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__**Phase 3: Decide on Objectives and Assessments**__

//**What outcomes do I expect from using the new methods?**//

 The objective is to equip students with the knowledge and understanding that technology matters - and why it matters - by asking them to incorporate and combine art and science with technology as the building block for that lesson. The specificity of the lesson lies with the individual student and/or teams, but the outcome expected is that something worthwhile will be generated signifying artistic and personal expression while also utilizing a designed scientific principle.

 Example: If we decide that the students should pursue the scientific method, we could ask them to find a technology that demonstrates the creation of a scientific method. Perhaps they decide to use a digital camera and they take representative photos of the process step by step explaining how to hook up a laptop. Through understanding the technology and through the recording of such technology through the use of technology, we gain insight. While this encompasses the potential for a lot of technology, the team method should embody the essential nature of technology in our lives and current educational conditions. By allowing technology to be student motivated we entrust them to explore and learn. The outcomes then become understanding what technology means to learning, utilizing technology in a process, and demonstrating new processes in presentation. It sounds a bit confusing, but it is about making technology the whole point of the lesson in every avenue. The objective is to facilitate knowledge of the methods available and to encourage the realization that it is essential to embark on a technological mission toward higher-level learning.

//**What are the best ways of assessing these outcomes?**//

 Presentation is always great fun and always very meaningful. As individuals and/or teams present their findings, they show tremendous diversity within a network of diversity. More to the point, they set standards that are open enough to allow for expression but confined to work toward excellence. Multi-media or media presentations and explanations are the whole point of the lesson. The assessment comes from the learning and the presentation. Hallmarks such as status reports, phases and stages, and benchmarks demonstrate objectives achieved within an assigned timeline. These thoughts are all relative to a final process, but if implemented they serve in generating a strong instructional unit.

The TIP Model - Phase 4