Day 9 has been very informative to me because we began to work together on making lesson plan. In my opinion this was the first time that I have had some sort of instruction of construction of lesson plans.  Learning must be meaningful and we as teachers need to help students see meaning.  It's all about Backward Planning.  

The connection for me is to get an idea is developing a plan that can teach patterns. The goals is to transfer knowledge from us that they can understand.  ARCS Attention, Relevance Confidence and Satisfaction is the Goal in creating active learners.  Learning must have meaning and purpose.

I now have an understanding of scaffolding.  It involves questioning in terms of guiding the student to see relationships and patterns.  Have students make connections to their learning.  Focus on Project based learning as an example.

When using digital tools have a purpose in mind, a plan of strategy, and keep it simple.  Don"t over do it.