Template for Trends Lesson

Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction

Name: Bonnie Milligan Course/Term: EDU 520/2010 Summer
Lesson Objective: Use Pixton in the classroom to engage students
Learner Level/Characteristics: Educational Technology Master Teachers

External Internal Process Planned Learners

Instructional Instructional Activities
Event Activities
1. Gain attention Reception Pass out action word Go around the room
Learners pay bubbles to students. and have the student
attention to the Explain to the show and say their
upcoming learning students whoever word with
event. presents their word enthusiasm.
the best will win a
prize.
2. Inform learners Expectancy Learn to use Pixton Students will preview
of Learners are able (free Web 2.0 tool) the comic strip I
objective to as a resource in the created and discuss
expect what they classroom to engage the differences
are students. between traditional
going to learn. bell work vs. comic
strip bell work.
3. Stimulate recall Retrieval to How many people Class discussion
of working enjoy reading about experience
prior knowledge memory comics? Who has with reading or
Learners retrieve ever created a writing comics.
their prior comic?
knowledge
that is related to
the
new knowledge
that
they are going to
learn.
4. Present new Selective Walk through the Students will set-up
content perception process of setting up their own account.
Learners recognize a user account.
new information
highlighted with
distinctive
features.
5. Provide learning Semantic encoding Demonstrate the Students will begin
guidance Learners features of the site. designing their own
participate Model how to comic that has a
in learning and are manipulate the purpose in the
helped to learn controls in order to classroom based on
the create a comic. their content area.
 new information in
a
meaning way
through
examples, hints,
prompts, or
organization and
elaboration of the
content.
6. Elicit Responding Monitor progress of Students will share
Performance Learners show if students by their comics with
they providing feedback their peers.
have learned the for each comic being
new created.
information during
practice.
7. Provide Reinforcement Student & teacher Peers will provide
feedback Learners are given feedback constructive criticism
corrective and for improving comic
formative and provide positive
feedback feedback for
based on their something done well.
performance.
8. Assess Retrieval and Authentic Students will
performance reinforcement Assessment manipulate a comic
Learners retrieve to show
their new understanding of
knowledge tools within the
to complete a final application.
test and receive
feedback.
9. Enhance Retrieval and Generate a wiki to Discuss how using
retention and generalization share ideas of how Pixton could be
transfer Learners retain Pixton can engage incorporated into
their students in learning each of the core
newly learned subject areas.
information and
apply
it to other
situations
commonly through
repeated practice
and
practicing variety.
Your reflective Gagne's 9 Events of
comments about Instruction makes
Gagnes 9 events creating an effective
of lesson plan easy.
instruction: There is not much
work that goes into
using this format vs.
a traditional Praxis III
lesson plan. Gagne's
method of instruction
focuses on the
learner and the
desired outcome
objectives.