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Employs appropriate models for design and development of instruction, learning environments, and/or human performance improvement interventions.
Through my experience at Southern Illinois University I have had the opportunity to design different units using the NTeQ (iNtegrating Technology for inQuiry) model. This model allows educators to implement technology while in the classroom. The design model includes the standards, how the technology coordinates with the objectives in the lesson, and allows the instructor to focus on what the students will do before, during, and after computer use. It also includes evaluations and assessments for each unit. The following units were developed with different learning environments, which include both collaborative learning and independent learning. They also include human computer interaction as well as with their peers.
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Aunt Geegi is coming from Sicily, Italy to visit the United States and you are in charge of planning her trip! This unit is a Social Studies unit that demonstrates the use of the NTeQ model, which I create din IT 500. It consists of three lessons and the use of the programs Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and TripMaker. Websites are provided to help the students find the information needed for the project. The students learn how to use Excel to create a line graph of the temperatures of a particular city for 5 days. In the second lesson, the students create advertisements of different landmarks in the United States using Microsoft Word draw tools. Lastly, in the third lesson the students create a PowerPoint presentation describing the trip through the United States. For each lesson a task sheet, rubric, and evaluation are provided. I chose to use the NTeQ model for the unit to help the students understand the objectives and connections to the use of technology. I wanted the students to connect with the use of technology across the curriculum and the use of particular programs for particular tasks. In order for this to happen they needed to not only understand the technology, but also the specific programs and the purpose of those programs. The NTeQ model helps the students lesson by lesson to stay connected with the objectives. They evaluate the lesson throughout and help to create a better unit. The NTeQ model connects the technology use with the objectives to build knowledge to create a final project. |
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different today as it was in the 1900's? This unit is a Social Studies Unit that incorporates English and Language Arts that I created in IT 481. It consists of 5 lessons and the use of the programs Word and KidZone retrieved from the Internet. Websites are provided to guide the students through the lessons so they meet the objectives designated for the particular lesson. The students begin the unit by listening to the stories of immigrants off the Internet and typing reflections in Word . Next, they analyze pictures and watch videos of the immigrants and again type reflections of the experience in Word. The following lesson allows students to discover their own family history. They use the information gathered from their family to create a graph in small groups using the KidZone- Create a Graph program. The fourth lesson allows the students to take an Interactive Tour of Ellis Island and type their experience in Word. The last lesson compares immigration today with immigration in the 1900's. The students read stories from the Internet and compare their findings to the knowledge they have gained from the unit. For each lesson websites, worksheets, rubrics, and evaluation forms are provided. I chose to use the NTeQ model in this unit because it helped the students to connect the use of technology with the experience of Ellis Island. The students were able to take a virtual field trip through Ellis Island. This placed them in the particular era and helped them to more fully understand the purpose of Ellis Island. They used different programs to learn about different topics, from virtual field trips to learning about their own personal history. This enabled them to conclude the unit with a compare and contrast lesson about how immigration has changed so much since the 1900's. |
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What can you create for the 21st Century? In this Social Studies unit created in IT 572, the students study inventions from the 20th Century. They begin by discussing why the inventions were created and how it affects their lives today. As a whole class, they will create a timeline of the inventions and present their discoveries to the class. Next, they will discuss some inventions they may want to create and why they would like to create them. In small groups, they will begin creating an invention by describing it in Microsoft Word and drawing it in Microsoft Paint. The final product is to create a commercial about the invention. Each lesson had a reflection, rubric, and discussion. I created the lessons using a program called ActivInspire, which is used with Promethean Boards. I exported the lessons to a PDF file so they could scroll through the lesson outline as they worked. This enabled them to be more independent and use the technology and each other throughout the project. This enabled me to be more of a facilitator as they worked collaboratively on their inventions. The final project allowed them to learn how to use a digital camera, use the Audacity program, and Movie Maker. It was a great way to allow the students to work at their own pace and spend more time on particular lessons. Each day I took about 10 minutes of teaching and the rest of the time was for the students. I provided all worksheets, handouts, reflections, and notes on the school website. This way they could work at their own pace and I was available if they got stuck. I had to grade each lesson upon completion before they could go to the next lesson. This made sure they were on target with each task. In addition, some lessons had a movie they could watch to help them think and brainstorm about inventions, which was also placed on the school website I chose the NTeQ model because I wanted the students, which were in 8th grade, to work collaboratively, but also to use other subjects across the curriculum to learn the importance of technology not only in this class, but throughout their lives. Technology is an important part of our lives and I wanted them to see and understand that concept. |