Increasing student understanding 

Final Project technology Integrating Plan

My lesson plan for this final project covers goals and topics such as new vocabulary concerning common destination, student’s ability to say various ways to get to different places as well as mastering grammatical point like the “near future” of verb and personal pronouns. Students will have also to demonstrate cultural awareness of francophone countries overall and elaborate as final project a“reportage” on brochure utilizing information learned throughout the lesson.

The integrating Matrix is ordered in a way that columns and rows are aligned to show efficiency and effectiveness of the lesson integrating technology. The first row of the matrix presents access of the lesson and how students will learn and retain new information .It is considered as the first step in lesson due to active teacher’s role in finding way to make students grasp information. In this lesson, teacher will begin by a PowerPoint presentation on smart board to present a scenario with new vocabulary. Then, he/she will check for understanding by asking students questions on different types of transportation they might be purchased and where they are going to go with it. This activity aligns with standard 7.1.NH.A. 4 and with the strategies and technologies because students will be able to use electronic sources effectively and productively to access information as recommended by NETS-S.

The second row of the matrix is called Analyze because it is the part in the lesson where students will be engaged in thinking critically and solving problem. They will use what they have learned at the beginning of the lesson and apply knowledge from previous lesson regarding the grammatical point of verb” near future”.  In order to make sure that students understand new vocabulary and the use of the verb, teacher will use Q/A, after  he/she will ask students to fill the KwL chart to write country names and indicate country they will like to know in French. Students will have to share their work through the projector or smart board. This activity covers the standard 7.1.NH.B.4 in which students will ask and respond questions, express preferences in various social situations; the NETS-S is also covered because students will think critically to solve problems.

The third row of the matrix is where teacher evaluates and assesses the students.  At this level, teacher review activity by showing once again the PowerPoint and use A/Q about different countries. After that, Students will work in pairs or groups to discover French names of different countries by applying knowledge of geographic locations, to read a French world map on smart board. Here, Students will gather information that they will use to elaborate their “reportage- brochure”. They will also ask to evaluate each other while sharing findings. The task will be done in group, but each member of the group will have to present orally a part of the” reportage- brochure” in French.

The fourth row covers the production part. This part is where students will use the computer to work in groups and elaborate the final project assignment. Students will also include in their brochure a paragraph in which they will tell about cultural practices and products of the country chosen. Here, the standard 7.1.NH.C.5   is applied. According to this standard, students will tell or write about cultural product of the target language. NETS-S is also considered because students are critically thinking and making decisions in order to solve problems. As noticed, group collaboration is essential to use in order to meet the standard and the NETS-S which requires creativity and innovation ability to use technology effectively and productively.                                   

Lastly, the fifth row covers the communication of the final project. Students, after creating the “reportage-brochure”, will present and share their work to the audience. Based on States standard 7.1NH.C.1. Students will recombine basic information related to self and targeted themes to create a multimedia product-rich presentation. Students will use computer to print their product. At this level, students will have the option to present their brochure and share it through projector or smart Board in front of the class or to create a voice thread and /or avirtual presentation of their brochure. Teacher will have an active role by asking question to students, and students will participate in listening, viewing groups works and individual work. As a world language lesson, the main goal is to communicate in the target language using technology in an effective and productive way. Students were asked to apply knowledge while using their creativity in an innovative way to show what they have learned.