VISD Secondary Daily/Weekly Lesson Plan

Content Area: Conway-DiGIT

Unit #4 –Keyboarding – Advanced Lessons on Typing.com, Programming & Video Game Design

Number of Days in Unit: 9 Weeks

Day and Date: Monday-Friday, May 02 – May 06, 2016
Daily Focus
(Readiness/Supporting) / Instructional Objectives / Activities & Timeline
* TEKS
127.4.c.2.c-e
127.4.c.3b
127.4.c.4b / 5E Model
x☐Engage
x☐Explore
x☐Explain
x☐Elaborate
x☐Evaluate / By the end of class today, I will be able to …
Identify and use proper keyboarding posture, finger-positioning, and touch-typing fundamentals…also derive a grade from words per minute and accuracy.
·  Begin to understand the basics of programming with nests & loops
·  Multimedia Fusion 2 – 2D Game Programming / Warm-up
Typing Instructor
Scratch.mit.edu
Sploder.com
(possibly) Flowlab.io
KODU
Multimedia Fusion 2
Academic Vocabulary
JAVA
PYTHON
Nest
Loop
If/Then statements / *Detailed Activities
·  Students will practice the advanced lessons with Typing.com
·  Students will follow examples of proper file management techniques, opening, backing up, and saving files during editing
·  Students will learn to install software correctly and how to bypass installing harmful spyware.
·  Students will practice the lessons on Typing.com and test on them daily.
·  Students will begin with the tutorials, lessons, & challenges at Scratch.mit.edu concentrating on nests & loops
·  Sploder.com for level design & the concept of a tutorial level
·  If time, look at sites like Flowlab.io and others
Materials
Computer
Projector
Insight
Essential Questions with Bloom’s Taxonomy/Costa’s Inquiry Level
How have computers changed engineering and architecture?
Who else might need to use CAD software?
How much of the design process should we allow computers to control? / *Closure
Students will turn in or save completed work
ELPS
(D) monitor understanding of spoken language during classroom instruction and interactions and seek clarification as needed;
(I) demonstrate listening comprehension of increasingly complex spoken English by following directions, retelling or summarizing spoken messages, responding to questions and requests, collaborating with peers, and taking notes commensurate with content and grade-level needs. / Technology Tools
☐Teacher: Computer, Projector, Insight
☐Student: Computer / CCRS
Use technology appropriately.
Use technology to communicate and display findings in a clear and coherent manner.

* Detailed Activities: This is what you will see when you walk into my class today; should include: Instructional methods and grouping, high-yield strategy(ies), differentiation, accommodations.

* Closure: example - exit ticket, questioning strategies for assessing what students learned in class today

* TEKS: Including TEKS for content and technology applications

Additional resources for using this lesson plan template may be found at Curriculum Components and Resource Handbook and CSCOPE.

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