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
define-



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.

Weekend 3 of 5: Half-Fumpty?

Optimistically, the class is half-full-- Pessimistically, the class is half-empty, so when the two collide, we must be half-fumpty?  In any case, we are at the midway point of our weekends together ;-) 


Tonight: We will grade the PowerPoints/Prezis, dip our toes into TaskStream, discuss the journals, to include Classroom 2.0/Web 2.0 Tool Investigation. . .
Mañana: We will seek Inspiration to Excel in a wiki. . .


Journals 6-10 will be posted as a separate blog post. . .


And, of course, the assignments from last week are due tonight (to Include the Journal 1-5 assignment from week 1


A quick note:  please bring headphones tomorrow if you have them.  They will help if you are working on the wiki or the Excel assignment.

This Weekend's Question: What is your current favorite non-school related activity? I would say mine is definitely snowboarding!

Weekend 2 of 5: Technology, blog, blog, blog. . .

After our first weekend together, I imagine everyone experienced the entire range of emotions: you laughed, you cried, technology moved you :^D
Then you had to do all the work. . .Phew: newsletters, journals, journals, journals, journals. . .scanning, edtech-whatphile?
(the picture is a Wordle or THIS blog ;-)

Week 2: we should be familiar with the Macs and the fast pace of the instructions.  We will start off with the Social Bookmarking assignment, ensure everyone can enroll in the TaskStream containers, take a look at the ISTE NETS for Teachers (NETS-T) and the way in which we write the narratives (samples), get the PowerPoint. . .which takes a look at the NETS-S, create a rubric to grade the PowerPoints, and learn about Copyright/Internet Safety using Google Docs (which I will also show you. . .). . .and maybe even take a breath or two.

Class Rubric

Remember that all week 1 assignments are due tonight. . .ask any question you have regarding an assignment or how to submit it at the beginning of class tonight. . .chances are your question is one that another student may have!!

This week's Question: Who is your current favorite artist or musician?  My all-time favorite is Radiohead, but for the last month, I can't seem to stop listening to Broken Bells . .

Journals 1-5 (part 1 of 2 journal article assignments)

Your subscription to ISTE will allow you to access their online journal, Learning and Leading with Technology, from their website (there is also a link on the class blog).

Here are the journal articles for the first half of the journal article assignment(s):

1. "The Beginners Guide to Interactive Virtual Field Trips," by Jan Zanetis.  This is from the March 2010 issue of L&L
 
2.  "Finding Students Who Learn Through Media," by Glenn Bull, Curby Alexander, and Bill Fester from the Feb 2010 issue of L&L!

3. "Navigate the Digital Rapids," by Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis in the March 2010 issue of L&L. 

4. "Playing with Skype," by Travis J. Weller.  This is from the March 2010 issue.

5.  Journal 5 is extra credit. . .you can pick an article from L&L or another web-based technology journal.

For all journals:  Don't forget to use the Citation Machine to generate an APA citation for the online journal

Weekend 1 of 5: Welcome to Ed 422. . .Do not pass GO without Reading!

Welcome to another awesome ~truncated~ semester of EDUC 422. . .Technology Tools for Education. I expect that you will learn a lot about how to integrate technology into the classroom, as well as learn how to ramp-up your so-called digital life ;-)


I will use this blog to keep everyone updated on the weekly requirements for the course, as well as model for you how to create a blog for your future classroom!  I need you to read each entry carefully, as I will be giving away $50 a week to the person who finds the hidden gnome on the post. . .okay, not really, but I need everyone to read each entry ;-)

Technical Issues:  
First order of business:  If you do not have a Gmail Address/Account, you need to get one!  (and no, your CSUSM email does not count).  Don't worry, I have worked it out with Google to give you free email accounts!
You will be asked to join and/or participate in a number of web-based tools, software, etc. . .I recommend that you find a user name that identifies you, is appropriate for school/parents, and you can remember. . .
While this course has no required text, you will be required to subscribe to ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education (see link on this blog), as well as purchase a subscription to TaskStream, an online portfolio generator.  
     For TaskStream (also linked on this blog): You will need to self-enroll in two separate portfolios.    
     Here are the codes you will need:
                                               Local TPE: 6SG3BA
                                               TPA: JF5BNH

I will also ask you weekly questions on this blog that you will need to answer. Some are related to education and most are related you your lives. . .It allows me to build community while ensuring that you are reading the weekly posts!

This Week's Question: What is your current favorite piece of technology and why? (mine is most definitely my iPhone!)