How to prepare your SL lessons: content and surrounding.

Problem

What does this pattern try to achieve? Why is it needed? What problem is this pattern solving.
Apart from delivering content in a lesson, a surrounding atmosphere needs to be created wich will enhance learning. Several tools in SL favor visualizing abstract concepts; we want to make use of these to suggest the whole structure / content of the lesson in its surrounding.

Forces

List the forces in tension.
encyclopedia like summing up of knowledge versus .bringing learning to students
declaim structure and content orally versus using different media to frame a lesson 

Context

Where is this pattern applicable? Where not?
This pattern is applicable for a lesson where a classroom / an auditorium is suggested for bringing knowledge orally. There is only knowledge transfer from teacher to student.

Solution

Provide a detailed and concrete description of the pa. Include structure/process diagrams as needed.

• Prepare the lesson.
  
  
  
  • Establish the knowledge gap so as to set the lesson objective.
  
  
  • Decide on (limit) the amount of content you want to cover.
  
  
  
  


• Prepare text for a speaking device you want to remind you of lesson structure and the turn of phrases you came up with.


• Try out the tools (their functioning, their permissions etc.) you plan to
  
  
  
  • use yourself, in the role of teacher.
  
  
  • distribute, in the role of teacher / student.
  
  
  
  


• Display
  
  
  
  • the structure of the lesson content,
  
  
  • where to get the class supplies,
  
  
  • where to get the evaluation form.
  
  
  
  You can use a note card reader signboard for that.


• Place a box for afterwards mailing / IM‘ing questions anonymously, at students disposal.


• Realize that distributing instruction papers
  
  
  
  • after the lesson, ties your students to the progress of the course.
  
  
  • before the lesson, leaves the pace for students to choose.
    Faster students can help out slower ones.
    The teacher can help out slower students while faster students move on.
    
  
  
  
  


• Keep a log of the chat during the lesson so students can work that over.

Support 

Cases-stories this pattern is drawn from.
stories 24, 31

Related Patterns

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Read the pattern titeled Managing pre-prepared text with live interaction for advice on preparing text.