This site has been created to fulfil the requirements for ETEC 530 – Assignment 2.
It was designed as a blended professional development opportunity for K-12 publicly funded teachers in Ontario. Ideally, this module or unit would be part of several focusing on software, hardware, peripherals, and online safety to name a few. Teachers would have the opportunity to complete components of this lesson, return to their classroom for trial and exploration, and for the conversation to be ongoing.
It is hosted in UBC blogs, however, some limitations are recognized in terms of the collaborative sharing space. However because of the blended nature of this unit, some of the discussions and sharing could happen, face to face, in partners or small group. This unit within a LMS or wiki which has access to discussion forums might allow for more efficient online collaboration.
All photo/graphics from http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/images/
The lesson is rooted in constructivist principles and I have created the following checklist to serve as the assessment criteria of those principles.
| Criteria. The lesson ….. |
3 Agree |
2 Somewhat |
1 Disagree
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| allows pre-assessment to motivate learners to construct new knowledge | |||
| provides opportunities for learners to make predictions | |||
| provides opportunities for learners to explore their interests | |||
| activates prior knowledge and experience | |||
| provides stimuli and support for learners to develop, modify, or change their ideas & views | |||
| gives learners the opportunity to elaborate, to relate, and connect new with existing knowledge in authentic contexts | |||
| creates a dissatisfaction with their current understandings | |||
| helps learners restructure, modify, reorganize their conceptions | |||
| allows for learner choice – multiple approaches and responses | |||
| provides opportunities for the learner to apply and reinforce new knowledge | |||
| learner is provided with opportunities to resolve their mental conflict | |||
| supports metacognition by encouraging learners to self-assess and reflect on their learning experience | |||
| provides multiple opportunities for communication in a collaborative community |
Completed by: Sharon Korpan
For: Dr. Diane Janes
August 2012
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