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=Module 8 Showcasing Unit Portfolios=

A Collaborative Project Where Students Inform Educators About the Use of Emerging Technologies
This is a collaborative project that will be completed by students from various schools working together via the Internet. Students will interview teachers to find out which web 2.0 tools they use. They will research and provide a review of web 2.0 tools that can be used in the classroom. They will also be expected to create a digital story with one outsourced clip that demonstrates the way Web 2.0 tools can transform teaching. Students will also research and predict what web 3.0 will include in the future. This project has four components: 1. Creating a Wiki that is shared among at least two schools, editing and updating information. 2. Creating Digital Stories that have at least one outsourced clip. 3. Present Information to educate students, teachers and the community about web 2.0 tools. 4. Post Project Reflection - Students will post their reflection on the process on the project VoiceThread.

Curriculum-Framing Questions
Essential Question: What will the future of education look like? Unit Question: Why should we be promoting the use of web 2.0 tools for the sharing of information in school? Content Questions: 1. What are Web 2.0 tools? 2. What are the predictions for Web 3.0 tools? 3. Which web 2.0 tools are currently available? 4. Which web 2.0 tools would be benifical for use in your classroom? 5. How can you inform and persuade adults to use these tools?

Standards
Organization addresses the structure of the writing and integrates the central meaning and patterns that hold the piece together. PO 1. Use a structure that fits the type of writing PO 2. Include a strong beginning or introduction that draws in the reader. PO 3. Place details appropriately to support the main idea. PO 4. Use effective transitions among all elements PO 5. Employ a variety of paragraphing strategies appropriate to application and purpose. PO 6. Create an ending that provides a sense of resolution or closure.
 * Writing Standards** - Strand 2 Writing Elements

Students use technology to make and support decisions in the process of solving real-world problems. Students know and are able to do all of the above and the following: • 6T-D1. Collaborate with peers, experts and others to compile, synthesize, produce and disseminate information and models for the purpose of suggesting solutions to a complex problem.
 * Technology Standards** STANDARD 6: TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION-MAKING


 * Project Home** - School 2.0 Wiki
 * Unit Plan**· [|schoo2.0 unit plan.html]
 * Assessment Examples**· [|Wiki Rubric.doc]
 * Student Sample·** Student sample
 * Facilitation Resource** - Project Calendar