2. Questions Answered Subject: English Topic: Our Environment Homeschooled J/S 15-19yrs old Fully online Fascilitated by instructor Moodle-Sloodle-Second Life Virtual World 8 weeks= 24 hours 2 days a week= 3 hours each Prereq: Second Life account; e-mail; Moodle experience New course using refurbished tools
3. Course Structure Meet in Second Life on Tuesdays and Thursdays 1.5 hours Basic Requirements: Second Life account and viewer 1 Working e-mail Microsoft Office Moodle account Knowledgable about (proper) Net use Mic and Speakers
7. THE NEXT FEW PAGES ARE A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF MY TENTATIVE AGENDA PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PERUSE AT YOUR LEISURE : )
8. Module 1 (week 1) Introductions to class, peers, Second Life, Moodle Scavenger Hunt Practice learned skills Discussion Board What did you learn, experience, like/dislike? Reply to peers post
9. Module 2 (week 2) Research Recycling, global sustainability, global warming, Go Green efforts here or other countries Pick a topic to research Add source to WIKI Will go over how to do this Tuesday DB post Your topic, source, about source, questions, interesting facts Reply Meet in SL discuss topics on Thursday (all share) Go over structure of essay (rubric, examples, links to sites) Rough drafts of essay due Tuesday!
10. Module 2 (week 3) Short essay (min 5 paragraphs) Rubric Example Diagram 2nd draft due Sunday Post rough drafts in DB area (Tuesday) Meet Tuesday to go over requirements and ?s Peer review in DB reply (Thursday) Meet with partner Thursday to go over papers Turn in 2nd draft in DB area and e-mail to teacher
11. Module 3 (week 4) Proposal Plan and Annotated Bibliography Rubric, examples, links to helpful sources (handouts) Questions to be answered What can I, my community, state, school, family, country do differently to “Go Green”? Brainstorm Map Research and Plan E-mail ideas and answers to questions to teacher Tuesday =go over ideas Thursday =answer questions and research Go over how to create an annotated bib (due Sunday) DB post plan and attach annotated bib + reply
12. Module 4 (week 5) Outline + Peer Review + Teacher Conference Rubric, examples, and links to helpful resources How to create a Works Cited page How to cite references Create an outline for proposal plan Post outline in DB (due Friday) Reply to partners DB outline post (same partner) Due Sunday Tuesday =expectations Thursday= peer and teacher conferencing
13. Module 5 (week 6) Rough draft + Peer Review + Teacher Edit + Final Draft Rubrics, examples, links to helpful resources Monday= citation practice wrksht Tuesday= practice Citations Intro and conclusions Visual aides in Word Rough draft due Friday Peer Response due next week (Tuesday) Thursday= questions session and conferencing Sign up for meeting next week
14. Module 5 (week 7-8) Final draft= Title page, Works Cited, Correctly formatted Proposal Plan Meet at scheduled times Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday All week to work on papers Thursday= question session Papers due Sunday (attached: ) Rough draft Peer review rubric Your review rubric Blank rubric Final draft (Title page, all pages labeled and named, Works Cited)
