Phase II Reflection

1. Instructional Decisions/Teaching
• Something that went well is that the lesson did not go over the time, or a lot under the time that was allotted. I was also prepared with all my materials before teaching. Something that did not go well was that we got new members in our group that did not have the documents I sent out the prior day so I had to spend the first minute or two sending them out to the new members of our group.
• The alignment to standards was held during this lesson. The standard was for students to understand the elements of a map and the difference between a physical and political map. I introduced this in my lesson, then discussed the elements which they would use in creating their own map.
• One of the students computer was having trouble working so I had to adapt and share my computer that I was using to teach with her so she was able to participate in the activities.
2. Mechanics:
   • The technologies I used in my lesson were Pixie, as well as digital images of a map in my introduction.
   • I used the digital images of maps to show the students the different elements as well as the difference between physical and political maps. The students used Pixie for the quiz (pre-assessment) and for creating their map of a familiar place (post-assessment)
   • My lesson was within the correct time frame because I gave enough time for each assignment, and adapted it where I needed (gave the students a few extra minutes to create their map because they were not done yet)
     
3. Assessment of Learning

   

   This student made a map of her home town (Huntington Beach,CA) and showed how to get from her home to the park. She used mainly pictures to represent her elements of her map.

   
   



This student used a map of Flagstaff and showed how to get from her home to her school. She used different symbols and pictures to represent things in her familiar place.

• The students were successful in meeting the standards of this lesson. They incorporated all the elements into their map of a familiar place.
• I think overall, the lesson was successful. The students understood what I was teaching and applied to to their assessment. They also enjoyed being creative and having the freedom to create their map the way they wanted.