Date: Jan 31st

Due:

• Digital Literacy what does it mean?
• Check out this site
• How do you know who owns and published a site?
• WhoIs http://www.whois.net/
• Web Evaluation Tools
• Digital Literacy Assignment
• A Tool for Younger students
• A 5 W's format
• Another Format
• Kathy Schrock's Website
• By the end of class today you need to have:
  • Created a new NVU page in your assignments folder of the public www. folder, call is dl or something else about digital literacy
  • Make sure your index has a link to your assignments page
  • Make sure your assignments page has a link to the new dl page
  • Pick a topic and grade level- let Jo know both
  • Begin to collect your sites

Assignments

• Digital Literacy Activity, be prepared for peer review next Monday in class, the final will be due 2/7 in class
  • Bring your evaluation tool digital (on your pen drive)
  • Also bring 2 printed blank copies to class on Tuesday

Date: Feb 5th

Due:

•  Digital Literacy activity, all but reflection

• Peer Review Digital Literacy Sites
• How to Upload your evaluation tool as word document
• Inserting your evaluation tool as a webpage

2:20 Language Arts- Introduction and Ideas
2:45 Flat Stanley Read aloud

• Flat Stanley Project
• NETS for Students
• Curriculum units

Assignments

• Digital Literacy- (due 2/7)
  • Make any changes to your site after Peer Review
  • Add reflection
  • Add Word Version of Tool
  • Add Link and Web Version of Tool
• Flat Stanley (photos 2/14, project 2/26)
• Begin Teacher and Classroom Website assignment
• Language Arts Curriculum Unit- begin thinking and talking with your mentor about upcoming language arts topics
• Check out Jim Moulton’s links as a place to start http://jimmoulton.org/1.html

Date: Feb 7th 

Due:

• Digital Literacy Assignment

•  Language Arts
• Kidspiration/Inspiration
• Explanation of Assignment
• Check in Flat Stanley

Assignments

• Flat Stanley (photos 2/14, project 2/26)
• Inspiration Assignment (2/14)
• On your blog post 5 ideas for curriculum integration - each of the 5 should be about 100 words and describe your idea and how technology would be used to support and enrich the learning in language arts (10 points - 2/12)
• Example
• Language Arts Curriculum Unit (3/13)
• Language Arts Teacher Links and Classroom Links (3/13)

Date: Feb 12th

Due:

• 5 idea brainstorm  

1:40 Setting up Portfolio Webpage
2:15 a quick introduction to wiki's
2:45 Group sharing of curriculum unit ideas

Work time:
1. Finish Inspiration Assignment (2/14)
2. Start curriculum unit and student language arts links(3/13)
3. Work on teacher links for language arts (3/13)
4. Get webpages looking spiffy- add your frequently used links (ecampus, Tk20...)

Assignments

• Flat Stanley (photos 2/14, project 2/26)
• Inspiration Assignment (2/14)
• Language Arts Curriculum Unit (3/13)
• Language Arts Teacher Links and Classroom Links (3/13)

Date: Feb 14th  

Due:

• Inspiration Web Assignment
• Flat Stanley (photos digitally)

1:40 Frames

2:30 Feedback

Work time:

- Finish Portfolio framework by the end of class

- Flat Stanley

- Note date change on Flat Stanley Project 2/28

Assignments

• Flat Stanley (photos 2/14, project 2/28)
• Blog b - Find a podcast about educational technology, or an example of a teacher podcast. You need to find at least 20 minutes - so you may join them together Click here for the rest of the details (2/26)
• Language Arts Curriculum Unit (3/13)
• Language Arts Teacher Links and Classroom Links (3/13)

Date: Feb 26th  

Due:

• Blog b

• Please note: I made BIG changes to this syllabus over vacation to take into consideration feedback that you all gave!
• New Comic Creator
• Frames
• Adding Audio
• Exporting to Quicktime
• Linking to your page

Assignments

• Flat Stanley (2/28)
• Bring materials to work on Curriculum unit 2/28
• Language Arts Curriculum Unit and Web-work (3/13)

Date: Feb 28th

Due:

• Flat Stanley

•  Language Arts
• Curriculum Unit Work day

Assignments

• Language Arts Curriculum Unit and Web-work (3/13)

Date: March 4th  

Due:

• Language Arts - Podcasting
• Open iphoto Demo library
• Garage Band
• Adding images
• Adding audio
• Adding instruments
• Save
• Open in itunes
• Resource from Wes Fryer
• Stage 1 - 1 1/2 minutes of audio, with music

Assignments

• Finish Stage I if not done
• Plan/prepare for Stage II of podcasting - you'll have 40 minutes on Thursday to work - all of it is due 3/11
• Language Arts Curriculum Unit and Web-work (3/13)

Date: March 6th  

Due:

• Language Arts you will have from 1:40-2:20 to work on podcasting work
• Part II - partner podcasting project
• Reflection
• Monster (?)

