Remember, you need to include documentation for each work sample you submit .
- Unit 1: Creating Environments for Learning
- Unit 2: Using Internet-Based Resources
- Unit 3: Sharing Thoughts and Ideas
- Unit 4: Using Cognitive Tools for Organizing and Understanding
- Unit 5: Selecting and Evaluating Educational Resources
- Unit 6: Emerging Technologies
Unit One: Creating Environments for Learning No Work Samples for this unit. However, the initial ideas for your Learning Environment Portfolio are due during the 3rd week of class (September 7).
Unit Two: Using Internet-Based ResourcesTo participate fully in IT 7360, you must have access (be able to send and receive) e-mail. If you do not have an e-mail account at your home or school, you will have to use your GSU Panther account. Directions to use Panther (Pine) are given on the Software Help Sheet page.
It is your responsiblity to become familiar with sending and receiving e-mail. There is no graded work sample or documentation necessary for the e-mail portion of Unit 2.
World Wide Web
Perform a search using a search engine on the World Wide Web for three web sites as follows.
- Search for two sites that are appropriate to your grade and subject area (perhaps that might be incorporated in your final Learning Environemnt Portfolio activities).
- Search for one on-line lesson plan appropriate to your grade and subject area.
- Print the first page of each of the three sites. (Tip: to print the URL of each site, from the menubar, go to File, to Page Set-up. In the header section, select "Print document location (URL).")
- E-mail your instructor with the following information:
- Names and URLs of the Web sites you found;
- The grade and subject/topic for which you were searching, and
- A brief explanation why you think the student sites might be good to use as a resource; and
- A brief critique of the lesson plan you found (address, at a minimum, completeness, clarity, and potential for use in your classroom).
- For your documentation, describe a student-centered activity in which your students might participate by searching for and locating Internet-based resources for a topic they are studying in your classroom (Note: if your goal is to teach K-3, consider a search activity that involves the whole class; or simply you, as instructor, locating resourcees for your students. Students in grades 4-12 are capable of responsibly using the World Wide Web.) How might they make use of the resources they find? Be creative. Assume they have signed an Acceptable Use Policy, and that your students have access to the Internet either in your classroom or the Media Center. You might want to explore the Web Resource page for Information Literacy sites to help you think about letting your students loose on the Web.
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Unit Three: Sharing Thoughts/Ideas Desktop Publishing (MS Word or MS Publisher)
Create a newsletter or a resume that would be appropriate for an educational setting -- preferably, one that your students might create to demonstrate their content organization and learning growth in a content area. Appropriate formatting should be used to improve the appearance of the document you choose. Remember to complete and submit a documentation for this work sample.
* The newsletter should contain (at minimum) 2 pages of information in a 2 or 3 column format. The newsletter should also contain (at minimum) two graphics.
* The resume should contain (at minimum) personal information, a goal statement, educational experience (current and one previous), and work experience (current and one previous).
Desktop Presentation (PowerPoint)
Create a slide show for a class presentation related to an educational topic (your choice) or one that your students might create to present to the class. The presentation should contain (at minimum) five slides. Two different transitions should be used between slides. Two different builds should be used. The presentation must include at least three URLs from information obtained from the Web that is used in your presentation. Two slides should contain graphics (e.g., scanned, clip art, imported). The slides should adhere to good design principles for electronic presentations (font size, number of words and lines, etc.). Remember to complete and submit a documentation for this work sample.
Unit Four: Making Life Easier Spreadsheets
Plan an activity in which students create and use a speadsheet in an educational setting. Create a sample spreadsheet (demonstrating what you would expect your students to create, and perhaps turn in). The spreadsheet should contain (at a minimum) ten entries and 5 columns. At least three of the columns must contain numeric data. Two different calculations must be used in on numeric columns. Be sure to use appropriate formatting (cell and document) to improve the presentation of your spreadsheet. Remember to complete and submit a documentation for this work sample.
Databases
Create a sample database that students could (if possible, create and) use in an educational setting. The database should contain (at a minimum) ten records with 5 fields in each record. Be sure to use appropriate formatting to improve the presentation of your database. Remember to complete and submit a documentation for this work sample.
Cognitive Mapping/Inspiration
Plan an activity in which students create and use a cognitive map in an educational setting. (This can be done as a whole class activity in which the teacher operates the computer with projection device for the whole class--especially for grades pre-k-3). The map should contain (at a minimum) 15 nodes in three node families (shapes). Be sure to use appropriate formatting (including to show relationships) to improve the presenation of your map. Remember to complete and submit a documentation for this work sample.
Unit Five: Choosing the Right StuffEvaluation
Select a piece of software appropriate for your intended grade level or area of emphasis. The software must instructional in nature (tutorial, drill and practice, simulation, etc.). The software should not be of the tool variety (KidPix, HyperStudio, etc.). Create and complete the evaluation form shown in your Grabe & Grabe text, pages 116-119 (photocopied and hand written forms will not be accepted). Note: you are working on your evaluation skills. It is entirely possible that you may conclude that you would not use the software.
For the evaluation work sample documentation, identify the curriculum objectives that were guiding your evaluation (as well as your student population age and subject matter), the process by which you evaluated the software, and how the results of your evaluation influenced your decision to potentially use, or not use, the software.
Unit Six: Emerging Technologies HyperStudioPlan an activity in which students create and a HyperStudio stack in an educational setting. Create a sample stack (demonstrating what you would expect your students to create, and perhaps turn in). The stack should contain (at a minimum) 5 cards. The stack should also include appropriate transitions and, at a minimum, 2 graphics. You can add sound to your stack (however, the lab computers do not have speakers for you to be aboe to hear sound!) Navigation buttons should be included on each card. The cards should adhere to good screen design principles (font size, number of words and lines, screen layout, etc.). Remember to complete and submit a documentation for this work sample.
Web Page
Create a Web page for your class. The page can either be a resource for your students, or can be an example of a page your students might create. The Web page should contain (at a minimum) 3 external links and one graphic file. The Web page should also contain a table or list appropriate to the content. The Web page should adhere to principles of good Web design. Remember to complete and submit a documentation for this work sample.
