Group+Project



You will work through the Project Button in the menu bar at the left side of the screen. Please remember that you will be held responsible for your own grade as well as you evaluation of each team member. Before you begin please refer to evaluation document. This document will give you a clear idea how you will be rated as a team member.

**Assignment:** A Shared Report. Summarizing Project Tomorrow: Speak Up the New 3 E’s of Education. In this assignment you will use the following Internet document:

[] (for easy reading you may want to be sure the pdf file is at 100%)

Remember you have the option of using the telephone to guide the group, writing on the homepage, using comments and using discussion board.

Here is the conference call information: Conference Call. if you choose to talk to your group first.

**Task 1:** Divide responsibility for each of the 5 ideas listed below, each member of the group will write a summary of one these sections. Then each member of the team will have one additional job, described below.
 * 1) Introduction (pages 1-4)
 * 2) Trend 1 : Mobile Learning (pages 4-7)
 * 3) Trend 2: Online and Blended Learning (pages 7-9)
 * 4) Trend 3: e-Textbooks (pages 9-12)
 * 5) Trend 4: New Trend Parent Digital Choice (pages 12-18)
 * 6) Summary: Will summarize the main idea of the Project tomorrow paper


 * Task 2: ** In addition, each member of the group will assume one of these roles: You can decide who will do which job by using the Projects discussion board or by planning a conference call.
 * 1) ** Telephone conference leader or discussion board leader ** will set up a conference call and invite the group to attend. Or...if it is more convenient you can talk via the discussion board in the project, group area. As leader you will communicate with your team to get the job done in a timely manner.
 * 2) **Compiler** will copy and paste all pages into one document.
 * 3) ** Editor ** will spell check the final document and make other changes to assure that the completed document is grammatically correct and cohesive.
 * 4) ** Formatter ** will attend to font, subdivision, and section formatting. This job might be done by copying and pasting the document to a word processor, formatting and then pasting it back to the wiki page.(Formatting within the wiki can be quite difficult; perhaps the best idea is to wait till all ideas are on the page and copy and paste the work to your word processor. Then paste the final document to the wiki page.)
 * 5) ** Final Draft Reporter ** : Will copy and paste the completed document to a word processed document and email that document to each member.
 * Task 3: ** When the report is complete, evaluate yourself and your team members using this document.Save the document to the folder on your desktop rename it to include your last name (example redlineEvalGroup) [[file:Team_Self-Evaluation_FormRedline - Copy.doc]]Complete it and save it and attach it to your journal

Lesson Plans must contain the following:
 * Task 4: ** (Optional) Using the lesson plan format found here. Create a group project similar to this one for your own class.


 * 1) Description of the lesson, grade, subject
 * 2) Performance Outcomes such as these:(Use these if you choose, or create your own objectives
 * 3) Demonstrate effective online communication and collaboration with frequent, response to peers
 * 4) Demonstrate active learning through online interaction, collaboration and problem solving in the online environment.
 * 5) Demonstrate legal, ethical, and safe behavior while communicating online.
 * 6) Other outcomes as related to the curricular ideas
 * 7) Procedure
 * 8) Written Directions to students
 * 9) Evaluation material or assessment (Student work and your assessment of it.)


 * Task 5: ** **Reflection Journal:** Your Reflection Journal is found in your group project page. Each day you will complete it with reflections on your work, success and difficulty. Each reflection journal will have assignments attached to it. Today you will attach the team evaluation as well as your completed document. (Also a Lesson plan if you did one.)

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