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 * //Text design//**


 * Message design is critical for the materials you will develop to support your instruction. Begin considering your options for materials that will need to be included. Briefly outline your plan for creating the resources you will need for your instructional module and the considerations for the design of text as discussed in the “Message Design for Text” section of Chapter 8.**

"The message design product is a plan and a template for the unit" (Morrison, Ross, Kalman, & Kemp, 2011, p. 195). When developing the message or text of the module design, incorporating clip art, graphic organizers, audio, etc. will engage good instruction. Our module, Assessment Methods for Project-based Learning in a K-12 environment, will require the creation of several instructional resources. "This artifact [textbook, printed manual, computer-based instruction, multimedia instruction, or video recording] represents the interface or interaction between the learner and the instructional material" (Morrison, Ross, Kalman, & Kemp, 2011, p. 180).

Materials needed:


 * List of participants and their corresponding e-mails.
 * Survey on Survey Monkey
 * Four guiding questions.
 * Agenda or outline to provide our learners so they know what will be discussed and can look forward to the various discussions/activities. The agenda can be both a physical and a digital one, but the digital one is the essential one. The digital one must be sent to all participants so that they can access the links to all of the resources we will be using. Easy access to these will ensure that time is not wasted typing in the URL. Also, "tiny" URLs can be created to facilitate access to these sites (Edutopia, Wall Wisher, Rubistar, etc.)
 * The Prezi presentation:
 * 1) Identifies and uses signaling words --> "When learners are presented with a signal that identifies the text's structure, they can use this information to form a model of expectations that will aid their comprehension" (Morrison, Ross, Kalman, & Kemp, 2011, p. 181). Specifically, the Prezi prepares teachers to use the following terms: PBL, rubrics, 21st Century Skills, standards.
 * 2) Incorporates an effective use of pictures, graphics, "Carefully selected pictures can add comprehensibility to a passage by providing visual interpretation of the content" (Morrison, Ross, Kalman, & Kemp, 2011, p. 190).
 * Think-Pair-Share Chart
 * Two sample rubrics for comparison
 * Final unit outline template


 * Resources**

Morrison, G. R., Ross, S. M., Kalman, H. K., & Kemp, J. E. (2011). Designing Effective Instruction (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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