CLASS OVERVIEW & SYLLABUS (Loose Syllabus)

CLASS ONE - JAN 15, 2009

BIG IDEA - Introductions & Blog Introduction

Homework for Class 1 - Play with iGoogle & Blog feature

CLASS TWO - JAN 22, 2008

BIG IDEA - Educational Technology

Homework for Class 2 - Find & Skim School Tech Plan. Come prepared to discuss it with others.

CLASS THREE - JAN 29, 2009

BIG IDEA - Ed Tech Tools and Apps & Video

Guest Speaker: Scott Hacke - Media Production Specialist

Homework for Class 3 - Please come next week with observations of tech use in your building--is it encouraging? Concerning? Why or why not?

CLASS FOUR - FEB 5, 2009

BIG IDEA - WEB 101 - Basics of the WWW & Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0

Final Project Presentation Proposal Form -> click HERE choose "save file" and open in MS Word, or "Open with... then navigate to "MS Word"

Guest Speaker: Paul Navarre - Web Developer - Net Interaction

Homework for Class 4 - Prep for Final Project Proposal. If you have time, read and respond to each others' blogs and become a follower on a few of them.

CLASS FIVE - FEB 12, 2009 - Final Project Page

BIG IDEA - WEB 2.0 - Usability and Design

OPTIONAL READING WE DIDN'T GET TO IN CLASS: Chapter 2 from “Don’t Make Me Think” What does Creativity Mean? by By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo The Problem with Problems, by Dan Pink

TECH Skills - Building a Web Site in:

• Google Site
• Wikispaces.com
• Weebly.com

Guest Speaker: Don Woodward - Web Designer - Ideawave

Homework for Class 5:
- Read Business Week article, Rethinking Computers in the Classroom, in preparation for Steve Langford's presentation next week.
- Project Proposal is due Feb 21

CLASS SIX - FEB 19, 2009 - Final Project Page

BIG IDEA: TECH STANDARDS - ETHICS & EQUITY

READING in CLASS:
The Digital Divide - ISTE Literature Review

Tech Standards in Schools For Student AND Teachers
The National Education Technology Standards (NETS)

Reading from Previous Week's Class

TECH SKILLS: Web Building from previous week if time

GUEST SPEAKER: Steve Langford, CIO Beaverton Schools
REFLECTION QUESTION BLOG:
Response to Steve Langford

HW - Finish proposal - See you on Saturday!

CLASS SEVEN/EIGHT - FEB 21, 2009 - 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

BIG IDEA: SOCIAL NETWORKING

WORKING LAB FOR YOUR FINAL PROJECT

GUEST SPEAKER: Richard Kassissieh, Director of Technology, Catlin Gabel School, Portland

Here are the links he referred to in class:

http://www.alexa.com/
http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_24/b4038405.htm http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_24/b4038405.htm
http://www.facebook.com/home.php ]http://www.facebook.com/home.php?
http://twitter.com/home
http://twitter.com/kassissieh ]
http://www.ed4wb.org/?p=152 ]http://www.ed4wb.org/?p=152
http://moodle.org
http://www.classroom20.com/
http://mu.wordpress.org/
http://globaleducation.ning.com/
http://thesynapse.ning.com/
http://kassblog.com/
http://proctoracademy.org
http://digitallearning.macfound.org

CLASS NINE - FEB 26, 2009

BIG IDEA - NEW TOOLS

Best Practices in Tech Integration
Tech Organizations that support education
Emerging technologies:

Twitter, Yammer, Del-i-cious, Voice Thread,
OETC, ISTE, FromNowOn.org, Digital Trends

Two final presentations from Paul & Vicki

GUEST SPEAKER: Lou Douros, Freepath Software of Grass Valley, California will discuss emerging, web-based tools. Presentation taking place via GoToMeeting Software.

Links:

mebeam.com
slideology.com
twitter.com
yammer.com
delicious.com
voicethread.com