Help with Assignments for a Teaching Tech class.

Assignment 1

This assignment is due in Module 8. There are many variations on WebQuests. Please make sure you follow these instructions and not those listed in the textbook. Although, reading the texts and learning another variation will only benefit you in the future. This assignment is worth 100 points.

1. Find a good website in which you can use for the exercise. If you want your students to learn more about zoo animals, then maybe you should locate your local zoo website and use it as a source. Make sure you choose a site that is age appropriate for your students. And please identify which grade and subject level you have chosen in the title.

2. After deciding on a website, create the student instructions for this exercise. Make sure to incorporate aesthetic value (picture). The instructions are very important because you do want your students to be excited about the activity.

3. You will ask the students 10 questions about the site and its information. Be sure the website is clear in its direction and easily navigated so the students can find the information. Create the questions and type them into a Word document with lines for students to use to fill in their answers.

4. After you finish your WebQuest, make sure you include a sheet with the answers to the questions.

5. Save the document as a .doc, .docx, or pdf and submit it via the assignment drop box by clicking on the title of the assignment.

Submission: To submit, choose the Assignment 4: WebQuest link above and use the file attachment feature to browse for and upload your completed document. Remember to choose Submit to complete the submission.

Grading: This assignment is worth 100 points toward your final grade and will be graded using the Webquest Rubric. Please use it as a guide toward successful completion of this assignment.

Assignment 2

This assignment is due in Module 9. The objective of this lesson is to utilize the Internet to help clarify/expand upon your teaching, while creating a field trip environment for your students.  There are times when you will not have the funding to take your class on an actual field trip. With the help of technology, you can now visit various sites without leaving the room. For assignment 4, you are going to plan a virtual field trip for your classroom. Think about the grade level, subject area, possible topics for the curriculum that you teach, and appropriate online communication. You must create an original, virtual field trip. You cannot use someone else's field trip. Remember, you can utilize various software (PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.) to create this field trip, but be careful, it is not a lesson with technology assisted software. The students have to feel like they are truly at the location of the field trip looking at the exhibit, animal, statue, and so forth. There should be no words on the slides because it is not a classroom lesson, it is a field trip.

You will be the tour guide, and everything you plan to say as the guide should be written in the comment/notes section—not on the slides. If you take us to the Georgia aquarium, they should feel like they are standing in front of an aquarium full of gorgeous fish! Furthermore, if you use software that does not allow you to add comments, then you will have to include a Word document with everything you would say as the tour guide for each slide.  Consider the following information in order to complete this assignment. You will be turning in an abbreviated lesson plan with the Virtual Field Trip as a separate attachment.  Grade Level - List the grade level of the students

Subject - List your specific topic

Objective - State what the students will learn

Standards:

· http://www.cpalms.org/Public/search/Standard

Materials - List all of the needed materials (include the website)

Activity - Please list the activity in steps

Assessment - List how you will measure what the students know

Writing Clear Objectives: Many of you may not be clear on writing objectives for lesson plans. Below are two links that help explain and give examples of how to write clear objectives as well as why it is important. Make sure to incorporate Bloom’s Taxonomy in your lesson objectives.

A Clear Guide to Writing Objective Statements 

Final Note: This is a field trip; therefore, the students should not only feel like they have visited that location, but it needs to be long enough to justify the experience. Seeing only 6 exhibits at the Georgia Aquarium probably would be not be conclusive enough.

Submission: To submit, choose the Assignment 5: Virtual Field Trip link above and use the file attachment feature to browse for and upload your completed document. Remember to choose Submit to complete the submission.

Grading: This assignment is worth 100 points toward your final grade and will be graded using the Virtual Field Trip PresentationRubric. Please use it as a guide toward successful completion of this assignment.