Standard 2: Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS-S. Teachers:
a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity
b. Develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress
c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
d. Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching
National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers, Second Edition Copyright 2008, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), www.iste.org. All rights reserved.
Winter Count Screencast and Assignment
This webpage is a part of a four lesson learning environment on variables in science. The web tutorial I created for this page walks students through the process of designing their own controlled experiment. After watching the video students can choose from three different experiment situations in order to form a guiding question and design their own controlled experiment. This assignment allows students to pursue their own curiosities in order to engage in the scientific process and gain a richer understanding of variables.
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Designing a Controlled Experiment- Web Tutorial and Assignment
Native American Groups Online Course
This is a six week mini course I created using Moodle. The social studies course covers different Native American regions and their culture. Throughout the course students are engaged in an interactive learning environment that uses videos, online discussions, group presentations, and assignments that are customized for each student through multiple options that students can choose from to demonstrate their learning.
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Sun-Earth-Moon System Online Course
This mini course on the Sun-Earth-Moon System was created using Moodle. Students’ learning is assessed in varied ways throughout the course. Students begin and end the course with a multiple choice test created using Google Forums. Assignments and group discussions are also used for formative assessment during each week of the five week course. Another way students are assessed is by lessons created using Moodle. The lessons check for understanding by asking a multiple choice, true or false, or a short answer question intermittently.
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In this screencast, students learn how the Sioux recorded their history using a Winter Count. Instead of students reading about Winter Counts, they watch the "Recording Sioux History" presentation that connects text to concrete examples allowing multiple learning styles to engage in the learning process. After watching the video, students are assigned to create their own Winter Count using their creativity to design symbols with meaning to their own lives.