Assignments
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CECS 4100
Assignments
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Required assignments:
Select an article from an educational technology journal (not older than 1995) or an article from the Computers in Education (Dushkin) book.
Read the article and write a one page review (see example provided).
Prepare a short (5 minute) presentation using a visual such as PowerPoint
(or some other presentation software package that we have available to
present in our classroom), hand-outs, or overhead transparencies.
Turn in a copy of the article, the review, and the presentation hand-out.
See the List of Journals
Using criteria discussed in class, preview at least 5 pieces of software. Use the software evaluation form (attached) for at least 2 software titles. Be sure to list the software type: drill and practice, tutorial, simulation, problem solving, tool or programming.
Write the names of the other 3 software titles for which you did not fill out evaluations (but reviewed).
Turn in: 1 copy of each review/evaluation (word processed)
See the Software Web sites and theSoftware Evaluation Form
Identify 5 resources (websites, software, electronic books, etc.) on a selected theme (volcanoes, rain forests, American Presidents, etc.) that would be potentially useful to a classroom teacher . Include at least one software resource, at least one Internet project, and at least one web site among the set. The additional two resources may be any of those three types of resources.
Turn in: 2 copies of each form (word processed). One will be for me to grade and the other one will go directly to a classroom teacher. (Choose your own (hypothetical) teacher, grade level, and themem for the summer offering of this course.)
See the Internet Projects and the Thematic Resource Form
Part 1: Write a lesson plan (following the attached template) on a topic of your choice.
Part 2: On June 14th we will look at educational Web sites. You will need to include at least 3 Web sites that are related to your topic.
Part 3: On June 16th we will use a template to make our own Web page. These 3 sites will be included. Make sure the Web sites link to the appropriate place.
Turn in: Word processed lesson plan (stapled), Web page template printed out and a copy on a floppy disk. Name the file with your first name and last initial (up to 8 characters) and the extenstion .htm (For example rhondac.htm)
See the Lesson
Plan Template and a List
of Lesson Plans On-line
You will design and create a MicroWorlds project on a topic of use in the K-12 classroom. Make a storyboard or design document (first!) depicting the layout of your project (Example in class).
Include the following components:
Turn in:
(1) Design document
(2) Project printed out (each page) including a cover sheet.
On the cover sheet include your name,
project title, intended audience, and a brief description of the project
and its use in the classroom.
Staple all pages in the upper left corner.
(3) Copy your project onto the instructor's jazz drive or J: drive
on the teaching station.
(4) Show your project to the class.
See Example Projects and MicroWorld Web sites