Name: Images Presentation

Name: Images Presentation Description: Using a video on different types of projectiles in conjunction with a PowerPoint presentation created from still frames taken out of the video, students begin to investigate the intricacies of projectile motion in physics. Students will consider different representation of projectile motion, as presented in the PowerPoint, and begin to draw connections to previously discussed topics in mechanics.

Context: This artifact was created in accordance with the requirements for CI3850 in the Reich College of Education. This course focuses on the involvement and effective utilization of technology within an educational setting.

Impact: Teachers often face a variety of learning abilities and styles within their classrooms. This artifact can be used to effectively reach those students for whom more traditional teaching approaches are not suitable. This presentation gives clear visual aids to assist in the teaching of a high school physics class.

Alignment: IIA. – This presentation allows students to visualize the concepts being addressed. This incorporates the idea that there are diverse learning styles which may, at times, mandate that more traditional styles of teaching be modified to reach a wider variety of students.

Name: Web page (www.appstate.edu/~kd47390) Description: Using Dreamweaver, a web-design tool, a web page has been created for use by students and parents as a way to stay abreast of information related to courses being taught. The created website also allows the instructor to post information that students may need access to at later times.

Impact: The website can be utilized as a tremendous source of information. Both the parents and students have to ability to review course materials and gain insight into the structure of the course with which it is associated. This website is also a way for the instructor to keep people aware of upcoming events and the requirements pertinent to those viewing the page.

Alignment: IIC. – Both the Parents’ information page and the Students’ information page have links to websites that can be used as various educational and informational resources. These websites have been reviewed for their appropriateness and significance to the course prior to being included on the listed links. VC. – The website allows the instructor to keep announcements and repeated information in one location instead of having to recreate these documents and resources multiple times throughout the year. This bolsters the idea of using technology to increase productivity by making information transmission more efficient.

Name: Media Literacy Project Description: The influence of the mass media on the perspectives of students and their environment is tremendous. Using media clips and PowerPoint students can investigate how different media types have affected their ideas about scientific concepts.

Impact: This artifact is designed to help students identify how the media can affect the misconceptions that they might have about physics. If students are able to understand that some of the misconceptions they hold are perpetuated by various media it then becomes easier to identify other misconceptions and address why the students cling to the belief that it is the actual perception of scientific knowledge.

Alignment: IIIC. – The projects created by students at the end of the media literacy lessons allow the teacher to challenge students to carefully consider their surroundings and develop critical thinking skills that will enable them to analyze information around them.