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Front Page Handouts - you can print out.

 

Online FrontPage Instructions

 

Students Sites

 

DATE

TOPIC

ASSIGNMENT

Week 1

1/15/08

INTRODUCTIONS: take pictures, Look at syllabus and class web site.
 

DIGITAL PORTFOLIO: Look at the requirements for the Teacher Education Department.

 

Look at Standards:

National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for Teachers

National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for all Students

Guidelines from the Nebraska Department of Education - Nebraska Student Essential Learnings in Technology

 

Look at JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT

 

Start to look at Student Sites to get an overview of the Teacher Education Digital Portfolio.

 

View Example Sites

Student 1

 

Student 2

Send Introduction Journal as attachment to Sue Leavitt at sleavitt@shf.org or sleavitt@csm.edu

 

Look over Chapter 1 Integrating Educational Technology into the Classroom

1/17/08

Introduce Web Site Evaluations Assignment

 

Explore Text Web Resources, Checkpoint, Learn Online
 

Assign presentations

 

Introduce Inspiration Assignment - to create graphic organizer

Work on Assigned Chapter Presentation - Read assigned Chapter.

 

3 Web Site Evaluations and a reflection

Week 2

1/22/08

 

LESSON PLAN INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY

Assignment Directions - Write Technology Lesson Plan

Online Lesson Plan Creator

 

Look over Lesson Plan - Students are to create a Lesson Plan for their chapter presentation.

Create Graphic Organizer with Inspiration Software

 

 

1/24/08

Students to work on Chapter Presentation

Create PowerPoint Presentation and Lesson Plan.

Review Program Portfolio

Explore Web Sites

 

Read Chapter 1

Week 3

1/29/08

Teacher to give Chapter 1 Presentation

PowerPoint Presentation

Lesson Plan

Handout for Students - used in evaluation

 

Work on Chapter Presentation with Group

1/31/08

Begin Web Site Project

Front Page Handouts you can print out.

Online FrontPage Instructions

 

Look at Instructors site as example

 

Homepage - set up shared borders, begin to write content for home page. Think of the information you wrote in the Journal assignment. Look at more information about Creating the Home Page. Creating the Home Page handout

 

Web site structure.

 

Technology Section

Create Technology Folder, Technology Index page, and Technology Project Pages. Setting up the Technology Section Handout

 

Work on Chapter Presentation with Group

 

Graphic Organizer should be done in Inspiration .

 

Favorite Links should be done in Word.

Week 4

2/5/08

Web site structure

Use the Web Site Structure. 

Handout on Web Site Structure

 

Add Navigation and theme.

Work on Chapter Presentation with Group
2/7/08 On Technology Index Page

Create tables to Link Technology Project Pages to the Technology Index Page

Tables

These are some good examples of the Technology Page:

 

 

Week 5

2/12/08

FINISH HOME PAGE

Use a table to modify the layout.

Insert Picture onto Home Page.

 

Graphics and Images

  • Include Digital images on your website by using a digital camera, scanner, or clip art.

  • Look at the Handout 10 Using Images - on Inserting images and clip art and using the Picture Toolbar.

GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

Follow the directions to Upload Graphic Organizer

 

FAVORITE LINKS - You must have a least web site that you would recommend. Keep track of these is a Word document. Then copy and paste favorite links from your Word document onto your Favorite Links web page in Front Page.

 

TREASURE HUNT
*** must have answers page

Student Examples:

                                

Treasure Hunt on Maya Angelou created for Literature Class Project

 

Read Chapter 2

 

 

 

 

 

Create a Treasure Hunt

Load and Link Treasure Hunt to website and insert answers

 

 

 

 

 

2/14/08

CREATE CLASS PRESENTATION SECTION - upload PowerPoint and Lesson Plan and any handouts before your presentation

 

Work on Treasure Hunt

 

Read Chapter 2 and 3 for next week's presentations

Week 6

2/19/08

Chapter 2 Presentation

Communications, Networks and the WWW

 

LESSON PLAN INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY

  1. Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning.

  2. Discovery Education

  3. CyberSmart

  4. Lesson Plans Page

  5. Teachers.Net

  6. Lesson PlanZ

  7. Internet 4 Class rooms

Lesson Plan Student Examples:

 

Work on Lesson Plan that integrates technology

2/21/08

Chapter 3 Presentation

Application Software Productivity Tools

 

Work on Lesson Plan that integrates technology

Lesson Plan Assignment

Upload to web sites

 

Read Chapters 4 and 5

Week 7

2/26/08

Chapter 4 Presentation Hardware for Educators

 

Register for SETA

You are required to attend SETA and write a reflection on your experience. SETA is held on Saturday, March 29, 2008.

 

You will also be required to attend NETA in April. You will be required to attend 3 sessions either on Thursday, April 24th and/or Friday, April 25th.

 

POWERPOINT
 

Handout on basic PowerPoint for students who have NO experience with the program. PowerPoint Overview (may take awhile to display)

Assignment Directions and how to upload:

Interactive PowerPoint Student Examples

Student 1
Jeopardy

Student 2
 Nebraska Quiz

Student 3
Primary 

Student 4
Intermediate

Student 5
Secondary

Student 6

 

Here is the link to my thematic unit on the book "Sign of the Beaver". I created an Interactive PowerPoint for the Culminating Activity in my thematic unit.

 

Handout on how to Create an Interactive PowerPoint Handout

Directions to Upload your PowerPoint

PowerPoint in the Classroom

Google search for Interactive PowerPoint

Complete Projects due for Midterm Evaluation - Tweak sites

 

Work on Interactive PowerPoint Directions PPT

 

Due for midterm grade:
Journal Assignment

Web Evaluations

 

Home page
Graphic Organizer

Favorite Links
Treasure Hunt
Lesson Plan

 

 

Due when after spring break Interactive Power Point

2/28/08

Work to complete all assignments due

 

Complete Projects due for Midterm Evaluation - Tweak sites

 

3/4-3/6

No Class - Spring Break

Week 8

3/11/08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3/13/08

Chapter 5 Presentation Integrating Multimedia and Educational Software Applications

 

Classroom Newsletters Online

Newsletter Student Examples:

Student 1 Student 2 Student 3 

 
This is a short example of a Newsletters I created.

 

 

Work on Newsletter

By now everyone should be registered for SETA

 

You are required to attend SETA and write a reflection on your experience. SETA is held on Saturday, March 29, 2008.

 

Create "class" newsletter and publish on web site

 

Read Chapter 6

 

Contact Sue Leavitt at
sleavitt@shf.org or sleavitt@csm.edu