I really think that integrating technology into the English curriculum is important. I have spoken to this a little before in my blog, but the more we get into this class the more excited I get about this concept. I know going in that even my students on the university path won't necessarily be excited about English. It seems like you either love English or you hate it with the latter being the majority. Danielle and I created a lesson plan for the novel To Kill A Mocking Bird and we had our students create a Google presentation with quotes from the novel and pictures to illustrate those quotes. I believe that technology makes it possible to get children more interested in English because today's student typically enjoys surfing the web and creating things on the computer. Technology makes it possible for us, as English teachers, to plan in a manner that students may actually leave English class having enjoyed themselves and learning about literature.
In regards to lesson planning in general, I am a pretty organized person when it comes to that sort of thing so I don't mind putting in the time to plan. By that same token, I sometime spaz when unexpected things happen so it's really good for me to have detailed plans that I can refer to in order to keep myself on track. I firmly believe that, for the beginning teacher anyway, detailed planning is essential.
Check out our lesson plan
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