked well was that all students clearly understood what was expected of them and this allowed for things to run smoothly.  They completed their recordings in an organized manner and did great in answering the HOTS questions.  I had planned to have them comment on each other’s work but we were unable to do that.  What I would have done differently to improve my lesson was to include some of the students’ drawings but it became difficult to do it all within a reasonable amount of time.  Still, I was very happy with the results and I plan to become more familiar with VoiceThread so I can use it someday in my own classroom.  This is the final draft of my lesson plan.

My VoiceThread

This is my VoiceThread

Before My VoiceThread Lesson

This week our second grade class is learning about living things.  For my TIE activity I plan to teach a lesson on the parts of a seed and I will be using VoiceThread for the technology component.  The objective is for students to learn the parts of a seed that contribute to the growth of a plant.  Using a lima bean seed, I will teach the students about the seed coat, food storage, and embryo and their function in maintaining the seed alive.  For guided practice they will disect soaked lima bean seeds to observe and identify the internal parts.  During their independent practice the students will create paper models of the inside of a seed and they will label each part.  After they complete their models they will rotate on 3 computers to record their comments about their observations on VoiceThread.  Aside from asking the students what the parts of a seed are, other HOTS questions I plan to use in my lesson are:  "How does a seed become a plant?"  and "Why are plants important to us?" I will encourage them to listen to their peer comments so they can learn from each other.  Here is the first story board along with the PowerPoint I created to use in my VoiceThread.  This is my lesson plan, it is in Spanish because I teach in a dual language classroom.