VISD Secondary Daily/Weekly Lesson Plan

Content Area: Conway-DiGIT

Unit # 2 & 3 –Keyboarding – All Letter Rows, Graphic Design – Digital Image Editing, Jan’s Computer Literacy & Windows

Number of Days in Unit: 9 Weeks

Day and Date: Monday-Friday, January 09 -13, 2017
Daily Focus
(Readiness/Supporting) / Instructional Objectives / Activities & Timeline
* TEKS
127.4.c.2.c-e
127.4.c.3b
127.4.c.4b / 5E Model
x☐Engage
x☐Explore
x☐Explain
x☐Elaborate
x☐Evaluate / By the end of class today, I will be able to …
Identify and use proper keyboarding posture, finger-positioning, and touch-typing fundamentals…also derive a grade from words per minute and accuracy.
·  Use Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop and Bridge, specifically:
·  To understand color theory
·  to examine the differences among various image formats (e.g. BMP, JPEG, PHG, GIF)
·  to understand the effects of data compression on images and data transfer and storage (lossy vs. lossless)
·  to understand the way picture editing filters affect the data in an image (matrix example http://beej.us/blog/data/convolution-image-processing/)
·  to understand the processes and use of masks and layers in image manipulation / Warm-up
Typing Instructor
Adobe Bridge
Adobe Photoshop
Image viewers vs. image editors
Editing alternatives such as XNView, Paint.Net,
Academic Vocabulary
Digital image
Bandwidth
Storage
Data compression
Image formats
Image bit depth
Pixel
Resolution
RBG
CMYK
Convolution
Blur
Motion Blur
Find Edges
Sharpen
Emboss
Mean and Median Filter / *Detailed Activities
Students will practice the home row keys with Typing Instructor.
Students will follow examples of teacher installing software to their computers by locating My Computer/Windows Explorer, the C drive, folders, files, and subfolders.
Students will learn to install software correctly and how to bypass installing harmful spyware.
Students will practice the home row keys lessons with Typing Instructor and test on them daily.
Students will follow tutorials focusing on hands-on learning to apply the concepts
Students will complete the short answer questions and teacher-directed questions guiding their reading in small groups and/or individually
Students will take a quiz until they achieve mastery over the selected material
Materials
Computer
Projector
Insight / Vocabulary Review
image editing vocabulary
Essential Questions with Bloom’s Taxonomy/Costa’s Inquiry Level
How can we tell if a digital image is “real” or not? / *Closure
Students will turn in or save completed work
ELPS
(D) monitor understanding of spoken language during classroom instruction and interactions and seek clarification as needed;
(I) demonstrate listening comprehension of increasingly complex spoken English by following directions, retelling or summarizing spoken messages, responding to questions and requests, collaborating with peers, and taking notes commensurate with content and grade-level needs. / Technology Tools
☐Teacher: Computer, Projector, Insight
☐Student: Computer / CCRS
Use technology appropriately.
Use technology to communicate and display findings in a clear and coherent manner.

* Detailed Activities: This is what you will see when you walk into my class today; should include: Instructional methods and grouping, high-yield strategy(ies), differentiation, accommodations.

* Closure: example - exit ticket, questioning strategies for assessing what students learned in class today

* TEKS: Including TEKS for content and technology applications

Additional resources for using this lesson plan template may be found at Curriculum Components and Resource Handbook and CSCOPE.

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