Schedule

NOTE: Readings and homework are due on the date they are listed.

August 27: Introduction: Teaching and Learning In a Time of Change

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Week of September 1: Getting Our Online Lives Together

Monday, September 1, 2008: Electronic Portfolios

Readings due:

• Electronic Portfolios: http://electronicportfolios.org/portfolios/site2000.html
• How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1568480-1,00.html (A follow up to last week's conversation)

Homework due:

• Add your picture and name to this page: http://kwrich.wmwikis.wikispaces.net/students (PLEASE DO THIS BY FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008)
• Review the sample electronic portfolio: http://sample.wmwikis.wikispaces.net/
• Review the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers
• Join the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (it's free!): http://www.vste.org

Class Agenda:

• Mini-lesson: What is a Wiki and Why Would I Want to Use One?
  • Review several of the examples of wikis provided on the course site
• Begin to Set Up Electronic Portfolios

Wednesday, September 3, 2008: Welcome to Web 2.0

Readings Due:

• We Are the Web:http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/tech.html
• Video: RSS in Plain English: http://blip.tv/file/205570
• Explore the Diigo website including watching the Demo video on the homepage: http://www.diigo.com/index

Homework due:

• Set up a Netvibes account. http://www.netvibes.com (We will be using Netvibes for our aggregators.)
• Create a Diigo account and join the ED330F08 group

Class Agenda:

• Mini-lesson: Welcome to Web 2.0 via Google maps
• Adding stuff to your aggregator and creating a public universe.
• Adding Diigo to your browser/aggregator

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Week of September 8: All Around the Web

Monday, September 8, 2008: Web 2.0 Part II: NO CLASS MEETING

Readings:

• Blogging: It's Elementary! (A webquest about blogging geared to elementary students.)

Homework:

• Using the list provided on the course site, read/listen to at least three education-related blogs
• Add a blog or two to your aggregator
• Take a tour of Web 2.0 Applications at Trackstar: http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrack.do?number=360571 (NOTE: Trackstar is an online tool that makes it easy to create website collections.)

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Class Agenda: NO FACE TO FACE CLASS MEETING

• Spend some time working on your aggregator and post the URL of your public universe to the course wikispace. Go ahead and add it to the Student page.
• Spend some time working on your eportfolio.
• Add some websites/blogs to our Diigo account.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008: Joining An Online Professional Learning Community

Readings:

• Community: Personal Reflections From Then and Now: http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/blog/2008/01/results-now--wh.html
• When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/27/AR2008042702213.html

Homework:

• Set up an account at the VSTE Ning community: http://vsteonline.ning.com
• Spend some time exploring the Ning community

Class Agenda:

• Special Guest: Sheryl Nussbaum Beach
• Getting Involved in a Professional Learning Community

Weekly Blogging/Discussion Forum Ideas:

• How can professional learning communities help teachers?
• How could you use something like ning in your classroom? What might be the pros and cons?

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Week of September 15: Exploring Web-Based Resources

Monday, September 15, 2008: Collecting Websites

Homework:

• Take the Web Tour for Teachers: http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listwebtourwi.html (NOTE: I used a tool called Filamentality to create this web-based tour.)

Class Agenda:

• Exploring the Engauge Range of Use Chart
• Ways of Organizing Websites Online (Trackstar and Filamentality)
• Adding web-based resources to a lesson plan

Wednesday, September 17, 2008: Webquests and Telecollaborative Projects

Readings due:

• From Concept to Classroom: Webquests http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/webquests/index.html
• Great article about iEARN from Edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/it-takes-many-villages-make-world-international-education-and-resource-network-iearn

Homework due:

• Use the search feature on the webquest website to locate webquests http://webquest.org/search/index.php
• Review the following websites for telecollaborative projects:
  • Global SchoolNet Foundation: http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html
  • iEarn: http://www.iearn.org/
  • Virtual Architecture: http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu/

Class Agenda:

• A Webquest About Webquests: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestwebquest.html

Weekly Blogging/Discussion Forum Ideas:

• Review a website you found and think about how you might use it in your classroom
• Review a webquest you found and think about how you might use it in your classroom
• Put together a brief web tour of websites or webquests related to a particular topic

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Week of September 22: Introduction to Creating Multimedia

Monday, September 22, 2008: Copyright and Creative Commons

Readings due:

• Review my wikispaces sites on copyright: http://witchyrichy.wikispaces.com/copyright
• Watch Lawrence Lessig, creator of Creative Commons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWxyx5iYdvI

Homework:

• Browse the OER Commons: http://www.oercommons.org/

Class Agenda:

• Webquest about webquests
• A few words about copyright and creative commons

Wednesday, September 24, 2008: Introduction to Multimedia Part 1: VoiceThread & PowerPoint

Readings:

• Explore VoiceThread by watching the introductory video and looking at some samples: http://ed.voicethread.com/#home
• We'll be using the regular VoiceThread in class so please create your account here: http://voicethread.com/#home

Homework:

• List five ideas for how you might use VoiceThread in your classroom

Class Agenda:

