An essential part of designing a course is the planning phase. This information below is my planning for the course I will be creating.
Introduction:
We are a 1:1 campus where every student has a Chromebook. Are you looking for ways to harness the power of this technology and increase student engagement by allowing students to demonstrate mastery of content in a more engaging way? In this course, you will learn to use four different creativity programs that will make this possible. As you learn, you will create lessons and exemplars that you can use with your students. In addition, you will experience the power of working collaboratively on a project.
Learning Goals:
- Learners will discover the skills necessary to use each tool.
- Learners will design and create an assignment exemplar using each tool.
- Learners will create or revise a lesson plan to give students the opportunity to use creativity to demonstrate their learning.
- Learners will collaborate to create a lesson plan and exemplar(s) to give students the opportunity to use creativity to demonstrate learning.
- Learners will share completed lessons and exemplars with other learners. Class members will evaluate and provide constructive feedback.
Desired Results:
Learners will be able to:
- Design and create examples of learning with four different creativity tools
- Collaborate on projects using creativity tools
- Reflect on learning
- Evaluate and provide constructive feedback on other’s work
- assignments that are created with their students
Audience: The audience for this course is the staff at Elgin Middle School. The course will be used for training this summer with the possibility of a district wide rollout.
BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) – Overarching Course Goal
Learners will demonstrate their knowledge of tools for harnessing student creativity by creating lessons and exemplars for their students using each program.
| Learning Goals | Learning Activities | Assessment Activities |
| Foundational: Learners will discover the skills necessary to use each tool. | Online tutorials Online articles Quick reference guides Examples of products created using the tools | Class discussion board |
| Application: Learners will design and create an assignment exemplar using each tool. | Design and create exemplar using specified tool | Class discussion board Completed exemplar |
| Integration: Learners will create or revise a lesson plan to give students the opportunity to use creativity to demonstrate their learning. | Create or revise a lesson plan to allow students creativity in how they demonstrate learning | Class discussion board Completed lesson plan |
| Human Dimension/Caring: Learners will collaborate to create a lesson plan and exemplar(s) to give students the opportunity to use creativity to demonstrate learning. | Collaborate to create a lesson plan and exemplar(s) | Class discussion board Completed lesson plan and exemplar(s) |
| Learning How-To-Learn: Learners will share completed lessons and exemplars with other learners. Class members will evaluate and provide constructive feedback. | Share completed work on discussion board | Class discussion board |
List and briefly describe in your assignment document the materials you will enter into your chosen LMS below using the space you need:
Introduction to course:
- Welcome, course introduction, syllabus, guide on now to participate in discussion board.
- This information will introduce the course and will be easily accessible. The guide on how to participate in class discussions will be critical because the type of discussion board I will be using are not built into Google Classroom.
Week 1: Creating with Canva
- Quick reference guide to getting started with Canva
- A guide to help learners create an account and get started using Canva
- Online tutorials from Canva from the Getting Started with Canva and Collaborating with Canva
- Online tutorials and collaboration videos are from the Canva Design School and will be used to teach learners how to use the tool.
- Discussion board question
- Learners will answer discussion questions and share their learning with the other members of the course.
- Grading rubric
Week 2: Creating with Adobe Spark Post
- Quick reference guide to getting started with Adobe Spark Graphics (flyers)
- A guide to help learners create an account and get started using Adobe Spark Post
- Getting started tutorials for Adobe Spark Post
- Video tutorials to walk learners through using this tool.
- Handout and video on collaborating with Adobe Spark Post
- How to use the collaboration tool on project in Adobe Spark Post
- Discussion board question
- Learners will answer discussion questions and share their learning with the other members of the course.
- Grading Rubric
Week 3: Creating with Adobe Spark Page
- Quick reference guide to getting started with Adobe Spark Page
- A guide to help learners access their account and get started using Adobe Spark Page
- Getting started tutorials for Adobe Spark Page
- Video tutorials to walk learners through using this tool.
- Handout and video on collaborating with Adobe Spark Page
- How to use the collaboration tool on project in Adobe Spark Page
- Discussion board question
- Learners will answer discussion questions and share their learning with the other members of the course.
- Grading Rubric
Week 4: Creating with Adobe Spark Video
- Quick reference guide to getting started with Adobe Spark Video
- A guide to help learners access their account and get started using Adobe Spark Video
- Getting started tutorials for Adobe Spark Video
- Video tutorials to walk learners through using this tool.
- Handout and video on collaborating with Adobe Spark Video
- How to use the collaboration tool on project in Adobe Spark Video
- Discussion board question
- Learners will answer discussion questions and share their learning with the other members of the course.
- Grading Rubric
Week 5: Collaboration – Let’s Learn Together
- Tutorials on using the collaboration tools of each product
- These will be shared earlier, but will be shared again for easy access
- Discussion board question
- Learners will answer discussion questions and share exemplar and lesson plan with members of the course.
- Grading Rubric
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