Unit Plan Template for IT 6515 Leadership for Tech Integration

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Unit Author
Dylan Dyer
dylanjacobdyer@gmail.com
Unit Overview
Unit Title:

Family Introduction Unit "All About Me" - Colorado's Finest Alternative High School

Unit Summary:

The purpose of this unit is to give my "family" students time to become familiar with themselves, their classma
introducing basic technology skills.

Students will first create a Weebly Site using their school Gmail accounts. After they have created this site, th

Below is a list of learning activities that my students will complete for this specific unit plan:

• Create a Wordle using 20 descriptive words to describe your self

• Select 5 images that represent who you are using flikr.com
• Take the Myers-Briggs Personality Test and explain your personality type using a mind map
• Chose 5 songs that represent you and create a playlist using playlist.com
• All About Me questions answered in a Google Doc
• Modified picture of yourself using Photo Booth and fotoflexor.com
• Create a timeline of your own life using dippity.com

Activities to do at a later date utilizing "All About Me" Google Site project:

• Goal setting
• Strengths and weaknesses
• Family - Geneology - Mapping Family Tree
• Studying other cultures/people/traditions/foods - Using similarity and differences charts
• Independent Social Studies research project using Glogster Edu
Subject Area: Elective/Social Studies Elective/Health Elective
Grade Level: 9-12
Approx. time needed: 2 weeks
Unit Foundation
Pre Assessment

In order to start this unit, I must know my student's prior knowledge with technology and other Web 2.0 tools
Framework Model:

I have chosen to focus on Marzano's instructional framework and Bloom's Taxonomy because this is the langua
on non-linguistic representations. I believe that this is important because I am asking my students to be very

I want my students to represent their ideas in a creative way and I believe using non linguistic strategies are a

I believe that the tools I have chosen to integrate also reinforce the Marzano strategies that I have chosen to

Marzano's Instructional Strategies

• Non linguistic representation

o Students will be creating a variety of mental images to represent their ideas, beliefs and percep
o These non linguistic representations will be used to illustrate and explain student's personalities
• Summarizing and Note-Taking
o Students will be synthesizing information from personality tests and organizing it into a summar
o For all activities, students must synthesize there beliefs and feelings after completing an activity
• Providing Recognition and Feedback
o By providing students the opportunity to create their own website, this provides instant recognit

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy

• The creation of a website includes many, if not all of Bloom's Taxonomy. I believe that by going throug
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Targeted Content Standards/Benchmarks:

1. Gather and organize data using a variety of different methods including timelines
2. Identify, analyze and explain characteristics of student's own culture and cultural identity
3. Examine contemporary methods to understand human behavior/personality
4. Reading/writing skills
Objectives:

1. Through the use of multimedia and Web 2.0 tools, students will identify, define, explain, and reflect on
2. Demonstrate the use of basic computer and technology skills
3. Gather and organize information using timelines
4. Establish positive relationships with school environment, peers and staff
Curriculum Framing Questions
Essential Question

1. Who am I?
Unit Question

1. What are characteristics of my personality?

2. Who is my family?
3. Who are the people around me?
4. Where do I live?
5. What are my thoughts, dreams, feelings?
Content Questions

1. Who represents your family?

2. What are 20 words to describe yourself?
3. What five images describe you?
4. What 5 songs describe you?
5. What characteristics/traits make up your personality?
 6. What major events represent your life?
Design Story:

I believe that this unit will be very interesting to see student's reactions and perceptions. For any type of unit
students to think about these ideas and I need to be sensitive about that. On the other hand, I think some stu
Student Assessment Plan
Assessment Summary:

I am planning on assessing student work with a completion rubric. Since the nature of this unit is to be self-re

I believe that a student-friendly yes/no rubric will meet the assessment needs for this particular unit.
Assessment Time-line

Before project work begins:

• Prior knowledge survey/assessment on basic technology concepts etc.

Student work on projects and completed tasks:

• Checklists, teacher monitoring, informal discussions with individual students, progress monitoring

After project work is completed:

• Completion rubric of required content

Peer Feedback:

• I will allow students to share their sites with the rest of the students and encourage positive and insigh
Unit Details
Prerequisite Skills:

• Basic computer skills

• Read/write
Instructional Procedures:

Day One:

1. Overall explanation of unit including unit objectives/goals and demonstration of exemplar work.
2. Tutorial/demo over Weebly Sites and how to use the tool.
o Students will be given time to create and personalize their Google Site

Day Two and Three:

1. All About Me questions

o Students think about their own personality and what makes them unique and special by answer
o Answer questions in Google Doc
2. Wordle Activity:
o Students brainstorm a list of 20 words the best describes them. Use Google Doc to record list of
o Brief Wordle.net tutorial
 o Create a Wordle (non linguistic representation) using 20 words
o Embed World into All About Me Weebly Site
o Write a summary that justifies the words that were selected for the Worlde

Day Four and Five

1. Myers - Briggs Personality Type Test

o Brief explanation on purpose and background of Myers Briggs personality test
o Students will be provided with the web link to the test.
o Complete the test and record their results
o Conduct brief research on their personality type and take notes in Google Doc
o In a paragraph, student's will summarize their personality type in the Google Doc

