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**EDLT 368** **Lecture Notes**

= __**Week 3:**__ =
 * - Syllabus Quiz (5 pts)**
 * - Evaluate a Website (Group Activity #2 - 10 points) - In the lab.**

TASK (In a Group of 4. Make sure each group has a laptop), Research: Group #1: Why is it important to evaluate online resources? Group #2: What is a Thematic Unit? Using the Net to Create Thematic Unit Group $3: What is a Problem-solving strategy? Why is Problem Strategy Important? Group #4: What is a Bloom's Taxonomy? Group #5. What is an Essential Question? Why is an Essential Question important?
 * What are some examples of Essential Questions? (Find examples for at least 5 subject areas)

Each group will present their findings on the assigned task.

6. Next, each student, using the printed thematic Unit and based on the knowledge you have gathered from the tasks above, you will organize your curriculum unit plan (consist of 5 subject areas) around a theme based on One Essential Question (Unit Essential Question):
 * Imagine that you are a teacher:
 * Decide your targeted grade level...
 * Think of one theme that you want your students to do research on or to study...
 * Once you have the theme/big idea, design an essential question for your unit...
 * Decide the 5 subject areas for your unit (Make sure that all activities planned for these five subject areas are correspond with the big theme that you have chosen)
 * Design essential question for each subject area...
 * Planned Activities/Centers for each subject area - based upon the subject area essential question and what you want your students to accomplish
 * Decide the technology tools that will be used in the activities/centers (You must integrate technology in each subject area)
 * Decide what type of assessments you will use to evaluate your students' work - Rubric, Quiz, Test, Observation, etc...
 * Determine the final student products based on the activities planned...
 * Specify the specific NM Content Standards and Benchmarks covered for each subject area...
 * Complete your Thematic Unit Matrix...

Examples of Thematic Unit: Example One: Example Two Example Three Example Four

=__ Week 4: __=

1. Complete Thematic Unit (using the template provided);
 * Examples of how technology tools can be integrated in your lessons:
 * Word Processing programs (Microsoft Word/OpenOffice Writer) - written reports, essays, descriptions, journal, mini books, and the like. You can also use this tool to create a newsletter (covered later in this class) to share what is happening in your class.
 * Spreadsheet - For teachers: Gradebook (recording grades/scores and averaging);
 * Elementary Science Class: Ask student to record every day's temperature in a week/month in a spreadsheet. Ask them to get the average temperature of the month; Determine the highest temp/which day; Determine the lowest temp/which day; Graph the collected information
 * Internet: Make students research and gather information/materials of a given project or a given topic/problem.
 * Science: Create an activity that require students to research and gather information on a solar system: What is the Solar System? What are the planets? How do they look like? How did the solar system form? Are there any living things in each planet?
 * You could then ask students to produce a presentation slides of their findings.
 * Video Programs:
 * Language Arts: Ask students to create a short video of the Letter "B".
 * In Health lesson, you can ask your students to gather resources on healthy food vs unhealthy food. Ask them to create a video to share the information with fellow classmates/schools. You can also ask the students to create a pamphlet (using MSWord or MS Publisher) about healthy eating to create an awareness to the their community.
 * Image Tools: You can read students a story about a frog and ask them to represent their frog by drawing using the Paint program or any other image editing tools.

2. Please make sure that you complete the Field Experience Information Sheet (Link is on the Course Homepage)

3. Discuss Observation ( - Located in Course Materials Folder --> Field Experience Folder)

3. Top 7 Online Tools Students Should Use

4. Exploring Concept Mapping:
 * What is a concept mapping?
 * Lets do some activities!!!
 * Flowers Concept Map
 * Water Concept Map
 * "Principles of Curriculum" Concept Map
 * Measurement Concept Map
 * Concept Mapping Tools Program - Examples: Mindmeister (web-based), Bubbl.us (web-based), mindomo (web-based), Cmap (you need to download and install this on your computer), Inspiration (30 days free trial), etc.
 * In the lab, you will map-out your completed thematic unit using any of the mapping tools showed in the class or any other mapping tool (Some are available here: Cool Tools for Schools)

- Technology support in inquiry investigations