ULC – Intro to using technology with students August 10, 2009

Leecy Wise

Guide

http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/docs/education/abe_pds/teachers/ed_interview.pdf _ Huge document covering many aspects of intake and planning (Interview: p.19; Planning: pp: 120-130!)

Contracts

http://carbon.cudenver.edu/pslab/workshops_test/learning_contracts/Default.htm

http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals-study-learner-contracts-1.htm

https://www.wpi.edu/Academics/ATC/Collaboratory/Idea/learningcontracts.pdf - Model - Needs to be adapted

http://www.trainingnews.co.uk/learningcontract-2.html

http://www-distance.syr.edu/contract1.html - Blank Form

A Sample of General Activity Sites

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/integ_tech_lessons.htm

http://www.khake.com/  -> Math at Work-> Career and Consumer Math - Intro to an algebraic problem (Repeat with Adult Workforce and Academics)

http://www.manythings.org /

http://dragonwritingprompts.blogsome.com/  - Writing Prompts 

Webquests

http://www.eslgo.com/classes/mi/index2.htm   -Multiple Intelligences

http://www.webquest.org/  - Mother site

http://www.caledonia.k12.mi.us/k12resource/webquest2004/waterunit/watercyclegood.html#Process  - Water Cycle

         Google Search Webquests (water cycle, car engine)

Games

http://www.freerice.com/  - Vocabulary

http://www.aplusmath.com/games/

Rubrics

http://rubistar.4teachers.org – Rubrics Mama! Create your own using a template.

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ - Links to several rubrics generators.

http://www.coloradoadulted.org/ -> Webquests by CO adult teachers. -> http://www.coloradoadulted.org/Webquests/CarQuest/carwebquest.htm  (Car Quest – Go to rubrics)

Recommendations for Activity Items 

Have a project or an outcome that you students can evaluate through rubrics.

Have students go online to play a related game, change a document, complete a project, gain information – OR – have students create a project in MS Office 2007.

Have students participate in a blog.

Sample Learning Contract Form

Learner: ______________________   Topic:  ___________

Instructor: _____________ Contract Grade: _____