Week+04

toc = **Lab work for September 12, 2011:** =

UPDATE: Below are the two articles that were emailed to everyone. They can be accessed below. You are responsible for reading these two articles by next week. There will be a short answer quiz next week for both articles.



Students in both labs please do the following activities...

**OBJECTIVES for Lab:**
 * Complete a multiple intelligences and learning style inventory
 * Create a mind map about your unit
 * Write a paragraph on your wiki about your unit and create a word cloud
 * Embed your Wordle word cloud and Mind Map

3) Step 3: Create a Mind Map
See Unit Overview below before starting this project... = =

This week you will create a mind map on [|bubbl.us] about your interdisciplinary unit. This will be due by next class, Monday, September 19. media type="custom" key="12359748" media type="youtube" key="-sVbtAuh7dI" height="345" width="560" media type="youtube" key="6TP62aNlVu0" height="345" width="420"
 * Here is my example:
 * Watch Tutorials if Necessary
 * Tutorial
 * Its uses in education
 * Directions
 * Go to bubbl.us
 * Create an account
 * Click on the bubble
 * Start brainstorming your unit.
 * Include unit theme and explanation of lesson ideas
 * Include content areas for lessons using the criteria listed below
 * Include technology component for each lesson

4) Step 4: Write a Unit Overview

 * Write a paragraph (at least five sentences) about your unit. This includes:
 * The purpose of your unit. That means what you want the students to master/accomplish by the end of the unit
 * The four lesson ideas that your unit will have to lead the students to mastery/accomplishing the goals/purpose of your unit
 * Technology ideas that you can use to integrate in your unit (each lesson must have a technology tool that will be used to assist in teaching it)
 * The products (student work) that the students will be creating/making/doing to help them meet the purpose/goal(s) of your unit
 * The assessments that will be used to measure if your students met the purpose/goal(s) of the unit

5) Step 5: Create a Wordle
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 * Watch video to see its uses:
 * Go to wordle.net
 * Paste in your unit overview paragraph from your wiki page
 * Let it generate a word cloud
 * copy the Embed code
 * Embed it on your wiki page
 * **__REMEMBER:__** Embed both your Wordle Word Cloud & your Mind Map on your wiki portfolio page under Week 5. (To embed your mind map when your done click on "Sharing" and then "HTML Embed" to get the code. See picture below.



6) Exit Slip - Read and Respond:

 * Go to my blog posting [|here] and read the posting. Respond to it with the directions in the blog posting.

= Lecture for September 12, 2010: =

**OBJECTIVES for Lecture:**
 * Introduce Learning styles and Multiple Intelligences
 * Motivate students to critically analyze the teaching and learning process
 * Explain Understanding by Design (UbD) and the UbD Unit Planning Process

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 * == **Introduction/Prayer (5 min)** ==
 * == **Learning Styles/Multiple Intelligences Overview (15 min)** ==
 * Learning Styles**
 * Multiple Intelligences**
 * == **Understanding by Design (25 min)** ==

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 * UbD Process**
 * UbD in Unit Planning**
 * == Reflection/Wrap-up (5 min) ==