What I learned for designing this first lesson plan was...
I learned a very organized format for writing up lesson plans. I've never written one before and had no idea where one would begin. I've seen "templates" for lesson plans online, but they pretty much seemed useless, with a box labeled "MONDAY" with a little space to write out what you'd do, and then it'd move on to "TUESDAY." Getting up and teaching students is daunting enough, but not being prepared seems terrifying. I realized I design plans as units, trying to think of different ways to tie in ideas so that everything leads into the next assignment. It makes lessons seem more interesting to write if I view it as an on-going story in which everything should be relevant to what has already happened.
What I would like to know more about lesson plans...
Concept maps were very interesting, but I'd like other ideas like that to work into lesson plans. Like I've said before, this was the first plan I've ever made, so I'm not overly sure what else one could do with the lesson plan format rather than just changing what is discussed in class or the assignments. I think to keep students' attention, at least half of the assignments should be interesting if not fun, so ways to keep attention and interest up would be very beneficial to learn. What you think that students should have straight access to my lesson plan, or a separate syllabus written up for them, specifically? Or maybe something else for students to look at would be helpful? Are there times where teachers should "hide" what is coming up in the semester (besides pop-quizzes) or should students know exactly what they will be working on next?
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