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Name:KRIS MESLER

UnitofInstructionTitle:THE UNITED KINGDOM

* This unit has been created for a middle school World Studiesclass at my last school, since I am not currently teaching. PLEASENOTE: Our private school is partnered with Hewlett-Packard.

Through HP and parents of students who work for HP, we have

been able to upgrade our computer system several times over theyears. Classrooms are also now equipped with SMARTboards,

and there are laptops available for classroom sessions.*

Ifaparticularquestionisnotrelevant,pleaselistthequestionandthenN/A(notrelevant)nexttoit.

1 Studytable16.1-KeyLearnerProfileCharacteristicstoConsider.Writedownthelearnercharacteristicsthatyouareconsideringandwhytheyarerelevant.

The students are 12-14 year olds, both boys and girls, in the Boise, Idaho area. The classhas some minority students, but the majority of students are Caucasian and speak English.This age group is cognitively moving from concrete to abstract thinking, so visuals willinclude graphics, text, and some audio to reach learners. There is a mix of rural and urbanstudents with mixed prior knowledge of the subject.

2 Studytable16.2-Basicquestionsaboutthelearningenvironment.Answereachquestioninthetableasitpertainstoyourunitofinstruction.

The visuals will be used as part of a class presentation, or self-study in conjunction with theWorld Studies textbook. Students will be in a classroom of 25 (max) that is equipped withcomputers and Internet. A SMARTboard in the class will be used in conjunction withdiscussion of the visuals. The room will have the majority of lights on during class, so

visuals will have a darker background with contrasting text and graphics. Class periods are50 minutes long. The instructor will introduce the topic each day and then students will workas individuals or pairs to read the textbook and view the visual(s) for the day. The instructorwill then moderate discussion of the information and discoveries.

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3 Studytable16.3-Questionstoaskaboutthedeliverymedia.Answereachquestioninthetableasitpertainstoyourunitofinstruction.ListALLdeliverymediathatwillbeused.

The SMARTboard is located at the front of the classroom. There is also a textbookassigned to each student. The visuals will meet the 800 x 600dpi per page or will have ascroll down at 800dpi wide. Resolution will be set for web design (around 72dpi). To makecolors easier to distinguish, 256 are used. Computer connectivity is DSL. A Plug-in likeFlash Player, Media Player or Real Player is needed to view animation or hear an audio file.

4 Studytable16.4-QuestionstoaskaboutE-learningplatforms.Answereachquestioninthetableasit

pertainstoyourunitofinstruction.The monitor displays are set to 1024 x 768. The color depth is 32-bit true color andconnectivity is DSL on a LAN. The computers use Windows Media Player. The firewall oneach computer is from Norton. YouTube access has been enabled for classroom use.

5 Whatissuesofcolor,andfileformatswillyoubedealingwith?Pleasedetailtheexactformatsthatyouwilluseforeachmedium.Youmayusetable16.5-ColorDepthexplanation,table16.6-DigitalFile

Formatsandtheiruses,table16.7-RasterorBitmappedfileformats,table16.8-Vector-basedfileformats,

andanyotherresourcesyouhavetoanswerthisquestion.

Our new monitors are 32-bit color. The visuals in this unit are created from .png files (somewith .jpg or .gif imports) in Fireworks CS4, saved as .gif files, then uploaded throughDreamweaver as an .htm web page to the my BSU web site. Sound files are .mp4 format.The web pages and audio will work easily with our plug-ins.