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Developing Instructional MaterialsTuesday Section 71

Developing Instructional MaterialsTuesday Section 71

Dr. Barry Spondersponderb@ccsu.edu (Best way to contact me)

Barnard Hall 308

860-832-2049

Office Hours T/W /Th 2:30-4:00 or by appointment

Course DescriptionCreate Computer—Based Instructional (CBI) materials

How?

Use Apple KeyNote ’09 for project development

Learn to make associated multimedia materials

Find out what research says about CBI

Become Familiar with Garageband, IMovie & iDVD

ObjectivesStudents will do the following:

create simple CBI programs

master screen design and flowcharting skills

produce an ID plan for your project

learn to use several multimedia programs

plan for using technology in the classroom

more

FormatHands—on Approach

Work in class

Post most work on your website

Use Lynda.com for instructional support

Make lots of mistakes

Course Materials & Readings

KeyNote 4 (09)

Lynda.com class membership

Readings and other materials TBA

Assignments and Grading

Write a Grant (10%)Students will do the following:

write a grant to fill a technology need they have

search for grants and RFPs online and in their district

write up the grant and show it to me before submitting it

Grants can be filled out online where appropriate

ID Plan (10%)

You will be given a template

Plan the development of your project and associated materials

You will use this to develop the final project

KeyNote CBI Project (40%)

Use KeyNote to create an instructional lesson

The program should address a real classroom need

Must use multimedia such as audio and video

Due at the end of the course

HW & Screen Cap Recording(10%)

A few screen recording programs will be used

Instructional focus related to your topic

Class Participation (10%)

Students take part in directed activities

Attendance and lateness can affect your grade

Group work as assigned

A Few Guidelines1. DO NOT USE ALL CAPITALS.

2. One space after a period, comma or other marks.

3. Don't underline text unless it’s a hyperlink.

4. Use red only to highlight something important

5. Stay away from multicolored text.

6. Use bold and italics for highlighting important

words, not for paragraphs.

A Few More Guidelines

7. Left-align text. Don't center your text. Please.

8. Use apostrophes correctly -1950s or '50s not 1950's.

9. Place punctuation marks “inside quotation marks.”

10. Use a spell chicker.

11. Don't use bold and italics together.

12. For presentations, titles should be at least

a size bigger than the rest of the text.

13. For presentations do not put too much information on one slide

Lab CourtesiesNo food or drink or candy in the lab.

There is a microwave available during class breaks

During rain or snow please leave wet umbrellas outside

Turn cell phones to silent, absolutely no texting in class

Do not surf the web or read eMail during instruction

Shut down your machine at the end of class and straighten up chairs and mousepads. Check around for any personal items you may be leaving behind.

Tonight

Course Introduction & Lynda.com

Introduction to KeyNote

Break

What makes good CBI?

Class Website - Syllabus will be posted there

Student Websites - eMail URL

Questions or Comments?