Instructions
for Participants
For the next two
hours you will participate in a project-based learning activity using
information technology. The
purpose of this activity is to help you understand the power of
technology when it is used effectively in aiding students in real-life
problem-solving situations. We
have designed this activity to model one way technology might be used
in a high-quality technology-using classroom.
For this
activity, everyone at your table is one group.
The envelope on your table includes materials you will need.
If you need assistance, ask for help from others in your group.
If no one can help, place your red cup on top of your blue cup
and someone will be with you as soon as possible.
Use the table below to guide and pace your activities.
| Time |
Activity
|
| 8:00-8:20
|
Introduce
and Pair Up
- Introduce yourselves to others
in your three-table group.
- By individual tables, divide
into three pairs.
|
| 8:20-8:40
|
Read
Scenario and Assign Roles
- In pairs, use the research
computer and open Internet Explorer.
Start/Programs/Internet Explorer.
- Internet
Explorer will open with PATL as the home page.
- Click on Curriculum &
Assignments.
- Scroll down the page to the
Day 1 schedule.
- Click on the title of your
assigned PBL activity.
- Read the project scenario.
- Consult with the whole group.
Decide which pair will assume which role.
- Click on your role.
|
| 8:40-9:30
|
Research
and Record
- Read about your role; review
your questions.
- Visit the resource page for
your PBL activity; access resources and conduct research
related to your questions.
- Use the recording computer to
record what you learn.
- A template for information
gathering is located in the PATL Materials folder in the My
Documents folder on your computer.
- Select either the Word template.
- Instructions for using the
template is located in the participant notebook. In the
envelope on the table is an example of how information will look
when recorded.
- If you complete your research,
identify and conduct research on another role-related
question of your choosing.
|
| 9:30-9:55
|
Synthesize
- Reconvene your whole group;
read both sides of the Decision Card (from envelope).
- Have each pair share their
questions and research findings.
- Decide which side of the
Decision Card to complete.
- Identify a recorder; complete
the appropriate side of the Decision Card with help from all
members of the group.
|
| 9:55-10:00
|
Clean
Up
- Save your Word
file in your My Documents folder.
Exit Word.
- Return completed Decision Card
to envelope.
|
Projects
Select the project that you
have been assigned.
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