INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT

Reading Assignment

• Educational Psychology, Ch 11 (ch. 8 in customized textbook).

Activities

• Get information on project.
• Get with group.
• Start doing the learning activities.

GROUP WORK DAY

Reading Assignment

• Educational Psychology, Ch 10 (p. 362-373); Ch 12 (ch. 7, p. 266-283; ch. 9 in customized textbook).

Activities

• Finish learning activities
• Divide up responsibilities.
  • Write it out so it is clear to everyone.
• Start compiling information on your topic relevant to these 4 questions:
  • What are the main motivational patterns related to your topic and how would you define them?
  • How do these motivational patterns affect learning?
  • What is the cause of these motivational patterns?
  • How can productive motivational patterns be fostered?
• Choose an article on your topic from the learning resources for each person to read for next class period. Have no more than two people read the same article.

GROUP WORK DAY

Reading Assignment

• One of the articles on your topic from the learning resources.

Activities

• Each group member should take a turn explaining what he/she learned from the article.
  • Identify information relevant to the 4 questions (see above)
  • Clarify any confusion you might have about the article or the ideas. Feel free to ask me to help provide clarification.
  • Conducting a research seminar is one way to do this.
• Use Inspiration to start making a concept map of information about your topic.
  • Discuss this concept map with me.

WEB PAGE INSTRUCTION DAY

Assignment

• Bring a flash drive or make sure you know how to use your bear drive.

Activities

• Learn how to make web pages.
• Check List to help you avoid common mistakes.
• Discuss your concept map with me if you didn't get a chance the class time before.

CONTRIBUTION TO LEARNING RESOURCES DUE (Submit it in Blackboard)

GROUP WORK DAY

Reading Assignment

• Another article from the learning resources.

Activities

• Continue doing research and building your website.
• Start to analyze Calvin by answering these 3 questions:
  • In terms of your motivational topic, what is Calvin's motivational pattern?
  • What does Calvin have this particular pattern?
  • What can Ms. Wormwood do about it?

GROUP WORK DAY

Reading Assignment

• Study other articles on your topic from the learning resources as needed.

Activities

• Continue doing research, building your website, and analyzing Calvin from your perspective.

GROUP WORK DAY

Activities

• Turn in an electronic copy of your website by the end of the period (test to make sure it works on another computer before turning it in).
• Review this Check List before turning it in.

DRAFT OF WEBSITE DUE (load it onto my computer during class)

PEER REVIEW DAY

Activities

• Get peer review assignments.
• Start on peer reviews.
• I'll post my comments in your blackboard group site. Then I will meet with each group next class period.

GROUP WORK DAY

Activities

• Start revising your website according to the feedback you got on the peer reviews. TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. DON'T JUST MAKE SURFACE LEVEL REVISIONS.
• Get my feedback on your project.
• Work on planning a 10-minute presentation.

PEER REVIEWS DUE AT BEGINNING OF CLASS

PRESENTATION DAY

Activities

• Some groups will do a 10-minute presentation of their topic and analysis of Calvin.

PRESENTATION DAY

Reading Assignment

• Read each group's website.

Activities

• The remaining groups will do a 10-minute presentation of their topic and analysis of Calvin.

REVISED WEBSITES DUE (load onto my computer in class or turn in on a flash drive)

REPORT OF INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES DUE (turn in a hard copy)

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DAY

Reading Assignment

• Study each group's website for information relevant to your area of the comprehensive plan.

Activities

• Get with new group to work on developing a comprehensive plan.
• Assign responsibility for taking the lead in one of the areas.
• Do the comprehensive plan jigsaw activity.
• Work in your groups on developing a comprehensive plan.
• Make a plan for how you will (1) review each other's work, (2) put it all together, and (3) get it to me.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DAY

Activities

• Work in your groups on developing a comprehensive plan.
• Make a plan for how you will (1) review each other's work, (2) put it all together, and (3) get it to me.

DISCUSSION DAY

• We will meet to discuss motivation, Calvin, and the project.
• Meet in our regular classroom.

COMPREHENSIVE PLANS DUE (Have one group member submit it in Blackboard).