Assignments

• Podcast Project Parts I, II and Reflection (3/11)
• Language Arts Curriculum Unit and Web-work (3/13)

Date: March 11th    

Due:

• Podcast Assignment

• 1:40 Web work with unit reminder
• AT times sign up
• 1:45 Science Online Resources
• 2:15 Find 2 new resources
• 2:30 Proscope Demonstration
• 2:45 demo of what we are doing Thursday
• imovie introduction, play with video

Assignments

• Language Arts Curriculum Unit and Web-work (3/13)

Date: March 13th  

Due:

• Language Arts Unit

• Science
• Basics of Importing, Editing and Saving Video
• imovie 

Assignments

• Be ready to work on science curriculum unit 3/25
• Video of you teaching assignment – 30 minutes ofvideo due 4/8 - can be in classroom or with peers Movie due 4/15

Date: March 18th

Due:

• No Class Placement Time

Assignments

• Science Curriculum Unit (4/1)

Date: March 20th    

Due:

2:00 Science Unit Brainstorming
- creativity in product
- choice for students in final product

Post 5 ideas (only 50 words a piece) indicate which one you plan on doing

Blog C work time

Curriculum unit work time

Assignments

• Blog C (3/25)
• Five Ideas Post (3/25)
• Science Curriculum Unit (4/1)
• Video of you teaching assignment – 30 minutes ofvideo due 4/8 - can be in classroom or with peers Movie due 4/15

Date: March 25th    

Due:

• General Notes
  • Feedback Sheets
  • Universal Design/Section 508 questions?
  • Science Ideas- much more creative!
  • Blog C's - wow, sounding like teachers!
• I am going to try and check in with each person today, bring your feedback sheet up when we talk

• Science Curriclum Work Day
• Need the template?
• Keep in Mind
  • Bloom's taxonomy
  • Differentiation - how to provide layers of learning for different abilities/interests?
  • Choice- how to let student have choice in content, product or process

Assignments

• Science Curriculum Unit (4/3)
• Video of you teaching assignment – 30 minutes ofvideo due 4/8 - can be in classroom or with peers Movie due 4/15

Date: March 27th  

Due:  

• Check this out!
• Math

Note about EDU 202 for seminar make sure you bring letter to future families and rough draft observation of a student both as PAPER documents Monday

Friday 4/18 is a field day

Assignments

• Science Curriculum Unit (4/3)
• Video of you teaching assignment – 30 minutes ofvideo due 4/8 - can be in classroom or with peers Movie due 4/15

Date: April 1st  

Due:

- proposal for math

• TAPES - please return ASAP after using
• Turn in Math Unit proposal
• Complete this page - please print on one page and turn in
• Graphing
  • Excel
  • Google Docs
  • Interesting Article about Google Docs
  • Inspire Data
• Work time for graphing part of unit

Assignments

• Science Unit 4/3
• Video of you teaching assignment – 30 minutes ofvideo due 4/8 - can be in classroom or with peers Movie due 4/15
• bring digital camera/materials to class on 4/3

Date: April 3rd

Due:

-science unit  

EDU 202 - PLEASE BRING BOOK and LAPTOP NEXT Two Mondays!

• H Drive: 50 MB to 500MB for semester - then back to 50MB
• Partner share
• Review imovie editing/project
  • May want to bring earphones for editing
  • Need to burn to CD
  • I will be checking today who has imported/copied footage
• Self Evaluation of Science Unit and turn in
• Work time
  • Math
  • imovie editing

Assignments

• Math curriculum unit 4/17
• Video of you teaching assignment – 30 minutes ofvideo due 4/8 - can be in classroom or with peers Movie due 4/15

Date: April 8th  

Due:

• video of teaching

• imovie of you teaching editing day

Assignments

• Math curriculum unit 4/17
• Video of you teaching assignment – Movie due 4/15

Date: April 10th  

Due:

• Math curriculum unit work day
• Cool resource

Assignments

• imovie of you teaching 4/15 - please turn in on labeled and protected (in a sleeve of some sort)
• Math curriculum unit 4/17
• Please bring your practicum binders/copy of Maine Standards for Initial Teacher Certification to class 4/15

Date: April 15th

Due:

• imovie of you teaching on CD

• Portfolios
• Examples
• Planning sheet
• Descriptions: what
• Rationale: So what, now what

Assignments

• Math curriculum unit 4/17

Date: April 17th

Due:

• Math curriculum unit

• Turn in math unit (self eval)
• Movies of your teaching - return
• Social Studies - introduction to webquests
• Begin Here
• Planning document (word document)

Resources:

• General webquest information and resources http://webquest.org/index.php
• National Geographic http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
• Maps http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas
• Thinkfinity
  http://www.marcopolo-education.org/EducatorHome.aspx
  
• Kathy Shrock http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/
  
• Ben’s Guide http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
  
• PBS http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
  
• Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/  or http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/
  
• National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/learn/curriculum.htm
  
• Teacher Tube http://www.teachertube.com/
  
• Maine Memory Network http://www.mainememory.net/
  
• The National Archives http://www.archives.gov/

Assignments

• Planning document for social studies webquest
• Portfolio: First draft 5/8, Final 5/13

Date: April 29th  

Due:

• Social Studies
• Building your webquest
• Steps 1-9 by 2:30
• Word document (rough draft of all text by 4/30 at 2:00)
• PLEASE DELETE ALL IMOVIE OF YOU TEACHING FOOTAGE OFF THE PUBLIC FOLDER- MAKE SURE YOU MAKE COPIES OR ANYTHING YOU WANT BEFORE YOU DO THIS!

Assignments

• Webquest (First draft 5/6, Final at Exit Interview)
• Portfolio (First draft 5/8, Final at Exit Interview)

Date: May 1

Due:

• Work Time

Assignments

• Webquest (First draft 5/6, Final at Exit)
• Portfolio (First draft 5/8, Final at Exit)

Date: May 6th  

Due:

• First draft webquest

• Work Time
• Jo will begin checking:
  • imovie footage removed
  • H drive 500 MB to 50 MB
• Webquest peer review, partners

Assignments

• Webquest (First draft 5/6, Final at Exit)
• Portfolio (First draft 5/8, Final at Exit)

Date: May 8th

Due:

• First draft of portfolio 

• Course Evaluation for Jo
• Course Evaluation for UMF
• Jo will continue checking:
  • imovie footage removed
  • H drive 500 to 50
• Peer Review Portfolios, partners

Assignments

• Portfolio and Webquest due at Exit Interview
• All work/revisions are due 5/13