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Overview

• Administrivia• Assignment 4: WebQuest status• Assignment 5: Tips• Upcoming weeks• Position Paper Activity• Gaming video and discussion

Administrivia: Weekly Feedback

• Most significant– Review of Position Paper expectations– Completing the WebQuest was stressful

• Suggestion– More class time on Assignment #5

rather than the position paper

WebQuest StatusTonight• Marks posted via WebCT• Feedback emailed to each student• Gallery of WebQuests posted

Keep any feedback on instructional design in mind for Assignment #5

WebQuest Feedback• Overall, very interesting topics and very

good work.• Areas of improvement:

– Explicit learning outcomes (from Ministry site)

– Instructional design rather than web design– Tie the learning outcomes, task, process,

resources and evaluation* together – (*i.e. was teamwork a learning outcome or a

main one?)

Assignment 5: Tips• Clearly identify your learning outcome(s).

– Link to the appropriate place on the Ministry’s website.

• Come up with a solid outline of an activity.– The teacher and student resources you evaluate

must be necessary to achieve the learning outcome.

• Answer all the questions on both evaluation forms fully (not just “yes” or “no”).

Assignment 5: Tips• The evaluation criteria you develop for students

must be tied directly to both– your learning outcome(s) and – the content within the online resource

• The evaluation criteria enables students to identify and evaluate components within the resource and helps them to achieve your specific learning outcome(s).

• Provide me with the title and url of all three teacher resources even though you evaluate only 2. Same with the 2 student resources.

Assignment #5: TipsFor example, if your outcome is for students

to learn the respiratory system:• Evaluation criteria for students could include the

extent to which diagrams help students in their learning or

• If there’s a self-quiz – does it cover all aspects of the respiratory system, etc.

• The evaluation criteria should not focus on an evaluation of the resource in itself, such as “the links work”, “is the information credible”, etc. You have already determined this in your evaluation of the resource.

Assignment 5: Tips

• Start in earnest now (if you haven’t already).

• Post questions in WebCT.• See Stephanie between 1:30 and 2:30

next Thursday.• Make the best use of your class time

next week.

Upcoming weeks(3 more after today)…

Week 11: Optional Class• Stephanie available to from 1:30 to 2:30.• Irina will be here all day Thursday and Friday as

usual. • Self-tutorials available (Irina can help)

– PowerPoint Self-tutorialhttp://www.actden.com/pp/index.htm

– Excel Self-tutorial http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/excel/ or

http://www.edtechnorth.fau.edu/4810web/excel.htm

• Continue working on Assignment #5 and your Position Paper

• Reading Response #4 (the last one) starts next Thursday, Nov. 13 to Tuesday, Nov. 18.

Week 12

• There is a class.• Assignment #5 due

– Submit it as a .doc or .rtf file via Turnitin by midnight the night before class

Week 13• Final Class.• Position paper due

– Submit it as a .doc or .rtf file via Turnitin before class (by 1:30)

– Bring a print copy of your paper to class and hand it in to Stephanie at the beginning of class

Position Paper Activity

Shelagh: Socialization*Sue: Assistive

TechnologyAgnes: AbsentChristine: Calculators*Minnie: Tech for Math*Julie: Internet*

Janice: Accelerated ReaderKaren: AbsentMate: Internet monitoring*Amanda: Socialization*Tracey: Computers in the

classAnna: (Confirmed Absence)

Tech and children’s health

People and topics

Position Paper Activity• Pair up• 5 minutes: Review your partner’s outline.

Take notes, write comments, and questions for discussion.

• 7 minutes: Discuss one of the outlines. Provide constructive feedback, ask questions and help to improve/focus the paper. Take notes.

• 7 minutes: Follow the same process for the other outline.