Project One
Lesson Plan
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Educational
Technology Dr.
Larry Froehlich ITEC 19525 |
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Scenario Your school has recently received a
grant to participate in a program designed to share online lesson plans
between teachers at different schools. As a part of this program, you have
volunteered to place one of your favorite lesson plans on the World Wide Web.
Your lesson plan includes a pathfinder—a page of related links that
you have previewed to ensure that they are on-topic and otherwise
appropriate. The pathfinder will contain at least 10 related links with
kid-friendly descriptions. The content of the lesson can be anything you
choose but aligned with the ODE Academic Content Standards. Keep in mind that
the lesson should be comprehensive and represent what you think are excellent
teaching practices. The lesson plan you create will be posted to your web
site on the College of Education Portfolio server. Objectives: After this lesson you will be able to: ·
Create and save simple web pages created with
Microsoft Word ·
Import graphics ·
Use a table effectively in the document/page ·
Customize the table layout ·
Insert hyperlinks ·
Use the STOPEM format for your lesson plan ·
Post files to your web site using FTP ·
Locate appropriate Internet resources in support
of this lesson |
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Here are
some samples of completed projects: |
http://portfolio.educ.kent.edu/brannonj/lesson.htm http://portfolio.educ.kent.edu/bowserc/lesson.htm http://portfolio.educ.kent.edu/ensmansj/lesson.htm http://portfolio.educ.kent.edu/muddles/lesson.htm http://portfolio.educ.kent.edu/skidmoreh/lesson.htm http://portfolio.educ.kent.edu/shoffc/lesson.htm |
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STOP EM+
lesson plan template: Title and
Introduction:
Provide a simple but interesting title and a short introduction. Subject: General subject area. Topic: What specific topic or
title are you addressing? Objectives: Aims of the lesson
stated in terms of student behaviors. What will the students know or be
able to do after the lesson? (Use the ODE Academic Content Standards) Procedures: What will the teacher
do? What will the students do during the lesson? Evaluation: How will you know if
your students have met your objectives? You must make a rubric as part
of your evaluation. Please visit the Rubistar
web site. Materials: A list of materials needed
during the class to execute the lesson, such as books, paper, supplies, and
visual aids. |
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Many
parents and teachers alike are concerned that the material children might
encounter through unsupervised web surfing might be inappropriate. Moreover,
simply locating the appropriate resources can consume vital classroom time. A
pathfinder focuses children on a few specific and valuable sites and promotes
active learning through appropriate questioning or exploration activities.
Strategies for promoting active learning include posing summary questions and
directing specific activities. For example, you might ask, "According to
xyz.com, how can continental drift explain geologic formations?" You
might direct students to specific information such as, "Summarize the
contributions of African motifs on the art of the cubists." |
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Procedures Getting Started 1.
Acquire
a web account on the portfolio.educ.kent.edu server and a jump drive to save
your course files. Registering according to the directions will
allow your account to be activated and your files to be created. 2.
Your
web account will consist of your last name followed by your first initial.
For example, Jennifer Student's account would be: studentj
3.
Your
password is the password you entered when you registered your portfolio
account at www.folioweb.org. 4.
Make
sure that you have correctly installed the Microsoft Office package on
your personal computer. 5.
You
should save your files in your "Portfolio" folder on your Jump
Drive, not in "My Documents". 6.
Creating the Portfolio folder on the USB drive: 1.
Open
your JumpDrive so that you have a window showing
its contents. Usually, the easiest way to access the JumpDrive
is to double-click on My Computer. 2.
Go
to File > New > Folder. A new folder will appear with the name
"New Folder" highlighted. 3.
Rename
"New Folder" by typing "Portfolio" while the name is
still highlighted. 4.
Drag
any file or folder (e.g., lesson.htm, lesson_files,
pathfinder.htm, pathfinder_files)
that belongs in your portfolio to the new Portfolio folder. 7.
Launch
Word from the Start menu. 8.
If
you prefer a horizontal page orientation, or wish to change the size of your
page, go to file..."page setup"...choose "Landscape" then
click "ok." Click on the "paper" tab if you wish to
change the page dimensions. 9.
Type
a title and your lesson introduction. For this example, we will pretend that
we are developing a 3rd grade science lesson on insects. So, our title is
going to be "Going Buggy!" Inserting
a Table 1.
To
enhance the formatting of your web page, we'll add a two-column table. The
left hand column will contain the headers and the right hand column will
contain the text descriptions. 2.
Enter
2 for the number of columns and 6 for the number of rows: Your
document will have an empty table. To format the table, move your cursor over
the table. Note the small 4-headed arrow in the box in the upper left. Click
on the box to select the whole table. The table will turn black to let you
know it's selected and ready to format. Turn off the borders by selecting Format
> Borders and Shading... 3.
the "None" button to turn of
the borders. The dark lines turn gray to show the table borders. These
guidelines will not show when you save the document for the web. Experiment
with the other options in this panel. 4.
Move
your cursor to the vertical line that divides the two columns. Note that the
cursor turns into two-headed arrow. You can change the width of the columns
by clicking-and-dragging the line to any position. Here, the left column has
been narrowed. 5.
Fill-in
the cells of the table with your STOP EM plan information. Highlight your
text and use the formatting toolbar to change the size, color, and font
family of your text. 6.
You
may also merge cells, or have visible, custom borders and shading. Left click
and drag from one cell across a row, or down a column. Go to Table >
Merge Cells. Single click inside selected area to see change. 7.
If
you would like to make changes to the borders or shading, on the file menu go
to Format > Borders and Shading 8.
