Resources

Readings
4 Steps to a Tech Rich Lesson
10 Ways to Enhance Lesson Planning with Technology

Videos/Media
Tech Rich Lesson
How to Strategically Sequence a Technology Integrated Lesson

Assignment

Assignment Title Designing a Unit Plan

Purpose/Goal This module will provide you with the opportunity to combine what you have
learned to design a unit plan. Using your learning outcomes, goals, and authentic
assessments created in the previous weeks to put together a technology rich unit
plan.
Parameters Length of the Paper/Project: Please utilize the Goals and Learning Outcomes
Planning Form to complete this assignment
Writing Style: The components of this form should be developed in a professional
style.
References: N/A
Formality: The components of this form should be developed in a professional
style.
Single Submission or Group Submission: Single
Group Assignment Details: (for group projects only)
Submission Format: Word Document

Prompt As an instructional designer, it is important that you know the purpose of what
you’re teaching. This week you will put together your unit plan.

Beginning with the end in mind, you will design a student-centered unit. The final
process is creating the unit plan with desired activities and lessons that will help
your learners achieve the goal and be successful on your assessments.

The proposed audience for the unit and the course subject matter should directly
apply to your current or intended professional setting. The course components
you create should have evidence of higher order thinking and authentic
assessments.

You will use the template provided to design your unit plan. The unit should be
over a course of at least 3-5 days. It should include:
1. Goals
2. Learning Outcomes
3. Lesson Outline
4. Authentic Assessment
5. Rubric
 Module/Week7: Effective and Authentic Assessments
Tech Planning and Integration for the 21st Century Classroom

The Perfect Advanced Proficient Developing Unacceptable

Assignment

100-90 89-80 79-70 69-60 59-0

Learning Contains a clear Contains a Contains a Does not contain a Does not contain a
Outcomes & goal with 3 or somewhat clear somewhat clear goal or learning goal and learning
Goals more learning goal with 3 goal with less than outcome. Does not outcome.
outcomes that learning outcomes 3 learning demonstrate the
25% demonstrates the that somewhat outcomes that use of Bloom’s
use of Bloom’s demonstrate the somewhat Taxonomy of
Taxonomy of use of Bloom’s demonstrates the higher order
higher order Taxonomy of use of Bloom’s thinking.
thinking. higher order Taxonomy of
thinking. higher order
thinking.

Authentic Contains a well Contains an Contains an Contains an Does not contain

Assessment designed authentic authentic authentic authentic an authentic
assessment that assessment that assessment with assessment assessment or
25% has an has an an accompanying without an rubric.
accompanying accompanying rubric that does accompanying
rubric. The rubric. The not support the rubric. The
assessment clearly assessment learning outcomes connection of the
supports the somewhat of the unit plan. assessment to the
learning outcomes supports the learning outcomes
of the unit plan. learning outcomes is unclear.
of the unit plan.
Lesson Outline Contains a lesson Contains a lesson Contains a lesson Contains a lesson Does not contain a
outline that is well outline that spans outline that is less outline that is less lesson outline.
25% developed and over a course of at than 3 days long. than 3 days long.
spans over a least 3-5 days. All The activities The connection
course of at least activities support somewhat support between the
3-5 days. All the learning the learning activities and
activities clearly outcomes and outcomes and learning
support the goals of the unit goals of the unit outcomes/goals
learning outcomes plan. plan. are unclear.
and goals of the
unit plan.

Oranization The unit plan is The unit plan is The unit plan is The unit plan Unit plan is very
very well organized somewhat unorganized and unorganized and
25% organized with organized difficult to unclear.
learning understand.
outcomes, goals,
assessments,
lesson outline, and
rubric clearly
stated.