Course+schedule

No Class Meeting || **Topic** Room TBA || **Tech tip 4:** http://www.mywebspiration.com (Gehrens) Digital Story Work time || **HW due:** Digital Story Work time || **HW due:** http://animoto.com IEP adaptation project presentations 6-9pm || **HW due:** IEP adaptation project Presentation ||
 * Sept 3 || **Tech tip:** Snopes
 * Topics**:
 * Welcome
 * Intro to Class
 * Review Syllabus
 * Did you know?
 * Why technology in education?
 * Online footprint assignment
 * Intro to Google Docs - Collaborative writing - submit google doc email to instructor || **HW due:**
 * None
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * Read Chapters 1 & 4 in Text
 * Online footprint reflection assignment ||
 * Sept 10
 * Google Docs worktime || **HW due:**
 * Read Chapters 1 & 4 in Text
 * Online footprint reflection assignment
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * Purchase jump drive
 * Collaborative writing assignment draft ||
 * Sept 17 || **Topics:**
 * Google doc discussion
 * Copyright
 * Concept Mapping Introduction || **HW due:**
 * Purchase jump drive
 * Collaborative writing assignment draft
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * Read Chapter 3, Novak & Gallenstein articles (TBD)
 * Final version of collaborative writing assignment.
 * Bring a list of 15-20 keywords for your chosen unit and a draft of a simple concept map. ||
 * Sept 24
 * Topics:**
 * Interactive whiteboards in the classroom
 * Concept Map discussion
 * Concept Map work time || **HW due:**
 * Read Chapter 3, Novak & Gallenstein articles (TBD)
 * Final version of collaborative writing assignment.
 * Bring a list of 15-20 keywords for your chosen unit and a draft of a simple concept map.
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * Concept Map
 * Bring a children's book that you think is appropriate for creating an audio recording. The images in the book will not be part of the project, the text will be. Think... "radio drama."
 * Bring any props for your recording with you to class.
 * Read Chapter 5 ||
 * Oct 1 || **Tech tip 5:** http://www.starfall.com (Burt)
 * Tech tip 6:** http://www.spellingcity.com (Brown)
 * Topics:**
 * Recording readings using Audacity
 * Audacity work time || **HW due:**
 * Concept Map
 * Bring a children's book that you think is appropriate for creating an audio recording. The images in the book will not be part of the project, the text will be. Think... "radio drama."
 * Bring any props for your recording with you to class.
 * Read Chapter 5
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * Practice reading children's book.
 * Bring any additional props for your recording with you to class.
 * Create a wikispace account at [] ||
 * Oct 8 || **Tech tip 7:** http://brainpop.com (Drogalis)
 * Tech tip 8:** http://pixton.com (Trego)
 * Topics**:
 * Audacity work time
 * Introduce PowerPoint as a tutorial and assessment tool || **HW due:**
 * Audacity file by the end of the night (extensions by request)
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * Read Chapters 8 & 10
 * Choose a PowerPoint template to use for your classroom game.
 * Bring 20-25 questions you created for a classroom game to class. ||
 * Oct 15 || **Tech tip 9:** http://www.epals.com (Bowman-Condor)
 * Tech tip 10:** http://voicethread.com
 * Topics:**
 * Summative assessment work time
 * Google Doc Extended work time || **HW due:**
 * Read Chapters 8 & 10
 * Choose a PowerPoint template to use for your classroom game.
 * Bring 20-25 questions you created for a classroom game to class.
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * Summative assessment
 * Wikispace username account & join this wikispace
 * Google doc extended activity
 * Bring headphones ||
 * Oct 22 || **Tech tip 11:** http://scrapblog.com (Dorwart)
 * Tech tip 12:** http://www.powerlibrary.org (Pilgrim)
 * Topics:**
 * Assistive technology and wikis || **HW due:**
 * Summative assessment by the beginning of class
 * Google doc extended activity
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * Read Chapter 6
 * Wiki video posts ||
 * Oct 29 || **Tech tip 13:** http://casanotes.4teachers.org (Cosgrove)
 * Tech tip 14:** http://www.xtranormal.com (Kettering)
 * Topics:**
 * Wiki video discussion
 * Introduction to Digital Stories || **HW due:**
 * Read Chapter 6
 * Wiki video posts
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * Wiki comments (2)
 * Read Chapter 7 ||
 * Nov 5 || **Tech tip 15:** http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/default.aspx (Reis)
 * Tech tip 16:** http://www.racerocks.org
 * Tech tip 17:** http://discoveryeducation.com (Flory)
 * Topics:**
 * Wiki comments (2)
 * Read Chapter 7
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * Gather images for digital story ||
 * Nov 12 || **Tech tip 18:** http://webkinz.com (Schaefer)
 * Tech tip 19:** http://www.thinkfinity.org (Viens)
 * Tech tip 20:** http://earth.google.com (Wallick)
 * Topics:**
 * Gather images for digital story
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * Digital story due at end of next class ||
 * Nov 19 || **Tech tip 21:** http://www.teachersfirst.com (Olfin)
 * Tech tip 22:** www.uen.org/utahlink/tours (Cavus)
 * Tech tip 23:** http://www.coudal.com/moom/ (Haley)
 * Tech tip 24:** http://www.pbs.org/teachers (Hartlaub)
 * Topics**:
 * Digital Story Work time
 * Teacher Website evaluation || **HW due:**
 * Digital story due at end of next class
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * Read Chapter 2
 * Find an exemplary teacher website. Post the URL to the form link below with your evaluation.
 * Click here to see websites reviewed. ||
 * Nov 26 |||| =Happy Thanksgiving!= ||
 * Dec 3 || **Tech tip 25:** http://www.scholastic.com (Graf)
 * Tech tip 26:** http://www.readwritethink.org (student tab) (Shelley)
 * Tech tip 27:** http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php (Myers)
 * Topics**:
 * Creating a teacher webpage
 * Teacher webpage work time || **HW due:**
 * Read Chapter 2
 * Find an exemplary teacher website. Post the URL to the form link below with your evaluation.
 * Click above to see website reviewed.
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * Read Chapter 9
 * Develop resources for teacher webpage ||
 * Dec 10 || **Tech tip 28:** http://www.teachersdomain.org (Hurt)
 * Tech tip 29:**
 * Topics**:
 * Introduce IEP adaptation project
 * Present Teacher Webpages || **HW due:**
 * Read Chapter 9
 * Develop resources for teacher webpage
 * Assignment for next class:**
 * IEP adaptation project ||
 * Dec 17 || **Finals Week**