IT 3210: Teachers & Technology
Guidelines for Unit Work Samples

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• 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: Emerging Technologies
• Unit 6: Selecting and Evaluating Educational Resourcses

No Work Samples for this unit. However, the initial ideas for your Learning Environment Portfolio are due during the 3rd week of class.

Browsers and the World Wide Web

Search the Internet to locate resources that can be used to plan lessons, to provide supporting material for presentations, and to provide information and other resources to support student work.

You are to select two lesson plans for your content area. Write an evaluation for each of the lesson plans taking into consideration the objectives, materials, and directions for carrying out the lesson. You should also provide a summary of each along with the URL. This is to be posted on WebCT in the appropriate Bulletin Board.

This is a hyperlink to the rubric for posting two lesson plans.

Deliverables:

• Post URLs, evaluations, and summaries of two lesson plans to WebCT.

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 presentation of your map. Remember to complete and submit a documentation for this work sample.

This is a hyperlink to the rubric for for this work sample.

Deliverables:

• Prints of your Inspiration map in both graphic and outline form, placed in your folder.
• Print of your documentation, placed in your folder.

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.

This is a hyperlink to the rubric for for this work sample.

Deliverables:

• PowerPoint show saved on a labeled floppy or zip disk, placed in your folder.
• Print of hondout of show (grayscale, 6 slides/page) placed in your file.
• Print of your documentation, placed in your folder.

Desktop Publishing

Create a newsletter or a trifold brochure 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 trifold brochure should contain (at minimum)2 pages of information (printed back-to-back or glued/taped together) divided into at least 3 heading areas. The brochure should also include (at minimum) two graphics..

This is a hyperlink to the rubric for for this work sample.

Deliverables:

• Newsletter or Brochure print (b/w print in sufficient) placed in your folder.
• File saved on labeled floppy or zip disk, in your folder.
• Print of your documentation, placed in your folder.

Spreadsheets

Plan an activity in which students create and use a spreadsheet 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.

This is a hyperlink to the rubric for for this work sample.

Deliverables:

• Print of your Spreadsheet, appropriately formatted, placed in your folder.
• File saved on labeled floppy disk, placed in your folder.
• Print of your documentation, placed in your folder.

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. 

This is a hyperlink to the rubric for for this work sample.

Deliverables:

• Print of your database in List view (table format), placed in your folder.
• Print of your database in Form view (appropriately formatted) - only one record is necessary - placed in your folder.
• Print of a report called from your database (labeled with sorts and not all fields showing), placed in your folder.
• Database file saved on labeled floppy disk, placed in your folder.
• Print of your documentation, placed in your folder.

Evaluation

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 may be of the tool variety (KidPix, HyperStudio, etc.) - but it must be educational in nature. Note: you are working on your evaluation skills.  It is entirely possible that you may conclude that you would not use the software. A template for the evaluation may be found here.

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.

This is a hyperlink to the rubric for for this work sample.

Deliverables:

• Print of evaluation form, completed in a word processing package, placed in your folder (handwritten forms will not be accepted).
• Print of your documentation, placed in your folder.
  

  Last revised 4 January 2002..