IEP

Individualized Education Plan: POWERPOINT

For my Technology in Education class with the UAS MAT program, I was charged with constructing an IEP in an area of technology that could be used in my own professional practice. This assignment meant choosing an area of technology that I don't know much about, learning the ins and outs of the program through practicing using it, and developing lesson plans that use the technology and could be used in my own classroom. For my IEP I chose to learn more about the Microsoft Powerpoint program.

I had used powerpoint in the past, but had limited experience as far as being able to teach students how to navigate the program and put together a presentation for a group to assess. Thus, during the third quarter of this school year, I put together a unit on human biology and decided to incorporate a technological aspect into the initial project. I wanted students to begin to learn about the human body systems, and was looking for a unique way to introduce the material to the students. I decided to develop a project that would allow the students to work in groups, learn everything there is to know about a specific body system, create a Powerpoint presentation according to the rubric standards I developed, and present the information as a group to the class in order to "teach" their classmates.

This assignment proved to be a challenge for me, as actually teaching 12-14 year olds how to use a technology program that is not a computer game and keeping their attention is more challenging than I anticipated. However, after explaining to the students why we were doing this assignment, and that this was a good opportunity to learn while using technology, this turned out to be a successful lesson.

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Click here to see the student worksheet and rubric.

Click here to see an example of student work.