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| Deborah's Portfolio |
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| Concept Attainment Unit This activity reflects one of our earliest attempts to show how technology can be integrated into the curriculum. We feel that this is a good example of a simplistic approach to delivering curriculum that allowed students to use basic software tools in working on the assignment. |
| Advanced Organizer PowerPoint Exploring the differences in the way adolescents and adults learn was the focus of this project. Utilizing the concept of advanced organizer as defined by David Ausebel, we developed a PowerPoint presentation explaining how both adults and adolescents learn and some techniques to consider using in teaching to both groups. |
| Digital Divide This investigation delved into the pitfalls of staff development. Many times those of us who lead staff development sessions encounter those colleagues who see no value in attending and/or no relevance to their professional lives. We sought to obtain strategies to help with planning meaningful staff development training. |
| Landscapes Unit This project was developed as a way to integrate social science, science, language arts and math in a web-based environment. The primary goal is for students to discover what is involved in sending a space shuttle to Mars, utilizing Kepler's laws. The first unit, space, will take approximately two weeks for students to complete. We've identified three other units: water, environment and air, which are currently under development. Eventually, we would like to develop this project into 10 units spanning a full semester. |
| WebQuest This website was created as part of our action research project to be used in a 6th grade social studies class. It is approximately a three-week unit that meets the California State Standards for Social Studies (Ancient Civilizations) and Language Arts. The unit included Internet resources, online worksheets, assessment rubrics, teacher guide, PowerPoint tutorial and kite building material. |
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