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Thursday,
Feb 22
In
Class
- Introductions
- Questionnaire
- Discussion – old and current technology
- Discussion – the “millennials”
- Setting up blogs
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Readings
Oppenheimer,
Todd. The Computer Delusion, The Atlantic Monthly, July
1997, pp 45-62.
Prensky,
Marc. Digital
Natives, Digital Immigrants. On the Horizon,
Oct. 2001. |
Assignments
Blog
abstracts and response to both readings. (10)
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Notes
Oppenheimer article available through Academic
Search Premier database. Use OSLIS secondary sources to look up
full text. |
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Thursday,
March 1
In
Class
- Blog
commenting
- Lecture and hands-on – “computer
hardware and software”
- Using tables in MS Word
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Readings
- Oppenheimer,
Todd. Tech Made Easy: It’s not all about gadgets and gear. Edutopia Magazine Oct 05
- ISTE-NETs
for Teachers and Students – standards and rubrics
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Assignments
Blog abstracts and responses to second readings.
(10)
Using
MS Word tables (20)
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Use tables cells to list ISTE-NETS standards for students and
possible activities.
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Thursday,
March 8
In
Class
- The technological state of your
school/district
- Lecture – basic network principles
- Hands on – clipart
and graphics in MS Word
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How to use set
up and use blog comments |
Readings
Jones-Kavalier, Barbara R.and Suzanne L. Flannigan.
Connecting
the Digital Dots: Literacy of the 21st Century. Educause
Quarterly, no. 2, 2006. |
Assignments
Blog
response: Given the discussion of the past three weeks, the
technological state of your district and classroom, the amount
of class time
you have free to be creative, and the ways that your students
use technology in their daily lives - how can you reasonably
ensure that students meet the ISTE standards?
Respond and comment on at least 2 classmates blogs.
(10)
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Thursday,
March 15
In
Class
- Discussion of blog responses
- Review quiz – computer hardware
and networks
- Hands on – basic desktop publishing
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Readings
Review
three of the following blogs by teachers:
Have
fun with English!
Bud
the Teacher
The
Daily Grind
The
Open Classroom
Blue
Skunk Blog
Adventures in Educational Blogging
Borderland
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Assignments
Newsletter (40)
Blog
post - respond to what you have read in the educators' blogs. Which
did you review? What did you learn about the author/s? What sort
of topics do they cover? What use do these blogs seem to serve?
What purpose might they serve for your students? (10) |
Notes
Do
not take overly long in constructing text for the newsletter
project. The purpose of the project is to practice formatting;
the content is secondary!
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| Thursday,
March 29 |
Happy
Spring Break!!!
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Thursday,
April 5
In
Class
- Sharing newsletters
- Discussion/Small Group -
instructional design with desktop publishing
- Hands on – PowerPoint
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Readings
McKenzie,
Jamie. Scoring
Power Points. FNO.org, September 2000.
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Assignments
Presentation
assignment and rubric (20)
Blog
response: In what ways are students at your school already
doing basic desktop publishing? What tools are they using?
How can
we inject
complexity
into their tasks?
Respond
and comment to at least two different classmates.
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Thursday,
April 12
In
Class
- Discussion – assessing technology-infused
projects; planning for technology-rich projects
- Lecture/ hands-on – graphics: file
formats; considerations; simple graphics editing
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Readings
Two
articles on technology-rich projects that other teachers/schools
have used with students.
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Assignments
Blog
- abstracts and response to readings (10) – in these reviews,
you should comment on the feasibility and
usefulness of doing such projects with your own students.
Are the educational outcomes worth the effort? Is there a better
way to accomplish the desired outcomes?
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Notes
Use
either Academic Search Premier, ERIC, or Professional Development
Collection, all of which are available through OSLIS. |
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Thursday,
April 19
In
Class
- Hands-on – digital cameras and scanning
– more about graphics
- Beginning web page construction
– HTML coding
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Readings
Confronting
the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for
the 21st Century
Read
pages 1-36
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Assignments
Blog response to reading; comment on two different
classmates blogs. (10)
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Thursday,
April 26
In class
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File sharing; participatory knowledge creation - Wikis; Flickr;
Youtube; Googledocs
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Readings
Confronting
the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education
for the 21st Century
Read
pages 37 - finish
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Assignments
Blog response to reading; comment on two different
classmates blogs. (10)
Bring digital photos to class next week (if possible) |
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Thursday,
May 3
In class
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Readings
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Assignments
Final paper due in two weeks!
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Thursday,
May 10
In class
- Discussion: Educational, legal, and ethical
implications of emerging technologies
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Readings
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Assignments
Final paper due next week! |
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Thursday,
May 17
NO CLASS SESSION !!!
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Assignments
Email
me final paper by 5:00 PM on Friday, May 18. |
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