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=media type="custom" key="2100809" = =EDUS 515 Instruction and Technology- Secondary Education =

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=**515 ASSIGNMENTS ** =

**Introduction Presentation ** //This assignment is to be created by each student to introduce themselves to the other students in the class. // Student is to create a 2 or 3 minute media presentation to introduce themselves to their classmates.

“**Gidget & Gadget” Presentation** //This assignment can be used with or created by your students to elicit student response through questioning techniques //. Bring a selected technology “Gidget or Gadget” to class. Prepare and conduct a 5-10 minute exercise to motivate the learners to question the use of the object. No written work is required. Evaluation is made based upon questioning techniques and learners’ reactions as observed in relationship to motivation.

=“What Year Was It?” Powerpoint Presentation = //This teaching technique can be used to generate interest or to review information on a selected topic //. Create a 10 to 12 slide PowerPoint depicting events that occurred during a selected year. The presentation may be focused on a single subject or use a variety of subjects. For example, you may show discoveries in science made in a particular year or show sports, historical, cultural and social events occurring in a particular year. Use graphics, scanned material, images scanned from the Internet, video clips, or music to enhance your presentation. Evaluation is based on appropriate length and use of enhancements.

=Team Presentation = //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The group assignment will reinforce techniques for successful implementation of small group work and will present information to the class on a selected methodology researched by group members //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">. Groups will be formed in the first class session and should consist of no greater than 4 participants. Create a presentation that will give your audience an explanation on the methodology and how it is used in teaching. Give an explanation and conduct a brief activity that utilizes this methodology. Use media, which may include CDs, photographs, pictures, charts, diagrams, posters, props or Smartboard and Document Camera. Submit one copy of presentation outline as developed by the group and copies of materials that are used in presentation. Planning time will be allotted during class periods. The tentative outline is due **September28**.

=<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-variant: small-caps; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Independent Project = //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This assignment will incorporate the concepts covered in this course. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Select a topic and prepare lesson plans for three activities to address the content and learning styles. Include the Blooming Smarts Matrix you completed with each activity. Remember to use a variety of methodologies, questioning techniques and technology to address standards and differentiated instruction. Be sure to include a Web 2.0 Tool as part of your project. Please submit a topic, a brief synopsis of project and your Bloom’s Revised Planning Chart on **October 12**

=<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-variant: small-caps; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Individual Learner-Centered Activity Presentation = //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This assignment will afford the presenter an opportunity to share one of the activities in the Independent Project with our class and will serve as practice in teaching a lesson incorporating methodologies and technology. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Select a lesson plan in your Independent Project. For the first 5 minutes of the presentation, inform us of the specific target group for which it was designed, describe the methodology you chose and explain how it suits your teaching style and employs technology. Involve the class in a learner-centered activity which is a part of the lesson, includes a Web 2.0 Tool and promotes student interaction. Time for presentation is approximately 20 minutes. Submit a copy of the lesson plan to me and copies of handouts used in your presentation to your peers.

=<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-variant: small-caps; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Wiki Creation = //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This activity enables the students to create an interactive resource for their classroom and student use. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Students will create an interactive “wiki” that will be a resource for their students. The wiki will be developed this semester and refined in the second part of the course.

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-variant: small-caps;">Web 2.0 Tools Project ** //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This activity requires each student to create a curriculum related project utilizing the Web 2.0 tools described in class. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> This assignment may be related to the Independent Project or curriculum area.

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-variant: small-caps;">Class Assignments: ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">During some class sessions, assignments will be given based on the concepts and information covered that night. Those assignments are due at the end of class and will be submitted by hard copy placed in your individual folder. Some assignments will be required to be submitted electronically to a designated email address. If it is necessary to do so, please make arrangements with me to submit an assignment not completed via email.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-variant: small-caps; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Please Consult Your Student Handbook For Policies Regarding Ethics For Writing And Submitting Work.**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-variant: small-caps; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Also, remember all references must follow the APA Sixth Edition Manual.**