Sunday, December 4, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Crime Scene Story
Create a crime story assignment
Hello all! So if you all would be so kind as to let us know which crime scene you would like to work on as well as your role in the story, that would be great. Once the roles have been chosen (remember first come first choice), I will email you the details found at the scene of the crime you have chosen. As a group you will need to decide "who done it" and present the story so that the other group has a possibility of solving your crime (red herrings are ok).
Good luck and above all have fun with this!
Friday, October 28, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Monica and Daves e Book Club
- TITLE: Social Media and Literacy (The “e book club” experience)
- STUDENT DESCRIPTION:
· Adolescent students (13-15 years)
· Subject: Language Arts (Literacy Strand)
- SPECIAL EQUIPMENT NEEDED: Computer Lab./Laptop/Internet Connection
- OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON:
- Cultivate higher level thinking in literary texts.
- Make connections to text, within text, and among texts across the subject areas. Motivating students to draw their own conclusions and express them both written and orally;
- Match reading to purpose--location of information, full comprehension, and personal enjoyment.
- Analyze characterization as revealed through a character's thoughts, words, speech patterns, and actions; the narrator's description; and the thoughts, words, and actions of other characters.
- Identify and analyze development of themes conveyed through characters, actions, and images.
- Analyze how images, text, and sound in electronic journalism affect the viewer; identify techniques used to achieve the effects in each instance.
- Identify, analyze, and critique persuasive techniques, such as promises, dares, flattery, and glittering generalities used in oral presentations and media messages.
- MATERIALS AND WEB-BASED RESOURCES
- Novel: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
- A classroom blog
- A wiki page
- Collaborative mind mapping
- Optional Talk Group
- Optional Talk Group
6. ASSESSMENT
- Completion of all tasks
- Using Web 2.0 rubrics
7. OUTPUT OF THE LESSON
- Access and utilize a series of web tools
- Motivate through digital and social media use
- Read critically
- Generalize ideas and draw conclusions
- Communicate with peers in higher level of thinking
- BLOCK PLAN
TIME | ACTIVITIES |
Week 1 | Teacher presents the text: The Woman in White and assigns chapter to be read students jigsaw their chapter. Teacher gives students the link where they will find the tasks for this lesson: http://web.bend.k12.or.us/dave.williams/Daves_Page/Monica_%26_Daves_Project.html Students download text: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/583 Teacher gives students classroom sessions to read text |
Week 2 | Students critically analyze the text read and write a summary on wiki page http://monica-daves-project.wikispaces.com/ Working in groups of 3, students analyze a character in the book and create a mind map of his/her important characteristics using Mind 42 http://mind42.com/pub/mindmap?mid=f48ace4a-942f-49ce-a499-837ae229e313. Entire class is invited to add to character profile. Students are asked to go to THE e- BOOK CLUB BLOG PAGE http://davewilliams24.blogspot.com/ to express opinion about the content of book. |
Week 3 | Students/teacher read contributions in blog and make comments. Students are invited to the optional talk group assignment http://www.voxopop.com/group/8c6474e0-315b-4982-8d75-da4de140dd75 to further depth of responses and reviews |
· e Bookclub RUBRIC
A | Contributions are well organized and written in an interesting style. No grammar errors or spelling mistakes are made. They are very informative and deeply reflective. Contributes with other group members in writing and editing. |
B | Contributions are well organized but written in a somewhat interesting style. Few grammar errors or spelling mistakes are made. They show some new reflective information on the topic. Assists group members with most of the writing and editing. |
C | Contributions show little style and are poorly organized. Several grammar errors and spelling mistakes are made. They give some new information on the topic. Provides minimal assistance to group members in writing and editing. |
NOT YET | Contributions have no style and are poorly organized. Many words are misspelled and grammar mistakes made. They give no new information on the topic. Provides no assistance to group members in any of the writing and editing. |
Michelle and Dan's Group Project
MY DINNER WITH ALBERT
Group Project Guidelines
For this group project, you’ll need to dramatize an event in the life of Albert Einstein. You’ll have a number of options about how bring this event to life, but you want to make certain that it says something important about Einstein’s life and work.
