Blog Post: Self-Directed Learning Project

I have found a site that has the ten best virtual field trips. There all kinds on the site such as the arctic adventure, Hershey's Factory, Museum of Natural History, and Space. The virtual field trip allows to see things that they otherwise would not be able to do. I found another site that has 7 more virtual field trips that are interesting.  They are good because they are free, educational, and all student's can participate in them. 

http://blog.simplek12.com/education/vft/

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2013/04/07/ten-of-the-best-virtual-field-trips/3/

Milestone 3

Read Chapter 5.

Think about the 5 technology components you reviewed in Milestone 2.

For each component what would you do before the lesson, during the lesson, after the lesson.

Before the lesson may include: exploring app, investigating website, creating a help document for students, etc.

During the lesson may include: specific instructions you would give about the use of the technology, modeling navigation, etc.

After the lesson: How will you evaluate success?

In a Word document for 5 technology pieces describe the before, during, and after. You can make a bulleted list.

a. Students and teachers can use word to type up their story in order to put all the students stories together at the end of the lesson to create a book. 

b. Cameras: students can also use cameras in order to take pictures of the bear with their family at home to put in the story. 

c. Drawing Pad: students can also include drawings that they make using the ipad app draw pad. 

d.Story Keepers: an app that would put together the drawing, photo, and text from each child's day with Corduroy in order to create a cohesive story. 

e. The teacher can use the smart board at the end of this to project the story the class has made about their own adventures with Corduroy so that the entire class can watch it. 

Assessments

Read Chapter 7.

As you read think about what kind of assessments you will give your students as it relates to the lesson you are developing.

In a blog post write about 3 assessments you could potentially use, when they would be used, and how they would be used.

1) Open-Ended Response Formats - demonstrates a higher level of thinking. I would use this after the viewing of the class movie. It would work as an assessment of the overall learning of the class. 

2) Project-Based Assessments - This would be used throughout the entire project the teacher could use work samples gathered during the project to assess learning. When the student's submit their journal entries the teacher can check for their ability to use spelling, grammar, punctuation, and their ability to format and organize their ideas. 

3) Portfolio's - The overall completion of the project would also work as an assessment of the learning. The finished product would include writing, drawings, and photos done by the student. This would show examples of the student's ability to write a journal entry and creative story. Also the ability to complete a project within a given time period and use of technology. The teacher would use this at the end of the project to assess the overall learning.