Reinventing Educational Applications as the

Role of Instructional Design

Teachers must be provided models for the design of integrated, multi-level activities if telecommuting tools are to be used meaningfully in K-12 curriculum.

Should use the school’s current curriculum frameworks as

benchmarks for achievement at specific grade levels.

Should identify ways to incorporate technology so

that the school will achieve both state and national

standards.

The units the teachers develop will be evidence of

what happens when technology steps

Into the CLASSROOM

Out of the COMPUTER LAB

In order to integrate technology into the

curriculum, the school must follow six essential steps:

1. Selecting Content Standards

2. Establishing Purpose

3. Developing Learning Tasks

4. Defining Methods of Assessment5. Identifying Technology Tools6. Applying Technology Integration

Selecting Content

Standards

Establishing Purpose

Defining Methods of Assessment

Developing Learning Tasks

Integrating Hyper-Linking

Technology

Identifying Technology Tools

A content standard is the ability or skill that a student demonstrates, usually in a

variety of ways.Using the content standard

component, the unit developer should outline the desired content, or proficiencies, in

selected subject areas.

The Unit Developers must select specific content

standards or expectations for student performance.

The presenters recommend that unit developers choose content standards that are

required by the state and/or district.

In this Language Arts Unit, the activity will require students to be proficient in the use of technology.

They will:Demonstrate Understanding of Various CulturesDraw Conclusions

Produce An Original Work

Apply Concepts for Effective Writing

Choose Choose A SubjectA Subject

Language Arts

Math

Social Science

P.E.

Arts

Others

Choosing Proficiencies:

What content standards does this unit address?

CHOOSE A UNIT TITLE: “Black History Month”

List all content standards below that this unit will address:

Use aspects of technology to produce an original work.Incorporate multimedia into student presentations.Choose multimedia most appropriate for specific purpose.

Draw Conclusions and make generalizations based on research findings.Explain the purpose of the research.Defend a conclusion based on the research findings.

Demonstrate an understanding of value systems from cultures reflected in literature.Compare/contrast daily experiences, customs and beliefs of diverse cultures.Defend a conclusion based on the research findings.

Students need to know the rationale for learning, and

teachers should take the time to explain it.

The purpose for providing rationale on the Technology-

Based Unit Learning Planner is to help the developers justify the

purpose of the unit.

If the purpose for the unit lacks relevance or real-life application, this step in the process will reveal

these gaps.

Define your instructional purpose in terms of relevance to real life application.

The purpose of this unit is to require students to write news releases, a skill that will probably be needed in their professional lives. The unit will require students to work cooperatively and to evaluate their own and each other’s work. In order to write a news release, they will have to gather pertinent information from various Internet sources, compile the information, and communicate it using proper conventions of the English language. Through these units, students will explore influential African Americans and their contributions to history. Students will use resources provided through various web links designed by the instructor for conducting their research. The unit will feature a writing webpage for students to submit their work online.

A good task is authentic and requires students to perform in a

real-life context.It can be multidimensional and

require not only cognitive skills but also interpersonal skills and

abilities.The task will not elicit quality work if it requires knowledge and

skills that the students do not have.

The Unit Developer should identify the learning domains that will be assigned to tasks within the unit.

It should include information about the levels of learning by identifying learning activity domains that will

support the unit.These domains are virtual resources on how technology will

be used in the unit to support the activity.

Identify Learning Activity

Conceptual Learning

Problem Solving

Object & Document Analysis

Data Gather & Synthesis

Case Studies

Virtual Labs & Field Trips

Presentations

Collaborative Learning

Authentic Inquiry

Identify the learning task that the students will experience.

The 5 Ws of News Reporting

Who, What, When, Where & Why

The Components of an Expository Paragraph

The Conventions of Properly Written English

The Writing Process

Cooperative Learning Strategies

Evaluating and Proofing Techniques

At the end of the unit, students will work in small groups to write a news article, which will report their findings about an influential African American leader

The decision on how content standards will be measured will

determine the overall development of the assessment strategy.

Writing Samples

Portfolios Rubrics

Interviews Tests Surveys

Observations Journals

The unit developer should remember that assessment is only as good as the teacher’s understanding of the

purpose of the task.

The teacher must understand why it is an effective assessment of the

standards of learning.

Identify Methods of Assessment

Writing Rubric

Portfolio

Observation

Identify the performance assessment content standards that are

measured.

1. The ability to explain a process in writing

2. The ability to compose a news release in an expository writing mode

3. The ability to work cooperatively to perform a task