KarlStage2

=Stage 2 Determine Acceptable Evidence.=

Role: You are a time-travelling historian. Audience: Script writers for new educational TV show. Situation: Rogue time-travelers are killing inventors before they create key inventions throughout history. You need to determine what impact your invention had, and what life would be like without it. Product/Presentation: You will create an iMovie/ComicLife about life without the invention, a research paper, and a presentation. Standards (criteria from both rubrics): Google Docs Presentation: Product: Content, text, use of graphics, spelling and grammar, use of hyperlinks Presentation: Volume and Voice, posture and eye contact, content || •Google Presentation, Keynote, PowerPoint, etc.- presentation created in Google Docs, KeyNote, or Powerpoint summarizing research and conclusions. •Inspiration or Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers- Use Inspiration or HIGO to outline paper before writing. •Online survey- Evaluation of online sources used in paper. •Google Docs Feedback and comments features- peer review and self review in Google Docs. •iMovie or ComicLife- Create a video or comic book of what life would be like without the invention. || •Checking for Understanding: Exit slips, observations, quick writes, conferences •Timely Feedback: Teacher comments, peer edit •Reflection: Self-assessment rubric || =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form): **(T)** ||
 * Goal: Your task is to determine the impact of an invention and what life would be like without it.
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * Other Evidence **(OE)** ||
 * •Google Docs: paper written in Google Docs on impact of an invention.
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * Self-Assessment **(SA)** ||
 * •Pre-assessment: Quick write-what does a good paper/presentation look like?

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)** •The world around us is shaped by the technology we have invented. || • Core Idea ETS2 Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science, and Society ETS2.B: INFLUENCE OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE ON SOCIETY AND THE NATURAL WORLD ||
 * Understanding || Goal (MLR) ||
 * •Technology and inventions can change society in both positive and negative ways

What criteria are implied in the standard(s) understanding(s) regardless of the task specifics? What qualities must student work demonstrate to signify that standards were met?
 * Big Idea || Big Idea ||
 * •Inventions change society (in both positive and negative ways). || • ||

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**//
 * //**Task Description:**// **(T)** ||
 * You must make a pitch for the plot of a new TV show. The TV show is about time travel. An evil corporation is going back in time to kill inventors before they can create their inventions. The TV show is looking for ideas for inventions they can feature on their show. It is your job to present an invention to them, and convince them that it is important enough to feature on an episode of the show. Explain how the invention changed the world, and what life would be like without it. ||

//**What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?**//
 * Type II Product || Type of Presentation ||
 * • Google Docs Presentation || •Oral Presentation ||

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// • Text • Use of graphics • Spelling and Grammar • References and Hyperlinks • || •Volume and voice •Posture and eye contact •Content • • ||
 * Product Criteria || Presentation Criteria ||
 * • Effectiveness (Content)
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**