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Technology: Learning for the Future!

Project Description

Technology and information exchange are ever-growing, integral parts of our society. New technologies are developed every day. To operate in the world of tomorrow, we need to form basic technological understandings today. To prepare students to adapt to future innovations, it is imperative to familiarize them and put them at ease with current technology. So as the students have a valuable useful experience, they will create a research project of their choice that they will present to the class using a multi-media format.

This project will integrate various technologies into one final comprehensive presentation. This project will lead the students to incorporate research, sound, animation, graphics and pictures (from digital cameras to video clips) into one final PowerPoint presentation with summary handouts in appropriate, concise documents. Students will then save their presentations to CD. Using a variety of overhead LCD’s, white boards and projectors, students will then present the project to the class. A summary brochure of the project will be produced in Publisher and handed out as a supplement to the presentation. Presentation skills will also be practiced as to complete the experience.

Project Goals

Essential Question:

How does technology influence the future?

Specific Questions:

How do we adequately prepare students for a future with constant and every changing technology?
To be technologically literate, what skills need to be focused on?
What are the careers of the future?
What skills will be needed in future careers?
How has technology impacted how we live?

Illinois and CPS Learning Standards

State Goal #1	CAS Letter A CFS #3,7
State Goal #3	CAS Letter A CFS #1-3
State Goal #3	CAS Letter B CFS #2,5,6,8
State Goal #4	CAS Letter A CFS #3,4
State Goal #5	CAS Letter A CFS #3

For the specific CFS, click on the above link, or see Appendix A.

Unit Prerequisites

Basic Computer Knowledge

Performance Tasks

Today, we are an information society. Communication and the various methods of communication are becoming increasingly important. So as to familiarize you with technology and to prepare you appropriately for the future, you are going to create a multi-media presentation using a variety of technologies.

Research

Determine the subject/scope of your project
Research your project on the Internet and from other sources (library, DVD, CD’s etc…)
Collect data/information

Organize:

Analyze the information gathered
Decide what information to keep in the report
Organize the remaining information into a clear layout

Produce:

Underlining Productions:

Write a summary of what your presentation will entail
Generate an outline for the final presentation on how the information fits together
Make a list of the technologies that will be integrated into the final presentation
Create a list of sources used in research in a Bibliography/Webliography
Create a table of contents for the final written report

Final Productions:

Create a brochure (using Publisher or Front Page) that summarizes your presentation in clear, inviting detail to distribute to others
Compose a comprehensive compilation of all research, analysis, plans, ideas and timelines in a clear, organized manner into one useful document to disseminate
Produce a multi-media presentation, using a variety of technology, on your research

Performance Assessment Plan

Communicate:

Students are to present their project in a professional manner using various technologies
Disseminate the brochures that summarize the presentations
Communicate their project in a complete written report

Evaluate:

Evaluate and critique the multi-media presentation
Critique the written report
Evaluate the summary brochure

Teacher Resources

Performance Assessment Plan:

Presentation: http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/presentation/

Checklist for students: http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/view.php3?id=21014

Written Report: http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/research/

Brochure: http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/project/

Rubrics found and created at:

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/

http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/view.php3?id=21014

Additional Resources:

Quia Lesson: http://www.quia.com/pages/uhlalba.html

Quia Free Trial: http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.activities.common.ActivityManager?pageType=2

Appendix A

Standards

State Goal 1, CAS A,

CFS 3

Recall, paraphrase, and summarize reading material, using a variety of strategies.

CFS 7

Analyze and synthesize information to form opinions.

State Goal 3, CAS A,

CSF 1

Use Standard English conventions of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

CFS 2

Use precise nouns, vivid verbs and modifiers, and the active/passive voice appropriately.

CFS 3

Spell words at grade level correctly.

State Goal 3, CAS B,

CFS 2

Employ appropriate pre-writing strategies to generate ideas and promote fluency.

CFS 5

Write an outline to organize ideas in a clear, coherent, cohesive, and logical manner.

CFS 6

Take notes from appropriate sources and cite references.

CFS 8

Edit, revise, and proofread all written work.

State Goal 4, CAS A,

CFS 3

Evaluate oral presentations according to an established rubric.

CFS 4

Prepare an outline for an oral presentation.

State Goal 5, CAS A,

CFS 3

Integrate essential elements and processes related to effective formal research methodology to produce oral and written presentations that:
follow a logical organization pattern with appropriate transitions between and among ideas and sections.
credit and cite sources used for both direct and indirect quotations and evidence.
include a reference or bibliographical list that is correctly formatted and provides complete information for all sources used.