Edu 214 Items 1-4 Final Project

ABC Community School
7-18-22
Tyler Wesseldine
7-19-22
Hi, my name is Tyler Wesseldine and I am History teacher at ABC community school. I am here
today to convince you to please don’t let technology go away in our school. I urge you to
reconsider. Think back to when you attended school. Was it difficult to keep up with note
taking because you kept breaking you pencil? Maybe you ran out of ink in your pen? Or lastly,
maybe you just couldn’t keep up with the teacher or professor because you were a slow writer.
Now, as you are in the real world and working and communicating ask yourself how much of
your day is done on a computer? Do you e mail coworkers? Maybe you have a presentation to
make and needed to have a spreadsheet accompany it or you needed graphs to support your
arguments? Did you ever need to show your work in a creative way to a subordinate to get
them more engaged in learning what you were trying to show? Odds are you’ve answered yes
to most if not all these questions. Technology today is everywhere and used every day in all our
daily lives. It’s what runs fortune 500 companies or that small local bakery down the street you
love to visit. It’s what connects us at a faster rate than ever before. According to a 2017 web
article on CNBC “The use of digital tools has increased in 517 of 545 occupations since 2002
with many in the past requiring few digital skills, and those 545 occupations reflect 90 percent
of all jobs in the economy.” CNBC. (2017, Nov15). Technology is dramatically invading nearly
all US jobs, even lower skilled occupations Technology is dramatically invading nearly all US jobs,
even lower-skilled occupations (cnbc.com) So, I ask you do you want to remove technology from
our school and take away a skill used in 90 percent of occupations in the United States? Do you
want to deprive our students of possibly succeeding or falling behind? I believe the purpose of
education is to open doors for people who seek it. I believe the purpose of a teacher is to give
the students the education to open those doors and show them how to walk through them
with the confidence that they have the tools to do. Why limit the doors they can open, and the
tools needed to do so? Please reconsider.

Standards on the national level and state level do differ some but most follow a progression
pattern as the grade level changes. The way it is laid out is it is an assembly line of steps to
become a master of that technology standard on a national and state level. They break it down
by first giving you the national standard. They will then give you a National Indicator using key
words such as but not limited to apply, create, identify, interact, communicate, contribute, or
work. Then as the process continues it will then build off that description and give you the
Nevada state level standard and break it down by grade level as follows: 2, 5, 8, and 12. As the
student progresses in grade level the Nevada state level standard expands, and the student
should have a working knowledge of that level at the completion of that grade. For example, in
second grade they may work in groups to create digital products. In 5 th grade they will share
those products beyond the classroom. In 8th grade they will use those products for authentic
audiences in different digital environments. Finally, in 12th grade they will collaborate
electronically with peers, experts, to create and publish digital products for authentic
audiences. The ITSE standards are a little more condense but still and, in my opinion, a little
more user friendly with it being shorter and better organized. There are 7 sections describing
different technology standards. Each standard you can click on and there are sub sections. The
sub sections break down how the student will you use the standards, and they use the same
indicator words as the Nevada state level standards. I would say the ITSE standards are slightly
different than that of the Nevada standards by going more in depth and direct to what the
students needs to do as well as accompanying the written description with video samples which
makes learning more effective for students who are more visual learners than just reading the
text. I will be meeting standard 1.3a from the ISTE website in my lesson.
LESSON PLAN EDU 214
Name of Lesson: I love the 80’s!

Grade Level: 9-12
Technology Content standard addressed:
Students plan and employ effective strategies to locate information and other resources for their
intellectual or creative pursuits
Other Content standard addressed:
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources,
connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
Objectives:
Students will understand how to use their computers PowerPoint or Keynote software text
and picture function.
Students will describe a historical event from the 1980’s and explain its significance.
Materials:
A computer with internet access as well as access to PowerPoint or Keynote software.
Group size: 1 student individual work
Procedures:
First, the students will watch a short YouTube video on the basics of PowerPoint. The link is
here https://youtu.be/XF34-Wu6qWU. Write the link on the board and have the students copy
the link into their web browser of choice (Chrome, Firefox, Edge) and watch the video. For
students who have a Mac computer here is the link for a YouTube video of the basics of Keynote
https://youtu.be/tphW6ajNjCl. Write this link on the board as well. Students only need to watch
the video corresponding to the software they have on their computer. This will give them the
basic knowledge needed to start the assignment. The use of either software program is fine. Now
the students will go to this website The 10 defining moments of the 1980s | Guide (sbs.com.au)
and choose 1 of the events from the website that occurred in the 1980’s to research. The student
will research the event using web searches and create a slideshow presentation using PowerPoint
or Keynote. The students can also access all links above in the canvas site for the class. The
slides they will need to create are in this order.
Slide 1 - Title Slide - Name, Date, Class, and name of 1980’s event you wish to cover.
Slide 2- Explanation- Include a summary (at least 2 paragraph’s) of the event you researched.
Show what happened and explain why you feel it was a significant event in history.
Slide 3-Photographs- Include at least 2 photos from the event or photos related to the event along
with a brief (1 sentence) explanation.
Slide 4- Extra Credit. Add a video to your slide show related to the event you researched. You
can do a quick YouTube search on how to add video to your presentation. This is not required
but can be done for extra credit.
Once this is completed students will save their presentation to their computer and then upload it
into Canvas under the tab, I love the 80’s!
Don’t be afraid to add to you slides! Make it your own design and bring out your individuality!
Assessment: Students will be graded on a 10-point scale
5 pts for following all instructions and procedures and having all aspects of the project as
explained above.
3 pts for a clear summary of the event and explanation on why it was significant in history.
2pts for including 2 or more photos with sentence explanations.
2pts if completed the extra credit slide.

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