Last Day of the Class

Last Day of Class

How quickly a semester passes! I've truly enjoyed getting to know each of you and I wish you luck in the future. Make sure to stop by and visit if you are in Aderhold this spring!

Please complete the following before you leave class today:

• Complete the end-of-course evaluation.
• Check your WebQuest and Capstone grade and Send an email to me if you have questions about your final grade (your grade should be available in OASIS after Friday, 12/7 at noon.).
• Make sure all portions of your website are completed and published.

Opportunities after EDIT 2000

• Interdisciplinary Certificate in Technology Integration.Let me know ASAP if you are interested in taking EDIT 5500-Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments on T/Th 11:00-12:15 during spring semester
• MEd in Instructional Technology

Day Twenty-Five (Nov 20)

Capstone Project-Day 1

You have just been appointed as the technology media specialist teacher in your school. However, you just found out that the level of technology use in your school is very low.

As such, you wish to distribute an information brochure on technology integration to your fellow teachers so that they will be more encouraged to the use of technology in their teaching. You want to show them that there are actually many technologies available for teachers that are easy to use. You also hope to share with them some exemplary cases. There is a wide variety of websites, software, templates, and examples that you can provide to motivate them.

Your job is to create a two-page brochure (as a word document) that conmprises encouraging information and resources about technology integration in the classroom. This is similar to developing a newsletter that you created for students' parents. But here, your target audience are teachers and your focus is on their use of technology.

For example, you may provide a list of web resources that can be helpful to teachers; you may also introduce available software and templates for use in everyday teaching; or you may illustrate cases of exemplary use of technology in the classroom (you may even include some interviews). Use your experience and knowledge that you gained from EDIT2000. 100%.

Make sure to read the project rubric as always.

For next Tuesday
We will keep working on the Capstone project

Day Twenty-Four (Nov 15)

WebQuest-Day 5

Today is your optional attendance day. I will be in the classroom the whole time to assist anyone there. Please do know that I am here to help and listen. Let me know if you have any concern or inquiry about the class or about anything.

As notified earlier, I will start reviewing this project precisely at 5:00pm. Please remember:

• Make sure to publish the Questgarden page AND your Google page
• I should be able to see the link of your WebQuest on your home page navigation.
• On your Google page, there have to be a short description of your project and your reflection.
• Make sure to meet the requirements of the project description

See you guys on Tuesday!

Day Twenty-Three (Nov 13)

WebQuest-Day 4

We have been working on building our first WebQuest. We have almost completed most of the critical sections including Title, Learners, Standards, Task, Process and Evaluation. Today we will build the pages for teachers who might use our WebQuests for their own classroom. They are:

• Teacher Intro
• Teacher Resources
• Teacher Process
• Conclusion

Teacher Intro:

Teachers need a separate introduction of their own, one that tells where this lesson came from and something about what it will accomplish.

Teacher Resources:

In addition to your fabulous web pages, what else would a teacher need to implement this WebQuest? A class set of books? Access to an expert by phone or email? Special software or other tools?

Teacher Process:

Teachers need to have a clear picture of what's going on and where they are in the process. Teachers need a similar description. They need to know how long this WebQuest might take and different ways to offer it depending on equipment availability, etc.

Conclusion:

This is the last section of the Student Page. Ask the learners to reflect back on what they learned and about their own process of learning and look ahead.

Some Things to Consider:

• Is your WebQuest topic authentic in order to engage your students?
• Is your WebQuest task challenging and doable?
• Do your learners need to think independently and critically during the WebQuest activity?
• Is collaboration between your students important for the successful completion of the WebQuest?
• What scaffolds (visual organizers, software tools, prompting questions and suggestions) are provided in your WebQuest?

For Thursday:

We will finish up our WebQuest. Please make your WebQuest ready for the review by 5:00pm

Day Twenty-Two (Nov 8)

WebQuest-Day 3

Tuesday we created our first WebQuest using an online tool called Quest Garden. We have covered title, standard, learners and intro.

Today we will build the different features of WebQuest:

1. Task
   The task is a formal description of what students will have accomplished by the end of the WebQuest. Students can be asked to publish their findings on a Web site, collaborate in an online research initiative with another site or institution, or create a multimedia presentation on a particular aspect of their research. The task should be visually and aesthetically appealing and fun for the students.
2. Process
   This is a description of the steps learners should go through in accomplishing the task, with resources links embedded in each step.
3. Evaluation
   Each WebQuest needs a rubric 1 for evaluating students' work. The standards should be fair, clear, consistent, and specific to the tasks set.

Some good example WebQuests

http://questgarden.com/52/41/5/070613164641/index.htm
http://questgarden.com/49/15/4/070403052001/index.htm
http://questgarden.com/52/16/0/070606152240/index.htm

Day Twenty-One (Nov 13)

Some housekeeping

• My review of your iMovie & Powerpoint game assignment were sent to you last Thursday by email. If you have not received them for any reason, please let me know ASAP.
• We will spend the first 5 minutes to share your ideas for WebQuest assignment. Please get ready to make a short presentation including topic, target audience, and process.

