Google Map Project

I would rather be here today

Introductory activity for High School students on using Google Maps and Spreadsheets. The goals is for students create a collaborative map for a location they may interested in visiting right now. No reason, and no limit on the budget. 

The requirements:  

Use the classroom Google Map and mark their location.

Write a brief why they want to go to this place

Link to a shared  Google Spreadsheet that organizes their travel arrangements. The spreadsheet should include the following information and must be well organized and use formulas and functions where appropriate:

• Travel Prices and a link to the web address with the ticket price.
• Accommodations (hotel)
• Current Price of 20 gallons of gas
• One days worth of meals
• Web address that point to the sites where you collected your prices

Sample Spreadsheet

This does require some planning and budgeting. You will need to search the interenet for method of travel to get to your desired place. If you are flying make sure to include a link on your spreadsheet for your airfare

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Reading:
 The next three chapters you’ll read are focused on the relevance and impact of instructional technologies in three different contexts: Business & Industry, P-12 schools, and higher education. This week’s reading, chapter 18, focuses on Business & Industry.

Reflection
What are, in your mind, two unique or interesting or different or noteworthy ways Instructional Design/Technology has been used in business & industry that you believe could be usefully applied to your own professional work? Explain.

While reading Reisers' instructional design approach from a business model and after multiple news stories relating to government funding cuts and attacks on public sector workers, education specifically. I thought how nice it would be to have luxury of planning an instructional intervention with multiple groups of people all assigned to a specialized role and actually have a budget of time and money to hire individuals to add "eye candy" to the instruction. The idea of modeling education after business may have a little more appeal to it. Currently as educator we have all the roles assigned to us in Table 18.1 (176) along with the final section of accommodations for students or learners with special needs. If the officials in charge do have an opportunity to apply "business ideas" to education I certainly hope they read this chapter.

Moving past all the job description or roles teacher play I believe the current trends to apply technology  training is a must for education. Reviewing the experiences I provide my students both in class and online. I like web based guidlines proposed by Hannafin and Hannafin(180) usable:

1. Optimize the technological capabilities
2. Promote active engaging learning
3. Establish meaningful context for learning
4. Establish open communication among learners and facilitator
5. Build effective management systems

Second, I like to think we have some impact on the decisions made for our districts. A technology bond issue is currently being discussed at WSD. A hot topic right now is the 1 to 1 initiative. What ever the outcome of our discussion one issue I try to make clear is the adaption of a new skill or knowledge takes time and will require training.  Using technology in ones classroom is a real learning process that will take time. I will be referencing   Foxon's 5 stages of transfer (180) in our next discussions.

Reading:
 The next three chapters you’ll read are focused on the relevance and impact of instructional technologies in three different contexts: Business & Industry, P-12 schools, and higher education. This week’s reading, chapter 18, focuses on Business & Industry.

Reflection
What are, in your mind, two unique or interesting or different or noteworthy ways Instructional Design/Technology has been used in business & industry that you believe could be usefully applied to your own professional work? Explain.
Notes from Text:
Online delievery:
Optimize the technologyical capabilityies
Promote active engageing learning
Establish meaningful context for learning
Establish open communication among learners and facilitors
Build effective management systems


Kirkpatrick Levels:

1. Initial Evaluation (Trainee Reaction)
2. Evaluation of Learning
3. On job behaviors
4. Measures of changes on Organizational or on-the-job behavioral 

Foxon (1993) 5 Stage Transfer

1. Intent
2. Initiation
3. Particial Transfer
4. Consciours maintenance of skill/knowledge
5. Unconscious maintenance of skill/knowledge