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Lesson B
Amy,

You are absolutely correct. I was so focused on the integration of technology that I left out the important content information. I like the resources you suggested. I will definitely include them in the execution of the lesson.

Thank you!!

Lesson B

Your movie about the evolution of music devices is unique and would be interesting to study. I like the way you provided tutorials for how to use bubbl.us and moviemaker. I would try to find more links for teaching students how to understand scatter plots such as http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ScatterPlot/ and http://mste.illinois.edu/courses/ci330ms/youtsey/intro.html


Your outline and lesson plans are drastically different from each other. Your outline supports the academic content very well and shows a true progression of how students need to learn in order to understand scatter plots, independent and dependent variables, correlations, and line of best fit. However, I had difficulty understanding your lesson plans because they did not include enough content learning. Students would love analyzing if and why their favorite music group is the most popular, but make sure they learn how and why. To verify that students understand scatter plots, I would ask them to write two or three justifications about how they know their music artist is popular based on the scatter plots they created in their groups.

Be careful with using technology as a fun activity because technology is supposed to build content learning. Are your students learning to use movie maker or understand scatter plots? If students do not understand how to read a scatter plot then all the technology is in vain.

Resources
Angela

Your movie about the evolution of music devices is unique and would be interesting to study. I like the way you provided tutorials for how to use bubbl.us and moviemaker. However, I would try to find more links for teaching students how to understand scatter plots such as http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ScatterPlot/ and http://mste.illinois.edu/courses/ci330ms/youtsey/intro.html

Amy

Lesson Plan A
How does analyzing the benefits and challenges of mp3 players help students formulate data questions about the popularity of music artists?

Amy

Lesson Plan A
Angela

I like the different types of technology that you choose to incorporate (bubbl.us, wiki, youtube video) in this lesson plan. I have never heard about bubbl.us for online brainstorming and mindmapping activities, but it looks like a great resource. I hope I can try it in the future.

Amy

RESOURCES
Authentic Problem
EvolutionEvolution of Music
http://bubbl.us Tutorial Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owYAUOs2Bck
Graphic Organizer to Use for Brainstorming {Musicology Mind Map Planning Tool.docx}
the Content
ScatterScatter plots tutorial video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEJPCb4dnFk
Scatterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEJPCb4dnFkScatter plot creation tool: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/create-a-chart-HP001233728.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA010200499)
SampleSample scatter plot
Time (in minutes)
Depth (in cm)
22
47
music sales:
BillboardBillboard Music
http://www.billboard.com/#/
Recordinghttp://www.billboard.com/#/ Recording Industry Association of America
http://www.riaa.com/
Internationalhttp://www.riaa.com/ International Federation of Phonographic Industry:
http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_statistics/index.htmlhttp://www.ifpi.org/content/section_statistics/index.html
Lesson C Project-Based Assessment
StoryboardStoryboard template {Storyboard Template.docx}
MicrosoftMicrosoft Movie Maker Online Assistance
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/default.mspxhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/default.mspx
REFERENCES
HighPoint Learning Inc. (2010). Scatter plots. Retrieved August 1, 2010 from http://www.icoachmath.com/Sitemap/ScatterPlot.html

Lesson A – Introduction of Authentic Problem
Evolution of Music Devices
Tutorial Video <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="[[http://www.youtube.com/v/owYAUOs2Bck?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param]] name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/owYAUOs2Bck?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owYAUOs2Bck
Graphic Organizer to Use for Brainstorming {Musicology Mind Map Planning Tool.docx}
Lesson B – Exploring the Content
tutorial video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEJPCb4dnFk
Scatter plot creation guide (online tool: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/create-a-chart-HP001233728.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA010200499)
Sample scatter plot data (HighPoints, 2010)

Lesson A – Introduction of Authentic Problem
Evolution of Music Devices
Tutorial Video <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="[[http://www.youtube.com/v/owYAUOs2Bck?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param]] name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/owYAUOs2Bck?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>
Graphic Organizer to Use for Brainstorming {Musicology Mind Map Planning Tool.docx}
Lesson B – Exploring the Content
REFERENCES
HighPoint Learning Inc. (2010). Scatter plots. Retrieved August 1, 2010 from http://www.icoachmath.com/Sitemap/ScatterPlot.html

Lesson A – Introduction of Authentic Problem
Evolution of Music Devices
Tutorial Video
Graphic
Graphic Organizer to for Brainstorming {Musicology Mind Map Planning Tool.docx}
Lesson B – Exploring the Content
Scatter plots tutorial video
Scatter plot creation guide (online tool: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/create-a-chart-HP001233728.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA010200499)
Sample scatter plot data (HighPoints, 2010)
(in minutes)
Depth
Depth (in cm)
2
7
4
8
6
13
8
19
10
20
12
24
14
32
16
37
18
38
20
41
22
47
2
7
4
8
6
13
8
19
10
20
12
24
14
32
16
37
18
38
20
41
22
47
A few acceptable sites for researching music sales:
Billboard Music
Recording Industry Association of America
http://www.riaa.com/
Phonographic Industry:
http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_statistics/index.html
Lesson C – Project-Based Assessment
Storyboard template {Storyboard Template.docx}
Microsoft Movie Maker Tutorial Online Assistance
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/create/default.mspx