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Front Page Handouts - you can print out.

 

Online FrontPage Instructions

 

Students Sites

 

Tentative Schedule Spring 2008
(subject to change to meet the needs of students and instructors)

 

Click here for Schedule up to Midterm Break

DATE

TOPIC

ASSIGNMENT

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

Week 9

3/18/08

Chapter 6 Presentation

Education and Technology Integration

The©of this course!

 

WEBQUEST

Look at the WebQuest on WebQuests this will help you to see what a WebQuest is.

I like the WebQuest Building Blocks site for understanding WebQuests

WebQuest Assignment

Adapting an existing WebQuest

WebQuest Student Examples

Student 1 Student 2  Student 3 
Student 4 Student 5 Student 6

 

Look at some of the student created WebQuests

 

National Standards

Nebraska Department of Education Academic Standards

Below are links to individual subject areas.

 

Begin to Create a WebQuest

WebQuest Taskonomy Cluster

WebQuest Checklist

 

Read Chapter 7

3/20/08

EASTER BREAK NO CLASS

Week 10

3/25/08

 

 Chapter 7 Presentation
Integrating Technology into the Curriculum

 

Discuss Reflections for SETA Due next week.

 

Discuss Uploading class presentations
Must have:

  • Lesson Plan for Class Presentation

  • PowerPoint Presentation

  • Handouts if used in class

Work on WebQuest

Read Chapter 8

 

 

 

3/27/08

Catch up:

Finish and upload all assignments since midterm: PowerPoint, Newsletter, WebQuest, Uploading Class Presentation, SETA and NETA Reflection page

SETA - March 29th

You must attend 2 sessions and write a reflection on each session.

Week 11

4/1/08

 

Upload Reflections from SETA

SPREADSHEET

Assignment Directions: Spreadsheets

*** Spreadsheet must have a graph.

Directions for uploading your spreadsheet to your site.

Spreadsheet Student Examples

 

 

 

Create a  spreadsheet activity - publish on web site

 

Register for NETA(April 24-25)

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

This is to the top Conference Page
http://www.netasite.org/conf2008/index.shtml

This is for the keynote and featured speakers
http://www.netasite.org/conf2008/speakers.html

This is a link to the conference schedule.
http://www.netasite.org/conf2008/schedule.html

4/3/08 Spirit of Service Day  

Week 12
4/8-4/10

Work on Spreadsheet assignment  

Week 13

4/15/2008

EASY GRADE PRO

You will need to spend at least 45 minutes evaluating this software. You will be required to set up a class and enter grades. You must do this without teacher assistance, however, you may work in groups. 

Often times, as a teacher, you will be given software to use and be expected to learn how to use it yourself.

Create a "grade book"

4/17/2008

Chapter 8   Presentation
Ethical/Legal Issues

 

Look at Copyright Resources

Become familiar with Copyright Resources

 

Make a movie for teaching and learning
Week 14
4/22/2008

LOOK AT CSM PORTAL

 

VIDEO

 Movie Maker student Examples:

Student 1 Student 2 Student 3

   Sue's Examples:

  1. Created for a Christmas Presentation at Church: Wonder

  2. Created for Literature Class - a commercial for the book Profiles of Great African Americans

  3. Alzheimer short documentary

Work on Movie Maker Project
4/24/2008

Thursday April 24

No Class in place of NETA attendance

Attend NETA Conference  
April 24 & 25 - Holiday Inn

 

Write a 1/2 page reflection on each session you attend.

Week 15
4/29/2008

AlphaSmarts

AlphaSmarts Homepage

AlphaSmart topic at Wikipedia

Alphasmart Ideas

NETA Reflection due

 

5/1/2008

Finish all project assignments

 

Your program portfolio

Bring course work files

Upload scholarly work to web site

 

Week 16
5/6/2008

Podcasts

Podcast topic at Wikipedia

How to Podcast

The Teachers Podcast Website

Article in Science Direct

 

Assistive Technologies

  1. Department of Education

  2. Assistive Technologies of Nebraska Website

  3. Article in Education World

  4. Birthto23.org Article

Create a podcast and link to your web site

 

5/8/ 2008 Students to help review, edit, spell and grammar check each other's web sites. Teacher will assign partners. Start with the top page, second look at the reflections page and then the Lesson Plan Integrating Technology. Review and Edit Web site.

Week 17

5/13

 

Final Exam.

 

Then each student will present their home page and one of their favorite Projects.

Due for evaluation

PowerPoint

Newsletter

Class Presentation

Spreadsheet

Webquest

NETA Reflection

Movie

Portfolio content

 

Need to have participated in presentation and activites with

Easy Grade Pro

AlphaSmart

Podcast

Assistive Technologies

 

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