Session 8
- Web Tools for Designing Instruction
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Let's begin by signing on to My UEN ...... |
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Activity 1: The UEN "Curriculum Web Sites (Tours) Editor"
The UEN Curriculum Web Sites (Tours) Editor may be used to
develop inquiry-based projects for students. In addition, it
may be used for other purposes, such as designing a class web page.
We will begin by exploring tours that teachers have developed
which are shown at:
http://www.uen.org/tours/.
Take a "field trip" in your area of interest to discover how other
teachers have used this tool. Then, design a "practice tour" using all of the features it entails. Refer to the tutorial
http://www.uensd.org/manuals/manuals/Integration/dvt.pdf, as
needed.
Your "practice tour" should be linked to your "My UEN" page.
 NOTE:
You may post your Practice Tour on your public
"My UEN" page without selecting the "Publish" feature. Publish adds your
tour to the UEN
database so that other teachers can search for activities and access
them. If you do not wish to have your tour to be added to the
database, but you do want to make it public so it could be used by
your students, return to your "My UEN" page and use the "Edit"
feature to make the tour public. Then, you simply refer
your students to your "My UEN" URL to view the activity.
Be prepared to participate in a group discussion regarding:
- What are the intended use of this tool? How else might
it be used?
- What features of the tool do you find useful? Which
would you use? Why or why not?
- How does this tool compare to TrackStar? Which tool might you
use for your Inquiry-Based project and why?
Activity 2: Discussion of the Rubric for the Inquiry-Based
Project
Navigate to CourseCompass and your responses to this week's
discussion forum question. We will discuss your suggestions
for designing the rubric I will use to evaluate your projects.
Summary of My Expections:
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Applicable to your
students
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Tied to the Utah Core
Curriculum
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Incorporates the
principles of engaged learning
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Emphasizes higher
order thinking skills, may incorporate the
Big6 ("What
needs to be done? What can I use to find what I need?
Where can I find what I need? What information can I use?
How can I put my information together? How will I know if
I did my job well? " (Culpepper, 1996 cited in Grabe & Grabe,
2000, p. 142).
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Designed with a web
tool such as: TrackStar or UEN Tour's Editor, or another instructor-approved web-design tool.
For students who are accomplished web designers, you may use
Netscape Composer, Dreamweaver, FrontPage or code your own page,
but obtain instructor approval before starting work.
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Linked to your "My
UEN" page and incorporates the "rubric tool."
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Linked to the "Lesson
Plan" tool?
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Visually Appealing
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Other????
Your Suggestions:
Activity 3: My Edesk (If time permits)
If time permits, we
will also explore My Edesk (a new service in beta version from
UEN)
http://www.myedesk.org/refdesk.aspx. Explore this site
and its tutorial and be prepared to participate in a class
discussion regarding how you might use this site in your
teaching.
Review of Assignments for Next Session
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