Lesson Plan ReportINTRODUCTIONThe project lesson mainly covered aspects of agricultural activities like crop cultivation, fish farming and livestock rearing and how these practices end up affecting the water quality and supply adversely. The extent of indifference that has eaten deep into the fabrics of the entire Ghanaian society was glaring during the execution of the project lesson.The apathetic attitude on the part of those in responsible positions in government concerning environmental issues, lack of supervisory role by environmental and agricultural experts as to the right agricultural practices for crop cultivation, livestock rearing and fish farming were detected during brainstorming on the project findings. Of course, the role of ignorance and poverty on the part of the farmers in polluting water bodies in dispensation of their farming practices were also uncovered. The depth of knowledge the students gained from the lesson cannot be overemphasized. At least, they cannot take for granted the value of water to living organisms and the need to practice safe agriculture to safeguard against polluting the environment and hence water bodies. The students are now familiar with sourcing information from the Internet using search engines and uploading and downloading information onto floppy diskettes and hard discs. Furthermore, they can now interpret and analyze information and data and present their work visually using power Point. SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGESThe whole success of the project lesson depended largely on the use of offline tools. By uploading and downloading information from the Internet and loading them onto the folder in the server for demonstrative purposes to serve as guidelines for the students, helped in no small way. Checking all links to the server prior to the commencement of the project lesson, giving out handouts and above all, the Students’ unusual co-operation throughout the duration of the lesson were vital for the success of the lesson.However, the project lesson was bedeviled with many challenges and unforeseen circumstances. Notable among them were unavailable Internet services in the school as Africa Online, the service provider, has disconnected it due to the school’s indebtedness. Also frequent power outages, unreliable Internet services and connectivity problems in Ghana, difficulties in accessing the right information on the Internet and of course, the costs involved were other unexpected problems. CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION AND LOGISTICSThe computer laboratory in the school has 20-networked computers. All links to the server were properly checked prior to the lesson. Out of the 80 minutes allocated for the two periods for a week, 15 minutes were always used for introduction. The students executed the bulk of the project lesson in the form of assignments due to time constraints. Presentation was done the following week after the students had used 65 minutes in the previous week for searching information from the Internet, saving WebPages onto floppy diskettes and gathering of other necessary information pertaining to the lesson.Since the average students size of all the classes i teach is 50, the students to computer ratio was about 1: 3, which was quite manageable. During presentation, 10 minutes were used for introduction. Each group used 4 minutes for presentation using Power Point. The remaining 20 minutes were used for discussion and comments. The outlined organizational scheme of work played a crucial role in the success of the project lesson. SUGGESTED CHANGESI would have preferred enough timeframe (at least 2 hours) for the project lesson. I will advice that the lesson period should be the last on the timetable so that the prospective teacher can afford to spend extra time with the students after school closes.FEEDBACKIt was evident the students were overwhelmed with the depth of computer knowledge they had acquired in the course of executing the project lesson. How on earth could i ever sat beside the Internet and navigates the world to search for relevant latest information that was hitherto had to come by. But for the magic of computer technology through Internet, one student commented. The students were fascinated by the fact that learning has become easier ever since using Internet to search for information, processing these information and notes onto hard disc and floppy diskettes which are more convenient. At least they would not bother any longer to carry heavy loads of textbooks and notebooks.Again, students’ enthusiasm for embracing the lesson was buttressed by their pestering questions about why some schools still have no computers. The school administrators’ comment that they have been receiving incessant complaints in recent times from the School Representative Council as to why the school’s Internet services are not restored, gave enough credence to the benefits the students derived from the lesson. ASSESSMENTThe students were assessed based on the following criteria agreed upon by all students.
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