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| Project Directors |
| Michael D. King |
| Amber Fitzgerald |
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| "The Age of Cyber Systems" |
| THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL HOUSE |
| Step Three: Developing Learning Task |
| Example of learning task listed below The 5Ws of news reporting: Who, What, When, Where and Why The components of an expository paragraph. The conventions of properly written English The writing process Cooperative learning strategies Evaluating and Proofing Techniques At the end of this unit, students will work in small groups to write a news article, which reports their findings about an influential African American leader. |
| A good task is authentic and requires the student to perform in a real-life context. It can be multidimensional and require not only cognitive skills but also interpersonal skills and abilities. The tasks should always reflect the content standards as can be reviewed in Exhibit One. The task will not elicit quality work if it requires knowledge and skills that the students do not have. It will also result in considerable frustration on the part of the students and the teacher. In Exhibit Three, unit developers are to specify what knowledge will be gained through the development of learning text. The unit developers also should identify the learning domains that will be assigned to task within the unit. It should include information about the levels of learning that will occur from Identified Learning Activity Domains the unit will support. These domains are virtual resources on how technology will be used in the unit to support the activity. For example one of the identified learning activities for this unit is data gathering and synthesis. Student experiencing this unit will be requires to interact with technology to obtain the information necessary to complete the assigned task. They will be asked to research information and then report their information electronically. |
| Exhibit: Three DEVELOPING LEARNING TASK |
| See the following link for information on learning domains. Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology |
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| Select A Learning Domain |
| Identify the learning task that students will be experiencing |
| Example of Learning Domain Links |