CURR 316 (Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum) is a one-credit course module that introduces pre-service teachers to the dimensions of educational technology for teaching and learning. It enables candidates to draw upon their field-based experiences in their co-requisite courses.
Interactivity #4 required you to "play" with Web 2.0 tools to create an introductory unit plan "canvas" through the PLAYground. Additional challenges were to align your web content with the Common Core Curriculum standards, and to strategically select and place image, text, video, hyperlinks, etc. on a single canvas to introduce to a curriculum unit. Most of you successfully completed this task; the average score was 8.3 out of 10 points.To view your score and point breakdown, [click here] The most common reasons for losing points on this assignment include the following:
Posting less than three comments, as outlined in Step 7
Exceeding the 300 word count limit in the companion blog post
Providing less than 3 images in the gallery
Outside sources are not hyperlinked or, conversely, are just links rather than descriptive titles
Unclear or grade inappropriate presentation of Common Core standards
Canvas lacks organization or conveys confusion or incoherence of web resources
No thumbnail to signify the canvas within the larger network/collection
If you scored lower than an 8 (B-minus), please make sure you understand your errors prior to submitting Interactivity #5. As always, you can contact Michelle or me with specific questions.
