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I feel this lesson plan was a bit of a change from what goes on in the everyday classroom. The no talking aspect brings in a real chance to focus on the content. If I walked into a classroom where music was playing, pictures set up and the teacher wasn't talking I would be more intrigued. I enjoyed that at the end of the lesson plan its creator, Susie, gave several options of how to continue with this type of lesson. When I saw Susie had already thought ahead for me, I was sold. However, there were some parts of this lesson that I thought wouldn't work that well, so I made some of my own tweaks. Even though I don't think the teacher should be talking, I would put some questions up on the projector for the students to discuss in small groups. These discussions would be kept to a low volume so the music can still be heard, and they would only be conducted after the students had time to think about the questions individually. This adds more teaching strategies that let the student get even more engaged without the help of a teacher. Some other changes that I chose were in the technologies. Instead of posters and a CD player, I would use Pandora Radio so more than one piece by the same composer could be heard in one lesson, and I would use a computer with PowerPoint shown with a projector. These changes make the teacher's preparation easier and take away the potential of losing class time. The technologies used in the original lesson plan were where it was lacking, but I chose it knowing this because I knew it would help me realize how technology can greatly improve the chances of learning.
