Development

 The Digital Divas group is developing an instructional tutorial on using the Web 2.0 tool //[|Glogster]// for 6th grade math students to become better public speakers and presenters. The math topic that the students will be presenting is collecting and displaying data (i.e. mean, median, mode, graphing.) Due to the detailed nature of the “Development” section of ADDIE, our group has decided to use principles loosely based on Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction to organize and guide this process. These are the three principals that the Digital Divas Groups are adopting for the development of this project. ** Principle One: ** Specific instructional activities should be directed toward providing learners with the necessary skills, knowledge, and experience required to meet the goals and objectives of the course/project. ** Principle Two: ** Content should be sequenced and structured in a manner that enables learners to achieve the stated goals. //** Principle Three: **// Instructional and learning activities should encourage frequent and meaningful interactions among learners and between learners and instructors.

**Please read Digital Divas Development plan posted here to fully understand how to implement //[|Glogster]// in the classroom for our project.**

**This project is designed for students who struggle with public presentations and speaking**. All of the videos and documents used in the development of this project is posted in this section. To help the goal of effective public speaking, students need to make connections between good presentation skills and poor presentation skills. One way of doing this is to show visual representations. Please watch the following presentations that the students analyzed below on public speaking. The below is a "medley" or "collage" of some of the best speakers of the 20th century. The videos will be shown in a very deliberate manner as students discuss the pros and cons of each public speaker’s presentation. The teacher will lead a discussion with students on how technology could have could both help and hinder the example presentations. Students will decide how technology can be used as an effective presentation tool and how they could use it in school reports and presentations. Back to top

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 Students also accessed the below web site to read, listen and watch speeches as they made their rubrics on public speaking []

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Below is an example of poor presentations and speaking habits that the students viewed taking notes and making their rubrics for peer analysis. media type="custom" key="8964670" align="center"

Please view the rubric that students developed on assessing good presentation skills below Appendix A - Presentation Skills Rubric

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Students will be shown a presentation that uses the Web 2.0 tool, //Glogster.// Students will be given a teacher-created hand out on //Glogster// ( See Appendix B posted below). Students will watch video tutorials posted below as well. Students will create a login and then begin creating their first “Glog.” Students will learn step-by-step through creating their first glog, by creating a: wall, graphics, text, images, video and sound.

Appendix B - How to use //Glogster//

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Collaborative groups will be made within the classroom setting. Each group will be responsible for making sure that at least three mathematical components and supporting examples are in the presentation (Appendix C). Each group must create a “storyboard” which the teacher will immediately give feedback upon and guidance into the final stages of the project.

Appendix C - Group Graphic Organizer/Storyboard  Back to top

Students must self-evaluate their own project using a rubric based on their group’s collaborative effort (Appendix D), and their personal effort.

Appendix D - Self Evaluation of Group

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