For
"Apply to" make sure you choose "Cell" to change specific
cells...otherwise "Table" makes the change to the entire table.
After choosing "Cell"...choose the style, color, and width
...finally click on the corresponding line beneath "Preview." You
may use more than one style, color, or width...just click again on the
corresponding line after making your choices. When the preview picture looks
as planned, click "ok." 9.
For
shading be sure to click in an individual cell, or select a range of cells...
On the file menu go to Format > Borders and Shading ...choose the
"shading" tab. Be sure that "Apply
to" shows "Cell" instead of table. Either click on one of the
visible colors, or go to "More Colors" for additional shades. Click
"ok." Repeat this procedure for each additional cell shades you
wish to apply. 10.
Many
adjustments, such as table alignment, can be applied to the table by clicking
inside the table then going to "Table"..."Table
Properties." 11.
Other
table options such as "cell alignment" and "text
direction" either right click in a cell (or selected range of cells), or
after selecting cells, go to the "Tables and Borders" toolbar for
many options (if toolbar is not visible...on file menu, go to "view"..."toolbars"..."Tables
and Borders." ******************************************************************************************* Inserting Word Art/Auto shapes 1.
Word
Art, auto shapes, and lines have similar characteristics in Word...in that
they are represented as graphics. Once inserting any of them, you can right
click on the object and adjust its properties. You can access the features
under "Insert" or on the "Drawing Toolbar." 2.
You
will see the following selection. Each will provide the opportunity for
further customization in the further steps. Choose one...click
"ok." In the next step choose the font, size, and style then type
the word or words you would like to display. Click "ok." If you
need to edit the text itself...double left click on
the newly created Word Art image. 3.
Right
click on the new Word Art image (or go to format on the file menu) then
choose "Word Art" You will see the following image ...experiment
with the fill and line colors, layout...and be sure to check the
"web" tab for the "alternative text." Inserting
Clip Art 1.
Move
your cursor to the location where you want your clip art to appear. 2.
Choose
Insert > Picture > Clip Art... to launch the Clip Art browser. 3.
Depending
on the version of Word you are using, you will see a different version of the
clip art browser. The browser appears
as a search engine on the right side of the screen. Enter a search word or
phrase. Here, we'll search for "insects:" 4.
Depending
on how much of the clip art collection installed, you will see a variety of
images. If not, change your search and/or change the "Search In:"
options to search again. 5.
Scroll
through the images until you locate one that you want to use. Click on the
image and it will appear at your cursor location. 6.
Click
on the clip art and note the small black squares that appear on the sides and
in the corners. These are called "handles." Click and drag the
handles to resize the image. Hold down the Shift key to constrain the image
(keep its proportions). 7.
If
the clip art seems to float above the table...try changing the picture
properties by right clicking on image and going to "picture
properties" (or image properties)...changing the "layout" to
"in-line with text", then dragging the picture into any particular
cell. You may also put a border around a clip art image or picture...right
click on image...go to "format image" (or sometimes "format
drawing canvas)... click on "colors and lines"....choose a line
color, style, and size. Inserting
Hyperlinks 1.
Surf
the Internet for a website you wish to link to. In this example, we're going
to create a link to http://www.insects.org.
2.
Place
your cursor where you want the hyperlink located. 3.
Type
the phrase that will be the hyperlink. This phrase will appear underlined in
your page. For this example, we'll use "Insects on the Web" as the
target phrase. 4.
Highlight
the phrase. 5.
Choose
Insert > Hyperlink 6.
Note
the text that you highlighted in the document is contained in the "Text
to display:" box. Click on the "Browsed Pages" button to
display the pages you have recently visited. Then, click on the page you want
to link to and notice that the address now appears in the
"Address:" box. Click <OK>. 7.
Add
a hyperlink to your pathfinder page by choosing a text phrase for your
hyperlink and choosing Insert > Hyperlink. 8.
Type
"pathfinder.htm" in the address box. Click <OK>.
Saving
Your Work 1.
Choose
File > Save as... name the file lesson and save it as Web
Page, which will make it an htm file. You
can continue to make changes to your lesson. Be sure to use the STOP'EM found
under the Concepts section above. 2.
When
you are finished with your lesson plan, save your file again. You do not need
to Save as, since it already has been
saved. 3.
Note
that you should have two new items on your disk: lesson.htm and a
folder called lesson_files. The lesson_files folder contains the graphics you inserted
into your lesson. Anytime you save a file with graphics, you will get a
_files folder. Building
the Pathfinder: 1.
Use
a search engine like Google
or "Yahoo for Kids" to locate at least 10
appropriate sites that support your lesson plan. 2.
Launch
Word and make a table, 2 columns and 10
rows. 3.
Enter
a description of the website and and the URL for at
least 10 appropriate websites. 4.
Enter
link phrases that are appropriate to your audience and grade-level. They
should be kid-friendly, with simple phrases and NOT CONTAIN ACTUAL
HYPERLINKS. In other words, links like, "NASA Pictures" are much
preferred to http://www.nasa.gov/planets/images/.... 5.
After
you have created at least 10 hyperlinks, add clip art or images. Try to match
the look of your lesson plan. Remember to use tables. 6.
Save
your pathfinder as pathfinder.htm and post (publish the new page to
your portfolio web directory). Since you added images to the pathfinder, you
will also have a pathfinder_files folder as
well.
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Your
new lesson plan address will be: http://portfolio.educ.kent.edu/username/lesson.htm Assessment Guidelines: Your
lesson plan (20 points) must:
Your
pathfinder must:
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