Assignments


 * For March 19, 2012**


 * Final - Reflective essay to be emailed to me by 11:59PM on Monday March 19th.**

Your essay is to be a general reflection that utilizes the paragraphs you wrote during our first meeting as its basis, and then draws upon what you have learned/experienced over the past 10 weeks. In looking back, we have covered a number of topics this semester. Some of these topics included: Digital Natives/Digital Immigrants Learning Styles Concept/Mind Maps (i.e. Inspiration/Kidspiration) Assistive Technology Digital Photography Podcasting Copyright Evaluating Software Incorporating “Pop Culture” elements into your lessons Incorporating video conferencing into your lessons Challenger Learning Center - Operation Montserrat Utilizing Wikis

You may include/comment on as may of these as you feel are necessary to adequately reflect/summarize your feelings about your experience(s) having participated in EDUC 310. Should you desire, you may also include or comment on citations from our text or any other reading that was assigned. Whatever you decide to reflect upon, be sure to support your comment(s). For example, don’t just make a comment: “I really enjoyed the class when we SKYPED in with the Challenger Learning Center.” Make the comment and then expound on your comment by stating why your enjoyed the it.

As for the length of your reflective essay… While I really do not want to require a specific length, I realize that if I do not, I will get everything from one page on up, depending on whether or not you like to write. That being said, I am suggesting that your succinctly and articulately written essay should be between 2 and 4 single spaced pages. I am not requiring that you follow APA or similar format, but you should attribute as necessary (by way of a footnote). Also, should you decide to write your essay in APA (or similar format) be sure to modify your number a pages to account for double spacing, etc.

**For March 13, 2012**

Post your Individual Technology Portfolio to the class Wiki Send URL of your completed Lesson Plan Wiki to me.

**For March 6, 2012**

Be prepared to work on your: Individual Technology Portfolio and Lesson Plan Wiki.

**For February 28, 2012**

Be prepared to present you lesson to the class. (You will have a maximum of 10 minutes.) Remember to post a copy of your lesson plan to the "Teaching With Technology Presentations" page on our class Wiki. Be sure to follow the file naming convention indicated.

**For February 21, 2012**

Visit the Challenger Learning Center (@http://clc.cet.edu/?/home/) and MAGPI (@http://www.magpi.net/) websites

Review the eMisison - Operation Montserrat @http://clc.cet.edu/?/operation_montserrat/ Review both the teacher and student sites. On the teacher site, pay particular attention to the Teacher Toolkit (@http://www.e-missions.net/om/teacher/)

Since you will be a member of one of the teams listed below and working collaboratively not only within your team but also with the other teams, it would help if you become familiar with the duties and responsibilities of each of the following teams:
 * Hurricane Team: Downloads data on the hurricane location and intensity. Tracks path and speed and predicts the impact upon the island. Forwards predictions to the other teams.
 * Volcano Team: Downloads and analyzes seismic data from a satellite; make predictions of volcano activity and forwards to other teams.
 * Evacuation Team: Researches the island of Montserrat in preparation for the threatening volcano and hurricane. Determines what evacuation procedures to relay to the island via Communications and Mission Control.
 * Communications Team: Communicates all verbal and written communications between Mission Control and the other teams.

**For February 14, 2012 (No Class)**

Finalize your Lesson Plan taking into consideration suggestions made by your peers. Be prepared to present your completed lesson plan to the class on Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Prior to your presentation, post a copy of your lesson plan, PowerPoint, etc to the Teaching With Technology page on the class Wiki. Please use the following file naming convention for your lesson plan: Lesson_Plan_Final_FirstName.xxxx If you will be using PowerPoint, Keynote, etc. as part of your presentation, please use the following file naming convention for your presentaion: Lesson_Plan_Presentation_FirstName.xxxx

**For February 7, 2012**

1. Review: Chapter 8 - Selecting and Integrating World Wide Web Resources, Including Designing Online Instruction Chapter 9- Technology Integration in the Content Area, Including Early Childhood, Educationally Challenged, and Multidisciplinary Units Chapter 10- Ganes and Virtual Environments Chapter 11 - Mathematical Modeling Chapter 12 - Simulations and Data Analysis

2. Read Chapter 14 - Producing and Presenting, Including Podcasting and Digital Storytelling (pages 342 - 360)

3. Using the Lesson Plan Format (template) develop a "rough draft" of a lesson that you would hopefully, on day, be able to teach. As part of the lesson, your students **must** be utilizing a piece of software (either installed locally on a computer) or web-based. You will present a rough draft of the lesson on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.

