POINT FORTIN WEST SECONDARY SCHOOL

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

LESSON PLAN
TEACHERS NAME: Carla Lewis

SUBJECT: Information Technology

DATE:

CLASS:

TIME:

28th September 2015

Period 1 and 6

Syllabus:

Form 4 Group 1

LENGTH OF PERIOD:

(2) 35 mins periods

CSEC Information Technology

Unit Title:

Fundamentals of software

Lesson 6:

User Interface

RESOURCES
Teacher Resources

Laptop and projector

Movie clip

PowerPoint Presentation

Flash cards

Activity sheet

Student resources

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE - Students should:

Know the functions of an operating system

OBJECTIVES

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Cognitive

Psychomotor

At the end of the lesson Form 4 students

will:
1. Evaluate user interfaces.
(Evaluating)

Affective

At the end of the lesson Form 4 students

will:
1. Discuss their opinions as it relates to

providing for our differently-abled

citizens when asked (Valuing)

2. Infer appropriate user interfaces

given a scenario (understanding)
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY with Objective
Cognitive

1. Evaluate user interfaces.

(Evaluating)

Assessment Strategy
Activity: Written assignment

Activity: Worksheet

2. Infer appropriate user

interfaces given a scenario

(understanding)

Affective

1. Discuss their opinions

as it relates to
providing for our
differently abled
citizens when asked

Assessment Strategy

Activity: Questioning

Set Induction

Teacher will present students with several flash cards and ask students to describe how they would interact/operate
the machine. Students will take turns explaining what parts of the machine they would use.
5 mins
Description of Teaching/Learning Activities:

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Teacher Activities

Student Expected Activities

Teacher will show students a

PowerPoint Presentation on User
Interfaces

Students will view the presentation and

engage in discussions and take notes
where necessary.

Teacher will distribute activity sheets

to students

Students will complete an activity sheet

by indicating which user interface is the
most appropriate.

Teacher show students a movie clip

featuring parts of movies that have
used different user interfaces

Students will view the movie.

Teacher will ask students to evaluate

all the user interfaces that they have
studied today and write a paragraph
on the one user interface that they
believe would have the greatest
potential to help people now and in
the future.

Intelligence
being
developed
VS/VL

Est. time to
complete

20 mins

10 mins

VS

10 mins

Students will then divide into groups

and discuss how the character
interfaced with the technology.

VL/Inter

10 mins

Students will choose one of the user

interface and defend their selection

Intra

10 mins

END OF LESSON ACTIVITIES

Closure to lesson: 2 mins
T.S. (Transition Statement):

In todays class, we learned about User Interfaces.

B.S. (Bridging Statement):

In our next class, we will by assessing your knowledge of Software.

Multiple Intelligences
VS: Visual Spatial

VL: Verbal Linguistic

Inter: Interpersonal

Intra: Intrapersonal

BK: Body/ Kinesthetic

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LM: Logic/Mathematical

M: Musical

N: Naturalistic

E: Existential

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