Talk:Danielle Trovato's Portfolio Page

Initial feedback -- Janewilde (talk) 23:15, 17 October 2013 (EDT)

Danielle, Your plan is developing well. I think you have an excellent and very doable topic. And you already have a plan of an overview, then exploration and comparison of two tools. You've done an excellent job of defining your learner - that helps you focus your instruction to meet their specific needs. You have several good objectives. Most are of the verbal sort, but some include higher order intellectual skills "determine the right type" "compare and contrast." This one "will be able to identify the importance of using" could be turned into an attitude skill.

I have two things I'd like you to focus on. The first will help you focus on the kind of knowledge and learning you really want your students to gain. 1) ask yourself what kind of learning do you want them to achieve. Refer to gagnes five outcome types verbal (lower order thinking: recall), intellectual (higher order thinking differentiate, analyze, apply, create), cognitive (metacognitive strategies), motor (physically doing), attitude (choose to change). Notice that Tasha (Tasha_Youngman's_Portfolio_Page) says in her topic overview "Course participants will learn intellectual skills, cognitive strategies, and verbal information." And Ashley (Ashley_Smolinski's_Portfolio) puts in parentheses the learning types after her bulleted list of general goals. 2) Make sure your objectives match the types of learning outcomes you hope to achieve (it is easier to write verbal learning objectives, but may not lead to the higher levels of thinking you want) and make sure your objectives provide you with information to be able to assess them - see if you can add one or two more of gagnes components of a learning objective.