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of the PowerPoint, and has been archived for your viewing at http://www.uliveandlearn.com/PortalInnovate/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.
Blog
Updates: Keep
up to date with the Technology
in Education Blog.
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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