Thank You!!!!!

It has been a privilege spending Tuesday nights with you all:)

Thank you for your hard work and open mindedness about learning about technology. A HUGE thanks to those who went above and beyond the assignments. Your creativity was inspiring!

Please consider me a resource for integrating technology into your future classrooms. You can reach me at my MU email, at knights@fccps.org and of course—Twitter:)

Housekeeping items:

• Post all assignments to your GSITE by midnight on July 31st (let me know if extensions are needed)
• Keep a look out for the course evaluations. Your feedback is extremely important to me:)
• Check out Blackboard after August 2. I will have all you grades posted for your review.Have a wonderful summer and great school year.
• Prof. Steve

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Week 7 & 8 (Due July 23rd)

No virtual session for tonight and no recorded lecture for next Tuesday’s week 8 class:)

Please continue to work on your Unit Plan and Podcast/Flipped project. Post both on you GSite when finalized (add new pages).

See you at Rowley Hall for our next to last class on July 23rd.

Assignments

• Watch the video with Howard Gardner on Digital Youth via @edutopia and respond to at least 2 of the questions below the video.
• Explore the resources at BrainRules.net and add a comment to this post about how you can apply a few of these rules in your future classrooms.
• Read and comment on at least one of your classmate’s blogs.
• Read at least one of the posts on mobile learning and post a reaction/review on your personal blog. Please include the link of the post you are writing about and include an image that supports the topic.

5 Reasons to Allow Students to Use Cell Phones in Class via The Innovative Educator

Schools and Students Clash Over Use of Technology via Mindshift

1. What are specific ethical issues you see kids struggling when they use digital media?
Answer here >>> http://padlet.com/wall/foxmyrlthz

2. How is our sense of identity changing in the digital world? How can adults learn from kids and guide them at the same time?

Answer here >>> http://padlet.com/wall/nzmz3n8811

3. How does teaching and learning change in a world where information is at your fingertips?

Answer here >>> http://padlet.com/wall/4rs30vdbik

What do we know about the brain and how does what we know (or think we know) drive how we teach. John Medina and his book Brain Rules breaks the latest brain research into 12 principles/rules. His book is a great read and it is supported by a companion DVD. Much of the video content on the DVD is shared on his website @BrainRules.net. On this site you can access information/activities to support all 12 principles/rules by selection the icon at the top of the media window.

Check out this news report that does a great job of summarizing the book.

From Chalkboards to Tablets: The emergence of the K-12 digital learner.

Week 7 (Due July 9th)

***July 9th is a Virtual class in canceled. I will NOT be at the Rowely Hall on Tuesday.

Links from class:

Camstudio – free software to capture your computer screen

Screenr – free online software to capture your computer screen

Knovio – easily add narration and video to an existing PPT

TED-ED – Lessons worth sharing

Greenshot –  free software to capture your computer screenshot (still images)

Pixlr –  free online software to edit photos/images

iPadio – podcast via your phone

Screencasting/Tutorial Apps:

ScreenChomp

Educreations – Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard.

ExplainEverything

Flipped Lesson Samples –

Phases of Matter – Physics

Finding Area – Pre Algebra

Podcast Samples – 

Poetry – 2nd grade

Weather Forecast – 4th grade

Weather Facts – 4th grade

TIGER Beat Sports  – 4th grade

Assignments

Watch at least 2 of the TED talks below and create a post (on your personal blog) with a reaction/reflection for 1 of them.

Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud

Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education

TEDxNYC – Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover

Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms

Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley

Andrew Blum: What is the Internet, really?

David Christian: The history of our world in 18 minutes

TEDxWarwick – Doug Belshaw – The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies

TEDxPhilly – Chris Lehmann – Education is broken

Not a TED – but still relevant – BRAIN POWER: From Neurons to Networks

***July 9th is a Virtual class in canceled. I will NOT be at the Rowely Hall on Tuesday.

Immersion

Consider this…

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robbiecooper/immersion-project/widget/video.html

Robbie Cooper’s ‘Immersion’, a series of photographs which capture the facial expressions of subjects immersed in watching TV or computer screens, is a frank and powerful examination of the multimedia age.

Recently he successful raised money via Kickstarter to expand his Immersion project to a large audience.

What do you think? A creepy look into our interactions with technology or a look into our individual worlds through our expressions?

Fun Site

Check out this cool website for surprising your kids and inserting into your blog @http://blabberize.com/

Vodpod videos no longer available.Blabberize2, posted with vodpod

Week 6 (Due July 2nd)

In Class Assignment:

Create a mind map to either demonstrate your understanding of UDL or to meet the requirement for graphic representation (or PPT) of our unit plan for the last class. Please use a ‘new to you’ resource.

Links from class:

https://bubbl.us/ – brainstorming made simple

https://www.draw.io/ – online diagramming

http://www.exploratree.org.uk/ –  create your own thinking guides

http://www.mywebspiration.com/ –  free online version of the popular software Inspiration/Kidspiration

https://conceptboard.com/ – my favorite, when it was free:)

http://todaysmeet.com/ – private backchannel service

Assignments

Check out the example of the lesson planning tool on TED-Ed @ http://ed.ted.com/on/TV4tnUj3 This is a resource and format that could help you start to Flip your classroom. Please create your own account, complete the TED-Ed and find the blog assignment.

