Intel Essentials WorkshopShanee Cowland & Frank Kelly

What we discussedProject based learningTools and that can assist learningThe use of essential questions, unit questions

and lesson questionsBlogs, wiki, Edmodo and other collaborative

websites

Workshop GoalGoal was to design a

Unit plan Essentially an

Interdisciplinary Unit

Our chosen interdisciplinary unit idea was based around ‘Technology and Learning’

‘Technology’s role in Collaborative learning’

Visual Representation of the Internet

Things to possibly cover during the unit

How can you search more effectively?

What are the best search engines?

How can you tell that a website is biased?

How can you tell if an author is a credible source?

Why and how can I publish work to exhibit it?

How can I incorporate multimedia?

How can you share information from anywhere?

What can I use to support my learning online?

How can I do labs that are to dangerous to actually do?

How can I visit places that I cant actually visit?

How can I neatly present work in a number of different formats?

Why we thought this would be useful

Explicitly teach correct use of technologyHelp inform students and teachers of web resources

that are availableHelp students discern between biased and factual

information Increase technology literacy throughout the schoolUse technical resources for data analysis and

presentation of informationProducing credible and well formatted

documentation

Aspects of the internet research

Advanced use of search engines

Student focused search

Ways to find credible sources

Bias and how to spot it

Distinguishing between facts and opinions

Web Based Search ToolsGoogle Advanced

Search Narrow down results

by including and excluding terms.

Sweet Search Google based,

academically filtered search

Finding Dulcinea Organize articles for

use by students.

Web Based Tools Google Docs

Alternative to MS Office that allows resources to be shared

You Tube & You Tube for schools,

multimedia video that can be created and viewed

Khan Academy Mathematics, science,

economics and other subject topics explained in concise snippet videos as well as practicing math skills

Skype Collaboration via text, audio

and video

More Web Based Tools PhET Virtual Labs

Science and Math simulations that students can manipulate

Virtual tours of museums and Visits to museums all

over the world including the Louvre.

Animoto Multimedia presentations

that are more exciting than PowerPoint!

Google Hangout Screen share, Video

conference and document sharing

Library of congress Interactive website

with lesson plans and standards

Survey Monkey Hold little online

‘surveys’

Intel Educational Resources

Visual Ranking Tool Allow students to review lists

of information and prioritize, then compare

See Reason Tool Cause and effect flow chart

generator Show Evidence Tool

Allows students to list arguments, organize them into positive and negative and write a thesis based on your arguments.

Assessing Projects Tool Tool for teachers to generate

and use rubrics – that are customizable

It’s a wild ride Roller coaster design project

The Journey Inside Interactive lessons about the

technology.

(Some of the) Core Standards that are Addressed

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.7

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-9=8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.7Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.

Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem.

(Optional) Assessment Prompts

Can students research and evaluate the credibility of authors?

Do students know the meaning of bias and can they recognize it in a web based document?

Can students recognize why commercial websites are less credible than academic or government websites?

Do students know how to validate information on Wikipedia?

(Optional) Assessment Prompts II

Can students chose appropriate tools for technology based assignments?

Do students know how to and do they collaborate via chat, blogs, Skype and other real time interactions?

Can students make, find and use multimedia to present work created.