Technology Integrated Lesson Plan

My TILP was created for a  10th grade chemistry classroom. The topic we are covering in the lesson is acids, bases, and the pH scale. An intro activity will be a formative assessment that will allow the teacher to determine the students background knowledge of acids and bases. This activity will be the teacher giving a demonstration that enables to students to observe real life examples of acids and bases such as a lemon and soap. To do a quick assessment the teacher will use plickers, the student will have to vote on what each object is. Plickers being an online assessment tool in which students can use their smart devices to participate in.
The students will continue to explore acids, bases, and the pH scale in multiple labs, one seeing the properties of acids and bases and the other seeing how acids and bases compose the pH scale. A research activity looking up the terms of neutral solution, acid, base and pH scale, will be done using nooks, and a poster will be the product showing the groups work. Each student in the group will have a certain term to investigate in which they must share their findings and collaborate with the group. Before the summative assessment of a quiz, the students will review the unit by playing Kahoot on the nooks (they love Kahoot!).

gifted students exist!

What is gifted ? 

Learning about giftedness,  has been a very new learning experience for me personally this semester. Honestly out of all my classes in the college of ed., my Universal Learning Design class has taught me the most because of all the new information provided in it, gifted students and social emotional students were topics covered after disabilities in it. So, by watching these videos it enabled me to build on my universal/inclusive classroom thinking. I was surprised with the characteristics provided in video 1. I knew anxiety was a characteristic but had never heard of asynchronous development. After learning what it was, and having a gifted student I could see that development described which is interesting. I did not have any myths or prior beliefs on gifted students, because I did not ever really put much thought into them until being in the education program. Therefor no new realities were established, only brand new ideas/schemas on gifted-ness and social emotional-ness.

                After watching these videos I learned some helpful tips for the classroom. One it is okay for students who are gifted to work alone if they wish. This is because of their perfectionism trait, and by working alone it eases their anxiety of achieving perfection. When their parents are concerned about their lack of friends, I would also be able to inform them that their child having a small group of friends is okay and they should not worry. Because I will be teaching at the 6-12 level, I really need to be aware of gifted students or discover them because like noted in the video they if not accounted for may crash by middle school. So by seeking them out early, they will be able to have a better chance at succeeding. Social emotional and gifted are also both accommodated for under IDEA and 504 which is another thing I need to have in my toolbox while teaching. Technology would be able to help these students by providing them with internet to connect to other students, so less stress of an actual social setting, and enabling the students with means to be able to do higher level tasks or assessments that meet their higher IQ levels. 

so basically, seek out your gifted students who often go under the radar and challenge their thriving young brains!!! :) , 

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