Quality Matters: Inter-Institutional Quality Assurance in Online Learning Puerto Rican CultureAn Island Adventure Lessons and activities

Name: Ms. Genevieve White Name of Unit: iscoverin! Puerto Rican Culture

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To enhance student learning, course technology enriches instruction, fosters student interactivity, and increases access to instructional materials and resources. Annotation Unit Activit% list learning activity chosen to meet an ob ective (example: read articles 3 & 4 groups discuss to show evidence of knowledge and thought process) %tudents &ill locate and read course syllabus. %tudents &ill identify the location of /uerto -ico on a &orld ma# 0Label the ma#1 online *ui, Chosen &echnolo!% &ools and Media list the technology tool used to deliver the activity (example: online discussion forumgroup discussions) 4eebly &ebsite

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!I."The tools and media su##ort the learning ob ectives, and are a##ro#riately chosen to deliver the content of the course.

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%tudents demonstrate an understanding of the relationshi# bet&een the #ractices and #ers#ectives of the culture studied

Tools and media used in the course su##ort related learning ob ectives, and are conte'tually integrated &ith te'ts and lesson assignments. %tudents (no& ho& the tools and media su##ort the assignments and ho& they su##ort the learning ob ectives. Technology is not used sim#ly for the sa(e of using technology. )or e'am#le, a course might re*uire vie&ing video materials, but it may not be clear ho& the video materials illustrate or su##ort any learning ob ective. +'am#les of tools include discussion blog, &or(sheets, gradeboo(, &hiteboard, etc. +'am#les of media include video, audio, interactive &ebsites, self-*ui,,es, etc. Media are not re*uired for this standard to be met. -ather, if media are used they should su##ort the learning ob ectives and be conte'tually integrated %#ecial situations: In some cases .chec( the Instructor

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%tudents &ill identify /uerto -ico2s #ositioning relative to other countries, basic information about its surroundings and ho& that affects the 3.%.2s desire to maintain control of the territory %tudents &ill investigate ho& being an island affects the culture of /uerto -ico

Access to a##ro#riate &ebsite, ability to modify the document in Microsoft 4ord, access to my dro#bo' to submit assignment. 5oogle ma#s, &ebsites, blog on 4eebly &ebsite.

4ebsites &ith articles, blog on &ebsite.

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%tudents demonstrate an understanding of the relationshi# bet&een the #roducts and #ers#ectives of the culture studied

4or(sheet6, the course ob ectives are institutionally mandated and the individual instructor does not have the authority to change them. )or such cases, consider instead the module7unit-level ob ectives to assess and score %tandard !I.". Alignment: This standard is included in Alignment. .8ritical course com#onents &or( together to ensure that students achieve the desired learning outcomes.6

%tudents &ill vie& basic #ictures of ma or monuments on 5oogle ma#s to form an idea of the daily e'#eriences of a /uerto -ican. 4atch te'tboo( video of /uerto -ico and ans&er &or(sheet *uestions &hile vie&ing the video. !ie& te'tboo( slidesho& &ith audio summary of /uerto -ican monuments. +lectronic te'tboo( *ui, !irtual fieldtri# of /uerto -ico.

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Lin( to te'tboo( &ebsite, access to video &or(sheet.

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%tudents reinforce and further their (no&ledge of other disci#lines through the foreign language

Lin( to te'tboo( &ebsite.

Lin( to te'tboo( &ebsite !ideo of +l 9un*ue national forest +'ternal &ebsite and &or(sheet /hoto tours of /uerto -ico !ideo at 9ouTube.com %tudents &ill create a /o&er/oint #resentation &ith #ictures of /uerto -ico and ca#tions, giving due credit to the #hotogra#her and heeding co#yright la&s. Lin(s to e'ternal &ebsites

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%tudents ac*uire information and recogni,e the distinctive vie&#oints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures

Identifying information about salient cultural #roducts and monuments in /uerto -ico, investigate information about #o#ular holidays and traditions in /uerto -ico.

/o&er/oint, lin(s to e'ternal &ebsites, access to creative commons licensing information on the &eb. Multi#le lin(s to e'ternal &ebsites, safe search results, creation of a Live:inder, login to create a Live:inder account.

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%tudents demonstrate understanding of the conce#t of

%tudents &ill investigate cultural artifacts and re#ort on them. Online &ritten *ui,. )lic(r.com, e'ternal &ebsites, videos on e'ternal &ebsites, continuation of the

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culture through com#arisons of the cultures studied and their o&n.

creation of a Live:inder. Lin( to a##ro#riate &ebsite, access to Microsoft 4ord, access to my dro#bo'.

Media are not re*uired for this standard to be met. -ather, if media are used they should su##ort the learning ob ectives and be conte'tually integrated.

Course escri$tion /uerto -ican culture;an island adventure &ill e'#lore the various facets of life in /uerto -ico. 8once#ts incor#orated into the lesson include the location of /uerto -ico, its im#ortance as a 3.%. territory, &hat life in /uerto -ico loo(s li(e, the ty#es of cultural #ractices and #roducts that ma(e /uerto -ico uni*ue, the musical history of /uerto -ico, holidays and traditions, and self-driven discovery of a to#ic such as food, music, festivals, etc. The student &ill leave this course &ith a clear understanding of /uerto -ican life, culture, #roducts and #ers#ectives. The follo&ing are #oint values for activities7assignments related to this course:

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