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Your final project is to design an artifact that would be integrated into a hypothetical interactive learning environment. The product you choose can be of any one of the products introduced in this course. You will need to include in your proposal the educational/psychological theor(ies) that your lesson is based on, the domain that your design addresses, identified student needs in that domain, and how your design will address those needs.

Hopefully, by looking at several programs you can create for yourself a ‘internal rubric’ to use to determine the applicability of certain technologies in your classroom… they are not all created equally and not all equally appropriate. That was the intent, after all, for why we had you look at various examples. I hope you have more reasons to trust your own judgment on these things. Your task is to pick one that you liked and go back in, dig a little deeper into it to learn more, and try to make something useful out of it for yourself and perhaps your students… that is the goal of this final project

A potential project idea:

A great final project might be to create a lesson module on how to actually use one of the ones you feel you had the most problems with and now feel as the result of all your hard work, you could help others who come behind you. Once we vet them, I would even suggest we contact the project owner and offer your instruction/tutorial to them OR we could create a video and when complete/vet it, then help you upload it to You Tube. That way, the project is useful for others and your efforts will become more meaningful.

There are three possible grades you can receive for this project, as outlined by three separate deliverables:

AN “A” Project (assuming all due dates are met)

• The product/artifact
• A rationale/theoretical foundation (tied to learning theory)
• a description of a lesson/module/unit that demonstrates its usage/integration

A “B” Project (assuming appropriate due dates are met)

• The product/artifact
• A rationale/theoretical foundation (tied to learning theory)

A “C” Project (assuming appropriate due date is met)

• The product/artifact

Your project needs to be submitted in four ways (check for due dates):

1. A Design Document  (4-5 pages) that includes  the theoretical foundations/underpinnings or your lesson choice.
2. A Web link to (or run time version of) your final project that is embedded/integrated into the final design document  as described above). If it is a video you should note the name of the file in your paper and upload it using our private server via Easy Uploader. Please do not upload to Canvas. The only file type that will be accepted in Canvas is a .doc, .docx, or pdf file
3. Upload your paper into Livetext (Confirm via Survey on Canvas)

Your written paper (point #1 above) needs to address the following:

1. One Major Goal/Objective – what is the major skill that you wish to teach with this learning object?
2. Audience – Who are your students? What are the known student needs in this domain and how are you addressing them in your design?
3. Philosophy – What are the epistemologies that have guided the design of that technology? Why do you think they are appropriate for this domain?
4. What is your rationale for using this particular product – How does the technology meet the goal/objective that you have set?
5. Assessment – How will you assess whether or nor students are learning, what are the types of data that you will collect?
6. Describe the activity (or activities) students will undertake, the time frame, and the products they will produce (with examples where possible).
7. Reference Bibliography in APA format of the instructional theories you investigated to based your thinking.

To repeat, the project can be based on any of the four products we introduced this semester (Scratch, Tynker/Hopscotch, Visualeyes, Alice) or be based on LiveCode (but must be approved by your instructor).

The project needs to meet certain project milestones, so we can provide formative assessment and feedback on your designs.

A formal design document is not really required but more of a reflective piece that explains your assumptions and commitment to a final product. You may ask for formative feedback in this document by posting to the Drop Box early in the cycle.

• Initial ideas & Theoretical assumptions –  SEE CALENDAR FOR DUE DATE  (25 Points)

  Your initial ideas should include a rationale for the domain that you have chosen and why you have chosen that domain, preliminary ideas about your design. What are the theoretical assumptions underlying your design? These might be preliminary at this stage. You can refine them based on readings.

• PowerPoint Slide Show for our Adobe Connect meeting –  SEE CALENDAR FOR DUE DATE  (10 points)

  (Drop Box)

• Final project –  SEE CALENDAR FOR DUE DATE  (45 Points)

  (Using posting instructions from above)

Deadline extensions will NOT be available, except in extreme circumstances.