New Learning Theory and Instructional Design Model - SCCS:
See the April/May 2009 issue of Innovate Journal to read Dr. Sontag's first journal publication of her new learning theory and instructional design model, A Learning Theory for 21st-Century Student. A Webcast discussion of the article aired April 22, 2009, including audio and visuals of the PowerPoint, and has been archived for your viewing at http://www.uliveandlearn.com/PortalInnovate/ The Universidad de Concepción in Chile recently translated the article in Spanish, and it is available for download here.


To view Dr. Sontag's research regarding the new learning theory, go to http://tinyurl.com/2utsrj. This site also contains lesson plans and links to all materials used in the research study, including the online virtual world of the Aeneid Rome KaMOO, and online abridged, paraphrased version of the Aeneid, used in the study.

TimeTrek.org - an interactive website for 6th and 8th grade social studies students and teachers. If you're a student, check out the interactive presentations that can help make subjects such as ancient man, Greece, Rome, or early American history come alive. Some presentations, such as the Jeopardy Games or online quizzes, can help you review for an upcoming test! Teachers, if you want to jump right into lessons, click on interactive presentations. To see how the presentations meet curriculum standards, go to the Standards page. When viewing the presentations, be sure to carefully follow all of the directions for installing plug-ins such as the Powerpoint Viewer, Shockwave, or the Stagecast Player on your computer, including restarting your computer.

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Conference and Class Handout Downloads:
Alice 3D Animation
- Gold Rush Critical Thinking Project
Gold Rush Tutorial handout

PowerPoint
Tutorial for the Gold Rush
Video Yosemite: Two Points of View (84 mb, 12 minutes)
Points of View pdf
Gold Rush Primary Sources
Alice Gold Rush Example world

Alice 3D Animation - Chinese Philosophers Critical Thinking Project
Chinese Philosophers Tutorial
Chinese Philosophers Primary Sources
China Today news article
Chinese Philosophers Example world

Alice 3D Animation - Ancient Greece Philosophers Critical Thinking Project
Greek Philosophers Primary Sources - Plato and Aristotle.pdf
Greek Philosophers Alice3D Directions.pdf
Sample 3D World Greek Philosophers.a2w

Jeopardy Game
Download the PowerPoint Jeopardy Game Handout and Template here.


KaMOO Virtual World - Yosemite
-Download the Yosemite Virtual World Lesson Plans here.
-Download the Yosemite Critical Thinking student worksheet here.
-Download the
Instructions for the Yosemite Virtual World here.
-Download the Virtual World PowerPoint here.
-Download the VW PowerPoint Handout here.
-Blog for Yosemite Valley Virtual Word: http://yosemitevalleyvirtualworld.blogspot.com/

KaMOO Virtual World - the Aeneid
-Download the complete Aeneid lesson plans here (Word doc) or as a pdf.

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Dr. Sontag is an Instructional Technology Teacher for the Union Elementary School District in San Jose, CA. She has written online curriculum for Connected University, presented at Syllabus 2000, California League of Middle Schools Technology Conferences, Computer Using Educators (CUE) Conferences, UCCP, the 2006 Games, Learning and Society conference, and critiqued educational gaming projects for the U.S. Department of Education. In June 2008, she presented her new learning theory and instructional design model (SCCS) in Vienna Austria at the AACE Ed-Media World Conference. Her PhD is in Instructional Design for Online Learning. You can view her dissertation and make comments at http://timetrek-sontag.blogspot.com/. You can contact her at mesontag@gmail.com

Last updated 02/20/09


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