Read Podcasting article “Enhanced Podcasts” and explore and listen to at least one of the podcasts on the EdReach or BAM! Radio sites

Provide a short summary (on your personal course blog) of  the podcast you listen to and address this question – “Are podcasts something you would consider for professional learning in the future?”

Embed your groups Digital Storytelling video on your Google Site.

*Bring Headsets or Laptops for Podcast/Flipped Lesson Worksession.

Week 5 (June 25th)

Google Site Examples:

Alicia L. Schaefer: Technology Portfolio

Genevieve’s Technology Portfolio

Benjamin554

Course Readings: Copyright & Universal Design for Learning

Read “Copyright Law and Technology” in Learning and Leading with Technology (April 2005) by E. Langran, R. Langran, and G. Bull

Read about Universal Design for Learning until the end of chapter 4.

Activities:

• Complete copyright questions form (use the copyright resources list to learn more about copyright).
• Create a blog post (on your personal blog) showcasing one resource that you found via your social learning service.

*Bring Headsets or Laptops for the final Digital Storytelling Worksession.

**During our class, I will be available to help all groups upload their digital story.

Week 4 (Due June 18th)

Activities:

• Virtual Class Activity – Choose a resource from slides 45 – 51 to either review or create a product. Share your review or product on a blog post (on your personal blog).
• Create a blog post (on your personal blog) in response to The Nuts & Bolts of 21st Century Teaching post.
• Add an About page to your Blog. Consider using a graphic/avatar or word cloud to represent you.
• Read “High-tech vs. no-tech: D.C. area schools take opposite approached to education” and be prepared to discuss.

*Bring Headsets and Laptops for Digital Storytelling Worksession.

Suggested Reading on Project Based Learning:

“David Thornburg on the Evolving Classroom (Big Thinkers Series).” Edutopia. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 June 2013. Video <http://www.edutopia.org/david-thornburg-future-classroom-video>

Perlman, Bob. “Students Thrive on Cooperation and Problem Solving.” Edutopia. Edutopia. Web. 29 May 2012. <http://www.edutopia.org/new-skills-new-century>.

Week 3 (Due Jun 11th)

Links from class:

PhotoStory – windows software – tutorials

VoiceThread – online collaborative, multimedia slideshow

Glogster – online multimedia poster

Animoto – online music video creation

Storybird – online storytelling

Pixlr –  free online software to edit photos/images

Activities:

• Storyboard, script, and photos for digital story uploaded it as a Google doc . See http://www.learndst.com for guidance/resources on digital storytelling. Please compared to work on 6/11.
• Explore your classmates blogs and post a comment on at least two blogs.
• Read “PowerPoint is Evil” by E. Tuften, listen to NPR story about PowerPoint in the classroom,  and post a response to the class blog (not your personal blog). Be sure to make specific references to the reading & radio program in your response.

***June 11th is our first Virtual class. Login here to participate. I will be at the Rowely Hall if you prefer to be in the lab with me (for extra tech support).

Week 2 (Due June 4)

Twitter Directory
You can tell any kind of story with this group project. My goal for this project is that you use  ’new-to-you’ technology tools to create a video that includes audio- narration and/or music sound track in class (although planning for this project should happen outside of class). There is no time requirement, although I recommend no more than 10 minutes.

Think of this assignment as practice for incorporating Digital Storytelling into your classroom. Your digital story can;

• retell a story/fairy tale/myth/legend
• retells a story about  a famous figure-Biography/place/event covered in your Standards
• reflection on a life event
• movie trailer for the documentary you hope to create in the future

Consider the following elements when planning and producing your Digital Story;

1. Point of View – What is the main point of the story and what is the perspective of the author?
2. A Dramatic Question – keeps the viewer’s attention and will be answered at the end.
3. Emotional Content – issues that come alive in a personal way and connects the story to the audience.
4. The Gift of Your Voice – personalize the story.
5. The Power o the Soundtrack – music to support and embellish the story.
6. Economy – using just enough content to tell a story without overloading the viewer.
7. Pacing – the rhythm of the story and how slowly or quickly it progresses.

On Tuesday, we will demo software that you can use to produce/publish and promote.

Course Readings:

Rosenthal Tolisano, Silvia. “Digital Storytelling – Part I.” Langwitches Blog. N.p., Apr.-May 2008. Web. 11 June 2012. <http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/04/19/digital-storytelling-part-i/>.

Rosenthal Tolisano, Silvia. “Digital Storytelling – Part II.” Langwitches Blog. N.p., Apr.-May 2008. Web. 11 June 2012. <http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/04/25/digital-storytelling-part-ii/>.

 

Post a response on your blog:

1 – Share what Social Learning site you are using during this course. Describe why the tool will be helpful for your personal/professional learning. (Please include a image and hyperlink in this post)

Please bring headsets/laptops (if you would like to work outside the lab). Here is a headset I like.

Optional Readings:

“Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants”  Marc Prensky, On the Horizon (MCB University Press, Vol. 9 No. 5, October 2001)[7]

White, David S., and Alison Le Cornu. 2011. “Visitors and Residents: A New Typology for Online Engagement.” First Monday 16,9 (5 September). Available online at:http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3171/3049.