POINT FORTIN WEST SECONDARY SCHOOL

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

LESSON PLAN

TEACHERS NAME: Carla Lewis

SUBJECT: Information Technology

DATE: Tuesday 15th September 2015

CLASS:

TIME: 3rd period

LENGTH OF PERIOD:

Syllabus:

9:40 10:15

Form 4 Group 1

35 mins

CSEC Information Technology

Unit Title:

Fundamentals of software

Lesson 2:

Application Software

RESOURCES
Teacher Resources

Laptop

Projector

You tube Video

White board and markers

Student resources

Laptops/tablets

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE - Students should:

Know the difference between hardware and software

Know the two types of software

OBJECTIVES

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Cognitive

Psychomotor

At the end of the lesson Form 4 students

will:
1. Appraise a given type of
application software by
determining its advantages and
disadvantages

Affective

At the end of the lesson Form 4 students

will:
1. Have answered at least one question
and will have participated in
discussions
2. Have cooperated in group activity

and displayed team work

ASSESSMENT STRATEGY with Objective
Psychomotor

1. Appraise a given type of

Assessment Strategy

1. Activity: Oral Presentation

application software by
determining its
advantages and
disadvantages

Affective

1. Have answered at least

one question and will
have participated in
discussions

Assessment Strategy

1. Observation

2. Observation
2. Have cooperated in
group activity and
displayed team work

Set Induction

Students will look at the video on types of application software

3 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNou_6p18Hs

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Description of Teaching/Learning Activities:

Teacher Activities

Student Expected Activities

Teacher engages students in

discussion about the set induction
.i.e. the four types of application
software. Teacher writes the four
categories and definitions on the
board.

Students listen to questions and

participate by giving responses.

Teacher separates students into

groups of four. Each group will be
given one category of application
software. Each group is expected to
come up with 2 advantages, 2
disadvantages and 2 examples

Students may use the Internet in this

activity. Each group will present and
defend their advantages, disadvantages
and examples to the class.

Intelligence
being
developed
VL

Est. time to
complete

Inter

12 mins
10 mins

8 mins

END OF LESSON ACTIVITIES

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

In todays class, we found out that that there are four types of application software.
B.S. (Bridging Statement):

In our next class, we will look at another type of software: Systems 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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