Teacher: Michael Sermon

Subject: Information Technologies

Lesson Topic(s): Alice Programming 2

Grade: 9-12 (30 minuet class)

Learner Descriptions: 20 students: 10 girls, 10 boys Students with IEPs who require accommodations specified in the IEP, or students without an IEP who have special needs:  English Language Learner- Student is nearing the final tier.  Gifted and Talented Students- Student reading/math skills are a grade ahead.  Exceptional Learner- Student requires an aide at all times

Standards: Montana Standards for Career and Vocation Technical Education Content Standard 4: Students acquire and demonstrate current technical skills leading to an occupation.

Montana K-12 Technology Content Standards Framework Technology Content Standard 3 The student will apply digital tools and skills with creativity and innovation to express his/herself, construct knowledge and develop products and processes.

National Business Standards for Information Technology Productivity Software, Standard V Level 1, Benchmark 3: Prepare projects that include a variety of media (e.g., images, text, video, and audio). Programming and Application Development, Standard XI Level 2, Benchmark 2: Demonstrate the ability to code using object-oriented programming.

Objectives: Given that the student are given the ‘Alice’ programming the students will create, innovate, and express themselves in a two minute clip with or at a double as measured by teacher developed rubric.

Differentiation: Content- Each student will gain skills required to excel in this field Process- Hands on experience Products- alternant reality Learning Environment- Hi energy, enthusiastic, very kinesthetic.

Accommodations: Students will develop their personal worlds each world will reflect that of the student, thus accommodations will lay within the alternant reality.

2.1 Materials Needed:  Access to Computers o Alice Programing installed on each.  Projecting computer screen

Pre-assessment: (Informal) “Has anyone played the game ‘Sims,’ of you that have, have you ever played with the programing behind this game?”

Anticipatory Set: Pre-assessment is my anticipatory set

Plan of Instruction/Instructional sequence: Students will be instructed to sign in to their computers when they enter the class each day. They will also be instructed to open the ‘Alice’ program.

I will instruct students to start a new skit. (Save)  Students will be developing the 3-4 min skit that they conjured up in last classes exit slip.

Within this new skit students will complete the fallowing tasks:

 Students will demonstrate the capability of inserting objects (3 minimum, 10pts).

 With these three objects, students will also demonstrate the ability to make the objects move (have action) amongst each other. o Two of the objects must move simultaneously (5pts) o They must move in ordinance with one another (not moving through the other; 5pts).

 Students will add a sound to the skit (10pts).

SAVE! SAVE! SAVE!