**For January 31, 2012**

1. Read Chapter 7 - Planning and Developing Technology-Rich Instruction (pages 162-192) 2. Review the following Edutopia articles: 3. Using the software evaluation form provided (Software Evaluation Form tab under Navigation), evaluate a software title you could potentially utilize as part of a lesson. When asked to "describe how this software will support particular standard/standards and grade level benchmarks," you may use district standards (if you are currently observing or student teaching) or you align to ISTE Student standards (@http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-students/nets-student-standards-2007.aspx) Post a copy of your evaluation on the Software Evaluation Form Wiki page along with your name and title of the software you reviewed. In addition, be prepared to present a brief overview of the software to the class by way of a demonstration, etc. (Note: A hard copy of The Software Evaluation Form will also be collected at the conclusion of your presentation.) **//This assignment is worth a total of 20 points (10 points for a completed Software Evaluation Form and 10 points for presenting your evaluation//**. 4. If you are not familiar with concepts of: Differentiated Instruction or Universal Design for Learning, please review the videos on these concepts found under "Links to Videos."
 * What Is Project-Based Learning About? @http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-guide-description
 * Why Is Project-Based Learning Important? @http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-guide-importance
 * How Does Project-Based Learning Work? @http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-guide-implementation
 * Why Teach with Project-Based Learning?: Providing Students With a Well-Rounded Classroom Experience @http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning-introduction
 * Measuring What Counts: Memorization Versus Understanding @http://www.edutopia.org/measuring-what-counts-memorization-versus-understanding
 * Ten Steps to Better Student Engagement @http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning-teaching-strategies

For January 24, 2012

1. On our class Wiki post your response to the following question: Will there always be “Digital Natives” and “Digital Immigrants?”
 * Your post should be made via a typed response not to exceed 200 words. Your initial post must be made by **11:59PM Friday, January 20, 2012.**
 * Read and post a response to 2 (qty) of your classmates postings by **11:59PM Monday, January 23, 2012**.
 * Remember to keep your posts (comments) professional and supportive so that this discussion can be meaningful to everyone.
 * Note: It is not necessarily the length (number of words) of your post (comments) that is important, but rather the quality of your post (comments).

2. Having taken the “learning styles inventory” construct a concept map illustrating how you learn both personally and professionally and briefly discuss how these two assessments “paint a picture” of you as a learner as well as how one should take your preferred learning style(s) into consideration when designing formal or informal learning opportunities. **This assignment should be emailed to me when completed and no later than Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 6:00PM.** Your concept map should be saved as a PDF while your brief discussion may be saved as a text (.txt) or MS Word file (.doc or .docx) (Should you need additional information about creating concept maps, please check out the following:


 * Inspiration (Concept Mapping Software - Grades 6 - Adult) (08:26:00) (@http://www.inspiration.com/themes/inspiration/video-player.php?nid=639)
 * Kidspiration (Concept Mapping Software - Grades K -5) (07:18:00) (@http://www.inspiration.com/themes/inspiration/video-player.php?nid=953)
 * Concept Map Generator. F.A. Davis. http://davisplus.fadavis.com/daviscareplans/Concept_Map_Generator/Concept_Map_Generator.cfm?exercise=Concept_Map_Generator&title=Concept Map Generator&height=750&width=1000
 * Concept Map Creator - Northwest Missouri State University Northwest Missouri State University · Owens Library · Lori Mardis · Copyright 2007. Created (February 2007). @http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/courses/research/conceptMap.html
 * Don't forget, you could also use a paint, drawing or even a word processing program such as Microsoft Word to create your concept map.
 * [[file:Sample Concept Map.pdf]]

3. Read Chapter 5 - Social, Ethical, Legal and Human Issues (30 pages). Pay particular attention to the following sections: Individual Privacy (pages 120-122) Ethical and Legal Concerns in Education (pages 122-134)

For January 17, 2012

By Marc Prensky - From On the Horizon (NCB University Press, Vol. 9 No. 5, October 2001) © 2001 Marc PrenskyDigital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Part II: Do They Really Think Differently? - By Marc Prensky Published in On the Horizon (NCB University Press, Vol. 9 No. 6, December 2001) © 2001 Marc Prensky @http://www.albertomattiacci.it/docs/did/Digital_Natives_Digital_Immigrants.pdf
 * Review Chapters 1 (Getting Started with Technology) & 2 (Productivity Tools and Application Software) in Bitter and Legacy.
 * Read: Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants (this is a 15 page document)
 * Take the Learning Styles Inventory Assessment found at http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory Save (or print) the results as a PFD document.
 * Read Chapter 4 (Emerging and Assistive Technologies and the Future)