The document describes how an educator creates lesson plans using templates on an iPad. Templates are created for each competency from the Quebec Education Program. Within each template, lesson sections like objectives, curriculum links, special needs accommodations, and warm-up, main, and cool-down activities are organized into tabs. The educator provides an example lesson plan following this template structure. Diagrams are created by screenshotting and masking activity sheets. The template allows duplication and filling of plans while linking back to the provincial curriculum on the iPad.

2. “Lesson Planning on the iPad”
Joey Feith | September 2011

3. iPad Lesson Plans
• Created using Numbers
for iOS

4. iPad Lesson Plans
• Started by creating
templates that could later
be duplicated and then
filled with lesson
information.
• Created one template per
Competency
• Competencies were taken
from the Quebec
Education Program

5. iPad Lesson Plans
• Within the template,
lesson sections are
organized by tabs

6. iPad Lesson Plans
• The first tab shows lesson
information (e.g. Period #,
Grade, Lesson Duration,
Objectives, etc.)

7. iPad Lesson Plans
• The template showcases
curriculum information to
show how that lesson links
back to my provincial
Curriculum.
• The information that goes
into these cells is copy/
pasted straight from the
curriculum
• ... which I retyped into my
iPad (I’m a keener, don’t
judge)

8. iPad Lesson Plans
• I’ve also included a section
to prepare for students
with special needs (e.g.
students with disabilities,
students with behaviour
issues, etc)

9. iPad Lesson Plans
• The next three tabs are
for the main sections of
the lesson: Warm-Up, Main
Activity, Cool-Down
• Each tab has a table that
includes:
• Sub-Sections
• Activity Description
• Progressions
• Learning Cues
• Time
• Diagram

10. iPad Lesson Plans
• The last tab is for any
comments/reflections I
might like to add to the
lesson plan

13. Sample Lesson Plan
• This is a sample lesson
plan I taught this past
week
• I try to write an objective
for each of the
psychomotor, social-
affective, and cognitive
domains
• Sidenote: the objectives for
this lesson are not clearly
defined. I just started working
at my school and am still
teaching students my routines/
procedures

14. Sample Lesson Plan
• I don’t always include
activity descriptions if I
know the activity well
• ... or if I’m using an activity
from
ThePhysicalEducator.com
(hint, hint)
• However, progressions are
always there

15. Sample Lesson Plan
• Diagrams are created by
taking a screenshot on my
iPad of one of our game/
activity sheets
• I then mask the
screenshot to isolate the
diagram on the sheet

16. Sample Lesson Plan
• I always leave room for a
final review at the end of
the class

17. Thanks for watching
You can find the template at ThePhysicalEducator.com

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