Guide+for+Unit+Two

toc If you have not logged onto to the Online Course (your Embedded Learning account) please do so now by clicking media type="custom" key="1157137". Remember the guide on this page is a pre-digested version of what you will find in the course. IT IS NOT THE COURSE. It has little hints and answers to common questions that arise when you go through the course.

Unit Overview
This Unit is broken into three sections of slides. There are 28 slides in the first section, 10 slides in the second section and 1 slide in the third section.

Number of K-L-D Charts: 1 Number of Articles You Will Read: 6 Number of Learning Logs You Will Write/Post: 2 Number of Discussion Posts: 3 Number of Sync-Point Discussions: 1 Number of Quizzed: 1 with an essay question

=Section 1=

//Slide 1 of 28//
Introduction slide for the unit. You are asked to click a //Print// button. You may need to do this to be able to advance the slide. Just close the window that opens after you click the print button. This slide does not direct you to create any content.

//Slide 2 of 28//
The slide says "Refer to your Leanring Guide (green folder) for the activity and more instructions." This is a little misleading because it is not clearly marked when you get there. The Course Activity described on this slide is completeing a K-L-D chart (Know-Learn-Do). This is the first K-L-D chart in the course. These charts are not collected at the culmination of the course. They are meant to guide your reflection and discovery process as you progress through the course. If you notice there are two //Print// buttons on this slide. The //Print// button on the left brings up a K-L-D chart in a new window. It is a good idea to actually print it. Also, there is a copy of it in your blue binder on page 25. The //Print// button on the right brings up an explanation of what a K-L-D chart is. It is worth reading before you close it. You do not need to print it from the window that opens. Complete the K column of the K-L-D chart using the following topic.


 * "How Do 21st Century Students Communicate?"**

After you complete the K column, return to the online course.

//Slides 3-8 of 28//
This is a slide presenting some information about how kids socialize and collaborate in the digital age in technology. It has good information about how technology is forming culture. These 6 slides do not call you to complete any tasks in writing or online.

//Slide 9 of 28//
This slide describes the breakdown of a series of activities that will come after it. This slide does not direct you to create any handwritten or online content.

//Slide 10 of 28//
This slide directs you to read an article entitled media type="custom" key="1165233". When the //Print// button appears, click it. The window will open containing the article. You can read it on the screen, print it out or refer to the copy of it in your blue binder on page 31. You will need to click on //Print// and close the window to be able to advance the slide

//Slide 11 of 28//
This slide directs you to complete an activity in which you will analyze your personal use of technology. Turn to pages 4-5 in your green folder. Look halfway down page 3 to where it says //Course Activity: Personal Use of Technology//. Follow the instructions and complete the survey. It ends 3/4 of the way down on page 8 of your green folder.

//Slide 12 of 28//
This slide directs you to create a Student Focus Group and to administer a survey about their use of technology. As it says, refer to your learning guide for the activity and more instructions. This means to go to the bottom of page 8 of your green folder to where it says //Job-Embedded Activity: Student Focus Group Protocol//. You will need pick six students according to the stipulations on the page 10. On the next slide you are instructed to give them a survey.

**Note for People Working Ahead in the Summer** // You may pick 6 students that you have handy in your neighborhood, family or extended communities to complete this Job-Embedded Activity. This may limit the chances that you can find 2 per performance category as described on page 10. In that case, any 6 students of junior high or high school age will suffice. //

//Slide 13 of 28//
This slide directs you to print the media type="custom" key="1166269" for what will be your first //Learning Log Entry//. You can click the //Print// button and close the window that opens or actually print the document if you want a copy of it. The Learning Log is a place where journal entries are kept that only you and the facilitator of your group see. They are done online. You must be logged onto your Embedded Learning Account to complete them. As mentioned above, this slide directs you to administer a survey to the six student in your focus group. Therefore, you will need six copies of the following survey. You can print them or you can save the document and email them to the students taking the survey. If you want to email the document, give it a right click and choose //Save Target As// and attach it to an email to the student(s)//.// The advantage of doing this is that they can email it back to you and save time.



