Reflecting on Micro Lesson Plan 1.

1. Instructional Decisions/Teaching (InTask Standard # 9): Discuss the implementation process and describe
• What went well and what didn't go well during the implementation of your lesson?
• My biggest problem with the lesson was my lack of experience with SmartBoards. I really should have been more familiar with how they worked, because the troubleshooting that occurred mid lesson really just derailed the whole lesson and kind of killed my momentum. However I did cope with and adapted to this obstacle fairly well and was able to pull it off with in the time limit.  
• How well was the alignment to objectives and standards maintained?
• I feel like my lesson was inline with the Arizona state standards, because my particular subject was outlined as a possibility on the standards page. 
• Describe any modifications made during the implementation of the lesson.
• I had to cover things fairly fast to be done in time, but I guess my SmartBoard survival techniques would be the biggest modification. I had a certain Idea of how the SmartBoard would work in my head, which was different from the reality of how I ended up using it. 
2. Mechanics:
   • What technologies did I use (for the teacher and the learner)?
   • During the lesson I used Youtube.com for a video, and I used a SmartBoard for demonstration and class participation. 
   • How were the technologies used (by whom and in what manner)?
   • I used the video to provided a slightly different explanation of Punnett Squares, and I used the SmartBoard for the students to demonstrate their understanding of the lesson. 
   • My lesson was within the correct time frame.
     • The lesson was within the correct time frame because... I improvised in my time allotment for the lesson mid lesson. I kind of made it so that the time it would take was somewhat flexible. 
3. Assessment of Learning (InTask Standard # 6): Refer to Assessing Student Learning
• Include at least 2 digital artifacts that demonstrate what you or your students (peers) have created as a result of your lesson.
• This was a Dihybrid Cross, a slightly more complicated version of what we learned in the lesson. I included this to see if the students could recognize the same thing that was taught if it was represented in a different manner. It looks strange and complicated, but still rests on the same principles as the basic Punnett Squares we learned.   

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• Describe your students' level of success in achieving the standards and objectives for your lesson based on your assessment.
• It looked like they all understood the lesson very well based on their work sheets handed back, and their participation in filling out the Punnet Square examples in the power point; including the Dihybrid Cross (I couldn't save the writing on the other slides because of technical difficulties). 
• Describe the level of success you had in teaching the lesson
  • How do your individual reflections support this?
  • They appeared to have learned all I had to teach despite my mess of a  SmartBoard disaster.
  • How do the comments from your classmates support this?
  • They seemed to agree that I should have had more experience with the SmartBoard. 
  • Some said I could make it more grounded in what they are familiar with, providing examples from their families particular traits to make it more personal and interesting. Or just to make it more hands on.