There are three phases to this project:
1) Pre-Production
Before you do anything, you need to make some plans. First, you need to think about how your group will work and make some decisions about the roles you’ll each play. Next, you’ll need to gather information about Einstein’s life and determine which moment best sums up what you consider an important theme in his biography. Finally, you’ll need to pitch that episode to your main investors (us).
Specifically, here’s what you need to do:
2) Lights, Camera, Action!
Now that you’ve decided on your subject matter, it’s time to bring it to life. You have a variety of options here depending on your interests and resources. If you haven’t decided on the form your project will take until this point, you might need to go back and revise your Group Learning Charter appropriately so that everyone is taking up a role that matters.
3) The Reviews Are In!
Once you have your completed project, it’s time to turn it in. We will set up a website so that all of your projects can be uploaded.
It’s also time to reflect on what you’ve done. First, you will fill out a Peer Assessment Form for each group member, including yourself.
In addition, fill out one copy of the Group Assessment Form. Please keep your answers as brief as possible.
Finally, we’ll be evaluating your work. To do that, we’ll use attached grading guidelines.
* * * * * * * * * *
MY DINNER WITH ALBERT - LEARNING GROUP CHARTER
List team members names and the strenghths/weaknesses they bring to the group.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
List Learning Team Goals
Some ideas might include:
· Members are fully committed to common goal and mission.
· Members are mutually accountable to one another.
· Members respect one another and work collaboratively.
Identify Possible Problems; include a plan to address those problems.
Examples have been provided below. Replace these rules and solutions with your own. Keep those you feel apply. Add more if you wish.
Examples:
Include the following in your agreement:
· Meeting schedule—
· Attendance expectations—
· Agenda—
· Roles to avoid frustration and conflict—
· List tasks to be completed
· Assign responsibility for all tasks –
· Develop and post a timeline and checklist –
* * * * * * * * * *
MY DINNER WITH ALBERT – PEER ASSESSMENT FORM
Student being assessed: __________________________
Student making the assessment: _______________________
For each aspect, rate the student on a scale from A to D using the following guide:
A: did this very well
B: did this adequately
C: did this less than adequately
D: did this poorly
Pre-Production
Contributed to the Learning Group Charter
Helped to gather relevant information in a timely manner
Participated in discussion of what biographical moment to dramatize
Took an active role in preparing the group’s pitch
Participated fully in the pitch meeting (including prepared materials, discussed approach, raised questions)
Lights, Camera, Action!
Fulfilled their role as outlined in the Learning Group Charter
Attended scheduled group meetings
Offered productive ideas and feedback to others
Listened to other members’ ideas and feedback
Cooperated with other group members on completing tasks
Overall
Based on everything you’ve written above, how would you rate this student’s overall performance?
* * * * * * * * * *
MY DINNER WITH ALBERT – GROUP ASSESSMENT FORM
1) Evaluate the Group Learning Charter that you started out with.
2) Evaluate how your team performed overall.
* * * * * * * * * *
MY DINNER WITH ALBERT – GRADING GUIDELINES
Group Project Guidelines
For this group project, you’ll need to dramatize an event in the life of Albert Einstein. You’ll have a number of options about how bring this event to life, but you want to make certain that it says something important about Einstein’s life and work.
There are three phases to this project:
1) Pre-Production
Before you do anything, you need to make some plans. First, you need to think about how your group will work and make some decisions about the roles you’ll each play. Next, you’ll need to gather information about Einstein’s life and determine which moment best sums up what you consider an important theme in his biography. Finally, you’ll need to pitch that episode to your main investors (us).
Specifically, here’s what you need to do:
(a) Establish a Learning Group Charter. (See the attached form.)After your project is approved, you can move on to phase two.
Once you’ve completed the charter, give us a copy. Also make sure every member of your group has one too.
(b) Gather biographical information about Einstein.
