Well you did it! Your presentations were awesome and everyone enjoyed the sharing experience. I hope you take some new ways of thinking and doing back to your classrooms. It was my pleasure to work with you. - Becky
OK. We’re on the downhill slide after these two modules! Get them finished and it’s all gravy from here on out!
In Module 4 we discussed the student sample project or as Intel likes to call it: “evidence of student learning”. It was suggested that you storyboard your project before you start working on it. Remember your student sample project can be a presentation (created in PowerPoint), a publication (created in Publisher), a blog or a wiki - your choice. If you would like to view sample student projects, see pages 4.03 and 4.04. Remember to think about how to work 21st Century Skills in throughout the project. You should also revisit the Unit Plan filling in any blanks and answer the questions on page 4.16 as you blog this week.
In Module 5 we talked about the rubric for your student sample project, along with the other assessment pieces. If you need to view the assessment plans for ideas, see pages 5.06, 5.11 and 5.12. You need to create the rubric for your student sample project and also gather or create the other 4 assessment tools for your unit. If you would like to create your own rubric, you might want to check out Rubistar. After all this is done, you need to revisit the Unit Plan, filling in any remaining blanks and also blog for this module, using the prompts on page 5.17.
So, for tomorrow, you should have completed the following: (see page 1.07 for reference)
WHEW!!! It’s all downhill from here - I promise! Only one more meeting and we’re done! See you next Wednesday!
Hopefully the sharing of your Gauging Student Needs presentations was helpful. We looked at how Wikis work and then went through the presentation and discussion on copyright and citing sources. Don’t forget those resources are available to you on your class CD to use with your classes. There’s also the valuable information and templates for evaluating web sites.
If you’re worried about copyright, don’t forget about using the resources of Creative Commons with your students and the various Creative Commons licenses for use.
You should have started a Works Cited page. We hope you managed to get into Google Docs to complete your information. You are listed as one of the collaborators so you should be able to register (using your school district email) for a free Google account and see that document when you log in.
Assignments:
A wiki is a web site people can easily edit in a web browser. Commonly used as a collaboration tool, wikis allow users of the web site to write and modify content.
In Module 3 we looked at collaborative editing.
In Module 2, we signed up for a social bookmarking account (del.icio.us) and learned how to use it.
We opened the Unit Plan Template that was previously saved in our Portfolios. We found out where to find the TEKS on our curriculum resource CD so that they can be copied and pasted into the Unit Plan.
After a discussion on Curriculum-Framing Questions, everyone participated in a brainstorming activity.
We worked on developing our Essential, Unit and Content questions, along with starting to put objectives into our Unit Plan.
We viewed some presentations from the fall and spring classes on Gauging Student Needs. We talked about storyboarding the presentations and what they would involve.
We reviewed the blogging questions for Module 2.
Due for next Wednesday (June 18)
*Flesh out your Essential, Unit and Content Questions and put them on the Unit Plan.
*Copy and paste the TEKS onto your Unit Plan.
*Work on the Assessment Timeline on the Unit Plan and find at least 2 assessments for each section (pre-assessment, assessment during the project, and post-assessment). Use the resources found on the Intel site. See page 2.14 for Intel site address.
*Complete the Gauging Student Needs Presentation.
*Blog for Module 2 (see page 2.24 for questions to blog on)
*Fill out any blanks on the Unit Plan that can be completed.
In Module 1 we talked about course goals and expectations. We created Portfolio folders for saving all of your unit materials. One main piece of work is the Unit Plan Template which you will add to and revise continually as we progress through the course. We looked at the Portfolio Rubric and some sample Unit Portfolios.
Participant teachers (that’s you) signed up for blogs in order to reflect on their learning after each module.
For the next class, we’d like for you to have done some serious thinking about what topic you will use for your unit. Make sure you have blogged on the questions on page 1.30 in your book.
We’re happy to have you in class. If you keep up with the class assignments you should have no trouble completing the requirements. Don’t forget to bring your book, post-its, and highlighter to each class.
Watch this blog for any information regarding our class. We’ll try to keep you updated about what should be completed for the next class session.