Professional Documents
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Jeanne Searfoorce
EdTech 503 Capstone Project
Building Strong Communication Skills
Dr. Ross Perkins
Fall 2013
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Table of Contents
Synthesis Reflection Paper..
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Part 1. Topic
1a.
Rationale
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1b.
Learning
Goal(s)
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1c.
Learning
Objective(s)
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Part 2. Analyses Report
2a.
Needs
Analysis...
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2b:
Learner
Analysis...
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2c:
Context
Analysis...
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2d. Content Analysis.
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Part 3. Instructional Content
3a. Instructional Strategy Narrative.
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3b.
Learning
Materials...
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3c.
Motivation
plan.
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3d.
Delivery
mechanism.
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3e.
Assessment
Plan.
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Part 4. Formative Evaluation Plan
4b:
One-to-One
evaluation
plan...Page 9
4c:
Small
Group
evaluation
plan..Page 10
4d:
Field
Trial
evaluation
plan...Page 10
References
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Part 2. Analyses
A. Needs Analysis
i. Stakeholder(s): The primary stakeholders are eighth grade health
education students and their health education instructors.
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ii. Data: Based on the New Jersey Health Education Core Content Curriculum
Standards, the material used in the modules are based on these standards
and the communication skills or lack thereof that I have witnessed that
warranted a lesson of this type.
iii. Constraints and Resources: In order for the course to be taken,
students will need a computer and word processing software. If they do not
have these available, the students will need to find access to these tools
which could be in a public library.
B. Learner Analysis
i. Students will be eighth grade health education students who live in the
state of New Jersey.
ii. As an inner-city teacher in the state of New Jersey, I have personally
witnessed poor communication skills between eighth grade students. For the
first five years of my teaching career, I was a middle school teacher and
witnessed these poor communication choices within my school in various
contexts which included my classroom, the hallway and lunch duty. Most
currently in my position as an elementary computer teacher, part of duties
includes middle school lunch duty and I have once again witnessed poor
communication between eighth grade students.
C. Context Analysis
i. This is a self-guided three-hour lesson where the student paces themselves
with a culminating written activity in each module to determine if the
content was learned successfully. The students written assignment is
performance evidence that the student understand the content and it has
made a personal impact with them.
ii. All of material is available on the Internet and can be view though a web
browser. The only part of the course that requires different technology is the
written component (word processing) and its means of submission (email).
Had the Moodle interface been available (due to technical difficulties I had to
take another route to complete the project), I would have included a private
online blog post as a written means of submitting the written assignment
and the means to upload the content using a word processing document.
Furthermore, I would have used other forums and the course would have
been organized in a traditional Moodle.
iii. Students assume that they will be better communicators and will have
more confidence and higher self-esteem making better choices as they
progress though life. Health education teachers assume students will take
the lessons seriously as a way to improve their current and future
relationships so they will make sound decisions.
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Quizzes: What do our body movements say to others?
(http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/curiosity/topics/body-language-quiz.htm)
What is your Interpersonal Communication Skills Style?
(http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=2288)
Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGpjvE74Wy4,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h0V1YkccEE
Definition: Interpersonal Communication:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_communication
Post-Assessment: http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ls/index.php/343479/
NJ Core Content Standards:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/standards/2/2.pdf
Short and Long Term Consequences
Definition: Consequences (Google.com)
Quizzes: Are you self confident? (http://www.cfoc.org/index.php/teen-guide/quizself-esteem/), Does Peer Pressure Control You?
(http://teenadvice.about.com/library/teenquiz/25/blpeerpressurequiz.htm)
Articles: Problem Solving (http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/problemsolving.html), Decision Making (http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/decisionmaking.html) and Assertiveness
(http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ps/assertiveness.html).
Quizzes: Situational responses (http://www.bodimojo.com/body-talk.htm),
Drugs (http://www.bodimojo.com/quiz/booze-and-you-how-much-do-you-know.htm)
and Alcohol (http://www.bodimojo.com/quiz/lighting-how-much-do-you-know-aboutsmoking.htm)?
Post-Assessment Quiz: http://www.bodimojo.com/quiz/whats-your-mojo.htm
NJ Core Content Standards:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/standards/2/2.pdf
Core Ethical Values
Definitions: Ethics: google.com, Hobby: google.com, Morals: Google.com,
Values: Google.com
Articles: Rejection and How To Handle It ,Self Esteem, Confidence, Personal
Empowerment
Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWZGg3h8kxM,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2uqfOltqqk
Post-test: http://www.cfoc.org/index.php/teen-guide/quiz-self-esteem/
NJ Core Content Standards:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/standards/2/2.pdf
C. Motivation Plan
AREA
STRATEGY DETAIL
ATTENTION
Pre-Assessment Quiz Students like taking online quizzes. This will appeal to hobbies.