There are a lot of sources of information about Einstein’s life and times. You can find numerous pages on the web and books in the library. One of the most exhaustive is Albert Einstein: A Biography (1998) by Albrecht Fölsing.
(NOTE: Under normal circumstances, there would probably be sources available from the reading list of the course and we’d put the work into compiling a partial list of potential websites, articles, and books to append to this assignment.)
(c) Choose the biographical moment you want to dramatize.
You can pick any event from Einstein’s life that actually happened and that you have enough information about. Above all, select something that you think sums up an important theme in his life or makes an important statement about who he was or what he accomplished.
(d) Pitch your idea.
Once you’ve selected the subject of your dramatization, you need to clear it by us. That will require two things.(1) Have your people talk to our people and schedule a short meeting (can be virtual) where you can make the case for your project. Feel free to use any multimedia sources you’d like, but nothing beyond your presence is required.
(2) Each member of your group should write up a brief argument in favor of your selection, emphasizing why it says something important about who Einstein was or the nature of his work.
2) Lights, Camera, Action!
Now that you’ve decided on your subject matter, it’s time to bring it to life. You have a variety of options here depending on your interests and resources. If you haven’t decided on the form your project will take until this point, you might need to go back and revise your Group Learning Charter appropriately so that everyone is taking up a role that matters.
You could actually make a short film.If you want to check out an idea, talk with us. We’ll also need to approve the format of your production before you start on it.
You could just write a script and decide which Hollywood stars you’d like to play the main roles.
You could create an audio-play.
You could storyboard it out.
You could also, if you have access to animation software, create an animated film.
Or you could try something we haven’t though of.
3) The Reviews Are In!
Once you have your completed project, it’s time to turn it in. We will set up a website so that all of your projects can be uploaded.
It’s also time to reflect on what you’ve done. First, you will fill out a Peer Assessment Form for each group member, including yourself.
In addition, fill out one copy of the Group Assessment Form. Please keep your answers as brief as possible.
Finally, we’ll be evaluating your work. To do that, we’ll use attached grading guidelines.
* * * * * * * * * *
MY DINNER WITH ALBERT - LEARNING GROUP CHARTER
List team members names and the strenghths/weaknesses they bring to the group.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
List Learning Team Goals
Some ideas might include:
· Members are fully committed to common goal and mission.
· Members are mutually accountable to one another.
· Members respect one another and work collaboratively.
Identify Possible Problems; include a plan to address those problems.
Examples have been provided below. Replace these rules and solutions with your own. Keep those you feel apply. Add more if you wish.
Examples:
Work must be submitted on time/a couple of days before deadline. If work is not submitted on time, we will contact each other to lend support.
Work must be complete. If work is not satisfactory, we will meet to discuss (web meeting) and refine/improve.
All members must attend agreed on meeting times or notify other members of conflicts. If we set up an agreed upon meeting and a member does not show up, we will ask Dan to remind participants in the Announcements to check their email and group private forum.
All members must consider other member ideas, opinions, and input. All members must behave in a supportive and encouraging manner. If a member exhibits inappropriate behaviors towards others, we will re-visit our norm/ground rules.
All members must contribute equally. If a member fails to participate or contact us for several days, we will attempt to reach out again and copy Dan in our email and communications.
We will attempt to resolve all problems within our group by contacting members and discussing issues. If we cannot resolve issues, we will contact the Dan.
Include the following in your agreement:
· Meeting schedule—
· Attendance expectations—
· Agenda—
· Roles to avoid frustration and conflict—
· List tasks to be completed
· Assign responsibility for all tasks –
· Develop and post a timeline and checklist –
* * * * * * * * * *
MY DINNER WITH ALBERT – PEER ASSESSMENT FORM
Student being assessed: __________________________
Student making the assessment: _______________________
For each aspect, rate the student on a scale from A to D using the following guide:
A: did this very well
B: did this adequately
C: did this less than adequately
D: did this poorly
Pre-Production
Contributed to the Learning Group Charter
Helped to gather relevant information in a timely manner
Participated in discussion of what biographical moment to dramatize
Took an active role in preparing the group’s pitch
Participated fully in the pitch meeting (including prepared materials, discussed approach, raised questions)
Lights, Camera, Action!
