My Project ProposalProject: “Speaking Greenlish”
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
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
Moodle
Second Life
Sloodle
THE NEXT FEW PAGES ARE A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF MY
TENTATIVE AGENDA
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PERUSE AT YOUR LEISURE : )
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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)
Schedule