Project Proposal #1 for EDU 505: Intro to Ed Tech

Teacher Name: Jordan Connors Class/Grade Level: English 11 Unit: The Crucible

Unit Objective: The student should be able to understand the real world connections of
• What the student will be able The Crucible as well as effectively analyze the material on its own terms.
to do
Project #1 -Students create a spreadsheet that lists the birth and death dates of all
• Objective those killed in the Salem Witch Trials. Export the spreadsheet to a word
• Technology used document with a short description and a nice design.
• Final product -Word/Excel (or comparable)
• How reaches unit goal -Word Document with inserted spreadsheet
-By having to do so much work with the actual dates and names the
human factor of the situation will become much more real to the students.
Project #2 -Students create a presentation in which they creatively detail one aspect
• Objective of the play of their own choosing.
• Technology used -Photostory
• Final product -Photostory presentation/wav.file
• How reaches unit goal -This will help students to analyze the material as they will have to pick out
their presentation topic on their own and then find materials to support thei
idea.
Project #3 -Students create a website on which to upload their work, provide links,
• Objective detail the author, and write their own blog on the play.
• Technology used -Weebly, Scribd, Youtube (embedding project 2), etc.
• Final product -Finalized website
• How reaches unit goal -Synthesizes both goals by having students create pages that will
accompany their ideas on both the human factor and their own
interpretations of the play. The blog will be instrumental in bringing these
ideas together.
Assessment Ideas Project 1 : Checklist
Project 2 : Rubric
Project 3 : Rubric

Project Proposal #2 for EDU 505: Intro to Ed Tech

Teacher Name: Jordan Connors Class/Grade Level: English 11 Unit: The Most Dangerous Game

Unit Objective: -Students will be able to analyze the work for the social and political
• What the student will be able connections. Also, they will be able to learn the rhetoric skills for creating
to do tension in writing.
Project #1 -Students create a presentation detailing some of the suspenseful parts of
• Objective the play and break down the language used to create the tension.
• Technology used -PPT or comparable
• Final product -PPT presentation
• How reaches unit goal -Forces students to analyze both the work and the writing itself to
determine the tense moments and how they are created.
Project #2 -Students create a one page document that deals with some of the social
• Objective or political ideas that the story brings up
• Technology used -Word or comparable
• Final product -Word document w/ design elements
• How reaches unit goal -Students analyze the story to come up with possible social connections
and then focus on bringing them to light in a concise and attractive way.

Project #3 -Students write a week-long reading blog in which they create their own
• Objective prompts to write from. Each must be a focused short piece of writing on
• Technology used one subject dealing with the story.
• Final product -Weebly
• How reaches unit goal -Blog that incorporates the elements stated above.
 -Writing a blog will cause the students to synthesize any ideas they have
been having about the story into actual, realized arguments. This is great
analytical practice.
Assessment Ideas Project 1 : Checklist
Project 2 : Rubric
Project 3 : Rubric