EDN 303

Module 1

Scavenger Hunt

 

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Date:

 

By completing the following scavenger hunt, students will refine their understanding of the topics presented in module one.

 

1.     Refer to the Technology links page: Using the North Carolina Standard Course of Study link, find out how many general computer/technology competency goals third graders need to exhibit?

 

 

2.     Briefly summarize the ARCS model.

 

 

3.     Refer to the Technology links page: Using the NC Public Schools link, list the starting salary for a first year teacher with “0” years teaching experience and a bachelor’s degree in North Carolina.

 

 

4.     State III-D teacher NETS-T standard.

 

 

5.     Refer to the Technology links page: Using the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s Website (Standard Course of Study page), choose a grade specific textbook that you may be using in your class during your first year of teaching.  List the title and the publisher.

 

 

6.     Go to teacher tube and type ‘digital immigrant’ into the search function…watch the video…how many ways did you consider using the Internet in teaching?  List five below.


7.     Refer to the Technology links page: Using the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s Website, determine what the acronym NAEP means and describe why it is important to know.

 

 

8.     Summarize NETS- T standard VI of the Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues.

 

 

9.     Using NCPublicSchools.org and linking to the No Child Left Behind FAQ page, copy the answer to how Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is determined in North Carolina and whether or not a school makes it?

 

 

10.                        Using an internet search engine (Google, Yahoo! Etc.), can you find and describe what PT3 means?  Why is this important to UNCW faculty and students?

 

 

11.                        What are 3 characteristics of digital students?

 

 

12.                        Using the Google Images search engine, find an image of a school bus.  Copy and paste both .gif and .jpg images below.

 

 

13.                        Using the You tube page, copy and paste the URL address for a “Saturday Night Live Skit – Nick Burns, the computer guy”


14.                        Refer to the Technology links page and answer the question: how small is the monarch butterfly?


15.                        What is the disconnect between digital students and digital immigrant teachers?


16.                        The calculating engines of English mathematician Charles Babbage (1791-1871) are among the most celebrated icons in the prehistory of computing. What did Charles Babbage create?


17.                        There are many stories about how the computer came into being, but the most exciting story is that of the ENIAC. What does ENIAC stand for and what were the functions of the ENIAC computer?

·        http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/ENIAC.Richey.HTML

 

18.                        Which model computer is recognized by the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records as the greatest selling single computer model of all time?