EDUC 210 Skype Lesson Plan

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Lesson Title:
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Age Group: 8

Grade

Indiana State Standards

Brittany Muhlenkamp
Skype Lesson Careers
Content/Subject Area: Technology/ Writing/ Note Time: 7 days
Taking
Behavioral Objective(s):

Students will research a career from a list provided by the teacher.

Students will record the degree needed, the salary, and the main description of the
job.
Students will then create a list of questions they would like to ask a professional in
the field.
Students will then get the opportunity to speak with 5 different professionals in the
Education, Medical, Law Enforcement, Culinary, and Business fields via Skype.
After the via Skype discussions, students will create a 2 page double spaced paper
over what they learned about the job and whether or not they would still like to
pursue it after speaking with the professional.
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Reading

Materials/Necessary Preparation:

Math
Language Arts

Pencil, Paper, Computer Access, Microsoft Office, Skype, Internet Connection, WIFI

Science
Social Studies

Motivation/Goal for Learner:

Other:

I will have the students watch:

http://www.iyi.org/demo/drive-demo/drive-demo.html following the short
instructional video I will allow them to explore the site and research future careers.
I will have 5 guest speakers (1 per day) to excite the kids. By the end of this lesson,
students will have a better understanding about different careers. This assignment
will give students more thought about what they would like to do when they grow
up!
Procedure:

Day 1: Students will explore https://www.driveofyourlife.org/main/index.html

Students will be given a list of 5 careers. They will each choose 1 career of interest
and begin researching specific details about that career. (Income, degree required
success rates, etc.)
As the students research they will create a sheet with 5 questions they would like to
ask the professional they will be speaking to sometime throughout the week.
Day 2: Students will be introduced to Skype. The teacher will go through and
explain all the ways you can use Skype.
Students will have a half hour to listen/speak to the Education professional. (Take

note that the students whom chose education should be taking notes that they can
later use in their final paper.
Day 3: Students will have an hour to listen/ speak to the Law Enforcement
professional. (Again, take note that the students whom chose law enforcement
should be taking notes that they can later use in their final paper.)
Day 4: Students will have an hour to listen/ speak to the culinary professional.
(Again, take note that the students whom chose culinary should be taking notes that
they can later use in their final paper.)
Day 5: Students will have an hour to listen/ speak to the medical professional.
(Again, take note that the students whom chose medical should be taking notes that
they can later use in their final paper.)
Day 6: Students will have an hour to listen/ speak to the business professional.
(Again, take note that the students whom chose business should be taking notes
that they can later use in their final paper.)
Day 7: Students have now researched all and listened to all of the professionals
speak. They will have an hour and a half to type a 2 page, double spaced, in Times
New Roman paper stating these specifics:
Paragraphs must be a minimum of 5 sentences.
Page 1:
1. What did you learn about your career of choice?
2. After speaking with the professional are you still interested in this career?
Why? Or why not.
3. Did a different career spike your interest? If so, which one and why.
Page 2:
1. Whats youre feeling on Skype? Did you like it? Why? Or why not.
2. What difference did you see from being in the room with the presenter,
from just listen/ speaking to him/ her through a computer? Was this an
advantage or disadvantage for you?
3. Will you use Skype in your future? Why or why not.

Blooms Taxonomy
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Knowledge

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Comprehension

Application

Analysis
Synthesis

Evaluation
Learning
Styles/Domains

New Information: Students will write in their journals about what all they learned while
exploring Drive of Your Life. They will then write about what all they would like to learn
through the professionals.
Checking for Understanding: To check and make sure the students understand the
teacher will ask questions. He/ she will then have the students verbally direct her through
Skype.
Modeling: To model the information, the teacher will create a one page paper about his/
her career. What their likes and dislikes are. What he/she wanted to be before they
became a teacher, etcetera? The teacher will then give a professional overview over their

career of choice
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Visual/Spatial

Auditory
Kinesthetic

Creative
Naturalist
Cognitive
Physical
Emotional

Guided Practice/Check for Understanding: Students will be broken down into 5 different
groups. (Law Enforcement, Medical, Business, Culinary, and Education.) Within their
groups they will talk amongst each other to learn missed information. Here they can ask
questions amongst their peers that they may not have been able to find, in hopes that their
peers may know the answer.
Practice: The teacher will have the students write down their parents or grandparents
careers. They will then be given a 20 minute time frame to research and come up with two
new facts that they didnt know about their parents career.

Social

Extensions/
Modifications
Students will create a bar
graph (total number of
students) and line graph
(percentage of students)
providing the following
information.
Total Number of Students
for:
Education
Law Enforcement
Culinary
Medical
Business

Students will also be

assigned to create a
Skype account. Through
the Skype account
students will be directed to
work on one out of class
assignment together.
(Decided by the teacher)

Closure/Transitions:
The teacher will give the students 5 minutes to talk amongst their peers, about what career
choices they found fitting for themselves. This will give them time to calm down and
express their research. The teacher will then tell his/ her students how great of a job they
did!
Assessment:

To better make sure the students understand the assignment. The teacher will ask
the students to go home and interview their parents. The teacher will also ask the
students to walk their parents through the Drive of Your Life and discuss the
results they had found while exploring it at school.