Instructional Blueprint for Virtual Fieldtrip to Candlestick Park

	Topic: Virtual Fieldtrip to Candle Stick Park
	Subject Area: History of Baseball/Technology integration
	Audience/Grade Level: High School and up.
	Purpose: Integrate technology with prior learning about baseball teams and their ball fields.
	Objectives: Use internet, word, write, use computers to create a brochure and apply a checklist and a rubrik.
Essential learning element Number 1: Motivate _________	Activity 1: .Learners will be given an example brochure to examine and look over to see what it can look like when finished. Presentation (Expository model) Baseball_example_brochure.pdf Learners will use the internet to find a map of their team’s home field. Discovery and Project based learning http://www.maps.google.com
Essential learning element Number 2: Objectives _________	Learners will be given the rubrik and we will go over it together as a class. Presentation (Expository model) Edtech448_instruction.pdf Learners will be given the checklist and we will go over it together as a class. We will ‘grade’ the example brochure using the checklist and rubrik. Presentation (Expository model) Edtech448_instruction.pdf and Baseball_example_brochure.pdf
Essential learning element Number 3: Connection to Prior Learning _________	Students will search and find an image of a ball park that the San Francisco Giants played at until 1999. They will copy and paste that image to their brochure and add text to the brochure for descriptions. Active Learning model This URL will take them to a nice picture of Candlestick Park/Monster Park. http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/national/3compk.htm Students will search and find a map of their home team’s ball park. They will copy and paste that image to their brochure replacing the earlier one, and add text to the brochure for their descriptions. Active Learning (Generative model) http://www.google.com Students are to find a map of their team home field.
Essential learning element Number 4: New Skills and information _________	Activity 1: Working in teams of 2, and using the rubrik and checklist, learners will build Ballpark brochures. .Active and collaborative Edtech448_instruction.pdf Programs: MS word, Firefox, Internet connection. Activity 2: Working in teams of 2, and using the rubrik and checklist, learners will continue to build Ballpark brochures. Active and collaborative learning models Edtech448_instruction.pdf Programs: MS word, Firefox, Internet connection
Essential learning element Number 5: Practice _________	Activity 1: Working in teams of 2, and using the rubrik and checklist, learners will continue to build Ballpark brochures. Active and collaborative learning models Edtech448_instruction.pdf Activity 2: Working in teams of 2, and using the rubrik and checklist, learners will continue to build Ballpark brochures. Active and collaborative learning models Edtech448_instruction.pdf
Essential learning element Number 6: Feedback _________	Activity 1-Learners will give their checklist to their partner, to check to see if everything is done. Collaborative learning model Edtech448_instruction.pdf Activity 2-Learners will ‘grade’ each other’s brochures using the checklist and rubrik. Collaborative and Roll play learning models Edtech448_instruction.pdf
Essential learning element Number 7: Evaluation _________	Activity 1: Instructor will take student graded rubrik and checklist and inspect digital brochure to verify all items are incorporated into the brochure. Overall grade will be based on completeness and quality of work. This will be a formative evaluation. Collaborative learning model Edtech448_instruction.pdf Activity 2: Instructor will return assignment after making 3 suggestions for improving the brochure and recording the tentative grade percentage on the rubrik. Collaborative learning model Edtech448_instruction.pdf
Essential learning element Number 8: Feedback _________	Activity 1: Student will make any improvements and print 2 copies of the brochure. Take one copy with a rubrik to set up for the class to evaluate and grade. Instructor will total points and award mean (average) as grade. Collaborative and Active learning models Edtech448_instruction.pdf and Student_name_Baseball_Brochure.pdf Activity 2: Students will email themselves a copy of their brochure and take one home to show their friends and family. This project will be posted to the school website. Collaborative and Active learning models. g-mail@google.com and www.school.com