MODULE 4

Producing Learning Resources Using Technology Tools

Activity 2
Making Table, Graphs, and Charts Using Web-based Applications
Step 1: Exploring Apps for Making Table, Graphs, and Charts

Explore the different applications that were presented earlier relevant to developing charts,
tables and graphs.

Step 2: Using the Software Applications

Once you were able to explore and learned how to use the software applications in making
graphs and charts, try to think of your mathematics science learning plan lessons and identify data
that require presentation with the use of charts or graphs. After which develop your graphs or
charts ready for presentation.
In preparing your graphs and charts, you need to consider the following:

a. your lesson objectives;

b. your target audience;
c. the role of the charts in conveying your message;
d. how you will present the charts and
e. the best type of chart or graph to present the information

Step 3: Presenting Developed Graphs and Charts

You will be asked to pair with a classmate and share with one another your graphs and
charts. After which share your graphs and charts with the rest of the group.
During the graphs and charts sharing, try to compare your graphs and charts with the other
pairs and identify which is the best presentation and reflect why such is the case.
To countercheck further your graphs and charts, consider the following:

a. Can you and your students easily understand the chart or graph?
b. Is the message you want to convey the message conveyed?
c. Are all the essential information provided by the charts or the graphs?
d. Is the chart or graph positioned in the document properly?
Activity 3
Creating Newsletter

During this activity, develop a newsletter that will become a component of your learning
plan portfolio. Develop a newsletter to help you meet your targeted student learning objectives.
Since the newsletter that you will develop is a student sample, make sure that the content of your
newsletter is appropriate to your learner's profile and are relevant to the contents of your learning
plan lessons.
The rubric below (Intel, 2010) will be used to evaluate your newsletter.

4 3 2 1
Knowledge of My newsletter My newsletter My newsletter My newsletter
Subject Matter shows that I shows that I shows that I shows that I do
understand the understand the understand most not understand
subject matter subject matter. of the subject the subject
well and explains matter matter very well.
why the subject is
important

Understanding I understand I understand I understand I do not

Concepts relevant concepts. major concepts, I some of the major understand major
I offer unique offer concepts. I offer concepts. I offer
 interpretations or interpretations or some simple no interpretations
extensions, extensions interpretations or or extensions.
including extensions.
generalizations,
applications, and
analogies

Language I use interesting I use language I try to use I do not use

language that that holds the language that language that
appeals to the audience’s holds the holds the
audience attention audience’s audience’s
attention attention

Writing Style My writing uses My writing uses My writing My writing does

many features of features of sometimes uses not use features
journalistic style, journalistic style features of of journalistic
such as leads, journalistic style style
compact
paragraphs, and
sentences

Sentence My sentences flow My sentences My sentences My sentences are

Structure together naturally vary and flow show little variety all simple in
and are varied in together naturally structure
length and
structure to
enhance meaning.

Conventions My newsletter has My newsletter My newsletter My newsletter

no spelling, has only one or has some major has many spelling
grammatical, or two minor spelling or and grammatical
typing errors spelling, grammatical errors
grammatical, or errors
typing errors

Graphics The graphics add The graphics add Most of the Many of the
information to my to the content of graphics relate to graphics distract
newsletter. The my newsletter the content of my readers from the
graphics and text newsletter content of my
flow together newsletter
naturally

Design My newsletter My newsletter My newsletter is My newsletter

uses a good design uses a good nicely designed in design and layout
and layout. I design and layout some parts, but is confusing and
planned my design other parts are hard to read.
and made color
and layout choices confusing or hard
for a reason. to read
 Creativity I use language and I use newsletter I try to use I do not use
newsletter features to newsletter newsletter
features to communicate features to features to
communicate my most of my ideas communicate communicate my
ideas in original in original ways some of my ideas ideas in original
ways that surprise in original ways ways
readers

Connection to My content is My content is My content is My content is

Resources supported by a supported by supported by only supported by a
wide variety of good sources. a few sources. single source or
good sources. My Most of my Some of my by unreliable
sources are cited sources are cited sources are cited sources. My
correctly in the correctly in the correctly. sources are cited
newsletter newsletter. incorrectly.

Audience I think about and I think about and I try to think I do not try to
answer questions answer questions about questions answer questions
and concerns that my readers might my readers might my readers might
my readers might have have, but I have
have overlook some
obvious questions

Newsletter My newsletter My newsletter My newsletter The purpose of

Features includes all includes all the has a sense of my newsletter is
required features, required features purpose, but a unclear, and
such as a table of and the target few newsletter several newsletter
contents, a main audience is clear features may be features are
article, supporting missing or poorly missing or
articles, graphics done. incomplete.
with captions,
editorials, and
comics. All
features relate to
the subject and are
appropriate for the
targeted audience.

Step 1: Exploring Samples of Newsletters from the World Wide Web

Check on the following websites for additional newsletter writing ideas. In case the
identified websites are not anymore available, you may search for other websites for your
reference.

Newsworthy Journey
http://www.microsoft.com/Education/journey.aspx
 TEACH Newsletter
https://www.k12.wa.us/student-success/learning-standards-instructional-
materials/materials-adoption-course-supports/teach

Step 2: Planning the Content

Remember that you are creating a newsletter for your students to understand your lessons.
Hence, you need to think about how targeted learning objectives will be achieved. In defining your
contents, be guided by the following:
Overall Goal of the Newsletter

Title of the Newsletter

Elements Necessary for the Targeted Learning Objectives

Topics and Reference Materials needed

 Other Resources that will be Used in the Creation of the Content

The following are some possible information that you need to gather to include in the
newsletter:

• Letter to the editor

• Cartoons or sketches
• Puzzles or trivia questions
• Survey
• Public opinion poll
• Features
• New discoveries

Step 3: Creating a Newsletter Story Board

To ensure that you are guided by the principles of lay outing a newsletter and of the
development of its essential contents, it will help if you will create first a story board.

Newsletter Title:
Lead Story Headline:

Secondary Story Headline:

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