Evaluated Lesson: Economic Theories

    For this week, we needed to pick a lesson and evaluate it. I chose Economic Theories lesson. When I started looking at it, I needed to remind myself on some information because I have not always followed economics that closely. There were words I needed to look up and information I needed to gather. This is something that all teachers should be doing before teaching a lesson so they are giving the proper details to their students. 

    The lesson I chose is above. When I first saw it I felt that it was very neat, precise and straight to the point. Each section is colored with one word tells the student exactly what they will be doing for that part. Once they read the direction, there is a link that will bring them to the website they'll use. There is a matching game on quizlet, an article to read, a form for them to fill out, a padlet and then Google Earth where they can be interactive while they are learning. The teacher is able to go to the google form assessment and see how the students answered write away and then figure out where they need more help.

    This lesson uses a lot of technology, which in todays world is a good thing. It allowed the teachers and students to get feedback right away. The only thing that bothered me about this lesson was that the Padlet link did not work. I was unable to actually see what needed to be done. If this was something that students were using right now, they would run into the same problem. This is the downfall when it comes to technology. Sometimes computers don't work, wifi goes down, or the links do not work. When planning a lesson like this, those challenges need to be taken into consideration.