Final Project

      For this assignment, you will design a project that will demonstrate the use of technology in an educational setting.

      Your project will include at least five different types of technology in some way to support your project. These activities should build upon one another to support a single idea or topic. If appropriate, you may wish to include other media that do not use technology but are important to the overall project.

      Here are some ideas of ways that technology could be incorporated in educational teaching units.

• students use drawing programs to create posters, brochures, etc.
• students create graphic organizers to understand a concept
• you introduce or summarize a topic with a computer-generated graphic organizer
• you use Powerpoint to organize and present a lesson
• you use technology to bring multi-sensory information into the unit (sounds, visuals, etc.)
• you use a video to illustrate a concept
• students use digital cameras to capture relevant images
• students create movies about the content
• students take video or digital images of their own work and analyze them
• students learn by mapping something
• students analyze data using spreadsheet software
• students create graphs and charts to analyze and present date
• students conduct research online
• students evaluate resources found online
• students learn by using interactive web resources (educational games)
• students communicate online via email, blogs, online discussions
• you bring in primary sources found online (such as the Declaration of Independence, etc.)
• students give presentations using Powerpoint, video, digital images, etc.
• students input information into a databases that supports your unit
• students search or query a database to find information that supports the unit
• you create a website that supports your unit
• students create a website to present their findings

      This list contains only suggestions and ideas and is not intended to be complete or exhaustive. Use it to get your thinking started.

      The table below shows the elements you should be including in your work.

Grade Level
Content Area
Title of Unit
Learning Goal	What will students learn as a result of this unit? This should be your overall content learning goal (not your technology learning goal)
Technology Standards	What NETS-S standards are addressed by this unit?
Technologies Integrated	List the technologies used in this unit.
Resources	To the extent possible, list websites, videos, etc. that will be used in this unit.
Unit Outline	Create an outline for your unit that briefly describes each activity, including how technology will be integrated. For each activity, identify approximately how much time will be allotted. Note: It is not necessary that you use technology to support each activity, but technology must be integrated into the unit as a whole. At least 5 activities must incorporate technology.

This week there is a reading of a chapter that talks about integrating technology into your lessons using the NETS-S technology standards, and will be helpful as you plan your unit of instruction. This chapter is fairly long—use the parts that you find helpful, but pay particular attention to pages 44–48.

Samples: One; Two

Due at the beginning of class during the week of June 8.