While many students do not like to read, the content is minimal.
Reading Material
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Videos
Post-Assessment
Quiz
Writing Assignment
RELEVANCE
Pre-Assessment QuizStudents will have an idea of how the view particular problems and
Students
situations.need a way to learn about the content.
Reading Material
If students do not grasp the content, the videos will further explore
Videos
the content prompting them to re-read the content.
Students can evaluate their progress in each module which should
Post-Assessment
Quiz
show improved communication skills.
Writing Assignment Students can summarize their learning in a fun and creative way.
CONFIDENCE
Pre-Assessment Quiz Students can assess themselves privately.
Students can read the material reflecting on the pre-assessment
Reading Material
After
quiz. completing the pre-assessment and reading, students can view
Videos
the videos as a fun way to visually see the content.
Students can privately assess their progress.
Post-Assessment
Quiz
Writing
Assignment Students can summarize their learning in a fun and creative way.
SATISFACTION
Pre-Assessment QuizStudents
Students
Reading Material
Students
results.
Videos
Students
lesson.
Post-Assessment
Quiz
Writing
Assignment Students
can
can
can
can
can
D. Delivery Mechanism(s)
The content for my lesson is available through
http://learn2talk.weebly.com. I decided centralize the lesson to one site in
order to use the site as a portal. All of the content is delivered though the
Internet. Therefore, the content can be accessed thought a web browser on a
computer, iPad or tablet or phone (though this would not be recommended).
E. Assessment Materials
For my lesson, I decided to use three writing assignments to quantify if
the students understood the material. For the Interpersonal Communication
Skills lesson my writing assignment, write a one page script where two people
have a small verbal disagreement and how they will effectively resolve the
problem, (http://learn2talk.weebly.com/interpersonal-skills.html) . The way that the
disagreement is resolved will show if the students understood the lesson.
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The Short and Long Term Consequences module assignment asks the student
to , write three paragraphs about good decisions you have made in your life.
Explain the situation, the decision and why it was a good decision. The purpose of
this assignment is to show the student that they are capable of making good
decisions to help build their self-esteem.
In the Core Ethical Values module, students are asked to, Make a list of 10
things you are proud of and/or make you a fantastic person (qualities). Write one to
two sentences about why you are proud of your accomplishment or why these are
excellent qualities you possess. This assignment gives the student the opportunity
to examine their core personal belifs to realize that they are valuable people who
have accomplished at least ten things in life for which they can be proud.
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References
Interpersonal Communication Skills
Quizzes: What do our body movements say to others?
(http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/curiosity/topics/body-language-quiz.htm)
What is your Interpersonal Communication Skills Style?
(http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=2288)
Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGpjvE74Wy4,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h0V1YkccEE
Definition: Interpersonal Communication:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpersonal_communication
Post-Assessment: http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ls/index.php/343479/
NJ Core Content Standards:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/standards/2/2.pdf
Short and Long Term Consequences
Definition: Consequences (Google.com)
Quizzes: Are you self confident? (http://www.cfoc.org/index.php/teen-guide/quizself-esteem/), Does Peer Pressure Control You?
(http://teenadvice.about.com/library/teenquiz/25/blpeerpressurequiz.htm)
Articles: Problem Solving (http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/problemsolving.html), Decision Making (http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/decisionmaking.html) and Assertiveness
(http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ps/assertiveness.html).
Quizzes: Situational responses (http://www.bodimojo.com/body-talk.htm),
Drugs (http://www.bodimojo.com/quiz/booze-and-you-how-much-do-you-know.htm)
and Alcohol (http://www.bodimojo.com/quiz/lighting-how-much-do-you-know-aboutsmoking.htm)?
Post-Assessment Quiz: http://www.bodimojo.com/quiz/whats-your-mojo.htm
NJ Core Content Standards:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/standards/2/2.pdf
Core Ethical Values
Definitions: Ethics: google.com, Hobby: google.com, Morals: Google.com,
Values: Google.com
Articles: Rejection and How To Handle It ,Self Esteem, Confidence, Personal
Empowerment
Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWZGg3h8kxM,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2uqfOltqqk
Post-test: http://www.cfoc.org/index.php/teen-guide/quiz-self-esteem/
NJ Core Content Standards:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/standards/2/2.pdf