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Goal: Plan and implement a technology-supported, engaged learning unit aligned with state learning standards.

Objectives for these sessions:

You will be able to:

1. Plan your unit design to align with local, state, and/or national curriculum standards and your school improvement plan.
2. Make use of multiple and alternative assessment strategies in your unit design.
3. Use NCREL's Indicators of Meaningful Engaged Learning to evaluate your instruction in your unit design.
4. Use Judi Harris' Activity Structures to create a unit in which online information resources are an integral component.

Session 1	Session 2	Session 3	Session 4
Before Class **Self Assessment of Technology Skills (adapted from the Mankato Scale)	Before Class ** Become more familiar with the software application of your choice or look at additional On-Line Projects. Inspiration Trial - Inspiration QuickStart Tutorial Claris HomePage Trial Learning with Technology Profile Tool Microsoft Office - Instructional Resources including guides, tutorials, and lesson plans Internet Explorer - great tutorial	Before Class ** Using the Lesson Template, complete the following sections: your content area and grade level curriculum standards that you want to address **Aligning with Illinois Learning Standards: What do you want your students to know and be able to do?	Before Class **Lesson Development Work Session If you must know....geek speak
Introduction & Overview Who are you? Why are you here? What do you expect? General Information (lunch, start and end times, bathrooms) Exploring the Possibilities A WebQuest about WebQuests Middle/High School Version Elementary School Version   Use Inspiration to brainstorm best/worst qualities of WebQuests.   Additional Resources: project rubric Inspiration QuickStart Tutorial	Meaningful, Engaged Learning Best/Worst Learning Experience Video Clip: Ferris Bueller's Day Off Engaged Learning Indicators NCREL's Learning with Technology Profile Tool Managing the Engaged Learning Classroom "Now" Scenario - concerns about engaged learning with technology Video Clip: NCREL's Are We There Yet? Describe how this teacher deals with your concerns. Begin the Design Process	The Design Process Understanding By Design Identify the Desired Results - What will students understand about the topic as a result of this unit? Determine Acceptable Evidence - What evidence will show that students understand? Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction - What sequence of teaching and learning experiences will equip students to develop and demonstrate the targeted understanding(s)? UBD PowerPoint Presentation Video Clip: Monty Python and the Holy Grail	Planning Learning Experiences and Instruction   Using Activity Structures to Design Student Projects by Judi Harris in Learning & Leading With Technology September 1998 [online]   WebQuest Process Guides   Video: Learn and Live produced by George Lucas Education Foundation and hosted by Robin Williams In what ways does this lesson demonstrate engaged learning? (use NCREL's meaning ful Engaged Learning Indicators) How is technology used to enhance and expand this lesson in ways not possible without it? (use Judi Harris' Activity Structures) Lesson Development Work Session Project Showcase Your Project Highlights (see project rubric)
OnLine Resources: Kathy's Schrock's Introduction to the WebQuest Process (PowerPoint Presentation) WebQuests Reading and Training Materials The Student WebQuest: A Productive and Thought-Provoking Use of the Internet by Maureen Brown Yoder in Learning & Leading With Technology April 1999 Special Theme Issue on Project-Based Learning [online] The WebQuest Design Process Part I: Exploring The Possibilities What Do WebQuests Look Like? Building Blocks of a Webquest Why WebQuests? "Getting" WebQuests Pac Bell and others WebQuests - Elementary, Middle, High School Example WebQuests More Examples Enternet '99 Projects Thornton Township HS District 205 Projects Internet Innovations WebQuests	OnLine Resources: How Do We Use IT in Our Classrooms? AT&T Virtual Classroom Knowledge Network Explorer (Blue Web'n and more) Apple Learning Interchange Pitsco's Launch to Educator Resources Explore Examples of Other On-line Projects The Big6 Skills™ Model of Information Problem-Solving	OnLine Resources: Identify the Desired Results Aligning with Illinois Learning Standards: What do you want your students to know and be able to do?    Determine Acceptable Evidence   Uncovering The Quest(ion) /Task The WebQuest Design Process: Part 2: Designing for Success   Jamie McKenzie's Essential Questions ModuleMaker Grazing the Net: Raising a Free Range of Students A Questioning Toolkit The Question is the Answer Filling the Toolbox 500 Miles - Building Persistence Choose a Topic: Idea Machine	OnLine Resources: Planning Learning Experiences and Instruction Judi Harris' Activity Structures Using Activity Structures to Design Student Projects by Judi Harris in Learning & Leading With Technology September 1998 [online] Wetware: Why Use Activity Structures? What Are Activity Structures? Activity Structures (Powerpoint Presentation) West40 Enternet/Goals 2000 Projects Finding Information  Classroom Connect's Hints and Tips for Searching the Internet Finding Things on the Internet Searching the Web using... AltaVista Yahoo EdWeb's Links page District 214 Classroom Resources Classroom Connect's Internet Tips Search Techniques Summary  Copyright Issues Citation & Avoiding Plagerism Pages by Homework Central Citing Internet Resources The Copyright Website
Session 1 Evaluation	Session 2 Evaluation	Session 3 Evaluation	Session 4 Evaluation