Link to my Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AuB3gfnEPk4CdGo1c1ZlVlZsZTNJbmk0VmptSkhQOEE
I wanted to choose a lesson plan that not only already had technology in it; but was something fun, new, and had potential to further use the technology that was already presented. One of my favorite aspects of a story and the writing process is character development. I find it so interesting that there are so many different ways to show a reader who the character is and what their personality is. Therefore, I found this particular lesson plan interesting because it was a different way to help the reader see and understand the character. There were few gaps between the learning goals and the strategies. I feel that the standards fit the strategies well, there were just a few places were I would have liked to see the author of this lesson plan take more advantage of the technologies that he was presenting. The plan mentioned facebook and twitter and numerous other technologies and interfaces, but did not let the students experiment with it. I think that the teacher should have let the students actually send these messages to one another as a form of role playing in order to get a real feel for the technology and for the characters. The technology helps to achieve the curriculum goals because it sparks an interest for the students. The students use these technologies everyday and therefore find an interest in them. By incorporating them into the classroom with a story that they may be have difficulty with, they will become more engaged.
