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Day 3 Overview:
Today participants will learn how to create rigorous homework assignments (using the homework hand-in feature) and quizzes on Edline to improve students’ critical thinking skills and achievement. Teachers will have time to practice skills they learned in the computer lab and will be able to add the products they created on their own Edline class pages. Teachers will also learn how to give effective feedback to students through the feedback feature in Edline.

Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
 * Increase their understanding of the Edline online system is and how it can be effectively used in enhancing student engagement and achievement (through e-learning opportunities).
 * Create and effectively use the interactive features of Edline.
 * Create assignments that improve students’ critical thinking skills.

Prerequisites:
Completion of Day 2 activities, including the homework.

Materials:

 * A computer with internet access for each of the participants
 * SMART board and SMART notebook
 * Access to the shared G: drive
 * Each teacher will need to be able to access their individual storage on the H: drive or have a flash drive
 * Edline ID and password

Day 3 Schedule:
8:30-9:30 9:30-9:45 9:45-11:00
 * Outline today’s objectives and activities
 * Review of the interactive features: The instructor will quickly review what was taught during the previous two days and ask if there are questions or concerns. If there are questions, then the instructor will answer them. When there are no more questions the instructor will move on with the day’s lesson.media type="youtube" key="TnLNI2fXt_M" height="315" width="560"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Discussion: Based on the website, video (shown above), and their own experiences in teaching, participants will engage in a discussion based on the questions below in class (which may continue in the Discussion area of the wiki if more ideas would like to be shared).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">How do we give feedback to students?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">What are some features of good feedback and what are some examples of bad feedback?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">How will we encourage student motivation and critical thinking skills by using feedback?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">How can these ideas be applied to online interactive assignments, homework assignments, and quizzes in Edline?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Break
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Tutorials & Practice # 1: Homework Hand-in Feature
 * Through progressive displays using the SMART notebook software, the instructor will show how to create and add a homework hand-in assignment.
 * The instructor will give a lecture on how to create and add a homework hand-in assignment using the progressive displays. A handout showing the progressive displays with the procedures next to the graphics will be included in the notes packet passed out at the beginning of class.
 * The instructor will then give the participants time to create and post at least two homework hand-in assignments that engage students in critical thinking skills. The instructor will go around helping participants with questions and reminding them to create questions that engage students in critical thinking skills.
 * The instructor will ask participants to either share their work with the class or a fellow participant close by sharing and filling out the evaluation form. When participants share with the class, the class will evaluate if the questions are engaging students in critical thinking skills.
 * The instructor will teach participants how to view, grade, and give feedback to a homework hand-in assignment completed by students through progressive displays using the SMART notebook software.
 * Using examples provided by the instructor, participants will practice how they would give feedback to a student’s assignment in Edline, paying particular attention to improving their motivation and critical thinking skills.
 * Before moving on there will be time for participants to ask questions.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">11:00-11:15 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">11:15-12:30
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Break
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Tutorials & Practice # 2: Quiz Feature
 * Through progressive displays using the SMART notebook software, the instructor will show how to create and add a quiz to Edline.
 * The instructor will give a lecture on how to create and add a quiz using the progressive displays. A handout showing the progressive displays with the procedures next to the graphics will be included in the notes packet passed out at the beginning of class.
 * The instructor will then give the participants time to create and post at least two quizzes that engage students in critical thinking skills, one of each type of assignment. The instructor will go around helping participants with questions and reminding them to create questions that engage students in critical thinking skills.
 * The instructor will ask participants to either share their work with the class or a fellow participant close by sharing and filling out the evaluation form. When participants share with the class, the class will evaluate if the questions are engaging students in critical thinking skills.
 * The instructor will teach participants how to view, grade, and give feedback to a quiz completed by students through progressive displays using the SMART notebook software.
 * Using examples provided by the instructor, participants will practice how they would give feedback to a student’s quiz in Edline, paying particular attention to improving their motivation and critical thinking skills.
 * Before moving on there will be time for participants to ask questions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Debrief & Evaluations:
 * Before wrapping up for the day, the instructor will ask for more examples from the participants to show the class. The participants will go through the steps to show how they created and added homework hand-in assignments and quizzes to their Edline pages.
 * The instructor will ask if there are any questions about Edline and will answer them.
 * The participants will complete a short survey regarding the activities of the day before they leave.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Discuss the homework assignment for the next class

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">12:30
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Dismissal

Discussion Area:
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Day 3 Evaluation:
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Please complete the Day 3 survey given by the instructor or print out the survey here.

Homework for Day 4:
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Review the following websites: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[], <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[], <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[], <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Come prepared to discuss how to use collaboration to improve their critical thinking skills.