Putting this
lesson together took a lot of creativity. VR and 3D printing were not options
when I was in fifth grade. I really needed to think about the technologies we
have in schools these days to really look at my options of what I could do for
this lesson. Having these technologies allows a teacher to get even more
creative. Many teachers are already creative as it is, and now you hand them
these and their creativity is unstoppable. This lesson is NEW because we are
sticking to the same regular standard wanted by the state just with a new
twist. The lesson will be effective because it will be up to date with the technologies
with the time and gain the students attention. Every time I have been in a
classroom and the students have gotten to use technology, they seem to light up
and take more from it. My decisions in this process makes me feel like a
designer because I am having to work all of these technologies and lessons into
one. I had to design a new way to teach a what seemed to be a simple lesson
when looking at a textbook but simple does not always mean good. I believe this
new design of this lesson will benefit the students because of how much they
will actually enjoy going into space and how much they will gain from all of
the technologies and lessons in general.
