1. Rod Hull Lesley University ECOMP 6202 Marcia Kessler Summer 2010

2. Introduction Welcome to The Four Deadly D’s portion of this class. My name is Mr. Hull and I have been a Driver Education Teacher for 3 years now. This topic involves the four major causes of driving fatalities for people 16-25 years old.  There is a section of this website where you will create an e-portfolio. You will reflect on your learning and store your completed work (artifacts)  You will also be required to keep your e-portfolio current as we proceed through the class.

3. Goals of The Course  Students will gain a level of understanding about the effects of the Four Deadly D’s on the Driving Task.  Students will understand that drinking while driving, drugging while driving, distracted driving and drowsy driving all have similar effects on driving abilities.  Students will understand about the health effects that alcohol and drug use have on the human body.  Students can add their own goals that they wish to achieve while learning about this subject.

4. National and State Standards  adtsea.iup.edu/adtsea/pdf/ADTSEA Standards.pdf (Page 4) C31.0, C32.0, C33.0  adtsea.iup.edu/adtsea/pdf/ADTSEA Standards.pdf Page 44 (CII 2.1)  adtsea.iup.edu/adtsea/pdf/ADTSEA Standards.pdf Page 44(CII 2,2)  http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/in struction/HealthHIVAIDS/healthedminimumstandards.ht m(2A, B, G, H, and I)  http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XV/189/189- 10.htm

5. Your Artifacts  Create a digital archives of your work. If you do this offline store them on a hard drive, or flash drive. If you store your work online I recommend using Google Docs.  Please convert all attached artifacts into web based compatible formats (JPEG or PDF) This way your viewers should be able to see your work.  Web 2.o Storage: Word, Excel, and Power Point can be stored in Google Docs. Use Hyperlinks or Embed the code for your video files.  Artifacts must meet national or state standards

6. Artifacts Continued  Make sure you keep your work updated on a regular basis.  Any work that is in progress can be shared as well. Just make a note why it is not completed.  You will be required to classify your artifacts by using the “Artifacts Spreadsheet” contained in Google Docs  Go to my quia website and take the online quiz. http://www.quia.com/quiz/2469141.html

7. E-Portfolio  If you can not tell by now, your instructor likes Google Apps for just about every scenario in Education.  I have decided to require all students to use Google for the purpose of your e-portfolio storage. This application allows for storage, editing, sharing, convenience, security, and best of all it is free.  Google has a fantastic mash up between e-portfolios and Google applications  http://electronicportfolios.com/google/http://electronicportfolios.com/google/

8. Double Check Your Work  Please make sure you check all of your documents for typographical, spelling, grammatical, and punctuation errors.  Make sure that the website links you use are operational and check them every so often.

9. A Time For Reflection  Take this opportunity to tell me what you liked about this course, and the activities.  What did you learn in this course and list any accomplishments or problems you had.  What have you learned about creating and maintaining this e-portfolio?  Do you have any suggestions that will help in improving this online class?

10. Be Creative and Have Fun  Dare to take some chances and use many web 2.0 tools.  Check out all you can do with e-portfolios at the link below:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ93ocBFlf4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ93ocBFlf4