Project 1
National Educational Technology Standards-Teachers
National Educational Technology Standards-Students
A presentation and summary handout using Google Docs
File Under: Project 1 – NETS-T/NETS-S
2
Project 1
National Educational Technology Standards-Teachers
National Educational Technology Standards-Students
National Educational Technology Standards-Administrators
A presentation and summary handout using Google Docs
This first project is designed to encourage you to communicate with your curriculum team
mates in a way you are not yet fully accustomed to: using Google Docs, an online, collaborative
suite of applications that allow for group editing of documents, presentations, and
spreadsheets. For this project, you’ll be working with a document and a presentation.
Each curriculum team will be assigned standards from the National Educational Technology
Standards for Students (NETS-S), the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers
(NETS-T), or the National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS-A)
Using a variety of resources, your team will prepare a short presentation for class on Week 2
that helps the rest of the class understand the standard or standards your team was assigned.
Some resources will be supplied, but you should feel free to explore a variety of other sources
to help supplement those given to you.
The final products for this project are a summary handout of your findings and a presentation
of several slides used to present your findings to the class. You must use Google Docs for this
project! It is expressly wrong to use Microsoft Word and/or Microsoft PowerPoint . . . in fact, it
is expressly wrong to use any word processor but Google Docs and any presentation software
other than Google Presentation.
The handout should be no more than one side of one 8½” x 11” page; the presentation should
be comprised of 5-7 slides.
A rubric is included to help you know how best to earn maximum points on the project. There
is a total of 40 points for this project.
3
A note on the overall goals of the project
There are two overarching goals to this project.
First, I want you to be familiar with the content of the NETS. As a future technology-using
teacher, you should know what is expected of you, your students, and your school
administrators. I am well aware that, for many of you, this will be a wake-up call and a surprise
as to these expectations.
Secondly, I want you to be aware of Google Docs. This is a great set of free applications (and
there is a ton of others!) that can really get you off the ground when working collaboratively.
Think of how your students might be able to use these applications as they themselves
undertake collaborative work . . .
What to include in the summary document
The summary document should include the following information for each standard assigned to
your team:
1. The complete text of the standard assigned. You should “copy and paste” this from a reliable
source.
2. A paragraph of your best “interpretation” of the standard assigned. What does the standard
“say?”
3. A list of possible things a teacher, student, or administrator (as appropriate) could “do” to prove
he or she would meet the standard. This list should not be software-specific nor platformspecific. For example, you could say “word process a document,” but you would not say “use
Microsoft Word to create a document.” You might say “troubleshoot basic hardware
connection problems such as connecting an LCD projector to a laptop”, but you wouldn’t use
“connect a Sanyo LCD projector to a 15” MacBook Pro laptop.”
Email a copy of your completed document to the instructor at baspitze@iusb.edu. Deadline for
sending is 6:00 PM the day BEFORE the project is due. For you, this date is ___________________.
What to include in the presentation
The presentation should include 5-7 slides. There should be a title slide and a final slide listing
the team members’ names. In between, your team should develop a presentation that
presents the information included in your summary document.
Your presentation should include some appropriate graphical elements such as digital images
found using Google Image Search or other digital image search engine. You might also try the
image search feature at the top of the page at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/. This
is a great source for copyright/royalty-free, high-quality, digital photographs
When your team presents to the class, you’ll want to be sure that each team member has
assigned duties and that each team member speaks to the class equally. One or two persons
on your team should not have the bulk of the speaking duties.
4
Scoring Rubric for
Project 1 – NETS-T/NETS-S/NETS-A Presentation and Summary Document
40 points
Objective
All team members successfully
acquire Google accounts and take
part in project development.
Unacceptable
Acceptable
Individual team member
does not acquire Google
account.
0 points
Google account creation is
successful.
3 points
Instructor is invited to participate in Instructor is not invited.
0 points
Google Docs.
All team members contribute equally Team member does not
contribute to project
to the creation of the summary
development.
document
0 points
Target/Ideal
Instructor is invited.
1 point
Team member contributes
minimally to project
development.
3 points
Team member contributes
his/her fair share to the
project.
5 points
Summary document includes Summary document includes Summary document includes
Summary document includes all
2 of 3 expected elements.
all 3 expected elements.
expected elements as listed on page only 1 of 3 expected
elements.
4 of this handout.
0 points
2 points
3 points
Summary document is fully
Summary document shows depth of Summary document is weak, Summary document is
vague, or thinly developed. adequate, but shows lack of developed and demonstrates
development.
depth of thought.
