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3.5BasicTroubleshooting-t roubleshootbasicsoftwareandhardwareproblemscommonindigital
learningenvironments.
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Brieflydescribetheartifactandthecontextinwhichitwascreated.Whatwasyourindividual
contribution(s)?
TheInternetLessonPlanIdevelopedwasimplementedoveratwoweekperiodandmet
thecontentstandardS7L2whichisrelatedtocellstructures,cells,tissues,organs,andorgan
systemsandhowtheyinteractwithoneanother.ThislessonplanalsoaddressestheNETS*S
standards1–empoweredlearner,3–knowledgeconstructor,and6–creativecommunicator.In
thissubunit,studentslearnaboutcellsandtheirstructuresandhowtheycontributeto
maintainingthebasicneedsoforganisms.Studentsuseavarietyofinternettoolstogathernew
informationtointeractwiththecontent,askandanswerquestions,andbuildknowledge.
Studentsaregivenachoiceoftheprojecttheywouldliketocompletetoshowtheirknowledge
ofthecontentandcreateoriginalworkstodisplaytheirlearningandcommunicatetheirideas.
Beforebeginningthislesson,studentscompletedapretestviaGoogleform.Iusedtheresultsto
determinelearningmaterialsandprovidefinalprojectchoices.
Explainhowthisartifactdemonstratesmasteryofthestandard/elementunderwhichitisplaced.
Inthemanagementsectionoftheinternetlessonplan,IexplainhowIplanto
troubleshootbasichardwareandsoftwareproblems.Studentswillbeworkinginpairsandwill
beabletohelponeanothertroubleshootsimpleissuesastheyarise.Topreparethisunit,I
ensuredalllinksandsiteswereavailableontheschoolWi-FiandstudentChromebooksandthat
theyweresafeforstudentstouse.Ipreparedpapercopiesofmanyoftheslidesincaseof
technologyissuesandprovidedthemwithalternateassignmentstocompletefortheseslides.
Whatdidyoulearnfromcompletingthisartifact?Whatwouldyoudodifferentlytoimprovethe
qualityoftheartifactortheprocessinvolvedincreatingtheartifact?(Notchanginganythingisn
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anacceptableresponse.)
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Creatingthisartifacthelpedpreparemetothinkaboutissuesthatcouldariseand
prepareforthembeforeassigningthelessontostudents.Thishelpedmegetaheadofseveral
issuessostudentswouldbeabletoremainengagedintheworkratherthanbeingunableto
accessimportantlinksandsites.Toimprovethisartifact,Iwouldchangethelinksthatdidnotgo
directlytothesectionofthesiteIwantedstudentstoviewforeasieraccess.
Howdidtheworkthatwentintocreatingthisartifactimpactschoolimprovement,faculty
development,orstudentlearning?Howcanthisimpactbeassessed?
Theworkthatwentintocreatingthisartifactimprovedstudentlearningbecauseitprovided
studentswithmultiplemeansofengagingwiththecontent.Studentswereprovidedlinksto
websites,articles,videos,interactivecells,andsimulations.BytroubleshootingasmuchasIcould
aheadoftimetoensurestudentscouldaccessallembeddedcontent,Iwasabletogetaheadof
manyissuesstudentsmaynothaveknownhowtoovercomeontheirown.Thisallowedthemmore
timetofocusonthecontent,thusimprovingtheirlearning.