Mike Kunkel
MTTC 2004
Selecting Instructional Technologies

Learning Goals
Target Technologies or
Desired Tool Functions
Potential Constraints Identified from Instructional Analysis
Decisions

Participant Goals:
Successfully search the internet for information pertaining to their genealogical backgrounds

  • Internet
  • Browser
  • Search engines
One internet connection is shared across the network (cable connsection) so it tends to slow down when all computers are being used. Match
Copy information and pictures from websites that pertain to their genealogical backgrounds
  • Internet
  • Copy/Paste functions
  • Keyboarding
Again, the speed of the internet can be an issue.
Continually observe and assist those students with not much prior experience with copying and pasting from the internet.
Match
Create a folder and collect the information and pictures copied from the internet
  • Copy/Paste functions
  • Creating folders
  • Saving to correct location
Once again, the speed of the internet may be an issue.
Continually observe and assist those students who have not had much experience with creating folders and saving to a specific folder.
Match

Create a PowerPoint presentation to present their findings from their research

  • Creating Powerpoint presentations
  • Keyboarding
Many of the students (especially the 2nd and 3rd graders) have not had the experience of creating, or even working with, a PowerPoint Presentation.
Many of the students typing skills are "subpar"
Match
Incorporate pictures from their folders into their PowerPoint Presentations
  • Importing pictures and information
  • Formatting pictures in PowerPoint
This will be new for most of the students involved. Much time and patience will be needed with this endeavor. Match
Personal Goal:
Utilize technology to demonstrate examples of browsing and searching the internet.
  • digital projector
  • laptop computer

Digital projector and laptop will need to be set up before hand by Mike.

Match
Utilize technology to demonstrate examples of saving pictures from the internet to a newly created folder.
  • digital projector
  • laptop computer
same as above

Match

Utilize technolgy to demonstrate examples of creating a PowerPoint presentation including inserting saved pictures from a specific folder.
  • digital projector
  • laptop computer
  • PowerPoint
same as above Match