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I must say that in doing the course Educational Technology I have acquired valuable information that will aid in me been an effective teacher when it comes onto presenting educational information to my students. Before this course I was not aware of many things such as the different ways to integrate technology in daily lessons and other subject areas. I only viewed technology as subject and not a methodology. In addition, I must stay this course has helped me especially since we are now in a pandemic which mostly allows for the use of technology for online school. In doing this course I got the opportunity to learn how to create different computer-based instructional support tools which will aid in the effective transfer of information to students. These support tools include wikis, podcast, web quest, digital storytelling, interactive PowerPoint and even blogs. I had no idea these tools even existed and I must mention, creating these tools were very exciting and interest

ASSURE Model Lesson Plan - Living Things Subject: Science Title of Lesson: Living Things Duration: 30 Minutes ANALYZE LEARNERS General Characteristic Number of Students: 17 Grade Level: Grade 4 Gender: 16 girls, 1 boys Age Range: 9- 10 years old Cultural/Ethnic/or other types of Diversity: 17 Jamaicans Prior Knowledge: Basic knowledge on living things Prior skills: Observation, experimenting, using word processer, using a keyboard. Learning Style In this classroom four (4) of the students are visual learners, six (6) of them are auditory learners and seven (7) of them are kinesthetic learners. OBJECTIVES Audience: In this classroom students learn visually, auditory and kinaesthetically. Behaviour: By the end of the lesson students should be able to: · Clearly define what are living and non-living things · Briefly give examples of living and non-living things · State the characteristics of living things · Working coope

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According to Berkeley 2021, learning can be explained as the "- process of engaging and manipulating objects, experiences, and conversations in order to build mental models of the world (Dewey, 1938; Piaget, 1964; Vygotsky, 1986)." He further stated that " learners build knowledge as they explore the world around them, observe and interact with phenomena, converse and engage with others, and make connections between new ideas and prior understandings." With such knowledge it is believed that learning is indeed a process where individuals experiences change in perception permanently. For instance, a child sees a mirror for the first time, the child does not know what it is used for and so they touch it, move it and also observe it. Later this child will realize how it is used by the people around him/her. Upon hearing "mirror" the child's interpretation of a mirror is evolved through the experiences the child had with the mirror. With that been sa