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**Standard 7** **Teachers are able to plan different kinds of lessons.** The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.

Evidence 1: [|Death and Dying Prezi Presentation]

Rationale 1: The Death and Dying prezi presentation was created for EDT 659 for use in my freshman health classes. The prezi was created to give my students a different type of learning experience besides viewing a power point presentation or video. This presentation was created with the understanding that this is a very difficult subject to talk about, and some students have a harder time dealing with death and dying than others. Students could sit and enjoy watching a whole new form of a presentation in an enjoyable learning atmosphere and learn engaging information without feeling as if other students were watching them for their reactions.

The creation of this prezi was important to me because it allowed me to introduce new technology to my students. Most students have used Word or PowerPoint to create and develop a presentation, but none of them have ever heard about a prezi. The prezi was new to me as well, but I found that using it and teaching it to my students made me more aware of the technological capabilities that the program offered. The prezi was also helpful to my students because they were able to learn about new technology, and that presentations are more versatile and engaging than someone just standing in front of the classroom and talking. The students were completely amazed with how fun the prezi was, and they found themselves excited to see how/what the next topic of discussion was going to be about.

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 * 7.K.3The teacher knows when and how to adjust plans based on student responses and other contingencies.**

Before I created the prezi, students were becoming bored with how the materials were being presented to them in the classroom. When I presented the prezi to them, they were very excited about how this new technology operated, and the complexity that it brought to them and into the classroom. The students were more engaged, and were excited to see what new information they were going to learn about. When the students were polled at the end of class, every one of them said they preferred a prezi presentation to a PowerPoint presentation.


 * 7.S.2The teacher plans for learning opportunities that recognize and address variation in learning styles, learning differences, and performance modes**

While planning the prezi for my classroom presentation, I took into consideration the different types of learning styles. The prezi gives you the opportunity to not only give the students visual aids that you can download onto the prezi, but it can also be used as a way to review different types of materials that have been discussed in class. The prezi also allows you to imbed different educational media/video files that can be used to help give the students a better understanding of the materials that were covered.


 * 7.D.2The teacher believes that plans must always be open to adjustment and revision based on student needs and changing circumstances.**

While planning the prezi presentation, there were many different directions that I wanted to go, but taking into consideration the feelings and emotions of the students, I had to modify how I was going to address the materials to them. Two of my students in my class had just lost someone that was close to them, and showing them certain materials could have been very difficult to process in front of their friends. For the sensitivity of the students, I took into consideration their feelings based on the circumstances, and modified the clips that I was going to use that were more serious, and found some that were more entertaining.