Technology

Integration
Workshop
Unit 2: Chapter 4, pg.136, Item 3, Parts A-E
Brittany Anderson

Lesson Plan Idea

Students will choose any literary work to begin reading at
the start of the school year and create a an online blog to
record ideas, thoughts, and discuss with other classmates
the concepts present in the text. Throughout the course of
the year students blog about their experiences with the
text, scholarly critiques/reviews, and will discuss with the
class and make updates to the blog based on the feedback
of the teacher and fellow classmates.

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION WORKSHOP

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Tech-Pack
Components

Technology

Whatisknown

Pedagogy

Studentswillbeabletochoosealiterary
workandthenuseablogtoassess,
reflect,andcritiquetheirexperiencewith
thetext.

Analysis,Reflection,andCritiqueof
literarytexts

Content

Whatmustbelearned

Studentswilluseanonlineblog(weebly, Howtoeffectivelyexpressideasand
blogster,etc.),theinternetandother
discoveredconceptsofatext
researchdatabases.
Howtofindscholarlyreviews/critiques
Whichdatabasesandonlinesitestouse
Howtoeffectivelyexpresspersonalideas
andthoughts

Properwaystoresearchandexpress
individualperspectiveonawrittenwork

Phase 1
What is the relative advantage of using the technology of
this lesson?
It will develop students ability to effectively choose a topic to
research through scholarly articles/critiques and then to promote
their creative and individual expression of thoughts on the literary
work.
It will also boost students belief that they can properly research
and uncover new ideas that they found present in the literary
works they blogged about.

Phase 2
What are the objectives of the lesson
plan?
Students will learn how to properly
and effectively assess, reflect, and
critique the literary work of their
choice.

How will you assess your students

accomplishments of the objectives?
Their blogs will be peer reviewed
biweekly by students and reviewed
weekly by teacher with a grading
rubric present.

What integration strategies are used

in this lesson plan?
The use of a free blogging site, list of
resourceful scholarly databases,
Spreadsheet with requirements for blog
posts and citations

How would you prepare the learning

environment?
I would spend the first week (or two) of
class guiding students through the
selection process, locating scholarly
sources, demonstrating quality blog
posts.

Phase 3
How would you evaluate the success of this lesson in your
classroom in order to determine revision needs?
I would use the peer review sheets handed in biweekly by
students as well as my weekly checks to see if students are
making progress with the objectives and if they need help with the
technology being used.

Phase 4
What are the lesson plan descriptors?
English Literature
Grades 9-12
Content: Written analysis and review of literary works