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Matthew Records Deliverable # 2 Lesson Plan Introduction Eighty percent of the current teaching that I do in my computer applications class revolves around giving students the basic skills in using Microsoft Office. We touch upon word, excel, and power point. The other twenty percent is teaching students how to determine whether or not web information is valid or invalid while doing research. With the current way that I am teaching I find myself always rushing through material. I feel the addition of blogging into my educational curriculum will help the time management worries that I am currently having and add a little intrigue to my class. In the near future I want to implement a five lesson unit on blogging and how we will use blogging throughout the quarter to support student learning in my class. I feel being able to interact with students through a blog while in school or at home will help me move through teaching material quicker and with more efficiency. I feel having a class blog will make my class more interesting to students, which is a huge motivational factor in student learning. If students are interested in something they are much more likely to want to learn it. This five lesson unit will be the foundation of my class and referred back to throughout the quarter even though we may be working on other subject matter. - gives general class information - delivering notes to students at school and at home - giving homework assignments posted by teacher - receiving student home work assignments as posts. - posting a daily question on our current content. i.e.: blogging, word, excel, PowerPoint, internet. - I can answer any student question about a current topic while not in school. - parent and faculty communication about current events in my class. - current computer science news, important dates, study guides, commonly asked questions by computer science students. // Note: I meet quarterly with different students. I have eight weeks with each class. I would not be able to implement this until the start of the second quarter on November 14th. // Goals Deliverable # 2 lesson plan will revolve around an introduction lesson on how to use a blog. This would be the second of five introductory lessons. The five lesson blogging unit would be the foundation of my class throughout the quarter in terms of posting student reflection on what they have currently learned, giving homework assignments and notes, communicating with students, parents, and school faculty, improving their computer technology awareness, and fostering literacy. The blog will serve as a tool for the entire class to interact with each other about current class content throughout the eight weeks. Blogging will allow my students to do this while in class or at home. After developing the basics of how we will be using our class blog we can continue to go back to the blog as a learning tool throughout the quarter. Students will end up with eight weeks of blogging experience. I feel the principal of the middle school I teach at would be an advocate of this idea. He recommended me taking this class and I feel he wants me to go in the direction of using blogging in my curriculum. I would like to present this idea to him in the near future and see how he feels about the change. Although my current ideas are basic I feel the more experience I get teaching blogging the better I will be able to reflect on past experiences. With that knowledge I feel I will be able to innovate and modify the way I use my class blog in the future. // This is the first lesson I would teach out of five lessons in the unit. // 1.) Students will be able to describe what a blog is, three different ways a blog can be used, and how they feel we will be using blogs in the computer science educational setting. 2.) Students will demonstrate the ability to access the computer science blog and post information via the internet while in class or at home. 3.) Students will be to demonstrate the ability to answer the posted computer science daily questions then post their answer on the class blog. Students can use posted ideas of their classmates that they read off the class blog however, they must give the student that they took their information from credit within their post. This will be my attempt to have student’s foster literacy however, not plagiarize. 4.) After answering the daily questions students will demonstrate the ability to ask a question about something they are unsure about in the content of the lesson and then reflect on what they have learned up to that current point. They will be able to demonstrate posting this information on the class blog for their classmates to read. A student will be allowed to answer a classmates question as their reflection post. Since this is the first lesson of the quarter the only pre activity I have is a word processed assignment called "All About Me''. This assignment allows me to learn a little bit about my students and gives me an idea through observation what type of skills a student has on a computer. Lesson 1 will be the pre activity to the following lessons in the unit and the foundation of my class. This first lesson will be an introductory lesson to the blogging unit. In this lesson the following ideas will be covered.  1.) **Set Induction** (5 minutes)  A set induction about how we will use blogs during our eight weeks together.  2.) **Class Discussion** (7 minutes)  The set induction will lead into a class discussion on blogging. I will have the following prompts prepared.   1.) What is blog and how are they used?  2.) How have you seen blogs used prior to this class?  3.) How do blogs help students become better readers and learners? 4.) How do you think we will use blogging in this computer science class? I will use student answers, questions, and my prompts to facilitate the class discussion.  