After you get the surveys back from your focus group, refer to pages 13 and 14 of your Learning Guide (green folder) and answer the questions there. The answers you give to these questions will be used to synthesize your //Learning Log// entry. If you feel confident in your ability to sythesize an entry without answering the questions on page 13 & 14 in writing, feel free to do so. They are at least worth reading.

To write your //Learning Log// entry do the following. Make sure you are logged into your Embedded Learning Account and then... and then...

and then click the **Add** button.

Start the first line of the Body box with the words **Student Use of Technology**.and then hit enter once or twice. This will give your //Learning// //Log// entry a title. Sometimes it is good to open up Microsoft Word, work there and then paste what you want in the body. This is not only help you spell check BUT if you accidentally navigate away from the page that has the body box on it before you hit Save, you will lose your changes and need to start over.



//Slide 14 of 28//
You are directed back to the middle of page 14 in your green folder (your Learning Guide) where it says, **Pre-Discussion Activity: Technology Reflection**. Address the Venn Diagram and answer the questions that follow, stopping at the bottom of page 16. Keep in mind that nobody sees these answers. They are meant to help you organize your thinking so that you can ready yourself for the online dicussion. You are then asked to fill out the L and D columns of the K-L-D chart for this section, then return to the online course to do the online disussion.

//Slide 15 of 28//
You are directed to participate in an online discussion on the message board for this course. To access the discussion board from the course window...

Then click the **Discussion** link.



When the message board appears, click the link for the discussion entitled, **Technology Reflection**. While here post a summary of your thoughts that you collected from your notes on pages 14-16 of your green folder. You are aslo encouraged to respond to what other people have posted there as well. Again, working in Microsoft Word and pasting your post in the body box here is a good idea.

//Slides 16-18 of 28//
These slides give some commentary on brain development and technology. The do not direct you to create any content.

//Slide 19 of 28//
You are asked to read an article entitled, media type="custom" key="1190759". When the //Print// button appears, click it. The window will open containing the article. You can read it on the screen, print it out or refer to the copy of it in your blue binder on page 39. You will need to click on //Print// and close the window to be able to advance the slide.

//Slide 20 of 28//
You are directed to page 17 of your green folder where it says //Pre-Discussion Activity: Student Thinking Patterns//. Answer the questions there that continue onto the middle of page 18. These will serve as notes for a discussion post that you are directed to on the next slide.

//Slide 21 of 28//
You are directed to participate in an online discussion on the message board for this course. To access the discussion board from the couse window...

Then click the **Discussion** link.



When the message board appears, click the link for the discussion entitled, **Student Thinking Patterns**. While here post a summary of your thoughts that you collected from your notes on pages 17-18 of your green folder. You are also encouraged to respond to what other people have posted there. Again, working in Microsoft Word and pasting your post in the body here is a good idea.

//Slides 22-24 of 28//
These slides demonstrate how kids today communicate through tehcnology outside of school and then unplug when they come to school to get non-tch rich instruction. These slides do not direct you to create any content.

//Slide 25 of 28//
You are directed to read two articles on this slide. The first is called media type="custom" key="1192139", The second is called, media type="custom" key="1192047". When the //Print// buttons appears, click them one at a time. A window will open containing each article. You can read them on the screen, print them out or refer to the copy of them in your blue binder on page 51 and 57 respectively. You will need to click on //Print// and close the window to be able to advance the slide.

//Slide 26 to 28//
This slide directs you to page 18 of your green folder. Look halfway down the page to where it says **Prediscussion Activity: Student Engagement**. Fill out the charts and answer the questions that continue until you get to the top of page 23. In the middle of page 21, there is a //Print// button on this page. It links to a document called media type="custom" key="1193221" that can also be found on pages 67-70 of your blue binder. You may need to click the //Print// button and close the window that opens in order to advance to the next slide. You are to use these indicators to develop some interview questions for the focus group you created.

Note for teachers working in the summer: If you notice, the questions that are modeled on number 4 of page 21 have a tone of the first person. If you are working with students that you do not currently teach, change the wording of these questions to "your teacher" and "your classroom." In number 5, try to reflect on experiences you have had with your actual students.

When you reach the top of page 23, return to the online course.