Fulfilled their role as outlined in the Learning Group Charter
Attended scheduled group meetings
Offered productive ideas and feedback to others
Listened to other members’ ideas and feedback
Cooperated with other group members on completing tasks
Overall
Based on everything you’ve written above, how would you rate this student’s overall performance?
* * * * * * * * * *
MY DINNER WITH ALBERT – GROUP ASSESSMENT FORM
1) Evaluate the Group Learning Charter that you started out with.
(a) In what one way did it help your group finish this project?
(b) Name one change you would make to the charter in retrospect.
2) Evaluate how your team performed overall.
(a) What two things did your group do well?
(b) What two things didn’t work or could have been improved?
* * * * * * * * * *
MY DINNER WITH ALBERT – GRADING GUIDELINES
| Tasks | 4 (Advanced) | 3 (Competant/meets expectations) | 2 (Progressing/does not fully meet expectations) | 1 (Beginning/does not meet minimum expectations) |
| Group Learning Charter | The charter was completely filled out; answers were thoughtful and comprehensive | The charter was almost completely filled out; answers showed some thought | The charter was mostly filled out; most answers showed some thought but others were incomplete | The charter was not completely filled out; answers were short, irrelevant, or incomprehensible |
| Biographical Episode Selection | The episode selected clearly showed a message about Einstein’s life and work. | The episode contained a message about Einstein, with some extraneous material | The episode bore some relation to a message about Einstein, but was mostly disconnected | The episode did not say anything comprehensible about Einstein’s life or work |
| Argument for the Episode | The argument made in favor of the selected episode was thorough, compelling, and used evidence effectively | The argument covered most bases and used evidence to good effect, but also contained several holes/errors | The argument made some good points, but didn’t use evidence effectively and missed important elements | The argument made in favor of the selected episode was not well constructed, unreasonable, and used evidence poorly |
| Accuracy of the Portrayal | The portrayal of the episode was consistent with known historical facts | The portrayal was mostly consistent with known facts, with a few errors | The portrayal got some facts correctly, but made errors or included some things that did not happen | The portrayal diverged substantially from known historical facts or imagined events that did not happen |
| Realization of the Message | The final product clearly articulated a message about Einstein in all its parts | The final product communicated a message about Einstein, with some extraneous elements | The final product mostly communicated a message about Einstein, but other parts were unconnected to this message | The final product communicated no recognizable message about Einstein |
| The Overall Finish of the Product | The final product was in a polished state; there were no major glitches or unfinished elements | The final product was mostly finished with a very few loose ends or unpolished elements | The final product was partly finished, but other parts were messy, incoherent, and/or incomplete | The final product was largely unfinished, incoherent, contradictory, and/or messy |
Gayl & Sue's Integration of Technology and Instruction Group Learning Lesson
Integration of Technology and Instruction
Students: Undergraduate students in a Special Education Teacher Cohort Program at an Oregon University
Purpose of the Lesson: Investigate the integration of technology in teaching by applying the TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) paradigm. This paradigm is based on the concept that "the teacher interprets the subject matter and finds different ways to represent it and make it accessible to learners." (Mishra & Koehler, 2006) In their article, Mishra & Koehler go on to say that using technology is a great way to achieve accessibility for all learners A reading is attached with this description.
Outcomes: Learners will be able to apply the TPACK paradigm when integrating technology into their instructional strategies.
Groups: Class participants will work in groups of 3-5. Groups will be assigned based on the ages and present level of performance of the students in their practicum placements.
Technology for the Online Lesson: Each group will be assigned a discussion and work area that is only available to the group members. Students will have choices on the chat area they wish to experiment with. Some ideas include (but are not limited to) : https://www.zoho.com/projects/ ; tinychat.com and/or Elluminate if available Discussions and sharing will take place in this area. To create a final product for submission, participants will co-create a lesson plan on the typewith.me site. The rubric for required components of the lesson plan will be provided by the instructor.
