Use the following guidelines in planning your project:
 
Outcomes
  • Subject Area
  • Technology Area
Entry Skills To Review - Subject/Technology
 
Resources
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Websites
  • Preselected Visuals
Process and Procedures
  • Springboard
  • Information Presentation and Exploration
  • Active Involvement
  • Closure/Transfer
Project Guidelines & Assessment Tools
 
Classroom Management
  • Learning Environment Setup
  • Timing and Scheduling
  • Grouping Considerations
Roosting in a Cactus:
Planning Technology-Rich Projects  
 
Most people avoid cactus. Look beyond the prickly exterior. Many animals make cactus their home. Our students have grown up in a digital world. They look beyond the cactus thorns. Roosting involves planning, implementing, assessing, and sharing projects.
 
Planning Projects
  • What are the outcomes?
    • content area
    • information skills
    • technology skills
    • collaboration skills
  • What are student entry skills?
Choosing Tools
  • Who is the audience?
  • Publishing
  • Presenting
    • text - paper, sml/lg screen
    • audio - live, recorded
    • visual - still, motion
 

http://www.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us/htm/Units/lsDevon/Athanks/alligator.html

 
Designing a Realistic Task
  • Match to the outcomes
    • Retell
    • Apply an idea
    • Show cause and effect
    • Formulate solution
    • Create
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/taskonomy.html
 
Bernie Dodge's Task Ideas
  • Retelling Tasks
  • Compilation Tasks
  • Mystery Tasks
  • Journalistic Tasks
  • Design Tasks
  • Analytical Tasks
  • Creative Product Tasks
  • Judgment Tasks
  • Persuasion Tasks
  • Consensus Building Tasks
  • Self-Knowledge Tasks
  • Scientific Tasks
http://muskingum.edu/~cal/database/conspecific.html
 
Designing Activities
  • What will students be doing?
    • Springboard
    • Info Presentation & Exploration
    • Active Involvement
    • Closure/Sharing/Transfer
  • Organizing Resources
Balance time to search with provided resources
  • Pre-selected: clip art, websites, book resources
http://eduscapes.com/42eXplore/
http://eduscapes.com/42explore/fire.htm
Community Construction Kit
http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/notedir/mappage.html
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/index.html
 
Providing Options
  • Scanners
  • Digital Cameras
  • Video Cameras
  • Clip Art
  • Audio Tools and Clips
Think Different
  • Scan
  • Photos
  • Fabric
  • Natural objects
  • Historical artifacts
  • Body Parts
Technology Guidelines
  • Demonstrations
  • Posted guidelines
  • Printed support
  • Web-based activity pages
http://www.filamentality.com/
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/samprobabilit.html
 
Implementing Projects
  • Consider
    • grouping students
    • technology access
    • varied learning time
    • individual differences
Assessing Multimedia Projects
  • Consider Process & Product
    • Text elements
    • Visual elements
    • Page/Screen design
    • Interactive elements
    • Presentation elements
 

http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/

 
Real-World Experiences - Share!
 
http://www.mattoon.k12.il.us/lincoln/Mrs.htm
http://kids-learn.org/class98/
 
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