4 points
6 points
adequate thought and
preparation.
8 points
Summary document demonstrates
collegiate level writing skills.
Summary document includes Summary document has
Summary document is free
numerous spelling,
minor spelling, grammatical, of spelling, grammatical, and
grammatical, and
and typographical errors.
typographical errors.
typographical errors.
0 points
2 points
4 points
Presentation includes all expected
elements: title, all summary
document elements, and team
member listing.
Presentation omits several
expected elements.
Presentation includes appropriate
graphics.
No graphics are included.
1 points
0 points
Presentation includes most
elements but omits 1 or 2
expected elements.
2 points
Presentation includes all
expected elements.
5 points
Graphics are included, but do Graphics are included and
not relate to presentation
are clearly related to
content.
presentation content.
1 point
2 points
All team members participate
equally in the presentation in class.
One team member appears One team member is
All team members
to take a majority role in the obviously not taking an equal participate equally in the
presentation.
role in the presentation.
presentation.
1 point
3 points
5 points
Presentation demonstrates
collegiate level writing skills.
Presentation includes
numerous spelling,
grammatical, and
typographical errors.
1 point
Presentation has minor
spelling, grammatical, and
typographical errors.
2 points
Presentation is free of
spelling, grammatical, and
typographical errors.
4 points
Total Score
40 points possible
5
Rubric Explanation
Objective
Explanation
All team members
successfully acquire
Google accounts and
take part in project
development.
During an in-class tutorial, you’ll sign up for a free Google account that you’ll use exclusively
for W200. The account is free, and will give you access to a number of apps that we’ll use in
the course. In addition, you will be expected to take part in the project development at a
level that indicates you’ve taken responsibility for your part of the project. If one team
member seems to be taking too much responsibility, you should step up and be more active
in your role in the project. Likewise, if a team member is unresponsive to communication
attempts by the rest of the team, this should be reported to the instructor.
Instructor is invited to
participate in Google
Docs.
At least one team member should invite/add Dr. Spitzer as an editor to both the summary
handout document and the presentation. Other team members should inquire as to whether
this has been done and ensure that it has been accomplished successfully.
All team members
contribute equally to
the creation of the
summary document
One feature of Google docs is the ability to see the “history” of a document and how each
person has contributed to the final document. I’ll use that to determine whether or not
you’ve contributed as much as your team mates to the final product. If your name appears far
fewer times than your team mates, there’ll be a reduction in points on this objective of your
rubric.
The summary document should include the following:
Summary document
 The complete text of the standard assigned. You should “copy and paste” this from a reliable source.
includes all expected
 A paragraph of your best “interpretation” of the standard assigned. What does the standard “say?”
elements as listed on
 A list of possible things a teacher, student, or administrator (as appropriate) could “do” to prove he or
page 4 of this handout.
she would meet the standard.
Summary document
shows depth of
development.
Single sentence summaries, 1 or 2 examples of meeting the standard, and/or little effort
made to format the document to closely mimic the sample handout provided will result in a
reduction of points on this objective.
Summary document
No spelling, grammatical, or mechanical writing errors . . . I’m a former English teacher.
demonstrates collegiate
Enough said.
level writing skills.
Presentation includes all
expected elements:
title, all summary
document elements,
and team member
listing.
The presentation created for the class presentation portion of this assignment needs to be
professional-looking, so choose a template wisely. In addition to the elements necessary for
the summary handout, include a title slide and a concluding slide listing the names of all team
members.
Presentation includes
appropriate graphics.
Read the text of the standard and the information you’ve included and then locate suitable
graphics to accompany your text. You need not include a graphic on every slide, but include
some to prove you can.
All team members
participate equally in
the presentation in
class.
As with the summary document, Google Presentations tracks the history of the development
of slide show. The same applies here as applies above with the summary document.
Presentation
demonstrates collegiate You do remember that I’m a former English teacher, right?
level writing skills.
Want samples? Head to http://w200.spitzertech.com/projects.htm
6
Creating a Google Account
This quick-steps tutorial shows the process to create a new W200 specific Google account to access many free
Google applications. Please create a W200-specific account as directed below and use that account for all Google
work for the course.
1. Browse to the Google Mail Page: Gmail
In your favorite web browser, go to http://mail.google.com and click "Create an
account
2. Enter required information
Provide the following information:
1. First name
2. Last name
3. For the purposes of similarity in the class, everyone should
request the login name “<Lastname>.w200sp13”. For example, I
would request Spitzer.w200sp13.
4. Type a password.
5. Retype your password
6. When's your birthday (so that they can send you a birthday card,
right?)
