Evaluation/Assignments and Grading

Annotated Bibliography:

Search the Internet for relevant resources related to "Leadership and Technology in Schools" Develop an annotated bibliography of sites, texts, listservs and other resources found. A minimum of 30 resources must be annotated. (The annotation must by your own, describing and evaluating the site for Alberta school leaders). This will be posted as a website for others to access/use. Can be combined with final report/paper.

December 4

30

Discussion Group Contributions

Using the course discussion board, create an introduction to a topic/issue that is related to your interest in Leadership and Technology (approximately 300-500 words). Submit this to the class Discussion web site [10 points]. Reply to 2 other issues (approximately a screen display) [5 points each]. Be sure to include appropriate references (minimum of three Internet links should be provided to support EACH of your contributions). If you are building on something you have read, either on the web (include the URL) or in some form of print medium you should include the appropriate reference. It should be possible for someone interested in your comments to locate the article or source.

It is expected that your contributions are well thought out and well written with references indicated. The topic should be of sufficient depth (ie not just your personal 'unsupported' opinion) You may create your own sub-topic at any level.

Marking system: basically criterion referenced. If you meet all of the criteria listed above you receive 9 points for the new topic submission and 4 points for each of the two reply submissions.

For all three submissions, one additional point will be assigned for work that is judged to be exemplary.

SUBMISSION:

Cut and paste each contribution (3 in total) into the body of one email message and email to me.

November 14

20

E-Mail Contributions: 6 required contributions based on course readings. (5 marks each). Identified in particular modules.

Each contribution should correspond to a word-processed report of between 1 and 2 pages.

The summary should contain a very brief (1 sentence) summary of the main point of the module readings. This should then be supported with a number of subsidiary points and examples taken from the readings and/or your personal experience. It should contain your personal reaction to the materials, indicating where you agree, and disagree with the authors. In each case support your statement with an example or a reason.

It is suggested that you compose your response using a word processor (save this file!) and then copy & paste into the body of the email message for submission.

Throughout course

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Prepare a report or paper on some aspect of this course. This could be either a form of summary for the course as a whole, or it could focus on a specific topic

Compose your report/paper (4-5 pages) using a word processor and then save it as an rtf (rich text format) file. Send that rtf file to me as an attachment.

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