Records,+Matthew-Final+Project

Type in the content of your new page here. Final Project EDC 921  My final project will revolve around five units, utilizing Wiki’s and  Blogs to support collaborative learning and effective communication to  my students, their parents and Cole Middle School faculty.  I currently see all seventh grade classes for 1 quarter which equals 8 weeks.  Unit 1 Intro to Blogging (2 classes) Unit 2 Intro to Wiki’s (2 classes) Unit 3 Microsoft Word (8 classes; 2 weeks) Unit 4 Microsoft Excel (8 classes; 2 weeks) Unit 5 Microsoft PowerPoint (12 classes; 3 weeks)  Wiki’s – Will be primarily used throughout the unit in the following <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ways. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- On – line text <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- Notes and information on all computer science topics covered. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">-Posting assignments and having the completed assignment turned in as a <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Wiki posts rather than printing and turning in a paper. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students can read and examine past assignments, and use that <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> information to help them create their assignments with more proficiency. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Blogs - Will be primarily used throughout the unit in the following <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">ways. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">-Twenty Four hour parent, faculty, and student communication on in <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> class happenings in Computer Science. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- Posting of assignments. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- Student reflection on current topics and information learned <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Unit 1 <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Intro to Blogging <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lesson 1 <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Goals - The goal of this unit are to teach students what a blog is and <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> how they are used in different spectrums. (1 lesson) <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Prompt: What is a blog? <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will brainstorm ideas. Then a PowerPoint on blogs will be shown. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lesson 2 <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Goals - To show and explain how the blog will be utilized in my class, <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> what it consists of, and how to use it. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Prompt: How will blogging be used in this computer science class? <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will brainstorm ideas and they will be discussed as a class. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A demonstration of how to use the class blog and post comments will be given <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">to the students. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Homework: For homework students must post a comment before 12am that <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">night reflecting on what they have learned about blogging during the past two days and how they feel it will could help them achieve as a student. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Unit 2 <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Intro to Wikis <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lesson 1 <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Goals - To introduce wiki's and the positive outcomes of collaborative <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> learning. I want them to understand how wiki's pages are monitored and <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> have accurate information that can be used by students. They will <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> understand that I am alerted every time a person makes modifications to a <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> wiki page that I or they have created. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will be able to create a log in and password for my wiki's <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> page. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will be able to post a text document to my wiki's page under <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> their name/account. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Prompt: What is a wiki? (I will show them an example of a wiki's page <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> after a discussion.) <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Do wiki's pages have accurate information? <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">How is this information monitored? <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We will discuss these questions as a class. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In class <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will create a log in name and password to my wiki's page. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">As a class we will navigate through a wiki's page. I will explain the <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> history link, its purpose and how I monitor information that is posted. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Homework <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will create a document for homework called " All About Me " <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In this document students will tell me about their year at CMS so <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> far. They will tell me their short term and long term life goals and what <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> their current hobbies are <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students must also post a comment to the blog reflecting on what they <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> have learned about Wiki's up to that point. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">They will post this assignment under their user name onto my classes <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Wiki’s page. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lesson 2 <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Goals - To check homework assignment and see who had trouble posting a <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> comment to the blog or post their assignment to the class wiki page. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- To show students how to allocate and download assignments off the <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> blog. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- How to find notes and information on all topics covered using our <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> wiki's pages. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- How to edit notes posted on our wiki's pages. They can add <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> information about all topics such as blogs, wiki's, MS word, excel, and PowerPoint. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Unit 3 <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">MS Word <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Goals - Make students proficient in using the Microsoft Word. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to understand the <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> word screen and all its functions. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will access notes off wiki's and the blog to complete <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> assignments revolving around MS word objectives. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assignment descriptions will be located on the class blog. Necessary <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> information such as notes and diagrams will be located on our class <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> wiki's page. Students must post all assignments the comment link of the <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> blog and our wiki's page. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assignments are: <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Word screen labeling <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Word screen terms <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Toolbar labeling <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Toolbar terms <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">* Students will be given credit towards their grade for adding to the <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> wiki's page of our class notes <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Unit 4 <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">MS Excel <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Goals: Introduce students to the basics of using Microsoft Excel which <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> includes: <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- Analyzing and collecting data and turning it into a graph. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- Formulas <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- Formatting the excel screen and graphs. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- Auto fill <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- excel screen familiarization. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">- Changing cell height and width <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will access all notes, diagrams and other information about <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> excel off of our wiki's page. All assignments and their directions will <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> be posted on our class blog. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students must post at least three comments on our class blog reflecting <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> on what they have learned after completing assignments. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will receive credit towards their grade adding new and <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> accurate information to the notes section of my excel wiki's page. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Unit 5 <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">PowerPoint <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Goals <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will be taught the functions of MS PowerPoint. They will be <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> given a criteria to follow to help them eliminate distracting elements <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> making their PowerPoint look as professional as possible. The PowerPoint Do’s and Don’ts criteria will be posted as notes on our Wiki’s page. Students will be able to look at notes and add to them as they create their slideshow. Students will also be able to access high quality PowerPoint slideshows from past students and use them as a reference. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will also be given information on the skills needed to give an <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">effective PowerPoint presentation. Such as making eye contact with the audience, elaborating on bulleted information, and having enthusiasm <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">about the particular topic while speaking. All PowerPoint’s will be posted on the class blog. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I usually allow students to pick their own topic while producing their PowerPoint. Students pick various topics from Guns and Roses to pizza. I feel downloading high quality presentations to the blog or Wiki’s will create a research database for students throughout the school and my class to use. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students must write four total reflections on what they have learned and post it as a comment on the blog. Students will get additional points for adding accurate information to the class PowerPoint Wiki’s page. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Student’s final assignment will be to post their PowerPoint to the class blog under their classes name. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Ex. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Wiki’s, and Blogs. **