I.
Who is the audience?
A.
High school academic chemistry students in grades 10-12
II.
What do they need to learn?
A. Write the instructional
goals
1.
To design a series of online activities that students can
independently complete at home to build the fundamental knowledge and skills
necessary to conduct, identify, predict products of, and write proper equations
for chemical reactions of varying types so that class time can be dedicated to
hands on laboratory exercises.
B. For each instructional
goal, write the instructional objectives
1.
Make online activities easy to navigate
2.
Reduce the number of links to external sources of information to
reduce distraction for students
3.
Incorporate video, text, and interactive simulations into the
activities to meet diverse learning styles
4.
Make the platform for the online activities visually appealing and
interesting to promote student engagement and motivation
III.
Create a concept map based on preliminary research
A. Products of a series of
brainstorming sessions, and are the starting points for the flow charts
providing clear directions for the production of the product
IV.
What are the delivery options?
A. iTunes U, Edmodo, Google
Sites, etc.
1.
Google sites can be utilized for individual activity webpages, and
a link to the unit homepage will be on our class webpage.
V.
What constraints exist?
A. Some students may have limited
internet access or computer resources at home.
B. It may be a challenge motivating
students to complete activities at home
C. Time constraints due to
busy student schedules may present a problem
VI.
What will the students do to determine competency?
A. Accuracy in completing
assignments, worksheets, quizzes, etc.
1.
Students will be required to complete short assignments at home and
submit them online via the class webpage.
2.
Weekly quizzes will be given in class assessing their knowledge of
fundamental concepts learned in online activities.
3.
A summative assessment will be given at the end of the unit in the
form of a traditional test.
4.
Lab reports for in class exercises will be required to assess
students’ abilities to apply fundamental knowledge of chemical reactions in a
lab setting.
VII.
What is the timeline for project completion?
A. Including management,
assigning tasks, flowcharting, storyboarding, design, etc.
1.
Research and resource location (1 week)
2.
Design and Development of activities and encompassing webpages (3
weeks)
3.
Classroom implementation (4 weeks)
4.
Summative assessment and student feedback (1week)
VIII.
What are the classroom/Web learning differences?
A. Ensuring all students do
their own work, teaching of the Web concepts, computer literacy, etc.
1.
It will be difficult to ensure that all students are completing
their own work considering I will not be there to monitor their at home
progress. Parent involvement will be
necessary.
2.
Students may need some web navigation guidance before beginning the
unit to ensure that tasks can be completed independently from home
IX.
What are the pedagogical considerations?
A. Verbal, visual, tactile,
auditory, etc.
1.
Students’ prior knowledge must include naming chemical compounds,
writing chemical formulas, ionic bonding, and general lab equipment and safety.
2.
Information will need to be represented by multiple means to meet
diverse learning styles.
3.
Formative assessment will be necessary via online quizzes and/or
classroom quizzes and discussions to ensure that students are not falling
behind.
well done Scott. I really like the overall design of the project. You put in place checks to see if students are getting the material while most of the assignment will be carried out outside of the classroom. You concept map does a good of laying out the progression of the project in a easy to understand format. Impressed.
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea for your project. I think that it is great that you are making it technology heavy and that the students will be required to work on it at home. Have you had your students do things at home online before? If so, was it successful?
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