Reflecting on creating a lesson plan on Spreadsheet

The lesson plan I created with the ASSURE lesson plan model was very interesting and took me a while to comprehend. I can’t imagine how it would have been if I had not used the model in developing my lesson. Having the ability to follow the steps of the ASSURE model made it easier for me to fill in the blanks “so to speak” then trying to arrange it all by myself without any help. I found the steps very easily and it cut my time in developing it tenfold. I have never put together a lesson plan from scratch and having the model helped me avoid the migraine that I felt I would get when I first heard of the lesson.
I have always considered that trying to develop a lesson plan would not be too hard but after entering the teaching program at the university, I began to believe that it would be harder than I thought. After learning about the ASSURE model I began to feel a little better and started working on my lesson about creating a digital spreadsheet on comparing the voting changes in the 1990 and 2000 United States elections. I first found the website with all the voting information I needed at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html (United States Census Bureau: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, 2008). Using the ASSURE model made it easier to began and to make changes without any problems. Being able to evaluate and revise the lesson as you proceed and to be flexible with each class being taught make the teachers job a lot easier too. I find myself saying the word easy a lot in this reflection about my ASSURE lesson plan.
Being organized I believe is vital in teaching. If students feel you as an educator are unorganized or messy then that’s the way they will perceive you always and their work will

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reflect the same attributes as yours. Respect will probably be a little low too. You have to be organized and sharp especially when first impressions or lasting ones. Using the ASSURE
model will make all your lessons complete, revisable, and identical in the way they are presented. This will also be a huge positive when it comes to having a substitute take over your class for a day or two. Continuity is vital in teaching a class and it makes your job and the student’s job flow completely in unison.
The steps are all important and all make perfectly sense in the organization in creating the lesson plan. The model starts off by Analyzing Learners before the objective which helps you as a teacher to always first look at your students before creating the lesson. There are areas for identifying the special need student and anyone else that may be different in your class. The ASSURE model is without a doubt one of the best teaching tools that a new education major like myself needs and will follow throughout my career.
References:
United States Census Bureau: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division (2008). Retrieved September 12, 2008, from the World Wide Web: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html

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I love learning about audiovisual teaching but boy is it hard when you don't know nothing about computers!!