Talk:LESSON ONE What is a student led activity?

Unit 1 Review -- Julia Manetta 18:40, 25 November 2012 (EST)

Hi Ian,

Let me begin by saying I really like your topic. Just in the first unit alone I learned a lot of information I think every educator should be aware of. Overall, very nice job with unit 1.

Your needs assessment was detailed; I like how it flowed from general to more specific. The only thing I would recommend would be to make sure you add the instructional problem, which would be something to the effect of how you believe there is too much teacher/lecture-based teaching, where students are truly learning the material as much as they could.

Your performance objectives were not only met, but phrased appropriately (using Gagne's style/language). Also, the activities in Unit 1, both the article and the video helped to further meet your objectives. I liked how the parts of the article you wanted to be read, gave several reasons with examples from the author's own classes in regards to the benefits of a student lead classroom/discussion and the video furthered the benefits by showing real-life clips of a student lead classroom in action.

I would suggest to do a quick proof read before you submit your final copy in a couple weeks (there are some extra words through-out and some spelling errors), but the content itself is definitely something I would benefit from, especially since it met the objectives of unit 1.

Nice job!

Julia