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 * Questions:**

We chose this lesson because we all enjoy music and this song especially. The lesson has the students rewrite the lyrics to include recent events and people. This is a great way to get students interested in creative activities and the events of the world around them. Most students know Billy Joel and this song, and now they can use their background knowledge and as well as use the internet to do research and expand their understanding of recent events.
 * 1. Why did we choose this lesson?**

The goals of the new lesson are the same for what is asked of them, but with an added skill of using technology to show their skills. Instead of an in person presentation, the students are recording their new lyrics with a podcast program and uploading it onto a media cloud to show their peers.
 * 2. Define new lesson plan design/goals of lesson**

We chose to incorporate both Audacity and Mougg into our lesson to potentially improve it.
 * 3.Which tool or tools did you chose to incorporate into the lesson to potentially improve it?**

We chose to use Audacity to foster students knowledge about technology and utilize their desire to publish themselves via podcast. We chose Mougg so students can easily upload their final recording and gain access to it in the classroom or around the world. Both tools enable creativity and collaboration among the students and create a final product they can be proud of and share with peers.
 * 4. Why did you chose this tool?**

**5.** **What standards were you using to guide your decision on this? NETS?** The standards that we used to guide us in our decision to redesign this lesson are NETS.S - 2.a.- Communication and Collaboration. Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media

NETS.T- 2.a- Design and Develop Digital Age Learning. Experiences and Assessments. Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS·S. a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity

**6. Do you feel this will improve your teaching? If so, why**? I believe this will improve our teaching. I feel this way because students are generally eager to use new technology. By encouraging them to use new digital tools we are expanding their opportunity for creativity. While introducing the students to the lesson we have used both visual and audio tools to maximize their understanding.

I believe this will help improve student learning. By requiring students to use technology we are expanding their audience and providing them with and opportunity to learn from others. The students will be able to access resources through the Internet to improve the quality of their work. This assignment provides the students with a chance to communicate and work collaboratively with others.
 * 7.Do you feel this will help improve student learning? If so, how and why? **