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Projects

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Each week, you will be assigned a project that you will begin in class and finish at home.  You will find the guidelines for each of the projects here.  Keep in mind, though, these are just guidelines.  Your task is to use the tech tools creatively.  You will also create a project page on your website where you will submit your projects.

Project 1 - September 10

 

Design a simple website that will serve as a working space for you throughout this course.  Your website should have at least 5 pages, including

  1. A Home Page - This should provide information about your website.  Include at least one picture.  You might also choose to include a quote or two, an "about me" section, your thoughts about teaching and learning, or anything else you dream up.

  2. Projects Page - You will submit your projects here

  3. Resources Page - This is a place for you to keep track of links, tools, and resources that you want to use again.

  4. Blog Page - Most weeks, you will be asked to think about a topic and blog on it

  5. Antioch Domains - You will create a page to save evidence of how you are meeting the Domains. This page should have subpages for each of the domains.

 

You could also include other pages and sub pages, such as an "about me" page or a contact page. 

 

Post your website on our Class Websites Padlet

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Resources for Building Your Website

Wix

Weebly

Snap Pages

Google Sites

Project 2 - September 17

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Today you will create a framework for evaluating electronic learning resources. Use the Resources Page to find some resources to help you think through your framework. There are also some suggested presentation tools on the resources page. Here are the steps you should take to create your framework

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1) Review the existing evaluative criteria 

2) Develop your own set of criteria

3) Put your criteria into a presentation (include images)

4) Post your presentation with your images to your website in the Projects tab

Project 3 - September 24

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1. Create an assessment using one of the formative assessment tech tools, such as

Formative

Socrative

Google Forms

Poll Everywhere

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2. After you have created your assessment, work in a group of 4-5 to take each others' assessments. 

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3. Once others have taken your assessment, evaluate your data and represent it using a data representation tool, such as

Venngage

Piktochart

Gliffy

Creately

Excel

Numbers

Google Sheets

Project 4 - October 9

 

 

QR Codes

 

QR (Quick Response) Codes are a way to get information to others in a quick and efficient way.

 

1) Read about some possible ways to use QR codes. For teaching math, read about using scannable tech in math. There are some good ideas for using QR codes in realistic ways here.

 

2) Use a QR code generator to create a QR code that is linked to content. I also really like the QR Scanner app by Purch. You can choose to link to a website, YouTube video, or rich content that you create. Post it to your website on the Projects Page

 

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Augmented Reality

 

AR (Augmented Reality) can add an extra dimension to what students are learning. Check out some of the possibilities for AR apps in this article and this article. You can also take a look at how teachers can use and create AR experiences. One of my favorite, free AR apps is Aurasma/HP Reveal.

 

1) Choose an AR app to download and practice with.


2) Create an activity for your students to do using AR and post it to the Projects Page on your website

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Virtual Reality

 

VR (Virtual Reality) is a way to create a virtual experience that you would not otherwise be able to access. You can take your students on virtual field trips, do virtual science experiments, and open up worlds that your students might not otherwise get to experience.

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Take a look at this list of resources for VR and AR tools. Also, read through Ten Reasons to Use VR in the Classroom.

 

These are some of my favorite VR apps:

Google Cardboard – Gives an overview of using Google Cardboard and links to other Google VR apps

Google Expeditions – Allows you to “guide” students on expeditions (links to Google Classroom) or send students on their own expedition

Google Street View – allows you to view various places and also contribute to content

NYT VR – Has both current events and historical events (e.g. bombing of Hiroshima). One drawback is that it can be really slow to load

Within – This app has short documentaries about different places

Discovery VR – Hosted by the Discovery channel and is focused mostly on science and nature

 

1) Choose an app to download and experiment with using the VR viewers.

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2) Blog about your experience using VR and how you might use it with students.

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Project 5 - October 30

 

Today, we are focusing on web-based inquiry.  First, you will have a chance to explore some webquests and figure out what makes for a good webquest.  Then, you will create a web-based inquiry for your students.

 

Part 1 - What Makes for a Good Web-Based Inquiry?

  1. In a group of 4, check out this webquest on webquests.  While you don't need to fully do the webquest, take some time to browse around the site and get familiar with how to structure a webquest.

  2. Go to the Resources page and examine web quests in different content areas

  3. As you are looking through these websites, jot some ideas of what makes for a good web-based inquiry 

 

Part 2 - Create a Web-Based Inquiry or Simulation

Using what you now know about web-based inquiry, create a web-based inquiry for students to complete.  This should be posted to your website.

Tools for creating Webquests:

ThingLink

Prezi

GoogleDocs

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Project 6 - October 31

Digital Citizenship

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For this topic, you will explore digital citizenship and literacy to better understand it yourself, and to think about how you will address it with your students. Complete the lower elementary or upper elementary training, and complete the steps below. (Note, the lower and upper elementary trainings are VERY similar, so it really doesn’t matter which one you pick.)

 

The training is broken into several steps. Below is an outline of those steps and the tasks that I would like you to do with each of them. If there are no tasks listed, you can just read through or watch the information provided.

 

K-2 Training

 

 

3-5 Training

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In a blog post, respond to the questions and prompts below. You should capture all of these in one blog post.

1. Overview of what the training is about

2. Information on children and development and how that relates to technology.

a. Write down three facts about children and technology, including one from the infographic

b. Identify one challenge and one opportunity that relates to your students given today’s technology landscape

3. What does digital citizenship mean to you?

a. What are the 4 C’s of digital citizenship?

b. Which topics of digital citizenship do your students struggle with? Which are they strong in?

c. How might you engage different stakeholders in digital citizenship?

 

4. Overview of resources available

Look at the scope and sequence for upper or lower elementary and see how the lessons are organized. Choose at least one on a topic of interest. You will need to sign in to download and view the materials. Add this to the resources page on your website.

 

5-7. Check out some of the resources available. Find the digital compass - choose one character to follow their story and interact with it as if you were a student. Who was the character you chose and what was the scenario? In your blog post, include an evaluation of the materials you looked at. Do you think you might use them with students? Why or why not?

 

8-9. If you want to get a certificate, you can complete the survey. (You could include this on your CV.)

 

Due November 12th

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