Multimedia: Audio or Video Lesson Idea

Lesson Idea Name: stars

Grade Level/Content Area: fourth grade/ science
Content Standard Addressed: S4E1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to compare
and contrast the physical attributes of stars and planets.
ISTE Technology Standard Addressed:   1.1 What would you like students to know and be
Empowered Learner: 1.1c Students use able to do by the end of this lesson: to be able to
technology to seek feedback that informs and identify the different types of stars and how they
improves their practice and to demonstrate their form.
learning in a variety of ways.

What is the student learning goal for this lesson idea? to be able to identify the different types of
stars and how they form.
Selected Instructional Software Tool:
Nearpod
Anchor
Description of Software:
Nearpod is used by educators to create interactive presentations for students. They can create quiz’s,
polls, videos, drawings, collaborate boards and many more. Nearpod helps teachers create lessons
interactive whether in the classroom or virtual. This platform helps keep students engaged and hands
on both inside and outside the classroom.
Anchor is a podcasting app created to make the process of recording and producing a podcast as easy
as possible. The simplicity of Anchor makes it a great option for teachers who want to help students
learn to create their own podcasts.
URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):

☒ Remembering ☒ Understanding ☒ Applying ☐ Analyzing ☒ Evaluating ☐ Creating

How do you plan to implement this lesson and integrate the technology? Check all that apply:

☒ Teacher-led: There is no student voice and choice in the activities. Students are guided by the
teacher's direction and expectations. Learning activities are assigned to the student and mostly
practice based.

☐ Student-Led: Students are given voice and choice in the activities. They may select the topic of
learning and/or determine the tool they will use to meet the learning goal. The teacher facilitates
the learning as the students direct their own learning processes.

☐ Problem-based and/or Publishable: Students are solving problems and completing projects to
demonstrate their learning. Additionally, the projects can be shared outside of the classroom.
(Note: This objective could be reached by displaying the project on the school’s morning
newscast, posting the project to the classroom blog, presenting it to another class, or publishing it
via an outside source.)
Lesson idea implementation:
This podcast will be used as a great start of the lesson, I will post this podcast before the day of the
actual lesson. this will give students a sneak peak of the next lesson they will be learning, in hopes to
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 Multimedia: Audio or Video Lesson Idea

get them excited! Universal design for learning is a great and effective way to get students engaged in
their learning and provides a variety of different learning tools. I also created a video as well to talk
about stars more in depth.
Managing student learning: I will send out the podcast a day before the actual lesson and will play
the one-minute video during class. This will help keep students engaged and gives them different
methods of learning styles.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Reflection: Be sure to mention one specific UDL principle
you are focused on in this lesson – Multiple Means of Engagement, Multiple Means of
Representation, or Multiple Means of Action & Expression.
There are many wonderful tools technology has given us; videos have been ones of them. Videos are
wonderful for capturing what you want people to see. it creates an easy visual for your students to see
as well. it gives students a visual and an audio as well, you can add subtitles so it could help students
stay engaged and they are able to have three learning methods visual, auditory, and
reading/writing. This video will be used as a great start of the lesson, I will post this video before the
day of the actual lesson. this will give students a sneak peak of the next lesson they will be learning,
in hopes to get them excited! Universal design for learning is a great and effective way to get students
engaged in their learning and provides a variety of different learning tools. 

Reflection: I think this a wonderful lesson it incorporates audio and visuals to help support all
students!!!

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