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ANALYSIS of Oregon Trail Project
  • Who is the audience?
    • Forth to seventh grade students

  • What do they need to learn?
    • The goals and objectives and timeline established for the production team of the Oregon Trail Project were:

      Goal:

      1. To produce a multimedia “Idaho Emigrant Trails” CD-ROM for grades 4-7

      Objectives:

      1. To design the CD-ROM components so that they are easy to use
      2. To reduce the amount of unnecessary sounds, animations, and graphics in current projects, and to add new ones that are appropriate to the content
      3. To design the project so that it is consistent throughout
      4. To design the CD-ROM so that it is compatible with both PC and Mac platforms
      5. To produce a project that is interesting and artistic for grades 4-7

  • What are the delivery options?
    • CD based product
    • Will run off the CD (downloading to hard drive not required)
    • Software
      • Director – self contained “projector” file format
      • Quicktime or AVI compatible software

  • What constraints exist?
    • Computer resources – minimum specifications to run projector files might be higher than specifications of the “average” computer in the schools.
    • Learner age

  • What will the students do to determine competency?
    • Are there any assignments? Its just info isn’t it?
    • Accuracy in completing assignments, worksheets, quizzes, etc.

  • What is the timeline for project completion?
    • Including management, assigning tasks, flowcharting, storyboarding, design, etc.

      The timeline established for the production team of the Oregon Trail Project was:

    Timetable:
        1. Linking/Locating Resources (2 Week)
        2. Flowchart/Storyboard (2-4 Weeks)
        3. Coding (6 Weeks)
        4. Technical Support/Test (2 Weeks)

  • Create a concept map based on preliminary research.
    • Products of a series of brainstorming sessions, and are the starting points for the flow charts providing clear directions for the production of the product.
    • The concept map developed for the Timeline portion of the Oregon Trail Project organized the timeframe of the trail between 1840-1870. Decades were identified and subtopics for each were listed.

    Oregon Trail Project Timeline Concept Map
  • What are the classroom/Web learning differences?
    • Ensuring all students do their own work, teaching of the Web concepts, computer literacy, etc.

  • What are the online pedagogical considerations?
    • Verbal, visual, tactile, auditory, etc.
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