Organizing Knowledge

The Organizing Knowledge component provides you with textual content, either from within the component or from an outside source such as your textbook. Associated with the reading is an activity that requires you to arrange, classify, or interpret the information that you have acquired (e.g., make a set of Cornell Notes, make a concept map, add entries to a personal glossary).

Watch and Listen

The Watch and Listen component includes multimedia content, both passive and interactive (e.g., podcasts, videos, interactive Flash activities).

Discuss

The Discuss component requires you to exchange ideas and knowledge with others and to think about, and respond to, what has been presented in this exchange. This component requires you to actively engage with classmates, friends, family, or other individuals within your community.

Assignments

This section will highlight an assignment with formal assessment. Instructions, links to worksheets, and rubrics will also be provided here.

Quiz

Each quiz you must complete and submit to your teacher for grading is indicated by a symbol that looks like this. Your Instructor will provide you with instructions on how to access quizzes.

Websites

This icon will alert you to websites you may find useful and interesting during your studies.

This component requires you to engage in a more independent search for information and understanding through the use of web searches, newspapers, etc.

Tip/Focus

This light bulb indicates additional content about a particular topic that may be of interest to you or give you a question to ponder.

Checking In

This section asks you complete a series of questions and/or reflections regarding the material presented. Completing these questions will ensure you have the understanding necessary to complete the project associated with that training room.

Checking My Work

This section provides opportunities for you to check the depth of your understanding of new concepts presented in the lessons and make connections to prior learning. This section helps you assess the quality of your work and make decisions about what to do/where to go next.

Porfolio

Save your work to your course folder.

Lesson Glossary

This section highlights concepts and terms associated with the training rooms.

Toolkit

This section provides you with tools needed to complete a skill-based assignment (e.g., by teaching you how to create a concept map).