Technology Skills That You Can Use

Technology SkillsThat You Can Use

Prepared by Karla M. Jones, M.Ed.School Librarian

21st Century Technology Skills To prepare for post-secondary education or the marketplace, you will

complete the following three technology projects:

Express Yourself Create an ePortfolio

Authoritative or Bogus? Evaluate Websites

Picture This Take Digital Images to create Power Point Presentation

Express Yourself To prepare for post-graduation, i.e., attending college, trade

school, enlisting in the service, or entering the workforce, you will create an ePortfolio showcasing your accomplishments by doing the following:

Review Miss Jones’ ePortfolio http://www.wikispaces.com/user/my/KarlaJones

Sign up for a Wikispace http://www.wikispaces.com/

Learn and practice what the tools can do, i.e, upload word document or photograph or provide link to the internet

Express Yourself continued

Upload five items. Possible options include:

Transcript

Resume

Awards

Photographs of events

Graduation Project

Express Yourself continued

Complete worksheet stating the rationale for each selection

Rubric Evaluation

Questions and Answers What say you?

Authoritative or Bogus? You Review and Decide To further develop your research skills and learn how to evaluate

websites for authenticity you will:

Read the article: “Evaluating Internet Research Sources” located on Robert Harris’ .:VirtualSalt website http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm

Review for proficient understanding:

The CARS Checklist Summary The CAFÉ Advice

View the video: "Think Out Loud"

Authoritative or Bogus? You Review and Decide continued

Use CARS and CAFÉ criteria : Determine if the assigned websites are

authoritative or bogus

Complete Website Evaluation Worksheet for each website

Complete Quiz

Discuss outcome of each site as a class

Rubric Evaluation

The CARS ChecklistSummary Credibility

Goal: “an authoritative source, a source that supplies some good evidence that allows you to trust it.”

Accuracy Goal: “a source that is correct today (not yesterday), a source that

gives the whole truth.”

Reasonableness Goal: “a source that engages the subject thoughtfully and

reasonably, concerned with the truth.”

Support Goal: “a source that provides convincing evidence for the claims made, a

source you can triangulate (find at least two other sources that support it)”

The CAFE AdviceSome Last Thoughts

Challenge “Challenge information and demand accountability.”

Adapt “Adapt your skepticism and requirements for quality to fit the

importance of the information and what is being claimed.”

File “File new information in your mind rather than immediately

believing or disbelieving it.”

Evaluate “Evaluate and re-evaluate regularly.”

“Think Out Loud” View Video

Think Out Loud"

Consider The CARS Checklist

Consider The CAFÉ Advice

Ask yourself the following questions

What characteristics from The CARS or CAFÉ lists do you see included in this website?

What additional information would you need to determine if it is authoritative or bogus?

Questions and Answers What say you?

Picture This To reinforce our School Wide Behavior Program (SWBP),

“Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe, and Be Caring,” you will complete the following:

Complete worksheet “Photographing the Be”

Read ”How to Make Great Photographs”http://kenrockwell.com/tech/howto.htm

Picture This continued

Take digital photographs of expected behaviors of your classmates

Use Paint program to crop photographs

Prepare Power Point Presentation for district administrators’ approval of photographs prior to their display

Picture This continued

Critique of Photographs Explain how approved photographs

demonstrate the behaviors of Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe, and Be Caring.

Rubric Evaluation

Be Respectful Sample Ideas

Student(s) looking at teacher presenting lesson

Student(s) looking at a referee calling a play during a sports game

Student(s) raising hand in classroom

Be Responsible Sample Ideas

Student(s) throwing away trash

Student(s) turning classwork in on time

Student(s) arriving to class on time

Be Safe Putting a seatbelt on prior to leaving

school

Using equipment in the Technology or Family and Consumer Science Departments properly

Be Caring Holding the door open for teacher or

fellow student

Helping another student with homework or special project

Questions and Answers What say you?

References Abilock, Debbie. (2011). Noodletools.com. Think Out Loud A Think

Aloud to Model Reading Online. Retrieved July 22, 2011, from http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/basic/readstrat/readingstrategies.viewlet/readingstrategies_viewlet_swf.html

Franker, Karen. (2011). A+Rubric. Wiki Rubric. Retrieved July 22, 2011, from http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/rubrics/wikirubric.html

Harris, Robert. (2010, November 22). Virtual Salt. Evaluating Internet Research Sources. Retrieved July 22, 2011, from http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm

Jones, Karla. (2011, July 22). Rubistar. Authoritative or Bogus You Review and Decide. Retrieved July 22, 2011, from http://rubistar.4teachers.org

References Jones, Karla. (2011). Wikispaces.com. Welcome to the e-Portfolio of Karla

M. Jones, M.Ed. Retrieved July 22, 2011, from http://www.wikispaces.com/user/my/KarlaJones

Rockwell, Ken (2008). How to Make Great Photographs or Everything You Really Needed to Learn About Photography That They Didn't Teach You at Brooks. Retrieved July 22, 2011, from http://kenrockwell.com/tech/howto.htm

Vandervelde, Joan. (2011). A+Rubric. EPortfolio (Digital Portfolio) Rubric. Retrieved July 22, 2011, from http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/rubrics/eportfoliorubric.html

Vandervelde, Joan. (2011). A+Rubric. PowerPoint Rubric. Retrieved July 22, 2011, from http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/rubrics/pptrubric.html