• Experimenting with Voice Thread

Weekly Blogging/Discussion Forum Ideas:

• Link to and review a VoiceThread
• Blog your ideas for using VoiceThread
• Link to and review resources you found at OER

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Week of September 29: Creating Multimedia, continued

Monday, September 29, 2008 & Wednesday, October 1, 2008: More Multimedia

Readings:

• Watch the Room 208 Vodcast about podcasting: http://www.bobsprankle.com/blog/C1697218367/E630200618/index.html
• Listen to a few podcasts

Homework:

• Contribute to the class VoiceThread

Class Agenda:

• Mini-lesson on adding audio to Powerpoint
• Mini-lesson on podcasting and a tour of iTunes
• Group work time on VoiceThread which is due October 8, 2008

Wednesday, October 1, 2008:

I'm leaving this day open...work on VoiceThreads, work on electronic portfolios

Weekly Blogging/Discussion Forum Ideas:

• Post your VoiceThread to your blog
• Link to and review a podcast

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Week of October 6: Creating Multimedia, continued

Monday, October 6, 2008 & Wednesday, October 8, 2008: Digital Storytelling

Readings:

• 7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling: http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/39398
• Why Would I Use Digital Moviemaking in My Classroom?: http://www.ddguild.org/why.html
• Evaluation of Digital Storytelling: http://www.ddguild.org/why.html

Homework:

• Review some examples of digital storytelling: http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/examples.htm
• Review some examples of digital moviemaking: http://www.ddguild.org/examples.html
• Poke around Teacher Tube: http://www.teachertube.com

Class Agenda:

• Mini-lesson on Digital Storytelling
• Overview of PhotoStory
• Class work time with flip cameras and MovieMaker

Weekly Blogging/Discussion Forum Ideas:

• Experiment with embedding a video in your blog

GET STARTED ON YOUR TECHNOLOGY INVENTORY: Interview A Technology Specialist At Your School (ITRT, Lab Teachers, etc.)

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Week of October 13: Fall Break, No Class on October 13: Real Time Data and Spreadsheets

Wednesday, October 15, 2008:

Readings:

• Wikipedia Entry on Spreadsheets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreadsheets
• Data Literacy: http://inspiration.com/vlearning/index.cfm?fuseaction=data_literacy
• Pick and Click: Interactive Assessment Goes to School: http://www.edutopia.org/assessment-classroom-response-systems
• Classroom Clickers Make the Grade: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/07/68086

Homework:

• Explore the spreadsheet ideas at these websites:
• http://www.lttechno.com/links/spreadsheets.html
• EXCEL-lent Middle School Math Lessons: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech079.shtml

Class Agenda, Wednesday, October 15, 2008:

• The M&Ms Lesson Plan

Weekly Blogging/Discussion Forum Ideas:

• Link to and review a spreadsheet idea for use in your classroom

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Week of October 20: Online: Games in Education

NO FACE TO FACE CLASS MEETINGS THIS WEEK! THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO WORK ON YOUR TECHNOLOGY INVENTORY.
Readings:

• Digital Game-Based Learning: http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/DigitalGameBasedLearningI/40614

Homework:

• Download Food Force and play: http://food-force.com/
• Browse a few games at PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/ and Scholastic http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/games/

Weekly Blogging/Discussion Forum Ideas:

• Describe your experience playing Food Force
• React to the idea of "educational games"

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Week of October 27: Online: Learning About Internet Safety

NO FACE TO FACE CLASS MEETINGS THIS WEEK! THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO WORK ON YOUR TECHNOLOGY INVENTORY.
Reading/Homework:

• Review the information at my Internet Safety site: http://witchyrichy.wikispaces.com/internetsafety

Weekly Blogging/Discussion Forum Ideas:

• How do you plan to incorporate Internet safety into your classroom?

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Week of November 3: Visual Learning

Technology Inventory Due November 10, 2008

Monday, November 3, 2008:

Readings:

• http://inspiration.com/vlearning/index.cfm
• http://inspiration.com/vlearning/index.cfm?fuseaction=techniques

Homework:

• Review examples of Inspiration and Kidspiration: http://inspiration.com/vlearning/index.cfm?fuseaction=example
• Download and install the demo of either Kidspiration or Inspiration from http://www.inspiration.com

Class Agenda:

• Mini-Lesson: Visual Learning

Wednesday, November 5, 2008: Putting It All Together

Readings:

• The Geo-Literacy Project (Elementary): http://www.edutopia.org/geo-literacy-forging-new-ground

Class Agenda:

• Thinking About Integration

Weekly Blogging/Discussion Forum Ideas:

• Find a Kidspiration or Inspiration idea and describe how you plan to use it in your class
• Find a another video at Edutopia (http://www.edutopia.org)
• What did you learn from doing your inventory?

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Week of November 10: Technology Expert Work Week

Week of November 17: Technology Expert Due November 24

Week of November 24: Thanksgiving, No Class on November 26

Week of December 1: Final Project Presentation Due December 3, 2008