POINT FORTIN WEST SECONDARY SCHOOL

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

LESSON PLAN
TEACHERS NAME: Carla Lewis

SUBJECT: Information Technology

DATE: Thursday 1st October 2015

CLASS:

TIME:

LENGTH OF PERIOD:

Period 5

Syllabus:

11:05 11:40

Form 4 Group 1

35 mins

CSEC Information Technology

Unit Title:

Data communications and networks

Lesson 1:

Concept Lesson

RESOURCES
Teacher Resources

Student resources

Story

Assessment Activity

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE - Students should:

Know various types of computers, input and output devices.

OBJECTIVES
Cognitive

At the end of the lesson Form 4

students will:
1. Write a definition of a computer
network

Psychomotor

Affective

At the end of the lesson Form 4

students will:
1. Write one line saying why
cooperating is important

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2. Write examples and nonexamples of computer networks

3. State one advantage and one
disadvantage of a computer
network
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY with Objective
Cognitive

1. Write a definition of a
computer network
2. Write examples and
non-examples of
computer networks

Assessment Strategy

Affective

Assessment Strategy

Activity 1: Students will

1. Write one line saying why Activity 1: Students will
complete an assessment sheet.
cooperating is important complete an assessment
sheet.

3. State one advantage and

one disadvantage of a
computer network
Set Induction

Story: Teacher reads a story to the class

3 mins
Description of Teaching/Learning Activities:
Teacher Activities

Teacher will distribute copies of the

Student Expected Activities

Students will work in groups and find

Intelligence
being
developed
VL/Inter

Est. time to
complete

10 mins
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story and asks students to separate

into their groups and discuss the
story and provide solutions to the
farmers predicaments.

After the class has reassembled the

teacher will ask students to discuss
the benefits of people working
together with the neighbors and
sharing resources

The teacher will ask students to

suggest how we might benefit from
linking our computers

Teacher will distribute an

assessment sheet and ask students
to fill it

solutions to the problem

Students will participate in discussions

Students answer questions.

Students will fill in the assessment

sheet.

VL/Inter

5 mins

VL

5 mins

10 mins

END OF LESSON ACTIVITIES

Closure to lesson: 2 mins
T.S. (Transition Statement):

In todays class, we learnt what is network.

B.S. (Bridging Statement):

In our next class, we will look at devices on a network.

Multiple Intelligences
VS: Visual Spatial
VL: Verbal Linguistic
Inter: Interpersonal Intra: Intrapersonal BK: Body/ Kinesthetic
LM: Logic/Mathematical
M: Musical
N: Naturalistic
E: Existential

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