Guidelines to Produce Final Products for the Course

Tech: Improve Student Learning

Use this outline to describe (using Word or PowerPoint) the learning activity you develop:

A.  Background of Learning Activity

•Your Name, School, Grade Level Taught, and Special Population Served (if applicable)

•A brief summary of learning activity including the online resource used

B. Goals and Curriculum Fit

What is the content standard of the project in relation to Illinois Learning Standards and District U-46 curriculum?

C. Project Level

What levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy are addressed?

Include a brief description of how the learning activity addresses any of the levels.

D. Use of Essential Questions and Inspiration or Kidspiration

Describe the effective use of essential questions in the activity (while using Inspiration or Kidspiration if applicable or possible)

E. Use of Assessments / Rubrics          

Ø      Describe how the learning activity uses rubrics. (Include a reference to the rubric used.)

Ø      Do your assessments help cause your students to become active learners? If so, how?

F. Addressing student conceptual readiness           

Describe how the learning activity addresses student conceptual readiness

G. Addressing student technical skill level and Internet literacy

Describe how the learning activity addresses student technical skill level and Internet literacy (if applicable)

H. Addressing the Adapting and Transforming Levels of Use of Technology

Describe how the learning activity addresses Adapting and Transforming levels of Technology

I. Learning Activity

Describe the learning activity in detail. (Lesson/unit plan)

J. Student Product

If you haven’t done so already, describe the product of the student’s learning

•Add “This learning activity was developed as part of the requirements for the Aurora University / District U-46 graduate credit course Online Resources to Enhance Learning: OEDS-6044, Spring 2006, under the guidance of instructor Richard Levine”