Self Assessment

I really learned a lot in this class this semester. The class opened my eyes to other ways of teaching and writing lesson plans. After I obtained this information and felt comfortable with the knowledge I did not just tuck it away for latter but, brought the information back to my school. I got my Principal and Vice Superintendent to change the way we write lesson plans. I got to teach the lesson plan writing to all the teachers in my school. I am also in the process of getting permission for blog writing. I did not just sit on the information that I learned in this class but have already been using it.

I do believe I could of blogged more so I would give my self an A-.

Thanks everyone for your advice. Wish everyone a Happy Holiday. Phyllis Lewis

Understanding By Design Lesson Template

Title of Lesson	An Individual Story VoiceThread		Grade Level	9-12
Curriculum Area	Language Arts- Technology		Time Frame	1 Week
Developed By	Phyllis Lewis and Ivy Wilson
Identify Desired Results (Stage 1)
Content Standards
STANDARD 3.2 (Writing) All students will write in clear, concise, organized language that varies in content and form for different audiences and purposes. 3.2.C.1 Standard English conventions in all writing, such as sentence structure, grammar and usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. 3.2.C.2 Demonstrate a well-developed knowledge of English syntax to express ideas in a lively and effective personal style. STANDARD 8.1 (Computer and information literacy ) All students will use computer applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems. 8.1.A.6 Produce and edit page layouts in different formats using desktop publishing and graphics software.
Understandings			Essential Question(s)
Overarching Understanding			Overarching		Topical
Students should understand what a storyline is. Students should understand what a plot is. Students should understand how VoiceThread works.			What is a storyline What is a plot How to communicate ideas How to apply existing knowledge How to generate new ideas		· Students will search for images related to their voicethread · Students begin to write down ideas related to their story · Students organize the images in a sequence to plot · Students simplified story outline and begin to write an introduction for their story and VoiceThread.
Related Misconceptions
Students do not realize that a story has a logical order. Students do not understand that a plot is the main focus of a story.
Knowledge Students will know…			Skills Students will be able to…
How to use Internet resources to support the creation of stories that will be recorded and documented to foster a positive learning experience.			Apply elements of effective writing and speaking; these elements include ideas, organization, vocabulary, sentence structure, and personal style; write well for a variety. Demonstrate skills in sentence and paragraph structure, including grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. Communicate ideas using varied tools of electronic technology
Assessment Evidence (Stage 2)
Performance Task Description
Goal	Students will create an individual story VoiceThread.
Role	You are a famous actor and have to create a VoiceThread about your life.
Audience	Your fans
Situation	You are a famous actor and MTV ask you to create your own voicethread about your life to share with your fans.
Product/Performance	You need to create a VoiceThread about your life.
Standards	Your work will be judge by an Assessment Rubric.
Other Evidence
The class looks for images or pictures that will inspire them. The class will then construct the first few sentences related to the images through group discussion and suggestions.
Learning Plan (Stage 3)
Where are your students headed? Where have they been? How will you make sure the students know where they are going?		Students were introduced to internet connections and websites. They are going to learn how to find images and create a storyline with a clear objective.
How will you hook students at the beginning of the unit?		You are a famous actor and MTV ask you to create your own voicethread about your life to share with your fans.
What events will help students experience and explore the big idea and questions in the unit? How will you equip them with needed skills and knowledge?		The students will look at how TV and Youtube work. People are able to put story lines together to create their favorite TV shows and Movies.
How will you cause students to reflect and rethink? How will you guide them in rehearsing, revising, and refining their work?		Have student reflect on their life so far and how they want to tell it. Where do they think they will be going in the future?
How will you help students to exhibit and self-evaluate their growing skills, knowledge, and understanding throughout the unit?		Your work will be judge by an Assessment Rubric.
How will you tailor and otherwise personalize the learning plan to optimize the engagement and effectiveness of ALL students, without compromising the goals of the unit?		Each student will create their own VoiceThread depicting how they view their life so far.
How will you organize and sequence the learning activities to optimize the engagement and achievement of ALL students?		It begins with where the students are headed and a hook and proceeds logically through developing needed knowledge through various learning experiences.

From: Wiggins, Grant and J. Mc Tighe. (1998). Understanding by Design, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

ISBN # 0-87120-313-8 (ppk)

References

What is a Voicethread?

http://voicethread.com/#c28.b409.i3113

Selecting a Microphone

http://astore.amazon.com/voicethread-20

Setting up your Microphone and headset.

http://voicethread.com/#q.b416.i3141

Groups and Tags

Managing a Group Conversations or presentation Voicethread

http://voicethread.com/#c28.b23349.i137776

Embedding a Voicethread in a Blogger 4 -3 aspect ratio with 1024 x 768 or larger

http://voicethread.com/#c28.b805.i9773

Manage the Identities

http://voicethread.com/#q.b11932.i79245

Sharing Your Voicethread

http://voicethread.com/#c28.b8889.i62763

Forms Q and A

http://voicethread.com/help/forum/?CategoryID=1

Ed.VoiceThread

http://ed.voicethread.com/#home.b36941.i200553

A launch off Voicethread

http://spike.ifilm.com/spike/truedads/shoutouts.html

Assessment

	Accomplished	Proficient	Intermediate	Beginner
Word Choice	Speaker’s choice of language and uses of voice is descriptive, interesting, and well worded.	Speaker’s choice of language and use of voice is interesting and well worded.	Speaker’s choice of language and use of voice is interesting.	Speaker participates in Voice Thread activity.
Innovation or Interest level	Speaker creatively presents meaningful sequences of events.	Speaker creatively presents meaningful events.	Speaker presents meaningful events.	Speaker presents events.
Timing and Pace	The speaker’s story is presented accurately, with natural rests and keeps the listeners’ interest throughout.	The speaker’s story is presented accurately, and keeps the listener’s interest throughout.	The speaker’s story is presented accurately, and keeps the listeners’ interest for the most part.	The speaker’s story is presented accurately.
Focus	Speaker’s comments add to the focus, and interest. Comments are well constructed, thoughtful and productive.	Speaker’s comments add to the focus, interest, and the comments are constructive and thoughtful.	Speaker’s comments add to the focus, interest, and are thoughtful	Speaker’s comments are thoughtful.