Template for Trends Lesson

Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction

Name: Bonnie Milligan
Course/Term: EDU 520/2010 Summer
Lesson Objective: Use Pixton in the classroom to engage students
Learner Level/Characteristics: Educational Technology Master Teachers
External
Instructional
Event
1. Gain attention

2. Inform learners
of
objective

3. Stimulate recall
of
prior knowledge

Internal Process

Reception
Learners pay
attention to the
upcoming learning
event.

Expectancy
Learners are able
to
expect what they
are
going to learn.

Retrieval to
working
memory
Learners retrieve
their prior
knowledge
that is related to
the
new knowledge
that
they are going to
learn.
4. Present new
Selective
content
perception
Learners recognize
new information
highlighted with
distinctive
features.
5. Provide learning Semantic encoding

Planned
Instructional
Activities
Pass out action word
bubbles to students.
Explain to the
students whoever
presents their word
the best will win a
prize.
Learn to use Pixton
(free Web 2.0 tool)
as a resource in the
classroom to engage
students.

How many people

enjoy reading
comics? Who has
ever created a
comic?

Learners
Activities
Go around the room
and have the student
show and say their
word with
enthusiasm.

Students will preview

the comic strip I
created and discuss
the differences
between traditional
bell work vs. comic
strip bell work.
Class discussion
about experience
with reading or
writing comics.

Walk through the

process of setting up
a user account.

Students will set-up

their own account.

Demonstrate the

Students will begin

guidance

6. Elicit
Performance

7. Provide
feedback

8. Assess
performance

9. Enhance
retention and
transfer

Learners
participate
in learning and are
helped to learn
the
new information in
a
meaning way
through
examples, hints,
prompts, or
organization and
elaboration of the
content.
Responding
Learners show if
they
have learned the
new
information during
practice.
Reinforcement
Learners are given
corrective and
formative
feedback
based on their
performance.
Retrieval and
reinforcement
Learners retrieve
their new
knowledge
to complete a final
test and receive
feedback.
Retrieval and
generalization
Learners retain
their
newly learned
information and
apply
it to other
situations

features of the site.

Model how to
manipulate the
controls in order to
create a comic.

designing their own

comic that has a
purpose in the
classroom based on
their content area.

Monitor progress of
students by
providing feedback
for each comic being
created.

Students will share

their comics with
their peers.

Student & teacher

feedback

Peers will provide

constructive criticism
for improving comic
and provide positive
feedback for
something done well.

Authentic
Assessment

Students will
manipulate a comic
to show
understanding of
tools within the
application.

Generate a wiki to
share ideas of how
Pixton can engage
students in learning

Discuss how using

Pixton could be
incorporated into
each of the core
subject areas.

commonly through
repeated practice
and
practicing variety.

Your reflective
comments about
Gagnes 9 events
of
instruction:

Gagne's 9 Events of
Instruction makes
creating an effective
lesson plan easy.
There is not much
work that goes into
using this format vs.
a traditional Praxis III
lesson plan. Gagne's
method of
instruction focuses
on the learner and
the desired outcome
objectives.