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May 4, 2011

Second to last class!

Grade Sheets

Discuss Blog Posts

Professional development resources next week!

• ALL MISSING ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE TURNED IN BY MAY 11th
  

Research Questions

Post responses to the following questions on your blog. Make sure to include links to the resources you used to answer the questions. - Posts should be in your own words. You will have 9 separate posts answering each of the following questions. - We will be discussing and comparing blogs next week in class.

1) What are the learning outcomes established by the Partnership for 21st Century Learning? (Include information about who/what the Partnership itself is.)

2) What is Core Knowledge and how does it apply to education theory?

3) How does current education practice apply both 21st Century Learning Skills and Core Knowledge?

4) OPINION: Do we need more or less emphasis of either Core Knowledge or 21st Century Learning Skills? How would we go about it?

5) How does the US compare to other like-minded countries in our education system? What are our strengths and/or weakness?

6) How does motivation tie in to student success in the classroom? Give 3 examples of strategies to motivate today's students.

7) What are the NETS for students?

8) How does your current skill set compare to the NETS for teachers?

9) What does research say about using Interactive Whiteboards? What are the pros and cons? Would you want to have one in your classroom?

April 13, 2011

Share Independent Learning Videos
Share Lesson Plans

Free Resources:
World Maths Day
IXL Math
Geosense | Traveler IQ
ePals
Edheads

Pay For Programs
Education City
Successmaker
MyAccess

Assignment - Modify a lesson for remediation focusing on student-centered learning.

Catch up on any missing assignments
Next week is iTouch/iPad Apps with Ms. Lagola!

Assignments:


Did you know? - Discussion Board Post
Mentor Questions - Discussion Board Post
Create a Blog
Prezi
Copyright Quiz
Multiple Intelligence - Discussion Board Post
WebQuest
Jing lesson plan
Create a Jing and Xtranormal - Posted to Blog
Educational Video - Independent Learning Project
Lesson Plan w/ Enrichment activity

April 6, 2011

Presentations of Educational Videos - Discussion of the process

Delicious - Getting organized

More Tools -

Puzzlemaker
Cramberry
Brain Pop
Wordle
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

Find two game websites for your specific content

Examples - Cool Math Games | Grammar Gorillas | Coffee Break Arcade

Assignment: A) Share your favorite two game sites on your blog.
B) Create a lesson plan modifying a current lesson (Example: Use the Mission Project for 4th grade) and how you could use technology for enrichment purposes for students needing extension activities. - E-mail lesson plan and prepare to present to class next week.

Class Websites -

Quia - Games and Quizzes
Did you know III - Video
Meebo - Chat rooms
Webspiration - Online brainstorming tool
Blogger or Wordpress
EduBlog - Award Winners
BigHugeLabs - PhotoEditing
Prezi - Presentation program
PbWorks - Free wiki
Copyright Quiz - Copyright vs Copywrong
A Fair (y) Use Tale - Disney video
Learning Style Quiz
Zunal - Webquests
Voki - Widget for blog
Xtranormal - Script writing animations
Blabberize - funny talking head program
Jing - Screen capture software

March 23, 2011

Please see this link for your assignment, due April 6.

March 9, 2011

Today's agenda:
--Present webquests
--Jing
--XtraNormal

Assignment:
1.  Create a lesson plan for your content area in which students create Jings.  Email to mhamre@clu.net
2.  Create a 1 minute Jing and upload it or link to it on your blog.*
3.  Create a 1 minute XtraNormal using at least 2 characters.  Upload to your blog.*

If you can't post these on your blog, please email them to Ms. Hamre.

Blabberize

March 2nd

Blabberize

Voki

Add one or both to your blog.

WebQuests


Assignment: Create a webquest where students are required to use higher level thinking to analyze/evaluate a problem and present a persuasive argument.

Webquest will include an Introduction, Task, Process, Evaluation, Conclusion, and Teacher Page and About the Author. Make sure to consider your visual and auditory learner.

You may work with a partner, but each individual student is responsible for creating his or her own webquest.

February 23, 2011

Copyright Quiz -

What is your Learning Style?

Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence


HW - Discussion Board Post

Read Edutopia Introduction Article on Learning Styles plus one of the following
Post on the Blackboard Discussion Forum (by Sunday) and respond to 2 others (by Wed).

• Teachers are Taking Multiple-Intelligences Theory to Heart
• An Educators Journey Toward Multiple Intelligences
• Brain Imagery Supports the Idea of Diverse Intelligences
• Differentiated Instruction: Getting Personal with Technology
  

February 16, 2010

Copyright vs Copywrong Quiz

A Fair (y) Use Tale

Class project -
Use creative commons to find a picture, edit it in Big Huge Labs and add it to your blog.

Creative Commons

Big Huge Labs

Homework:
Read Copyright Law
Practice Copyright Laws Game
Copyright Quiz next week

February 9, 2011

Wikis and Prezis

1.  Add a link to your blog on the class wiki.

2.  Creating presentations with Prezi.  Presentation should be based on a single lesson for a class. Practice in class.

Homework 
--Create a Prezi share it on the wiki. Presentation should have a minimum of 5 content areas and include text and images.
--Read Step 3 before the next class.

February 2, 2010

Class Survey - Use your textbook

Create a Google account and set up a Blog using Blogger.

• Your blog should include your About Me information
• You need to include a Gadget
  
• Review great blogs from the EduBlog Award Winners
  
• Create a post explaining how you could incorporate blogs into your ideal classroom
  

Homework -

Complete survey and
Create your blog - E-mail Blog URL address to me

EDTP563 - Week 2 - Spring 11

Class Survey

My Webspiration

CLU Databases

ERIC Database





Invite me to your Webspiration - mhamre@lvusd.org
Read Step 2 and answer the questions
Find a mentor and fill in the Discussion Board Information

Week 1: Welcome to EDTP563

Class Links:

Student Survey

Games while you wait - Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3

Did You Know III


Quia - 30 day trial


Homework:
Complete research and post on class discussion board in Blackboard
Read Digital Natives Parts 1&2
Read Step 1 from course textbook