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Outline
- Introduction: The Changing Role of the Learner
- Website Content Validation
- Multimedia from Start to Finish
- Telecomputing Projects
1. Introduction
Prerequisite Skills (covered in Part
1):
- Vision of Technology Literacy
- Locate educational resources online
- Proficiently copy and paste from browser to application
- Create student template files
- Understand Copyright & Fair Use Issues
Six
Essentials of Learnings in a Technological Society by The Illinois State
Board of Education
- Information Seeker, Navigator and Evaluator: The student
as information seeker, navigator and evaluator: The student recognizes
and values the breadth of information sources, browses those sources,
differentiates and selectively chooses sources based on soundness
and relevancy, and retrieves appropriate information/data using all
forms of electronic/optical media, technology and telecommunications.
- Critical Thinker, Analyzer and Selector: The student as critical
thinker, analyzer and selector of information and technologies appropriate
to the task: The student uses problem-solving techniques and technology
tools to review information and data from a variety of sources; analyze,
synthesize and evaluate it; and then transform the myriad of ideas,
data and information into useful information and knowledge. During
this process the student discriminates among a variety of technologies
and electronic/optical media to extend and expand his/her capabilities.
- Creator of Knowledge: The student as creator of knowledge
using information resources and technology: The student, both individually
and as a successful member of a team, constructs new meaning and knowledge
in all content areas, combining and synthesizing different types of
information through technology, telecommunications and computer modeling/simulations.
- Effective Communicator: The student as effective communicator
using a variety of appropriate technologies/media: The student creates,
produces and presents ideas, stories and unique representations of
thoughts through a variety of electronic/optical media by analyzing
the task before him/her, the technology tools available, and appropriately
selecting and using the most effective tool(s)/media for the purpose
and audience.
- Technologist: The student as a technologist: The student
develops the confidence, competence, information management strategies
and sufficient technical skills to successfully install, setup and
use the technology and telecommunications tools in his/her daily life,
work situations and learning environments.
- Responsible Citizen in a Technological Age: The student as
a responsible citizen in a technological age: The student understands
the ethical, cultural, environmental and societal implications of
technology and telecommunications, and develops a sense of stewardship
and individual responsibility regarding his/her use of technology,
media and telecommunications networks.
2. Website Content Validation
The Need for Teaching Critical Thinking
You
Be The Judge by PBS
The Quality Information Checklist - http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm
- Is it clear who has written the information?
- Are the aims of the site clear?
- Does the site achieve its aims?
- Is the site relevant to me?
- Can the information be checked?
- When was the site produced?
- Is the information biased in any way?
- Does the site tell you about available options?
Article: "Validating Information and Resolving Information Conflicts"
- http://www.wtvi.com/teks/98_99_articles/validate.html
- Check the domain of the referenced URL
- Look for a bibliography
- Look for academic credentials
- Look for other published materials
- Look for associated links
- Look for high quality writing
- Find resources from credible link lists
- Encourage class debate and role play
3. Multimedia from Start to Finish
A Why Multimedia?
- Motivational value
- Learner centered (PDAS)
- ACOT
Appropriation Stage (#4): "Focus on cooperative, project-based,
and interdisciplinary work-- incorporating the technology as needed
and as one of many tools"
- TEKS require it
- Develops a variety of skills simultaneously (oral presentation,
content area knowledge, computer literacy)
B. Our Sample Projects for this workshop:
C. Multimedia Software Tools (all are cross-platform)
D. The Project Planning Process
STEP 1: Project Planning
STEP 2: Create a Student Worksheet / Storyboard
STEP 3: Locate online and library resources
STEP 4: Create
a Student Template
- Include "live" hyperlinks to online resources if needed
- Save the finished template in a shared network folder accessible
from all student computers
STEP 5: Create an Assessment Rubric
STEP 6: Create a "finished" student project
E. Your Assignment Today:
- Complete Steps 4 and 6 for the BIOSKETCH project, based on this
criteria:
- Slide1 = Title Card
- Slide 2 = General Background / Biographical Info
- Slide 3 = Contribution to Specific Field
- Slide 4 = Trivia about the person
- Slide 5 = Personal Reflection / Reaction
- Slide 6 = Bibliography
- For Step 6, your finished project, use the template you created
and select an individual of your choice to use in your example.
4. Telecomputing Projects
"A project using internet communication tools as essential resources."
Telecomputing Projects by Page Function by Dr. Judi Harris
Sources for Online K-12 Projects (adapted from http://www.splitrocktel.net/~brandone/hotlist.htm)
"Cooperative projects give students the opportunity to study a topic
with participants from around the world--and hone telecommunications
skills at the same time."
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