Assignment 6 - Distance Education

Assignment 6 - Distance Education
Jenny Ferguson
fergie13@vt.edu
7/26/2011

6-2. You have been asked by your school administration to design a distance learning course for a subject that you are teaching. You will be working with another teacher from a nearby county to design a lesson for students in both of your classes. Applying what you have learned in this chapter, create a lesson plan for this distance learning course, keeping in mind the requirements of students in both locations. Use the ASSURE model as a guide.

We will be designing a course for 6^th grade Science on Astronomy. Students will be discovering information on the 8 planets and our solar system in general. We will involve both classes using the tools Skype and Weebly blogs..

LESSON TITLE: Soaring into Space

Analyze Learners:

General Characteristics: 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade general Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom. Learners in neither classroom have completed a distance learning course before.

Entry Competencies: Students must know that there are 8 planets (Pluto is no longer a planet). Students will need to be familiar with Skype and Weebly blogging.

Learning Styles: There are 9 visual learners, 11 tactile/kinesthetic learners, and 2 audio learners in Mrs. Ferguson’s class. There are 11 visual learners, 5 tactile/kinesthetic learners, and 4 audio learners in Mrs. Smith’s class.

State Standards and Objectives:

VA Standards of Learning

Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems

6.8 The student will investigate and understand the organization of the solar system and the relationships among the various bodies that comprise it. Key concepts include

a) the sun, moon, Earth, other planets and their moons, meteors, asteroids, and comets.

Objective 1.0 – The learner will be able to (LWBAT) explain the sun’s role in our solar system.

Audience – 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom.

Behavior – LWBAT explain the sun’s role in our solar system.

Conditions – Within two 90-minutes class periods.

Degree – Within two 90-minutes class periods, 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom will be able to explain the sun’s role in our solar system.

Domain – Cognitive/Intellectual

Objective 2.0 – The learner will be able to (LWBAT) explain the moon’s role in our solar system.

Audience – 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom.

Behavior – LWBAT explain the moon’s role in our solar system.

Conditions – Within two 90-minutes class periods.

Degree – Within two 90-minutes class periods, 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom will be able to explain the moon’s role in our solar system.

Domain – Cognitive/Intellectual

Objective 3.0 – The learner will be able to (LWBAT) explain the Earth’s role in our solar system.

Audience – 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom.

Behavior – LWBAT explain the Earth’s role in our solar system.

Conditions – Within two 90-minutes class periods.

Degree – Within two 90-minutes class periods, 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom will be able to explain the Earth’s role in our solar system.

Domain – Cognitive/Intellectual

Objective 4.0 – The learner will be able to (LWBAT) recite the 8 planets in order from the sun.

Audience – 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom.

Behavior – LWBAT recite the 8 planets in order from the sun.

Conditions – Within two 90-minutes class periods.

Degree – Within two 90-minutes class periods, 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom will be able to recite the 8 planets in order from the sun.

Domain – Cognitive/Intellectual

Objective 5.0 – The learner will be able to (LWBAT) list the number of moons for each planet.

Audience – 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom.

Behavior – LWBAT list the number of moons for each planet.

Conditions – Within two 90-minutes class periods.

Degree – Within two 90-minutes class periods, 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom will be able to list the number of moons for each planet.

Domain – Cognitive/Intellectual

Objective 6.0 – The learner will be able to (LWBAT) define meteor.

Audience – 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom.

Behavior – LWBAT define meteor.

Conditions – Within two 90-minutes class periods.

Degree – Within two 90-minutes class periods, 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom will be able to define meteor.

Domain – Cognitive/Intellectual

Objective 7.0 – The learner will be able to (LWBAT) define asteroid.

Audience – 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom.

Behavior – LWBAT define asteroid.

Conditions – Within two 90-minutes class periods.

Degree – Within two 90-minutes class periods, 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom will be able to define asteroid.

Domain – Cognitive/Intellectual

Objective 8.0 – The learner will be able to (LWBAT) define comet.

Audience – 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom.

Behavior – LWBAT define comet.

Conditions – Within two 90-minutes class periods.

Degree – Within two 90-minutes class periods, 6^th grade general Science students at William Byrd Middle School in Mrs. Ferguson’s classroom and 6^th grade genial Science students at Ferris Middle School in Mrs. Smith’s classroom will be able to define comet.

Domain – Cognitive/Intellectual

Select Strategies, Technology, Media, and Materials:

Strategy: Students will be paired up with one person in their class. Then, each pair will be grouped with another pair from Mrs. Smith’s class. There will be a total of 4 people in each group. Each group member will be assigned two objectives to learn very well. Once those objectives are learned individually, each group member will teach the rest of the group what they learned via Skype and through a blog the group will keep.

Media/Technology: Website resources, and online games. Also, Skype will be used for communicating between classes and Weebly blogs will be used to share information through the process.

Materials: Textbooks, classroom workbooks, in-class notes (these will be identical for both classes).

Utilize Technology, Media, and Materials:

Preview: All technology will be previewed by both teachers to make sure everything is working properly.

Prepare technology, media, materials: All materials, technology, and media will be previewed and prepared for student use ahead of time.

Prepare the environment: Classrooms will be set up so that technology is easily accessible and pairs are able to work together.

Prepare the learners: Learners will be prepared by having previous Skype experiences, as well as year long blogging to familiarize them with Weebly and its functions.

Provide the learning experience: Each student will be provided the best learning experience possible with many different learner-centered activities. The teacher will also be engaged with teacher-centered activities while directing the students.

Require Learner Participation:

All students will be actively engaged at all times with different activities they will be completing. Once one activity is complete, they will check in with their partner and the teacher to ensure completion. They will be using technology to learn new skills and to revisit learned skills. They will be using online resources to find information, such as http://kids.nineplanets.org. They will then share their findings and present with the other class via Skype and Weebly blogs.

Evaluate and Revise:

Pre-assessment and Practice: These will be graded using the blog information that is posted by students. They will have guidelines for information that must be presented.

Post-assessment: This will be the presentation by all group members to both classes via Skype. The information presented will be graded using a rubric.