November 8, 2013

Reflect on a lesson that went well. Why did it? A lesson that I really enjoyed with my class was a computer lab assignment I developed for the students to do. I wanted them to get in touch with a person from history that they have learned about. So I found a facebook template for the profile page online. I uploaded this to the students edline. Then I typed several famous peoples names from the Progressive era through the Great Depression. Then the students each drew a name out of a hat. We went to the lab and they researched these people to find out the biography, who their friends might have been, what they may have said, How they lived, and everything else on a facebook page. The students loved it, and it was a great learning tool. They go in touch with a person from history and the culture of the time. They were immersed in the time period and class flew by that day. I think this lesson went well because it was with it, it was something familiar that they use all the time, and there was the element of surprise that went along with it. The students really enjoyed this lesson and they learned a lot about U.S. culture through this time period. It was amazing.