Group Project: The group will choose a lesson/unit topic that they might deliver in their practicum placement. The lesson can be anything from reading and/or math to activities of daily living or social skills. Individual group members will be assigned to individually investigate one of three topics.
1. Content of the lesson/unit to be taught as it relates to the classroom curriculum
2. Technology tools that could be used in the instruction-their function and operation
3. Delivery (Pedagogy) of the lesson to the students involved in the curriculum
Activities
2. Technology tools that could be used in the instruction-their function and operation
3. Delivery (Pedagogy) of the lesson to the students involved in the curriculum
Activities
Independently:
1. Read the TPACK Article
2. Think of a lesson /unit that you might teach to the students in your practicum placement. Post a description of your students and the lesson on the class web site under your group’s work area
1. Read the TPACK Article
2. Think of a lesson /unit that you might teach to the students in your practicum placement. Post a description of your students and the lesson on the class web site under your group’s work area
In the group work area:
1. Describe your students and the unit/lesson you want to teach them
1. Describe your students and the unit/lesson you want to teach them
2. Review postings by the others in you group.
3. Decide which lesson/students you want to use for your project
4. Assign each group member to do research on one aspect of the assignment
a. Technology that could be used in this lesson
b. Specific content to be addressed
c. Instructional strategies to be used to deliver the content
a. Technology that could be used in this lesson
b. Specific content to be addressed
c. Instructional strategies to be used to deliver the content
With your group on www.typewith.me (instructions on using this tool can be found at http://educationaltech-med.blogspot.com/2011/01/type-with-me-quick-educative-online.html): Develop a lesson plan based on the format provided by the instructor. Also be sure to include a copy of the collaboration effort that was used on typewith.me
Self-evaluation: Each project participant will use the grading rubric as a self rating and submit to the instructor
Technology Group work Lesson plan format
Standards Addressed:
Students/Grade Level:
Objectives of the Lesson:
Content of the lesson: include introduction to content, culminating activities and assessment methods..
Instructional Methods (Pedagogy: include plans for addressing student interests, student readiness and student learning styles.
Technology Use: include all technology used, reasons why that particular technology was chosen
Unfortunately I was unable to figure out how to copy the rubric onto this page - mainly it involves the following:
- Unit Content: Standards Met, Objective clearly stated and met, rubric included
- Instructional Delivery:performance levels taken into consideration, learning styles and student interest
- Technology Integration: Used by both Teacher and Learner
- Project Development: Online collaboration clear
TPACK:
Mishra, Punya., Koehler, Matthew J., 2006. Technological Pedagogical Content
Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge. Found at
http://punya.educ.msu.edu/publications/journal_articles/mishra-koehler-tcr2006.pdf
Mallory and Eileen's Group Project
Group Project: Small Business Record-keeping
Mallory Smith & Eileen Casey White
Objectives:
1) Identify different types of bookkeeping methods used by small business owners.
2) Recognize the strengths and limitations of each method.
3) Develop local contacts within the small-business community who may someday serve as mentors or advocates.
Background:
There are many different types of accounting systems used in small businesses, from hand ledgers to sophisticated software. To understand the different ways of record-keeping, students will interview at least one local business owner in their communities. Prior to beginning the group work the students must work together to draft a contract that outlines the expectations that the members have of one another as well as the steps that will be taken if a student fails to meet the expectations that the group has agreed to.
Activity Set-up:
Students are assigned in groups of 3-4, based on the type of business they are interested in (e.g., retail, personal services, consulting, food service, sales, etc). Each group needs to establish a wiki or Google doc site to serve as their common point of information sharing. They may use Eluminate or other communication tools to organize their work, set timelines, and support each other’s progress. Each group needs to produce the following:
Each student will also write an individual paper expressing how they felt the group worked together, if there was an equitable distribution of responsibilities, and how each student participated. In the paper, students should also reflect on the distribution of points among members; that is, if they were to assign points for this project, would they assign everyone equal points and if not, what point value they would give to each student.