Day Six

1. Using personality test results and summary paragraph, create a personality map
o Brief tutorial on web/mapping tool - Inspiration
o Create a mind map/web of students personality type (non linguistic representation) that summa
o Embed map/web onto Weebly Site

Day Seven

1. Using flikr.com and playlist.com, students will select 5 images and 5 songs that represent who they are
2. Provide a brief tutorial on each of these tools and allow students to create accounts and get familiar wit
3. Allow students time to create their photo album and playlist
4. Each list of items should be added to the Weebly Site
5. Provide a brief explanation that summarizes the selections that were made and how they represent yo

Day Eight

1. Students will select 5-10 important events in their life

2. They should organize these events chronologically
3. Create a timeline using dippity.com
4. Embed timeline into Weebly Site

Day Nine

1. Take a picture of yourself using PhotoBooth

2. Upload picture to fotofexor.com
3. Future Image of Yourself:
o Edit picture to include what you want to see in yourself by the end of the school year
o Embed images in Weebly Site
Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction

• I will accommodate students that need more time or individual directions.

Unit Teaser

For my unit teaser, I will be completing at least three short activities called Kokology. Kokology is a book that
discovery and personality exploration.
Materials and Resources Required for Unit
Technology Hardware (check all needed equipment)
_PDA: iphone/touch, cell phones, digital readers, tablets X_Printer
X_Scanner _ Other _______________ X_Projector _Video Conferencing equipment _Digital
Camcorder _Camera
X_Inte
_DVD Player
_Document cameras
X_Computers
_Connections cables
X_Netbooks
_Clickers

Learner and Teacher Materials:

Family Wiki

All learner materials can be found on the Family Wiki. This provides project instructions, job aid and all requir

Technology - Software, Webware

Google Email/Docs/Sites
Wordle.net
Fotoflexor.com
Flikr.com
Dippity.com
Inspiration
Printed Materials
Google Doc

Student resources/Job aid

Supplies
Internet Resources - Links
Google Email/Docs/Sites
Wordle.net
Fotoflexor.com
Flikr.com
Dippity.com
? Unit self assessment / and or Peer assessment
Students will evaluate their All About Me site using the same rubric that I will use.

Design Rationale/Narrative:

Introduction and Problem Statement

My name is Dylan Dyer and I work at Colorado's Finest Alternative High School in Englewood,
Colorado. CFAHS is a successful alternative high school that has been in existence for over 20
years. We enroll students from all over the metro area. In fact, only 17% of our student body is
from Englewood School District. The large majority of our students fit into the "at-risk" or
"alternative" category meaning they have not been successful at their previous high schools, for a
variety of different reasons.

At CFAHS, all teachers are required to have a "family" unit. Students are randomly given a
family teacher upon entry into CFAHS and they remain with this same teacher until they graduate.
The family teacher plays many different roles for their students. They are a teacher, guidance
counselor, registrar, advocate, mentor, friend, and sometimes even a shoulder to cry on. It is the
family teacher's responsibility to make connections with their students and become their major
support system at CFAHS. This bonding time can be critical to the student's academic success.

I will be meeting with my family unit every day during 4th period for the first six weeks of the
upcoming school year. This will be my time to connect with my students and establish positive
relationships and lasting rapport with them. I want to give my students the ability to express
themselves and allow them to share who they are with their peers and me. Also, I want to
introduce my students to the technology that they will be using throughout the school year at
CFAHS. This unit plan will allow me to give my students the opportunity to do these things when
they enter CFAHS.

Unit Objectives

The primary objective of this unit is to encourage my family students to reflect on their
personality and think about what makes them special and unique people. I want them to learn
strategies and methods to understand certain aspects of their personality and who they are. They
will also be gathering and organizing information and demonstrating the use of basic computer
and technology skills.

I believe that these are extremely important goals and objectives for me to be addressing with
my family students at the beginning of the year. By targeting these goals, I have a better chance
of developing lasting relationships with my students and these relationships will hopefully lead to
greater academic success.

Learning Activities

The exploration projects I have chosen to have my students complete will give me insight into
who my students are and allow me to interact with them more effectively. This unit is intended to
be self-exploratory for students and allow them to make sense of themselves and the world they
live in. I have taken a constructivist approach by giving my students a task, showing them a brief
tutorial of how to use a tool, and then they are given time to complete the task.

Each of the activities that we will complete are intended to be a part of their final project which
is the "All About Me" Weebly Site. These learning activities are appropriate for my learners
because they must feel connected and comfortable in their new school environment to ensure
their success.

Delivery System

This unit will presented through the use of a class wiki and a Google Doc instruction handout
provided on the course wiki. It is intended that the students create their own knowledge and
make sense of the tasks that I am giving them. This unit is meant to be explorative and personal
for the student, so I will allow them to work at their own pace.

Mediation
 I believe that the media I am choosing to use (Web 2.0 tools) will greatly enhance the
student's experience during this unit. Each tool has been chosen for it's relevance to the activity
and it will aid in the completion of each task. The thing that I am concerned about is not having
this unit be dominated by the use of Web 2.0 tools. I want the tools to be successfully integrated
into each activity, but I don't want that to be the main focus. The tools I am using are only to aid
student creativity and thoughtfulness with each exploratory activity.

Leadership

I am planning on piloting this unit with my family students and then I intend on sharing this
unit with my co workers. I will be available to coach other staff members through this unit and
demonstrate how to use each tool, etc.