SESSION 9  -ONLINE LEARNING  PART III  (ONLINE CONTENT)

ACTIVITY: DESCRIPTION: OBJECTIVE:
ONLINE LEARNING Virtual field trips and web quests.  How can they foster inquiry and extend learning?  Understand how distance learning can enhance instruction.
DISCUSSION

How can you use a Web Quest?

What is a Virtual Field trip?

Online Content for Instruction

How are visual displays used to stimulate learning in the classroom? 

Does online work replace or supplement traditional displays like posters, or bulletin boards?

Use online learning tools to support classroom teaching (course competency 3)

Student understanding of key concepts

Examine and evaluate a variety of teaching and classroom management strategies for a computer lab or technology rich classroom (Course Competency 4)
ASSIGNMENT  A13

Evaluate learning activities E-Themes from emints.org

Select one online activity for your class and create a lesson that incorporates the online activity for guided practice.

 

Use the Emints web site to:

1) Search the Site by Grade Level. and find an appropriate web resource activity.
TIP: Right click on the link and select "open in new window".
2) Test the activity.
3) Determine how you would use this for instruction.
4) Copy and paste the web link into email
5) Write a response that describes: 
     A-Why you selected this activity?
     B- What would be learned?
     C- Would the content be enough for an entire unit of instruction, a lesson or just part of a lesson?
     D- How would you assess students?

6) Send an email labeled A13-Online Content

 

Lesson Plan Designer

 

 Develop instructional methods, techniques, and curriculum materials with technology tools (course competency 1)

Research best practices to create specific lessons that meet the needs of diverse students and integrate technology (course competency 2)

Research and Present a Lesson, Unit, Project that informs a specific audience about an idea, object, procedure or person using technology (Course Competency 6)
RESOURCES: Pre-K Thematic Units (good examples) Use online learning tools to support classroom teaching (course competency 3)
KEY CONCEPTS

KEY CONCEPTS:   

INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL 
WHITEBOARD
ELECTRONIC WHITE BOARD
BULLETIN BOARD
POSTER
DISPLAY

Use the Encyclopedia of Educational Technology  to check the definitions of these key terms

Use the Free Online Dictionary of Computing

Use NetLingo an Online Dictionary about the Internet

 Understanding of key vocabulary terms for the course

Use online learning tools to support classroom teaching (course competency 3)
ASSIGNMENT

Collect Personal Electronic Portfolios

WORK ON GROUP UNIT

 Research and Present a Lesson, Unit, Project that informs a specific audience about an idea, object, procedure or person using technology (Course Competency 6)
READING FOR NEXT SESSION

READING:   Chapter  11 –Audio

Hearing Experiments for the classroom

 Use of a text for reference and concept building