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=Explanation of original lesson plan= My original lesson plan was created by using only the textbook and the resources that come with it. Students would be introduced to new vocabulary by looking at the book and repeating as well as reading, writing, listening and practice questions that are in the hardcovered book. There was no technology at all used in the original lesson aside form the CD used in the listening activity. While this was not a poor lesson plan, it did not provide any audio or visual aids to the students in order to help differentiate the instruction. The textbook does come with an audio CD and a video for the opening of each chapter. There is not much else provided with the textbook in terms of extra audio and visual practice. While the original lesson plan is somewhat effective it can definitely be improved with at least some technology that will hold the students' interests and also to appeal to different learning styles.

=Reflection questions= I chose this lesson plan because I think it has great potential to be improved with the use of technology. The past tense is a major grammatical topic in the grade 8 Spanish program and we dedicate a lot of time practicing verb endings and memorizing the irregulars. The goal of both the original and revised lesson plans are for students to master the past tense through various forms of practice. Although there are many ways to practice this skill, The revised lesson plan offers students more varied and hopefully more appealing ways to practice verbs and achieve mastery. I used audioboo and vocaroo for the speaking activities and Flickr to project a picture for speaking onto my LCD projector. I chose 2 speaking activities because the students need speaking practice the most. I also used a prezi as a visual to review verb endings which was a big improvement over writing them on the board. With the improved lesson plan the same foreign language standards still apply but the some of the NETS standards are now being met. There is now creativity demonstarted through improvisational speaking and real interractive communication.I feel this will improve my teaching as I continue to try more technology in future lessons. Student learning will improve because the students will definitely be excited about learning in new ways and using these fun tools! All of our students like to try new things and to get away from direct book instruction. a A few exciting technological additions can make a big difference in how our lessons appeal to students.