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Sarah Leventhal Roark SLM 508 Learning Technologies – Graduate Summer 2011-Margaret Gaudino Assignment 5 Designing and Delivering Digital Experiences:  Inquiry Based Learning Project


 * CONTENTS**
 * **Overview**
 * **Resources**
 * **Sample Activity One - Acceptable Use Policy**
 * **Sample Activity Two - Wiki Exploring Structure of the Prayer Service**
 * **Sample Activity Three- Voicethread Exploring Themes of Amidah**
 * **Rubric - Assessing Voicethread Project**
 * Essential Questions for Unit

This is the beginning of a work in progress of a thirty hour course for seventh grade Religious School students in the structure of the traditional Jewish prayer service with the goal being to integrate technology into the study and to emphasize collaboration and creation. This aligns with the school's improvement plan to incorporate skills of the 21st century into every area of the curriculum. The purposes of the unit are to
 * Overview:**
 * Understand the parts of the prayer service and analyze their relationship to each other.
 * Be prepared to participate fully in a congregation and lead traditional prayer services.
 * Analyze the differences and similarities between the services said at different times of day and on different days.
 * Evaluate what the prayer service says about God’s role(s) and formulate a personal understanding of God’s role.
 * Design a creative prayer service and lead it for the school.
 * Evaluate what prayer means in your own life.