1. Course Project Unit Planning Using Wikispace Project Progress: Stage I

2. Objectives of the Project Participants should be able to demonstrate: Ability to use one type of technology tools (wikis) for planning for teaching Ability to work collaboratively via a learning platform Ability to utilize research results, active learning strategies, principles of backward design and technology resources, to plan a teaching unit

3. Agenda 1.Housekeeping: E-Portfolio Rubric (Wiki) Project Evaluation Rubric Collaboration using Technology Marking for participation

4. Today: Project Progress:  Topic selection  Draft established goals,  essential questions,  desired understandings,  key knowledge and skills that students will acquire as a result of the unit Problems/issues

5. Course Evaluation Rubric Stage I: Identify Desired Results To what extent does the unit design focus on the big ideas of targeted contentthe big ideas of targeted content? Unit focus and relationship to life Objectives/aims Knowledge and Skills

6. 25 th of January “Revolution” Established Goals:

7. What essential questions will be considered? What is a revolution? Why do revolutions happen? What are the characteristics of features of a revolution? What do revolutions in Egypt have in common? How are Egyptian revolutions different from revolutions in other countries? What is the impact of the 25 th of January revolution on the Egyptian economy?

8. What understandings are desired? Revolutions happen because of a combination of reasons (political, economical, social) All revolutions have features in common There is no single cause for any action (Multiple reasons are always behind any given action) Revolutions need a great deal of effort from the people in order to succeed

9. What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit? Students will know: Key terms: riots, demonstrations, party, square, martyrs, ……. Different cultures and background of the Egyptians in Tahrir square Dates and places of two Egyptian revolutions in modern history

10. Skills: 1.Student will analyze reasons of two Egyptian revolutions 2.Students will compare the two revolutions using the correct tense 2. students will read and interpret texts on one Egyptian revolution and one European revolution 3. design signs and collaborate with colleagues to label locations in Tahrir square for tourists 4. search references for information on one Egyptian revolution. 5. How to place and follow events in chronological order all the actions, and headquarters that were stationed in Tahrir square.