Assignments

Here you will find class assignments, instructions, examples, and resources for completing the assignments as they relate to course competencies and ISTE standards.

• Online Readings and Questions
  • OR-Q 1 Digital Technologies: So What is Out There?
  • OR-Q 2 Status of Technology and Student Perceptions
  • OR-Q 3 National Goals and ISTE Standards
  • OR-Q 4 Critical Issue: Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement
  • OR-Q 5 All About Educational Blogs
  • OR-Q 6 What is Information Literacy?
  • OR-Q 7 Effectiveness of Technology in K-12 Education
  • OR-Q 8 Teaching With Technology
  • OR-Q 9 Teaching Ideas and Applications
  • OR-Q 10 Evaluating Web Information
  • OR-Q 11 Software Evaluation Exercise
  • OR-Q 12 Critical Issue: Enhancing System Change and Academic Success Through Assistive Technologies
  • OR-Q 13 Using Digital Storytelling/i-Movie in the Classroom
  • OR-Q 14 Internet Safety, Ethics, and Netiquette
  • OR-Q 15 Cyber-Bullying
  • OR-Q 16 Future Trends and New Technologies
• Electronic Portfolio
  Online portfolio for sharing resume, educational philosophy, lesson plans, technology projects, and more.
  Instructions
  Sample E-Portfolio
  Examples
  Senior Portfolio Guidelines
  
  
• Professional Resume
  Every student will have a professional resume available online for grad school application and employment opportunities.
  Instructions
  

• WebQuests
  Instructions on designing a WebQuest, online resources, and discussion questions on the pedagogy of WebQuests.
  Learning Activities and Process Discussion
  AAHE Standards and Performance Indicators
  NASPE Standards K-12
  WebQuest Proposal Form
  Examples
  Peer Review Evaluation Form
  Final Assignment Rubric Form

• PowerPoint Presentation and Podcast
  You will create a short but professional PowerPoint presentation on an approved topic. This presentation will be based on web research. The presentation will then be recorded and published as a podcast.
  Instructions
  Podcast Script Worksheet

• iMovie: About Me
  You will explore the program iMovie and how it can be used within the classroom by completing online readings and then you will develop the About Me page using the iMovie program.
  Instructions
  

• Effectively Recording and Managing Grades
  Students will learn how to use one form of electronic gradebook by completing this exercise.
  Electronic Gradebook