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Plan Ahead |
The planning form contains questions to help you plan the implementation of a Technology Literacy project.
See the planning form:
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Project Overview
In the Research, Write, Present project, students develop fundamental skills needed to use technology in support of research, creativity, and communication. Students use technology tools and resources more effectively to create and communicate knowledge by gathering and organizing information. You help students develop an enduring understanding of how structures and processes reflect proven strategies for creating and communicating knowledge. You also facilitate as students apply structures and processes to research and present a topic to an audience. As students become more skilled, they may begin to use their new media literacy to improve learning and communication in all aspects of their lives.
Project Questions
- What makes an essay interesting and informative to an individual?
- How does gathering and organizing information help students create knowledge?
- What is the relationship between structure and process in research and writing?
- When are written, spoken, and visual communication most effective?
Expository Writing >
How can you help students develop expository writing skills? In this module, you facilitate students as they explore how authors use the expository style of writing to explain a topic in an interesting and informative manner. You help students learn how to present all relevant information on a topic without favoring any particular point of view. Make sure students understand how various types of expository writing reflect accumulated knowledge about how to write an effective explanation. Finally, you allow students to choose an interesting topic for an informative expository essay.
Research Process >
Are your students as judicious as you want them to be when using the Internet for research? In this module, you help students understand the importance of locating a variety of credible sources of accurate and reliable information on their topics. You facilitate as student explore the research process, from locating sources to organizing information. Students learn when and how to quote, paraphrase, and summarize their sources by taking notes. You guide students as they use graphic organizers to answer their research questions and outline effective expository essays.
Expository Essay >
Do your students sometimes take shortcuts when they write expository essays? In this module, you engage students in using technology tools to help them draft, revise, and edit effective expository essays. You guide students as they draft introductory paragraphs that get readers interested in their topics, body paragraphs that explain their topics, and concluding paragraphs that summarize their topics. Then, you help students use feedback from peers to make their essays more interesting and informative. Students learn that the best expository essays are thoroughly revised to improve content and strictly edited to remove mechanical errors.
Multimedia Presentation >
Are your students capable and confident in their oral communication skills? In this module, you can channel student enthusiasm for multimedia to help them explain their topics to a live audience. You facilitate students as they use technology tools for creating and delivering multimedia presentations that are entertaining as well as interesting and informative. You also help students find images, audio, and video to enhance their presentations and use the multimedia legally and ethically. Overall, students engage in developing visual literacy and oral communication skills by designing multimedia presentations and delivering their presentations to a live audience.
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