For this portfolio piece we were ask to work
in small groups in which we were to write a lesson plan and create and
instructional, visual piece that would assist in teaching the lesson. However,
this visual was to be computer generated, meaning that there should have been
absolutely no writing during the creation of the piece. My group created a
chart and lesson plan on “The Butterfly Cycle” geared towards grade 3 students.
This visual on the cycle of a butterfly will
serve as a means for the children to be able to see the stages of the cycle
while they are being explained and be able to associate the pictures with what
is being taught about the various stages. During the early years of life, most
children learn by being able to view colourful pictures that capture their attention
so the visual will serve to carry out that function. Students will be able to
revisit the instructional piece from time to time in order to complete homework
assignments or to use as a guide in completing a visual of their own about another
insect or even an animal cycle.
Not many challenges were faced when creating
this piece. I think our biggest challenge was deciding on what our piece would
be about. After deciding on a piece we came up with the layout and came
together to put it all together. The other challenge was writing the ASSURE
model lesson plan to compliment the instructional piece, but we employed the
use of www.google.com and the EDET book
that we were given and in not very long we were able to complete the lesson
plan.
After completing the piece I realized that for
the age group with which we were focusing, that the print on the piece might be
a little too small. Therefore to improve the piece, we could use bigger words
both for the names of the stages and in the description of each stage
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