Region 10 Online Learning Center
The online instructional units produced by the Region 10 Education Service Center provide a high-interest, media enriched, interactive instructional design based on specific objectives required on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills.
Each online student tutorial contains learning objectives, content, and interactive activities that are clearly explained along with strategically placed pop-up questions. Throughout the tutorial, "Checks for Understanding" provide instant feedback allowing students to measure their individual level of understanding.
Click on "Instructional Units Catalog" for a complete listing of all current units.
New Tutorials for This Year
Cold War: The Later Years 1953-1991
"Cold War: The Later Years 1953-1991" is the second tutorial in the series on the Cold War era in U.S. history. Designed for secondary students, it addresses the impact of the Korean conflict, McCarthyism, Sputnik, and the Berlin Wall. This tutorial, rich in media of the era, also covers the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, Detente, and the ending of the Cold War.
The Extreme Writing Makeover
"The Extreme Writing Makeover" is designed to take your students' writing abilities to the next level. This tutorial guides secondary students through revision and editing techniques so they may proof their work for accuracy and refine it for clarity. It includes a review of standard terminology as well as practice in the peer editing phase of the writing process.
Major Tutorial Enhancements
For the 2008-2009 school year, our library of twenty-six student tutorials has been augmented by two major academic enhancements.
First, with the exception* of "Extreme Writing Makeover" and "Making Inferences", all of our tutorials have been expanded to include a Spanish version of the spoken narration. Students will be able to switch from Spanish-to-English, or English-to-Spanish, at any time throughout the tutorial.
Second, each tutorial will incorporate an Expanded Academic Vocabulary that identifies tutorial-relevant Tier 2 terms. All vocabulary terms in the on-screen text and in the English transcript are identified with a highlight when they initially appear on the screen. Students may then be conduct independent definition searches. When students select one of these vocabulary terms, a pop-up window will expand to provide them with:
- the term,
- its definition in English,
- an audio recording of the word and its definition, and
- a visual representation (if appropriate).
Additionally, all of our tutorials now feature a new presentation window that provides more consistent and robust navigation and control functions throughout our entire catalog.
* The instructional design and content of these are not conducive to alternative language translation.
Titles Currently In Development
As we go through the remainder of the 2008-2009 academic calendar, we continue to concentrate our efforts on the critical need areas of math and science.
"Measurement: Solving Problems Using the QUIPS Method" is scheduled for completion in early spring, and the following additional math and science tutorials are scheduled for release in July and August:
- Separating Fractions
- Ratios and Proportions
- Patterns to Functions
- The Periodic Table of the Elements
Click on "Instructional Units Catalog" for a complete listing of all current units.
Contact Information: Denise Kanaman 972-348-1328