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Collaborative Planning In this module, you will spend the next two weeks exploring collaborative planning. You will work with your assigned teams to create a unit that integrates instruction across disciplines. You can do this several ways. Your group can plan to meet in person, or you can use email or the discussion board to communicate. The purpose of this module will be to create a collaborative unit that could be used to teach a group of students in the same grade across different disciplines as related to the [|NC Standard Course of Study]. There is also another important factor. You must incorporate technology into your plan. You will create a team wiki that incorporates each discipline that your team represents. Each of your individual assignments will incorporate technology, and should be posted on your team wiki that you will create. Readings and Assignments for Module  1)  [|What is a Wiki?]   2)   “ [|Wikis in Plain English] ”: YouTube Video  3)  [|Wikipedia Article: Web 2.0]   4)   [|21st Century Learning Skills]  5)  // [|Educator Resources on the WWW; “Only a beginning…”] //  6)   [|Impact Collaboration Toolkit]  7)  [|Classroom Curriculum Planning]  // 8)   //[|Organizing the Middle School Curriculum/] You will use the [|Impact Collaboration Toolkit] to create a positive planning environment for your group. Pages 1-5 provide information about the toolkit. Please read this information carefully as it will help you understand the collaborative process. Use page 6 of the toolkit to get your group started. Since you are not in the same school, as you would be in a normal collaborative group, please make sure the following are provided by each group member before beginning your main planning sessions:  1)  Grade Level and Possible Unit Themes  2)   Lesson Plan Ideas  3)  Copies of your individual NC SCOS  4)   Planning Calendar  5)  Agenda  6)   Possible Resources  7)  Planning Rubric You will use page 7 if you are elected as leader of the group (team leader, recorder, and timekeeper can rotate in each of your planning sessions to ensure that each member has a role in the group). Pages 8-9 will allow an agenda to be set up as well as allow the other members of the group to be assigned a role in the planning sessions (Keep a log of member roles as you complete your sessions. Each group will complete the form on page 10 as it will describe your goals for the collaborative unit. Feel free to add more than two goals to your unit. You do not have to provide any information for the column labeled “+/- Gains or Losses?” as this will not apply until the unit is actually taught. Pages 11-14 will allow the group to assess their productivity in the collaborative planning process. Pages 15-16 will provide you with information that you will consider when developing the unit plan. What artifacts will you submit upon completion of the unit?” Please submit all documents listed in 1-4 and your discussion posts and responses on the discussion page of the course wiki.  1)  Individual lesson plan <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> 2)   Collaborative unit outline <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> 3)  Link to team wiki (create at www.wikispaces.com) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> 4)   5 completed documents from Collaboration Toolkit <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> 5)  Discussion Board post and response   Additional Resources    [|The Creative Educator]     [|Virtual Field Trips]     [|Project Based Learning]     Assessment   <span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Scoring Rubric

References [|Discussion Post] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> 1)  Create one post with all of your team collaborative unit documents (This will include the individual lesson plan, the collaborative unit outline, link to the team wiki, and the 5 completed collaborative planning session documents).  Create an individual post for your individual responses to the discussion board, and answering the two questions that follow.  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> 2)   How does the collaborative unit and the integration of technology enhance our students’ abilities to become 21st Century Learners? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> 3)  What advantages and disadvantages are there to incorporating technology into lesson and unit plan? How does the good outweigh the bad?