7. What's your gender? (Hey, it's just a question . . . )
8. If you provide your mobile number, Google can send you login
recovery information.
9. Google will send login recovery information to this email address.
10. Type the captcha word. These can be tricky; be sure to read
carefully!
11. You don't need help here, do you?
12. It all comes down to this: agree and we go forward; disagree
and you're stopped dead in your tracks.
13. This may be a little too much power for the Google . . . but
check it if you want!
Click "Next step."
7
3. Edit your profile
Create your profile. . . this step is optional! Proceed at your own risk.
Click "Next step."
4. CONGRATULATIONS!
That's it! You've now got a Gmail account and can use it to log into all
the Google Apps.
A Note About Your W200 Gmail Account
You need not use your new Gmail account for email communication. I DO NOT check
spitzer.w200sp13@gmail.com, so messages sent to that address (unless specifically directed to
do so) will go unanswered. There may be a couple of instances where you’ll need to check that
email account, but those instances will happen in class.
OK, so where do I go to use Google Docs?
Great question! Google Docs is now a part of Google Drive, an online workspace that is both an
application suite and cloud-based storage. You can create documents, presentations,
spreadsheets, forms, and drawings by clicking “Create” in the home screen, left-side navigation.
You can upload and store ANY kind of file by clicking the “Upload” icon in the home screen leftside navigation.
http://drive.google.com
8
Resources for learning about Google Docs and Presentation
One aspect of W200 I try to emphasize is that you “learn how to learn.” And, I hope you’ll think
about how you learn. My preferred learning style is to read a step-by-step tutorial (just like the
one you followed to create a new Gmail/Google account).
However, some people would rather just dive in and start clicking sure that nothing they do
with the software is permanent and cannot be undone (hooray for CTRL+Z/CMD+Z).
One other way to learn is by watching video tutorials. Google Docs has its own YouTube Video
Channel, but it’s sometimes hard to find what you’re looking for by searching blindly at
YouTube. So, go to http://www.youtube.com/docs and you’ll go straight the list of videos for
Google Docs. Watch the set of short intro videos on “Google Docs”, “Sharing”, “Collaboration”,
“Documents”, and “Presentations.”
And don’t forget the Google Docs Help Screen at
http://support.google.com/drive
For an in-depth, online text-based tutorial for Google Docs, go to
http://edutech.msu.edu/online/GoogleDocs/GoogleDocs.html
Once you’re familiar with Google Docs word processor, Google Presentation should be a snap.
Plus, you now know how to access resources from a number of different angles to help you
learn.
A note about an IU-provided resource for learning software
One resource that you as an Indiana University student have access to that few other university
students have is the university’s agreement with www.Lynda.com. Lynda.com is an online
video training resource. You have access to 1,000s of hours of video tutorials on a very large
number of applications.
Head over to http://ittraining.iu.edu/lynda/. Look for a link that reads “Go to Lynda.com” in a
pink box near the top of the page. You’ll need to login with your IU username and password.
Then, use the filters to isolate videos by Subject, Software, or Vendor. Try changing the
Software pull-down to “Google Docs” and you’ll be presented with a 4 hour, 31 minute course
on just Google Docs. Drill down by clicking on “Google Docs: Essential Training” and you’ll find
there are 73 individual lesson covering Docs, Presentations, and Spreadsheets. The longest
individual video lesson is 8 minutes, 18 seconds; the shortest are under 2 minutes.
Lynda.com is excellent for just-in-time learning when you need to know how to do one small
thing and don’t want to sift through a whole lot of learning just to get that one skill.
9
Resources for learning about the National Educational Technology
Standards for Teachers, Students, and Administrators
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is the organization responsible for creating
and updating the NETS.
Start your search at http://www.iste.org/standards
They have two web sites, one each for NETS-T, NETS-S, and NETS-A, that provide definitive information
on the standards themselves:
NETS-S: http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-students.aspx
NETS-T: http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-teachers.aspx
NETS-A: http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-administrators.aspx
Any study of the standards should begin at one of these four sites.
Local Print Resources
I’ve placed on reserve in the Education Resource Commons resources that will be handy in learning
more about the standards. There are two items each for NETS-S and NETS-T. There is one item for the
NETS-A. Be sure to check them out. In fairness to all, I’ve limited them to use in the ERC for the next
several weeks.
In addition, you will want to simply do an Internet search using Google to see what you can find.
A quick search for “National Educational Technology Standards” netted 136,000 results . . . of course,
leading the list were the links to ISTE’s sites listed above.
10