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 * Week 1 Module[[image:module1.jpg align="right"]]**

**Week One Module: Sunday, March 13 - Saturday, March 19 ** **Assignments and Discussion Posts due by Saturday, March 19 **

 Criteria for Developing Essential Questions
 * media type="custom" key="9827787" align="right"RI Unit of Study assignment: **
 * Read and review the Essential Questions PowerPoint posted below.
 * Complete the following sections of your Unit of Study: Title, Overall days, Discipline / Content Area Focus, Grade level, Discipline Content, Processes, and Essential Questions.( DOK 4 or 5) Look on the Unit of Study Template page on this wiki (look to the left) to locate your file. Click on your name and it will open a Google Doc. You can type directly into this file. Your trainers can view your work and give you feedback as we proceed week to week.
 * ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS POWERPOINT[[file:Developing+Essential+Questions.ppt]] **

WEBSITE CREATION TUTORIAL VIDEOS
 * Technology Assignments: **
 * **Websites: ** Create an online portfolio of your weekly course work using one of these three options: [|Yola], [|Weebly] or [|Google Sites]. Include an introduction to yourself on the site. If you already have a personal website, you can post your weekly course assignments there. Use your site to post your weekly assignmnents as outlined in the course modules. Make sure you post your website address in Week 1 Discussion Forum 2.
 * **Assignment: ** Now use [|Blabberize] to introduce yourself to the class; what do you teach, what are your hobbies, etc. Post the Blabberize to your website. **If you are unable to use Blabberize because you do not have access to a microphone, create a Voki instead.** Vokis do not require a sound recorder and you are able to create a talking Avatar by typing in text. In the meantime, you will need to locate a sound recording device for a future assignment (digital story telling - Module 3). Please speak with either your school tech director or library media specialist about obtaining a computer microphone, or alert your RITTI trainer. We may be able to locate a computer microphone for you to pick up from the RITTI office located on the URI Kingston campus.

Blabberize Tutorial: media type="custom" key="8669626" Students love using Blabberize! We have assigned students to present their research using a different voice or perspective. See the student-created example below: media type="custom" key="8669490"


 * Discussion Forum Posts: **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Discussion forum 1: Post your Essential Questions (from the Unit of Study assignment above) to the discussion forum. Provide feedback to at least two other participants about their posted essential questions. // *When you see a response you want to respond to, select QUOTE in their response. Type your feedback below the quoted text. //
 * Discussion forum 2: Post your website link. Respond to the following question: What are the possible benefits of using a website as a teaching tool for your students? List at least three specific benefits.