Weekend 5 of 5: How Soon Is Now?

Well okay, we have reached the final weekend of our whirlwind tour of technology tools for teaching (couldn't help the alliteration). Everyone still seems to be breathing. . .or at least is faking it very well :^D

I have graded everything submitted.  I said we would wait until tonight to finish the iMovie software checklists as well as the emerging technology checklist.  Both will be checked by a peer and then submitted to me for your grade.  If you have lost a checklist, please bring a fresh copy to class.

TaskStream:  Mark Rounds came over this morning and we discussed your narratives.  As of about 9am, only Peter, Carrie, Kim, Liz, and Mark had written their narratives or shared with him on GoogleDocs.  In discussing the editing aspect of his work, he has requested that EVERYONE (except Mark), create a GoogleDoc to share with him, mrounds5@gmail.com, and put your narratives there first.  This makes it a whole lot easier to give you feedback in the text of your writing.  He is also creating a good sample narrative list from current 422 student narratives he has read.  This should be ready by Friday evening.  You will have until Saturday evening to submit the draft narratives for NETS III-V.

This weekend:  we will go over the iMovie & Emerging Technology Checklists.  You will need to have a peer view and initial your checklist, then you will submit them to me.  Once that is finished you may work on your TaskStream narratives.  If you are finished with your narratives and your checklists this evening (AND I HAVE PHYSICALLY SEEN THEM IN GOOGLEDOCS AND ON TASKSTREAM), you will not be required to attend class tomorrow.  You will receive feedback from Mark by Monday.  The final narratives will be due on TaskStream by Wed.

This Weekend's Question:  What has been your favorite assignment in this course and why?

CSUSM PSA

Inspiration

This was a graphic organizer that . . . .

Weekend 4 of 5: Is that Light at the end of our Tunnel?

Wow, things are moving along quickly, aren't they?  However, it seems that most of you are doing well in managing your time and the assignments.  I hope you are even beginning to slightly enjoy your technological journey.  Remember to ask questions if you have them and come to class early on Friday for extra help :^D

This weekend:  We will put your TaskStream NETS I narratives on TaskStream, become Inspired by Inspiration (slight delay ;-), and make a PSA using iMovie, and post your assignments/artifacts to your blog (Emerging Technology Assignment). We are in for a lot of fun this weekend!

Don't forget to bring headphones and a positive attitude to class this weekend.

This weekend's Question:  What is your current favorite work of art?  It could be a painting, a sculpture, or something else created by an artist. . . Picasso's Guernica is probably my favorite painting. . .and I had the good fortune of seeing it in person at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain. . .It's big and very cool.

NETS PowerPoint

Journal 7: Interactive Whiteboards (Sample)

 Interactive Whiteboards
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Are Interactive Whiteboards Necessary
I followed this thread and learned. . . . . . . 


Smartboard or Promethean
what I learned

Journals 6-10

Journal 6: "A New Concept of Digital Citizenship for the Digital Age," by Christie Greenhow from the Mar/Apr 2010 issue of L&L

Journal 7: Classroom 2.0 Assignment (See class Moodle for instructions)

Journal 8: "Tapping the Wealth of Social Networks for Professional Development," by Christie Greenhow from the June/July 09 issue of L&L.

Journal 9: "Web 2.0.  Today's Technologies, Tomorrow's Learning," by Jennifer Groff & Jason Haas from the Sep/Oct 08 issue of L&L.

Journal 10: Extra Credit.  Select an article from L&L or another web-based journal for technology and education.