//Slide 27 or 28//
This slide directs you to participate in an online discussion. To access the discussion board...



Then click the **Discussion** link.



When the Discussion Board comes up, select the link that takes you to the discussion for **Student Engagement**. Join in an appropriate discussion.

//Slide 28 of 28//
This slide communicates your are done the first part of Unit 2.

=Section 2=

//Slides 1-2 of 10//
These slides talk about technology in the changing workplace. This slide does not direct you to create any content.

//Slide 3 of 10//
You are asked to read an article entitled media type="custom" key="1205357". When the //Print// button appears, click it. The window will open containing the article. You can read it on the screen, print it out or refer to the copy of it in your blue binder on page 73. You will need to click on //Print// and close the window to be able to advance the slide.

//Slide 4 of 10//
This slide directs you to page 23 of your green folder to where it says Section 2.2: The 21st Century Workplace. Answer the questions and continue on to the middle of page 24. These answers will serve as notes for you to do a //Learning Log// entry. To access the Learning Log...

and then...

You need to click the **Add** button. Start the first line of the Body box with the words **Classroom Organization** and then hit enter once or twice. This will give your //Learning// //Log// entry a title. Sometimes it is good to open up Microsoft Word, work there and then paste what you want in the body. This is not only help you spell check BUT if you accidentally navigate away from the page that has the body box on it before you hit Save, you will lose your changes and need to start over.



Return to the online course.

//Slides 5-6 of 10//
This slide presents information about the workplace. These slides do not direct you to create any content.

//Slide 7 of 10//
You are asked to read an article entitled media type="custom" key="1205287". When the //Print// button appears, click it. The window will open containing the article. You can read it on the screen, print it out or refer to the copy of it in your blue binder on page 81. You will need to click on //Print// and close the window to be able to advance the slide.

//Slide 8 of 10//
This slide directs you to pages 24-26 in your green folder. Complete the table and questions on those pages. You are asked to interview your Focus Group as part of this activity. Again if you reach this part in the summer, continue on with the same students you have been using. You can make use of the following document to conduct the survey similar to the survey from Section 1.



When you get the completed surveys returned to you, address questions 3a and 3b on page 26.

At the bottom of page 26 and the top of page 27 you are directed to your //Learning Log//. To access your //Learning Log//... and then... You need to click the **Add** button. Start the first line of the Body box with the words **21st Century Skills** and then hit enter once or twice. This will give your //Learning// //Log// entry a title. Sometimes it is good to open up Microsoft Word, work there and then paste what you want in the body. This is not only help you spell check BUT if you accidentally navigate away from the page that has the body box on it before you hit Save, you will lose your changes and need to start over.



//Slide 9 of 10//
This slide directs you to participate in a Syncpoint Discussion for the unit. As of now we are planning to meet in person for this. We will discuss the following: a. The disconnect between what effective instruction looked like in the 20th Century and what effective instruction should look like in the 21st Century was not established overnight. From the information presented in this unit and from your personal experience, what do you identify as the most critical reason that many schools are "stuck" in the 20th Century modality? Why do you feel that the world changed but not our schools? What is your rationale for identifying this reason as the most critical? b. What have you learned and what insights gained from this unit? c. What unanswered questions have been raised in your mind?

//Slide 10 of 10//
Says your done Section 2 of this unit

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This slide is a 10 question multiple choice quiz with essay. The following is the essay question. You are STRONGLY recommended to work in Microsoft Word and transwer your essay over via copy and paste. The "Teaching in the 21st Century: The Need for Change" course has been developed to establish the need and rationale for adapting instructional methodologies to better serve student needs in the 21st Century. In your own words, please summarize the argument for change presented in the unit. You must support your response with evidence from your personal experience. Describe how this transformation will help you meet your ultimate goal as an instructor and identify potential support mechanisms and obstacles. As you write be sure to include: > > >
 * Examples of how you currently utilize technology in your instruction
 * The disconnect between the classroom and your students' personal lives and where you have success and areas for improvement
 * Your student engagement level and factors that impact this level
 * The current link between education, the workplace, and technology in your classroom and potential areas where you can help make this relationship more complimentary