Planning

=** Devise a Plan **=


 * 1. Authentic Assessment Activity: ** Now that you have determined the topic for your workshop, you can start thinking about the kind of authentic assessment activity you would like to include. **//Begin with the end in mind//** and decide what kind of product you would like your participants to create to demonstrate that they can apply the principles/content/skills they learned in the workshop.

Workshop participants will create a lesson for presentation to a computer class of adult students using a mobile technology of their choosing (i.e. laptop, smartphone, etc.), and a presentation method of their choice (i.e. PowerPoint). The lesson will include an ePortfolio assessment strategy of the lesson they are presenting to their students. This will demonstrate workshop participants’ understanding of 21st Century computer applications (mobile technology, presentation strategies, and electronic portfolio assessment).


 * 2. Presentation: ** Determine what kind of presentation would be most engaging so participants can learn the basic concepts and skills needed to complete the authentic assessment activity.

Presentation will include a narrated PowerPoint presentation, that includes examples and demonstrations of 21st Century technology such as ePortfolios, whiteboard technology, various mobile devices, etc.


 * 3. Graphic Organizer: ** After you develop a general outline for your workshop, create a graphic organizer to help focus participants’ attention on the key points of your presentation. This organizer will help participants actively engage and focus on key points in the presentation.


 * 4. Pre-Training: **When you have an overview of the concepts and skills you are presenting, you may decide that there is a need for pre-training to provide advanced teaching for your participants. Mayer suggests that this can help clarify concepts that may confuse learners and “set the stage” for learning. Pre-training should take place as an activity or introduction prior to the beginning of your presentation. Think of a creative, yet effective way to accomplish this task.

Workshop participants may need pre-training in how to use PowerPoint especially how to add narration to a PowerPoint presentation, and how to upload a PowerPoint presentation to YouTube.

=**Begin Development **=

1. How will you include Mayer’s principle of active processing in your authentic assessment activity? What kind of product will your participants create to demonstrate their learning using multimedia technology?

Participants will create a lesson using multimedia technology such as mobile devices, whiteboards, and electronic portfolios that will demonstrate their retention and practical application of the workshop objectives. The cognitive processes for learning – selecting, organizing, and integrating – will be demonstrated through completion of this assessment.

2. What kind of multimedia presentation must you create to effectively present key concepts and skills to your participants (video, PowerPoint, podcast, screencast, interactive tutorial, or other)? How will you include Mayer’s principles of dual coding and limited capacity in your presentation?

Aspects of the lesson will be presented using PowerPoint, videos, and activities that will interactively engage workshop participants. Participants will have words, audio and graphics to allow multiple ways of processing the presentation information.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. What kind of graphic organizer would be best to give your participants to help facilitate learning in your workshop?

<span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A graphic organizer that includes pictures of the technology being discussed along with text that gives a brief written description is the best way to facilitate learning in this workshop on computer applications.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4. What concepts in your presentation will require pre-training before you begin the workshop? How will you use multimedia to engage your learners during the pre-training phase?

<span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">As these are basic computer applications instructors, they already have a strong background in computer applications. However, they will probably need pre-training in how to add narration to a PowerPoint presentation, and how to upload a PowerPoint presentation to YouTube.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5. What equipment will you need to conduct your workshop (projector, laptops for each pair of participants, Internet connections, other)?

<span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I will need computer stations for each participant, a projector attached to my computer, Internet connectivity for each computer, and printer connections. This workshop will be held in one of the adult education classrooms because everything that is needed is already installed.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">6. What online applications might you use?

<span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Aviary and YouTube are two online applications that will probably be used in this presentation.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">7. How will your participants collaborate on their projects? How will you group them to create authentic assessment in your workshop?

<span style="color: #604a7b; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Participants will work in groups of 3-4 to collaborate on the final project. They will be grouped according to the computer applications course they teach.