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Kelly Nightengale on 06 Dec 10Great content. A Door in the Wall literary text supports organized learning network environments and is appropriate for the targeted audience of 6th graders. This unit integrated linkage design, UCG, community-community, participatory web, infoviz, and cc. The activities focus on network instructional strategies to enhance learning. The students are working together to understand the literary text and the elements of a plot. Web 2.0 tools utilized in this unit are blogging, Wordle, wiki discussions, and VoiceThread. They are integrated effectively and appropriately. These networked technologies will enhance learning by students "bouncing" ideas off one another. The rubric was great but only covered the content. Although content needs to be evaluated, so does the instructional strategies and technologies. Overall, great job Ashley!
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Ashley Romanoski on 09 Dec 10Do you think a survey of the students would be a good way to evaluate the strategies and technologies? I wasn't sure.
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Ashley Romanoski on 09 Dec 10Thanks for your feedback! :)
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Kelly Nightengale on 11 Dec 10Yes, I think a survey would be the easiest way- that is what I did. Evaluating the strategies and technologies is difficult and the survey assessment seems to be the easiest way to measure the effectivness of the strategies and technologies.
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Common Question I: Aligned Connectivism Principles Please discuss three most important strategies of ONLE/PLE in your unit, identify what aligned Connectivism principle(s) are, and discuss the assessments you integrate. Remember ONLE/PLE strategies are not your contents or "technologies," such as wiki, blog etc. It is the integrated soft technologies. If you don't remember Connectivism principles, please review our Lesson 1 readings. Hint: be sure to include four components of technology integrations: Content; Technology; Instructional Strategies; Assessment. This strategy should go beyond Constructivist instructional strategy and focus on ONLE/PLE/Connectivism design.
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Content: Questioning Literary Text Technology: Voice Thread Instructional Strategies: Learner-Learner, Learner-Instructor, Collaboration Assessment: Rubric This unit relies heavily on collaboration between students to build knowledge. It also requires students to be reflective about what they have been reading. Students must also create a visual representation of the new knowledge they have gained.
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Common Question II: UGC Instructional Designs Do you have instructional UGC design in your unit? If yes, why? If no, why not? If you do, be sure to include the discussions covering four components of integrations (technology, instructional strategy, and assessment). Be sure to use Connectivism theory to justify your arguments.
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This unit does include UGC design to allow for shared knowledge among different groups of students. Students will create a Voice Thread with their own questions and responses about the story. This activity allows for learner-learner interaction which will be assessed with a rubric. This can be saved and shared for future classes. The Wordles created could also be used to share knowledge with future classes. The wordle is learner-content interaction and will also be assessed with a rubric.
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ETC647 Fall 2010 Units
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I liked that you had your goals layed out the way you did on a separate page but yet you also refer to them within the activities. The different web 2.0 tools that you use for students to learn from are beneficial and effective. I think students will learn a lot from your unit, especially with wordle!
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Ashley Romanoski's Unit Door in the Wall Learning Unit http://romanoskidoorinthewall.wetpaint.com/ (Hyperlink on unit list sent me to a different site (nleintegration.wetpaint.com) but when I typed in web address on unit list I came to this site.) Content: The content provided in the unit on literacy is appropriate for the targeted audience of sixth grad students. NLE Strategies: The unit uses multiple NLE instructional strategies include Community-Community Interaction, UCG, Infoviz, and Participatory web. NLE Technologies: The unit used multiple web 2.0 tools including blogging, wiki, wordle, and voicethread. Evaluations: The unit has a rubric but I could not find any other evaluation tool for content but this could be easily accommodated for with adding a few additional assessments. Additional Comments: Very nice unit! I can see this unit used with the sixth grade students at my school with a few adjustments.