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Pedagogical Discussion for Module 3
You may have concerns about how you can effectively meet standards in a project-based, student-centered classroom where students construct much of their own knowledge rather than receive information and instruction only from the teacher. When moving to a student-centered classroom, students still need to do well on standardized tests and truly meet the learning objectives and standards. Other practical concerns that deal with accountability and time constraints must also be answered.

Post your thoughts to one or more of the following questions and any ideas you have to address these concerns.

a. How do I ensure that students meet standards--and meet enough of them to make the effort worthwhile--in open-ended activities and projects?

b. If students are in charge of their own learning, how will we be sure they learn what is important?

c. How do I ensure accountability when students are working in groups?

Step 1: Copy one of the questions from above. Step 2: Click on the Discussion tab above and paste the question in the Title box. Step 3: Add your thoughts and any ideas you have to address these concernes in the text window. Step 4: Click on the title of a classmate's post and add comments to their posting.
 * Here is how to Participate in the Discussion**

Activity 1: Targeting 21st Century Skills
How will you use the power of the Internet to engage your students? Far too often, students copy facts from the Internet, paste them into PowerPoint, and call that a project. In order to target 21st Century skills, teachers must find [|authentic] reasons for research, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving.

Question 1: Where in your unit would students be required to do research? How will you guide them through that research? Check out this tool and ask me about it later if you are interested.... http://www.intel.com/education/showingevidence Question 2: When could students' learning be enhanced by communicating with others? .....collaborating with others? Question 3: How can you ensure students are using problem-solving strategies?
 * Questions to Think About**

Activity 2: Modeling and Teaching Legal and Ethical Practice Related to Technology Use
1. Take the Copyright Quiz and __Don't Cheat!__ You might be surprised by what you DON'T know about Fair Use. 2. View the Copyright Chaos presentation. - Note the amount of text, images, audio, and video that can be used for educational purposes without writing for permission. - Consider how these limitations will affect your students' use of multimedia in their projects.
 * Step 1: Exploring Copyright--- //Module 3; Activity 2 folder on Resource CD-ROM//**

It is never too early to require students to give credit to the author of the resources they include in their projects. Intel has include several helpful documents to help you cite your sources as you create your student samples. 1. View Works Cited resources and examples 2. View the templates for creating a Works Cited document in MLA, APA, etc. 3. As you find Internet resources for you unit in Activity 3, add these to your Works Cited document and save in your Unit Portfolio.
 * Step 2: Citing Sources---****//Module 3; Activity 2 folder on Resource CD-ROM//**

Activity 3: Using the Internet for Research
In Module 4, you will be creating a student sample presentation, publication, wiki, or blog that models your expectations for what students should be able to do in your classroom. This student sample is the end product of deliberate research and higher-order thinking. The research must answer the Curriculum-Framing questions that you wrote in Module 2. In this activity you will locate appropriate Internet resources to create your student sample. You should bookmark the best of these Web resources and consider how you might make them available to your students.
 * Step 1: Locating Internet Resources**

1. Locate high-quality resources that answer the content questions for your unit. 2. Suggested Search Locations a. [|Educational_Sites.htm] b. [|Alabama Virtual Library] (Britannica Online School Edition) c. [|Thinkfinity] d. [|Alabama Public Television and UnitedStreaming]


 * Step 2: Socially Bookmarking Favorite Web Resources

Step 3: Evaluating Web Resources ** 1. Authority--how credible is the source? 2. Objectivityhow bias is the source? 3. Currency--how up-to-date is the source? 4. Accuracy-how right is the source?