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Week 5

September 22, 2010 -- Class 5

Discovery Question: What constitutes "engaged learning" in classrooms? As a former K – 12 student what worked with technology integration and what DID NOT?

Agenda:

Constructivist and inquiry-based learning
Introduction to Webquests
Taskstream Webquest template
In class: Create social justice lesson plan that integrates technology – transform into Webquest using Taskstream template

1. Choose Social Justice Webquest topic and begin construction of Webquest using Taskstream template. This may be done in a group of up to 4.

Requirements:

1. Involves critical thinking (not rote tasks)

2. Asks students to perform a real-world task

3. Includes a rubric for evaluating your students' work

GRADING RUBRIC: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestrubric.html

Suggested Web sites:

http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators

ttp://www.teachablemoment.org

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans

http://www.edutopia.org/global-education-2008

http://www.edutopia.org/environmentally-conscious-lesson-ideas

ASSIGNMENT:

Reflect on the Webquest you are designing.

Why did you select this topic?
What kind of support, skills, and knowledge will you need to feel comfortable assigning this lesson to your students?
How is the use of technology effective at teaching the lesson’s objectives?
How will this lesson influence your students’ knowledge of the subject matter?

Write a one-page, double spaced reflection addressing the questions above. Post it to Taskstream and email it to Miranda. DUE: Reflection on Webquest, on Taskstream and emailed to instructor by September 28.

Revise your technology lesson plan from the first week of class, and be sure to include adaptations for English Learners and Special Education students. Post to Taskstream and email to Miranda.DUE: September 29 (Final draft).

OPTIONAL VIEWING

Choose and watch student-created digital stories from the sites below:

http://www.streetside.org/stories/digital-stories.htm

http://dsi.kqed.org/index.php/contest/about/C84/

http://www.digitalartsalliance.org/partnerships/fhao/digitalstories.html

Agenda 9/22

1. DO NOW: Sign up for class wiki at http://ed600usf.pbworks.com/

Then add your answer to the question about what worked in your K-12 classes as far as technology integration. Use the comment box to add your answer.

2. What are some theories of learning?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq9XIrNGgoQ&feature=related

Watch and take brief notes so that by the end you have a definition for each term below:

Behaviorism

Cognitivism

Constructivism

15 min.

3. Discussion: When is each model appropriate to use? Why do you think students at low-SES schools tend to get more instruction using the first two? Why is this an equity issue?

Constructivist methods --

Inquiry-based learning

Project-based learning

4. Introduction to Webquests -- What is a Webquest?

Go to http://webquest.org/index-create.php

-- Must include a real-world task to do or problem to solve

-- Must require higher-level thinking

-- Must require students to gather information from the web

How your Webquest will be graded: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestrubric.html

5. Form your groups or work alone to decide on topic (you can change your mind) -- 15 minutes

Suggested Web sites for ideas:

http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators