INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

TOURIST PLACES OF SONA DISTRICT

ANALYSI
S

Problems and Objectives:

District of Sona is one of the most visited places in Veraguas so
students for Centro Bsico General Miguel Alba need to know
what are the most beautiful places for visiting in their district.
This lesson is intended to 6 hours classes in which students
create an online magazine in order to include tourist places in
Sona. The students will develop in face to face session and
asynchronous way, too.
Audience:
Eight graders students at Centro Bsico General Miguel Alba are
able to use technological features but Some students could
have problems by using computers because they do not have.
However, professor brings a computer for those do not have.
Learning, Environment and delivery:
The environment is the classroom; internet access is available
for research.
In addition, teacher provides a complete list of websites and
sources that contributes to perform and achieve the objective.

DESIGN

Learning objective: To Publish an online magazine by using

Issuu.
Content: Tourist places in District of Sona, and superlative
adjective.
Lesson planning (activities)
Session 1 ( face to face session)
Objective
To determine what are the most important tourist
places in their district.
Activities
-prediction session
-building vocabulary using padle
http://padlet.com/betsyfon
-Participate in a plenary session for determining the
tourist places in Sona.
-questions and answers session based on key vocabulary

Session 2
Objective
To classify the types of Tourist places in Panama based
on the reading.
Activities
-read a short text about types of tourism and places
-classification the tourism places in Panama.
-create a concept map using popplet.com based on the
reading

Session 3
Objective
To post comments and photos of Veraguas in Facebook
account.
Activities
-take some pictures and add an oral description of the
photo related with tourist places from their province.
-post on the Facebook account
-invite other people to post comment in English using
adjective and respectful language

Session 4
Objective
To publish your word document in an online magazine
using issuu.
Activities
Compile the entire picture from your classmates.
Think in a name for the magazine
Add important information about the location, tourist
sites, hotels and transportation.
Use the key vocabulary and superlative adjective form
the lessons.

http://issuu.com/vpointcommunications/docs/nata-2015flipbook?e=14230445/10832362
http://www.edufind.com/english-grammar/comparativeand-superlative/
http://es.padlet.com/betsyfon/pu1enb0h5dh5
http://www.fotobabble.com/
https://youtu.be/AWp65UDwXjM
http://help.issuu.com/hc/en-us/articles/204816028Getting-your-publication-ready
https://youtu.be/5eVIFFpoQyw
https://youtu.be/uwCt5q02XlA
http://www.oteimavirtual.com/pluginfile.php/103338/mo
d_resource/content/1/Superlative%20Adjectives
%20%281%29.pdf
http://fael.foroactivo.com/t60-list-of-comparatives-andsuperlatives-lista-de-comparativos-y-superlativos
https://youtu.be/sMwX9sZsBHo
https://popplet.com/
https://popplet.com/
http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/comparatives/sup
erlatives2.html
http://www.english-area.com/paginas/superlativosE1.pdf
Assessment instruments rubrics or checklist

DEVELOP
MENT

Course documents( it is the project by itself)

Materials and or requirements (extra materials
markers construction papers)
Checklists ( control to myself things that I have to do)
Assignments (worksheets to face to face session or
homework)

ASSES
SMEN
T
INSTR
UMEN
TS

CHECKLITS

Predictions and building vocabulary session

Universidad Tecnolgica Oteima
Master in Arts
Major in English teaching Methodology
Methodological Applied to Education Technology

Criteria
Use paddlet to make a predictions of
the topic
Add some new words to the wall
Write in a word document the list of
key word related to the topic
Follow general instructions for the
both activities( paddlet session and
word document)

Yes

No

Observations

Tot
al

CONCEPT MAP RUBRIC

CATEGORY

CONTENT

ARRANGEMENT
OF CONCEPTS

ACCEPTABLE (10
pts))

includes almost all

important concepts*

demonstrates a
careful reading of
the text

main concept easily

identified
sub concepts branch
appropriately from main idea
contains relevant
hierarchies (visual and
conceptual) and examples
logically and intuitively
arranged

LINKS

all concepts interlinked

linking lines and words
descriptive and valid for most
relationships
The student makes use of
effective color and links to
meaningfully clarify
connections for all aspects of
the mind map.

MARGINAL (6
pts))

UNACCEPTABLE
(3pts)

many important
concepts missing
suggests a quick
and superficial
reading of the text

many important
concepts missing
demonstrates a quick
and superficial reading
of the text

main concept
identifiable
some sub
concepts branch
from main idea
contains some
hierarchies and
examples
arrangement of
concepts not fully
developed
some concepts
interlinked
linking lines and
words valid for
some relationships
The student
makes a few use
of effective color
and links to
meaningfully
clarify connections

main concept not

clearly identified
sub concepts don't
consistently branch from
main idea
contains few to no
hierarchies and
examples
little effort evident in
arrangement of
concepts
few to no concepts
interlinked
linking lines and words
not valid for many
relationships
The student rarely
makes use of effective
color and links to
meaningfully clarify
connections for all
aspects of the mind

VISUAL APPEAL

clean and appealing design

that aids comprehension
text easy to
read/appropriately sized

for all aspects of

the mind map.

map.

design lacks
appeal
text not easy to
read

cluttered, unappealing
design
text difficult to read

Universidad Tecnolgica Oteima

Master in Arts
Major in English teaching Methodology
Methodological Applied to Education Technology

Checklits for mind map creation

Criteria
Take pictures by themselves and use
fotobabble for making an oral
description of the photo.
Invite others students to participate in
Facebook by posting comments in
English
Use a respectful language
Follow general instructions for the
both activities( Facebook and
Fotobabble)
Observations

Yes

Tot
al

No

Rubric for the Final Project

Issuu
Magazine Title
10 pts

Great
Choose a title that can reflect the
audience you are trying to reach.
It must be school appropriate.

Article Headlines
10 pts

Title does not reflect the targeted

audience. It is still creative.

Great
Article headlines are interesting
brining the audience into the cover.

Cover Photo(s)
10 pts

Graphics/Color
10 pts

Headlines are not interesting and do

not pertain to the magazine.

Letter Font
5 pts

Issue date
5 pts

Grammar/spelling
10 pts

No titles

Photo is of poor quality and does

not add to the overall quality of the
magazine cover. The photo detracts
from the magazine.

Photo is missing. Photo is

self portrait. Photo was
taken by someone else.

Good

Fair

Poor

Colors/graphics used does not bring in

the viewer. The use of colors/graphics
are ineffective.

color/graphic used is plain. It shows

no research.

Good

Fair

Letter font shows some research and

decision making skill.

Letter font shows little research and

decision making skills

Good
Issue and date are located on the front
of the publication.

Fair
did not follow issue and date
expectations.

Good
1 error

Great

Lack of interesting article titles.

Poor

Photo is not in focus, it lacks clarity,

and/ or the subject matter is not in line
with magazine. Photo does not bring
reader to the cover.

Great
0 errors

Fair

Poor

Great
Issue date is conveniently located
on publication.

The title does not meet

any of the criteria.

Fair

Great
Letter font shows extensive
research and decision making
skills. The letter fonts are targeting
the audience.

Does not follow expectations. Is

not creative.

Poor

Good

Great
Colors/graphics are used to add
interest to the cover. color is used
to effectively bring in reader.

Fair

Good

Great
Photo is in focus and utilizes the
composition elements. Photo is
compelling and brings the reader
into the magazine.

Overall professional
appearance

Good

Fair
2 errors

Good

colors or graphics are

used ineffectively.

Poor
Letter font shows no
research.

Poor
no Issue, date

Poor
more than two errors

Fair

Poor

10 pts

Work ethic
10 pts

The magazine cover has a

professional appearance and
follows a monthly theme that is
easily grasped by the reader.

Great
Magazine cover project was
completed before due date.

Advertisement
10 pts

Great
The ad product is creative and
useful. It also has a slogan.

Article
10 pts

Great
Article is interesting and has no
corrections.

Source: http://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?sp=yes&code=S97B99&

The magazine cover has a semiprofessional appearance. It has some

audience appeal.

Good
Magazine cover project was completed
by due date.

Good
The ad product has some creativity
and usefulness. It has a slogan.

Good
Article is interesting, but has some
corrections.

The magazine cover has an

unprofessional appearance, but
some interesting points.

Fair
Magazine cover project was
completed by due date, but then
resubmitted.

Fair
There is an ad, but it doesn't have a
slogan.

Fair
Article is okay and has lots of
corrections.

The magazine cover has

an unprofessional
appearance.

Poor
Magazine cover project
was not completed before
due date.

Poor
There is no ad product
created.

Poor
Article is not interesting
and has many
corrections.