Projects/Grading

Tailor the projects to meet your individual needs.......

Projects

Research Paper

Prepare a research paper on teachers' use of the Internet to teach students in your specialty area at your grade level(s). Sample topics might include --using the Internet to teach: mathematics, science, or reading to elementary age students; science to middle school students; or teaching second language learners at the elementary level or teaching students with disabilities. Guidelines for the research paper are described in this link.

Online Student Inquiry-Based Project

Inquiry-Based Project - a web-based activity you create for your students that incorporates the principles of engaged learning, is tied to the core curriculum, and that contains the other features in the rubric we will jointly design for this project. (The project is to be developed with an online editing tool such as UEN's Tours Editor, TrackStar, PowerPoint uploaded to "My UEN," Correl Presentations uploaded to "My UEN," or an Instructor approved tool). Accomplished webmasters may use Netscape Composer, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, or code their own pages, but please seek my approval before beginning work.
Instructor approved alternative project.

These projects will be posted to your public "My UEN" page and include a rubric. All projects and development tools must be approved by the instructor before work is begun.

Individual Project

Class Web Page Published on the Davis district Server (must use an HTML editing program approved by the Davis district).
Instructional Web Page Published on the Davis district Server (must use an HTML editing program approved by the Davis district). Suggestions include: inquiry-based project, problem-based website, website to display student work.
Electronic Portfolio for Students or Yourself Published on "My UEN" or linked to "My UEN."
PowerPoint Multimedia Presentation Published on "My UEN."
SURWEB Multimedia Presentation linked to "My UEN."
Grant Proposal to Obtain Needed Hardware or Software (prepared using a word processor and submitted as an email attachment or via the Digital Drop Box on CourseCompass.com).
Alternative project.

All projects and development tools must be approved by the instructor before work is begun.

Professional Development Activity

Attend a workshop from the Davis district ETC or UEN that will prepare you to complete your individual project. The ETC offers full day workshops on designing and publishing web pages to the Davis school district server, as well as many other topics. Roger Martin suggested that teachers who desire to complete workshops at the ETC should ask their principals for a substitute (each school receives 20 paid sub days per years to send teachers to the ETC for training).
Signup for workshops at ETC and UEN early! UEN workshops are cancelled unless 4 individuals enroll for a session, so register early and prepare a backup plan.
- Documentation: Send me an email after you complete the workshop describing the experience and how it applies to fulfilling your individual project.

Attend the UCET conference on March 7 (also the morning of March 8, if you can). Betty Spencer has agreed that Staff Development in Davis district will pay your sub. Please ask your principal to pay the $35 registration fee.
- Documentation: Send me an email briefly describing the 3 best sessions you attended and the ideas you discovered for integrating the Internet into your teaching.

Assignments

Preparation for Class (completion of preliminary activities needed for labs).

Completion of Assigned Readings and Participation on Online Discussion Forum (CourseCompass.com).

Class Participation & Completion of Labs

Please give your full attention to the instructor and participate in assigned activities. Assisting colleagues in class is encouraged; however, please speak quietly and rejoin the class activity as soon as possible. Refrain from using your computer for other than assigned lab activities. As a courtesy,

please mute or turn off all electronic devices (e.g., cell phones, beepers). If you must answer a call, please do so outside the classroom.

Other

Students are required to maintain a working email account (Davis district, U of U account, or through an ISP of their choice). The email account must be linked to your CourseCompass.Com personal information to facilitate communication with the instructor and colleagues. (If you need assistance, linking your email address to your personal information on CourseCompass.com, please let me know).

Please check CourseCompass.com at least twice weekly. Important class announcements will be posted there. If I need to be absent due to illness or inclement weather, I will post an announcement, and if possible, send an email.

Grading

General expectations/standards will be discussed for each project and assignment. Late assignments will not be accepted without prior approval except in the case of illness or other excused absences. Two of the three projects (research paper and inquiry-based project), may be re-submitted following receipt of my feedback. The higher of the two grades will be recorded.

The University's grading scale will be used with points allocated as shown in this rubric. For students whose grades are on the dividing line, the instructor will assign the higher score based on excellent class participation and completion of labs.

TABLE OF GRADES
A A-	(4.0 points) (3.7 points)	Excellent performance, superior achievement
B+ B B-	(3.3 points) (3.0 points) (2.7 points)	Good performance, substantial achievement
C+ C C-	(2.3 points) (2.0 points) (1.7 points)	Standard performance and achievement
D+ D D-	(1.3 points) (1.0 points) (0.7 points)	Substandard performance, marginal achievement
E	(0.0 points)	Unsatisfactory performance and achievement
EU	(0.0 points)	Unofficial withdrawal
CR/NC		Credit, no credit
I		Incomplete
V	Audit grade	You may request enrollment in courses for instruction without credit, however, normal tuition is assessed. Participation in class is not required. Contact the Registration/Records Division on the second floor of the Student Services Building (window 13) by the published deadlines to request an audit grade on your academic record. Check the academic calendar for specific dates for term, first, and second session classes.
T		Thesis or independent work in progress

NOTE: Table from http://www.acs.utah.edu/sched/handbook/grpolicy.htm

with points for this course inserted.

Attendance

The University's attendance and excused absence policy is as follows:

"The University expects regular attendance at all class meetings. Any particular attendance requirements of the course must be available to students at the time of the first course meeting. [NOTE. My attendance and participation requirements are specified above. Unexcused absences preclude participation in class and will result in a lower grade]. Students are responsible for satisfying the entire range of academic objectives and requirements as defined by the instructor.

Excused Absences

Students absent from class to participate in officially sanctioned University activities (e.g., band, debate, student government, intercollegiate athletics) or religious obligations, or with instructor's approval, shall be permitted to make up both assignments and examinations. The University expects its departments and programs that take students away from class meetings to schedule such events in a way that will minimize hindrance of the student's orderly completion of course requirements. Such units must provide a written statement to the students describing the activity and stating as precisely as possible the dates of the required absence. The involved students must deliver this documentation to their instructors, preferable before the absence but in no event later than one week after the absence" (University Policy & Procedures, Section 15)."