Interview protocols:
Each group needs to include at least these questions in their interviews and findings:
Systems:
1) What type of record keeping system did you use when you first started your business?
2) What is your current system?
3) Why did you choose the first method?
4) Why did you change?
Best Practices:
1) What 3 “best practices” in record-keeping have you discovered that you would recommend to those starting a business?
2) What 3 things would you change about your record-keeping experience if you could do it over again?
What You Learned (Student):
1) What did you learn from the interview(s) that you didn’t know?
2) How will this assignment change how you manage your own financial records?
Contact Information:
Include the business owner’s name, business name, and email.
Assessment / Evaluation:
The students will be graded both individually and as a group. The individual student grade will be determined based on all of the group members’ assessment of each individual (as described in the group’s papers), the student’s individual paper, and his/her ability to adhere to the requirements set forth by the group contract.
The group will be graded on the relevance of the site that they jointly develop, the thoroughness of the interview that they conduct with the business, and the final presentation.
Group Work / Presentation Rubric: (100 points total)
Mallory Smith & Eileen Casey White
Objectives:
1) Identify different types of bookkeeping methods used by small business owners.
2) Recognize the strengths and limitations of each method.
3) Develop local contacts within the small-business community who may someday serve as mentors or advocates.
Background:
There are many different types of accounting systems used in small businesses, from hand ledgers to sophisticated software. To understand the different ways of record-keeping, students will interview at least one local business owner in their communities. Prior to beginning the group work the students must work together to draft a contract that outlines the expectations that the members have of one another as well as the steps that will be taken if a student fails to meet the expectations that the group has agreed to.
Activity Set-up:
Students are assigned in groups of 3-4, based on the type of business they are interested in (e.g., retail, personal services, consulting, food service, sales, etc). Each group needs to establish a wiki or Google doc site to serve as their common point of information sharing. They may use Eluminate or other communication tools to organize their work, set timelines, and support each other’s progress. Each group needs to produce the following:
- a link to their final shared planning document
- a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation of their experience
- answers to the interview protocols in some form, with references to the week’s readings.
Each student will also write an individual paper expressing how they felt the group worked together, if there was an equitable distribution of responsibilities, and how each student participated. In the paper, students should also reflect on the distribution of points among members; that is, if they were to assign points for this project, would they assign everyone equal points and if not, what point value they would give to each student.
Interview protocols:
Each group needs to include at least these questions in their interviews and findings:
Systems:
1) What type of record keeping system did you use when you first started your business?
2) What is your current system?
3) Why did you choose the first method?
4) Why did you change?
Best Practices:
1) What 3 “best practices” in record-keeping have you discovered that you would recommend to those starting a business?
2) What 3 things would you change about your record-keeping experience if you could do it over again?
What You Learned (Student):
1) What did you learn from the interview(s) that you didn’t know?
2) How will this assignment change how you manage your own financial records?
Contact Information:
Include the business owner’s name, business name, and email.
Assessment / Evaluation:
The students will be graded both individually and as a group. The individual student grade will be determined based on all of the group members’ assessment of each individual (as described in the group’s papers), the student’s individual paper, and his/her ability to adhere to the requirements set forth by the group contract.
The group will be graded on the relevance of the site that they jointly develop, the thoroughness of the interview that they conduct with the business, and the final presentation.
Group Work / Presentation Rubric: (100 points total)
- Planning site was established with evidence that all group members participated: 10 pts
- Each group member asked all relevant interview questions: 10 pts
- Group recommended “best practices” in record-keeping for the companies: 10 pts
- Group identified practices that the business owners would change: 10 pts
- Group described any new insights based on the project: 10 pts
- Group explained any changes that they plan to make in their own business finances based on their findings: 15 pts
- Each group member made connections between their experiences and the class readings on record-keeping: 15 pts
- Presentation included information about all interviews: 10 pts
- Presentation quality, completeness, and effectiveness: 10 pts
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