BEHS103 Week 1 | Technology in Education in Education - University of Maryland
Question 10
According to Daphne Bavelier (video):
Older adults do not like gaming The average gamer is 21 years old Adult gamers can detect the movements of 6 to 7 rapidly moving targets compared with the average adult who can only track 3 to 4 Adult gamers have reduced vision due to eye strain Presentation Progress Report At the end of Week 6, you are to submit a progress report that demonstrates that you have been working towards your final presentation.
Your progress report should be 1-3 pages in length and include the following:
A well-written paragraph that states in detail what your topic is. Be sure to clearly link your topic to both technology and society/societal trends. A well-written paragraph that identifies the type of presentation you plan to give (e.g. slideshow, written materials, podcast, YouTube, etc.). Your presentation should be creative, engaging, and informative. Remember that in the last week of class, YOU become the teachers. Think about your audience and how to present material in an interesting and clear manner. A preliminary outline that shows what will you address in your presentation. You may provide an actual outline, or describe in words the approach you will take. Use the rubric for the final presentation to help you structure your outline. Your outline and presentation should include the following components: Define your topic, linking it to technology and society Trace the history of your topic Describe how your topic compares to at least one other culture Identify relevant policies related to your topic Discuss future trends related to your topic Reference summaries Create a reference list of at least 5 scholarly sources that you will use in your presentation. References should use APA format (6th edition). For assistance with APA format, visit the UMUC library site at the following link: http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/apa_examples.cfm Finding scholarly sources Being an informed consumer of social research is an important skill. At UMUC, we are fortunate to have access to an extensive collection of journals, periodicals and books, but what do you do when you don’t have an academic library? Google it, of course! Google Scholar is readily available to anyone with access to the Internet. Simply open www.google.com and click the “More” tab at the top of the page, then click on “Google Scholar” and type in your search words. For this part of the applied final project, you will use the
UMUC library databases or Google Scholar to:
Locate 5 scholarly or credible sources on your chosen topic Locate at least 1 article that addresses your topic from the perspective of a different country or culture Locate at least 1 article related to policy (i.e. what policies exist, are being considered, or are needed to address your issue) What is a scholarly or credible source? For your project, you should be relying on sources that have credibility. Appropriate sources would be articles written by experts in the field, articles found in peer-reviewed journals, published documents from well-known research groups (e.g. Pew Research), and reports published by government agencies (e.g. NIH, CDC). Inappropriate sources would include popular websites (e.g. about.com, ehow.com, Wikipedia) or media outlets (e.g. Fox, MSNBC, WSJ, NY Times, Forbes, etc.). These sources do not always accurately report their findings and are sometimes prone to bias. If a website or article fails to report the credentials of the author and does not provide citations for the information contained in the article, chances are it is not a scholarly source and therefore should not be used. For more information, the UMUC Library has more information on how to evaluate your sources available at: http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/how_evaluate.cfm Submit a summary of each article using the worksheet that follows. In your own words, identify the key findings of the article. Do not simply state what the article was about (e.g. "This article talks about cyberbullying."). What specific information did you learn from your source? (e.g. "Cyberbullying has become a popular means of abuse among teenagers, affecting about half of all young people.") The purpose of this summary is to prove that you have actually read and understood each of your sources. Your summaries should be 2-3 paragraphs in length. Do NOT simply copy and paste the abstract or any other part of your source! This is plagiarism and is a violation of university policy that can result in being reported to the Dean’s office. The purpose of this assignment is to 1) ensure that you are using appropriate, scholarly sources, and 2) to make sure you are on track for your final presentation to the class. Complete and save the worksheet as a document or .pdf and submit as an attachment in the Assignments area. Final project Creating the presentation
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and discussion questions are due on Monday evening of Week 8 by 11:59 PM EST.Refer to the syllabus for the grading rubric. Your presentations will be graded according to how well the presentation satisfies each of the requirements.
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presentation should take about 10-15 minutes for your classmates to view or review. o If you are narrating your presentation, using a video, or providing a podcast, this time limit is self-explanatory. o If you are submitting an unnarrated slide show (PowerPoint or Prezi), provide notes or a transcript to help your viewer understand what they are viewing. o If you are submitting a paper, keep in mind that one double spaced page takes about 3 minutes to read, so your paper should be about 3-5 double-spaced pages in length.
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are doing a PowerPoint presentation, you may want to do a web search on “effective PowerPoint presentations” – there are plenty of sites with great