EDUC 260: Week 10

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EDUC 260 Week 10
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Overview

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

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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

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WebQuest Status

• Tonight
• Marks posted via WebCT
• Feedback emailed to each student
• Gallery of WebQuests posted
• Keep any feedback on instructional design in mind
  for Assignment 5

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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?)

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Assignment 5 Tips

• Clearly identify your learning outcome(s).
• Link to the appropriate place on the Ministrys
  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).

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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.

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Assignment 5 Tips

• For 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 theres 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.

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Assignment 5 Tips

• Start in earnest now (if you havent already).
• Post questions in WebCT.
• See Stephanie between 130 and 230 next
  Thursday.
• Make the best use of your class time next week.

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Upcoming weeks(3 more after today)
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Week 11 Optional Class

• Stephanie available to from 130 to 230.
• Irina will be here all day Thursday and Friday as
  usual.
• Self-tutorials available (Irina can help)
• PowerPoint Self-tutorial http//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.

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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

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Week 13

• Final Class.
• Position paper due
• Submit it as a .doc or .rtf file via Turnitin
  before class (by 130)
• Bring a print copy of your paper to class and
  hand it in to Stephanie at the beginning of class

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Position Paper Activity
People and topics

• Shelagh Socialization
• Sue Assistive Technology
• Agnes Absent
• Christine Calculators
• Minnie Tech for Math
• Julie Internet

• Janice Accelerated Reader
• Karen Absent
• Mate Internet monitoring
• Amanda Socialization
• Tracey Computers in the class
• Anna (Confirmed Absence) Tech and childrens
  health

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Position Paper Activity

• Pair up
• 5 minutes Review your partners 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.