Producer


 * Project Overview**
 * Project Description/Overall Statement: The purpose of this project is to introduce Personal Learning Network (PLN) and to discuss the importance of the PLN
 * Goals: The goal is to produce/contribute the creating of PLN
 * Objectives:
 * The learners will know the importance of PLN
 * The learners will learn how to use different tools to produce the content for the global learning community
 * The learners will recognize the areas in which they may encounter ethical or legal restrictions on content


 * Learner Analysis**
 * Learners/Students Characteristics
 * The characteristics of learners/students are
 * Learners have an initial grasp on consumption.
 * Learners want to consume.
 * Learners want to find out something beneficial to them/their lives.
 * Learners/Students Population: the primary target learners/students will be college students. The secondary target learners/students will be

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 * Instructional Strategy**
 * Description and Instructional Strategies to be used
 * Active Learning - Any approach that engages learners by matching instruction to the learner's interests, understanding, and developmental level.
 * Group discussions - stimulate thought, wonder, explanation, reflection and recall
 * Role-playing - having students assume the role of a teacher and student
 * Activities (the activities that can engage your students before class and over you 3-hours period)
 * RWLD - a variety of activities that will engage the students prior to the lesson
 * Asking students to post a comment in response to a quote as part of the RWLD
 * Building a PageFlake, including finding 5 "flakes"
 * Blog format scavenger hunt
 * Edmodo role-playing


 * Instructional Media**
 * Formats and Technologies to be used
 * Podcast: found from website - Podcast from the Montgomery School District in Maryland about Blogs, wikis and podcasts, this was cut from our presentation due to time
 * Podcast: Created by group - [|Personal Learning Networks Podcast]
 * Video Resources: found from website - PageFlakes video a short video explaining how to create a Pageflake, part of RWLD
 * Video Resources: Created by group - Letting your voice be heard In the style of Did you know?
 * At least 4 other technologies to deliver, create or assess curriculum
 * Pagecast - []
 * Video - Wikis in Plain English part of RWLD
 * Slideshare - 10 ways to a killer blog


 * Assessment**
 * Assignment to be given to students
 * Blog scavenger hunt - find examples of different types of blog posts, using the provided handout
 * Students will post links to Diigo with appropriate tagging, and annotation


 * Rubric
 * 5 pts - student can identify which type of blog post it is and give supporting reasons of why they feel this is accurate
 * 3 pts - student identifies blog post, but cannot give supporting reasons or blog post is inappropriate
 * 0 pts - student did not find blog posting
 * There will be no late assignments, this will be an in-class assignment


 * Training Session**
 * Skills will be taught
 * Workshop
 * Electronic Instructional Handouts (Hyperlinks)
 * Hands-on Student Activities

Date: Dec 10th, Thursday, 6pm (rescheduled to Thursday, Dec 17 5:30-7:30pm)
 * Presentation Planning**
 * 2 hours to share the learning experience
 * Format: lecture, demonstration, video, classroom activity
 * Key: get the students involved in the learning experience
 * Requirement
 * Well-organized
 * Includes examples
 * Includes visuals to enhance discussion
 * Interactive presentation