Final Project for Educ 572 * Best Practices for 21st Century Classes

 

Note: Final projects are grouped into (4) categories!  You are required to select (1) from each category.

 Review all of the projects before selecting (1).   Only (4) of (16) the projects are to be completed.

The third group of projects involves investigating then reflecting on a 21st Century Best Practice method:

Best Practice Teaching,   Beyond MS Office Basics,   Tips for Teaching Online,   Interactive Whiteboard.

Carefully review all of the provided choices below then decide on which of the choices is most appropriate.

Remember the choice should involve a type of HW, SW, and Internet (WWW) for classroom integration.

What you are looking for is a specific Best Practice that can be adapted and presented in a K-12 classroom.

After selecting, complete a 1-2 page summary of your selection that is actually usable by any K-12 teacher.

Submission for 3rd group includes a selected method below and 1-2 page summary of method selected.

Categories within this 3rd group:

@ Best Practice Teaching Methods:   http://www.centralischool.ca/~bestpractice/index.html     

This Best Practice web site has an awesome selection of various K-12 teaching strategies with many categories.

 On the left side of web site, investigate various categories then dig deep for a practical/unique K-12 strategy.

@ Beyond MS Office Tools:   http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/columnists/poole/office_tutorials/

The MS Office Tools site is a wealth of tutorials for MS Office (all versions) by Bernie Poole at U of P.

Select your version of MSO and investigate a non-familiar topic.  All Tutorials are printed & distributed for Free!

@ Tips for Teaching Online:    http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/index.htm

Tips for Teaching Online web site is an advertisement but many good K-12 eCoaching & Best Practices.

Suggestion investigate: “Garden of Three Presences” then “Ten Best Practices” then 60+ eCoaching Online Tips!

@ Interactive Whiteboard (SmartBoard):  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_board & Resources

Interactive Whiteboard is a generic term for a large, touch-controlled screen!  It excites K-12 teachers/students.

At Wikipedia view the video tutorial to get a quick overview of WBs!    Resources link provides many tutorials!

 

Thomas E. Love  ***  Malone University * School of Education * Graduate Education ***   2010 / 2011