3.) **Power Point (**10 minutes) Next I will have power point prepared very similar to the power point Dave showed us during session 1 in EDC 921. I would like to actually use that PowerPoint if I am allowed to do that, making a few minor adjustments such as detailing how blogging will be the foundation of learning in our class. This slide show in addition to our class discussion should give my students a proficient background on blogging 4.) **In Class Activity Assignment # 1 and Explanation of Homework Assignment** After the set induction, class discussion, and PowerPoint I will show students how to access our class blog. The URL is //[|http://compscimrecsblog.edublogs.org/.//] As a class we will go to the blog and only for a few minutes navigate through the page. As students open the blog they will see the PowerPoint that was just presented to them. This PowerPoint will stay on the blog as a reference to my students throughout the quarter and the year.//  Once the each student in my class has accessed the blog I will show the students that the daily homework assignments will be posted under the daily assignments link. I will have a sample question ready. Each member of my class will answer this sample question and post their answer before class is over. I want them to answer this sample question in class so I know they will be able to do their following homework assignment. I will tell students that at 2:30 p.m. their homework assignment will be posted under the assignments link. All expectations of the assignment will be explained in detail at that time on the blog. The sample question is: What is your prior experience with blogging? What do you know about blogging? 5.) **Daily** **Blogging Assignment # 2** - Students will have to access the computer science blog from home.  - Once the student accesses the blog they will have to answer four questions and then post their answers. Then they have to ask one question and reflect on their learning experience.  - What is a blog?  - What are three different ways a blog can be used?  - How do you think we will use our class blog throughout the quarter?  - In the future in what way do you think you would find yourself using a blog?  Next students will reflect on their learning experiences the will have to:  - Ask one question they have about the current content presented.  - Reflect on what they have learned during Intro to blogging lesson #1 __ *All answers by students will be posted and graded as part of the assignment.* __//  1.) What if student doesn't have home computer? I have been teaching this course for a year now and I have yet to have a student who does not have a home computer. However, if the time comes where a student does not have a home computer I will have to allocate time for the student to be on the computer before, during, or after school. With effective communication between the student’s teachers, my self, and the student’s parents I feel this adaptation can be made. 2.) What will I do if a student has a disability? I have several students with disabilities in my classes. I have one student with Down syndrome; all students with disabilities have a para-professional that shadows them. I feel if I can teach the paraprofessional what to do and what my objectives are they can support and teach the student in a one on one environment about how to post, read, and access the blog. __ Grading will fall under the system I already have in place. __ - Participation - A Daily Grade falls under class participation  -Daily Assignment # 1 = in class sample blog question assignment  - Daily Assignment # 2 = Posting answer to questions, asking a question, and posting daily reflection. __ Daily Grade __ falls under class participation and is based out of 100 points each day.  Students are graded on __how well they follow class procedures and expectations__ during the introduction to  ·    Set induction,  ·   Class discussion  ·   Blog PowerPoint I present,  ·  During the demonstration of how to access the class blog, read its posts, navigate through the blog page, and post comments when necessary. 1.) Listening with your eyes 2.) Staying on task 3.) Verbal participation during discussions 4.) Not clicking mouse or keyboard while teacher or classmate is talking. 5.) Raising your hand when you have an idea.   //Every time a student does not follow these expectations and procedures 10 points are taken off their daily participation grade.// In this lesson there are two daily assignments.  1.) __In class daily assignment # 1__ - (10 points) In Class Sample Questions: -What is your prior experience with blogging? - What do you know about blogging? The above in class assignment will be graded out of 10 points. -Students will get 7 points credit for getting the answer posted on the class blog before the end of class. - The quality of content in the post will be graded out of 3 points 2.) __Homework daily assignment # 2__ – (20 points) Homework questions:  -What is a blog?  - What are three different ways a blog can be used?  - How do you think we will use our class blog throughout the quarter?  - In the future in what way do you think you would find yourself using a blog  This daily homework assignment is graded out of 20 points.  *Students will receive the following amount of points for posting each assignment on time as well as having a quality answer posted on the blog. __ Four Homework Questions Answered and Posted __ = (12 points)   -   2 points per question posted. ( 8 points total )   -   1 point per quality answer. ( 4 points total ) **Deliverable # 3 Implementation of Technology**  Name of technology implementation - **Wiki’s**  Description of technology – Wiki’s is software which is often free of charge. It allows people to edit and create web page content using any web browser of their choice. Wiki’s consists of a collective knowledge of people on particular content. **There are several ways I would like to use Wiki’s in my classroom**. This plan will be geared towards helping students, teachers, and administration access technology information with ease. The addition of wiki’s in my class will allow any teacher or student access technology information on using Microsoft office, Wiki’s, Blogs, and how to evaluate websites while doing research. This will save teachers and students time because they will not have to exert themselves in doing additional research when they want to implement technology into their class. In the next few months all teachers and students have to pass a state wide technology test, I feel my wiki would be an excellent tool to prepare students and teacher to pass this test. On my wiki I can post practice tests, study guides, and info on the test. After students and teachers take the test they can add needed information to my wiki for future students and teachers who must prepare for this technology assessment. I feel after testing the uncharted waters of using Wiki’s at my school. I feel my efforts may be a commencement of other teachers starting to use similar methods. However, as the current technology teacher I feel I have to jump in the water first before other teachers follow. **Evidence my technology plan will work**. “Think of an open wiki space as a home that leaves its front door unlocked but doesn’t get robbed because the neighbors are all out on their front steps gossiping, keeping a friendly eye on the street, and never missing a thing.” Brian Lamb 1.)  http://stanford.wikia.com/wiki/Stanford_University_Wiki Stanford University, one of the most prominent universities in the United States has an informational wiki about anything you could want to know about their college. The link above will take you to their Wiki.   2.)   http://wikidave.wikispaces.com This wiki was used in a graduate level course on Wiki’s, blogs, and podcasts. It has inspired me to believe in the benefits collective learning can bring to an educational institution. Within this wiki you are able to view assignments from previous students who have taken this class which has helped me while producing this plan of wiki implementation. 3.)  http://mrlindsay.pbwiki.com/ Here is a six grade class wiki. This wiki is used as a communication tool for parents and students. At the bottom of his wiki he has several main pages students and school faculty can use such as: student work, classroom journal, teacher tech tips, and a help room with math tutorials. Several students have posted homework assignments on this website in the last hour.  **Wiki Road** **Blocks**  The main roadblock is the website filtering system used by the East Greenwich School Department. Will I be able to access my wiki’s page? Currently, I cannot access edc921blogspot.com. Access is denied to this web site. Will access be denied to my wiki’s page while students are in school?   How do we overcome this issue?  I feel effective communication to the principle about the positives of collective learning will be the first step in overcoming this problem. Once I have the principles support which I am confident I will. I feel I will be able to make sure that the districts tech support will allow me to access this page. ** Potential Wiki software ** 1.) Wikispaces.com – This is free software that I already have experience with after taking an online course. It is easy to access and east to use.   2.)  http://pbwiki.com/ - This is another free wiki software site. This site is built for educational wikis. It is quick and easy to use. I have viewed several educational wikis that have used this software. I feel with technology exploding with new innovations on a day to day basis I feel wiki’s is something that will become more and more popular as time goes on. However, at my school I feel I need to be a wikis disciple. I will start very basic with my wiki and hopefully add and innovate as time goes on. I want to spread the positive educational outcome of using wikis to other teachers and administrators in my school. In two years we are opening a brand new state of the art middle school. As that opens people will need information on the school because it will be brand new. I feel if I can advocate wikis and its educational benefits proficiently than a school community wiki would be a perfect fit as we open the doors to a new school
 * Mr. Records class blog will be used in the following ways over an eight week period **.
 * Introductory blogging lesson # 1/5 **
 * Objectives **
 * Pre Activities to lesson # 1 **
 * Introduction to Blogging (Lesson # 1) **
 * - ** (25 minutes)
 * The Daily Blogging Assignment # 2 questions will be: **
 * Teaching Adaptations and Modifications **.
 * Assessment **
 * Lesson # 1 **
 * A.) Participation - ** 15% of student’s total grade at end of quarter.
 * Class procedures and expectations and expectations are as follows. **
 * B.) Daily Assignments ** = 25% of students total grade at end of quarter.
 * Online text / Notes on course content.
 * Daily assignment directions and information
 * Examples of student work so future students have something they can refer to, allowing them to have a better understanding of what is expected on a particular assignment.
 * Students can post finished assignments on our Wiki’s page rather than having to print every assignment. I feel this will save paper and allow me to be more organized because I will have less stacks of paper on my desk.
 * Student contribution and reflection to produce online text / notes.
 * Preparation for teachers and students on the upcoming state technology assessment.
 * How will this plan fill a need at my school? **
 * -Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not **
 * Brian Lamb is a project coordinator with the Office of Learning Technology at The University of British Columbia, **
 * Long Term Use of Wiki’s **