WebQuest-Day 2

Last Thursday, we have discussed the concept of “WebQuest”. Today we will build the foundation of our WebQuest using Quest Garden. This online authoring tool allows you to create your own WebQuest and publish it. It provides pre-constructed format and easy-to-follow instruction

We will go through each process together and there is nothing to worry about! To start, go to http://questgarden.com/ and clink Register for 30 day trial on the right top. Do register for 30 day trial. Once you create an account, you will be directed to the editing page.

Today we will go over the first four steps:

1. Title/Authors
   Fill out the information about yourself
2. Standards
   Find the standards that address your topic from GPS or QCC standards
3. Learners
   Describe your learner as specific as possible
4. Introduction
   The introduction section provides background information and motivational scenarios like giving students roles to play: "You are an underwater research scientist," or "You are an astronaut planning a trip to the moon." It also provides an overview of the learning goals to students.

Some good example WebQuests
http://questgarden.com/52/41/5/070613164641/index.htm
http://questgarden.com/49/15/4/070403052001/index.htm
http://questgarden.com/52/16/0/070606152240/index.htm

Day Twenty (Nov 1)

WebQuests: Day One

What exactly is a WebQuest? What are its main characteristics? What are your initial reactions to WebQuests in terms of teaching and learning? What advantages and disadvantages do you see in teaching with WebQuests? What standards in your content area lend themselves to WebQuests?Viewing exemplary webquests is a good way to get started on your own.


Go to the main WebQuest page and click the words "Find WebQuests" on the left navigation bar. Using the Curriculum/Grade Level Matrix (in the middle of the page), spend a few minutes viewing 2 or 3 WebQuests in your content area. You can also see interviews with teachers who have used WebQuests here.

Hopefully, you're beginning to formulate an idea for a "hook" for your own WebQuest. It may be related to work you have already done in our class or work you are currently completing in other courses. It could even be something completely new in your content area. After you have some ideas together, review the WebQuest assignment so that you are clear on what is expected.

Before Thursday's class, you'll want to identify your WebQuest topic. Use this website to help you in the selection process. Generally, a good WebQuest topic should have some inherent complexity, such as controversial issues, multiple perspectives, unknowns, etc.

The topic needs to have your students take information in and transform it, using their own judgement and creative problem-solving techniques. The learning should be authentic. Certain topics tend to lend themselves more to the WebQuest format than others.

Here are some examples of previous EDIT 2000 students:
http://edit2000resources.googlepages.com/spring07portfolios

On Tuesday,

Get a start on your WebQuest. We'll be sharing ideas at the beginning of class Tuesday.

Day Nineteen (Oct 23)

Fall break is just a few days away!

Thanks to your hard work and persistence, we're a little ahead of schedule. So I decided to give you one more hour to work on Powerpoint game. Due date is still October 23 and you need to be present in class. I will start grading precisely at 5:00pm.

So you can finish up your Powerpoint assignment during the class time tomorrow. I will be there to assist you. I can work with you even after the class, if needed. I will hand out your I-movie assignment review as well.

Keep up the good work guys.

Day Eighteen (Oct 16)

PowerPoint Games - Improving Your Questions

As you continue work on your PowerPoint games -- it is important to focus on the instructional value of your game -- and value is added through good questions. What makes a good question?

Bloom's Taxonomy is an easy way to learn more about various levels of questioning. This website will help you to use the taxonomy to improve your questions.Even young children can use Bloom's Taxonomy to improve their work. Here's a video of a class of children who use it to design literature units. Learn even more about this project here.



You can checkout textbooks from the Curriculum Materials Center in rm 207 for more ideas for questions (just make sure you're not plagiarizing!)

As you work -- review student samples and the PowerPoint games project description to ensure that you are meeting the expectations of the assignment. You can earn additional "wow" points and the points will be used to cover up the score you lost for other projects.

Day Seventeen (Oct 11)

Some housekeeping:

• You all need to submit your peer-evaluation by today

PowerPoint Games:

Today we'll talk about PowerPoint games: what they are and how they help students construct their own knowledge. What were your favorite games? What characteristics made them your favorite? What experience do you have with instructional games? Are the characteristics of your favorite games found in most instructional games? How can PowerPoint be used to create an instructional game for your subject area?

It's important to know a little bit of background on the PowerPoint games project before we begin. Dr. Lloyd Rieber - a professor in my department - wrote a paper on this very topic that is an interesting read. Many EDIT 2000 students have created their own games and more and more K-12 classrooms are using PowerPoint games as a way to address content standards.

You'll want to view some sample games from the Homemade PowerPoint Games website . Also check out student portfolios from previous semesters and student examples from this summer.

Day Sixteen (Oct 9)

Some housekeeping

• Today is the due date for your iMovie project.
• Please click here to download the peer-review sheet. I need to have your reivew by October 11 (hard-copy or email).

Today is the Presentation Day for your iMovie

• Each group will have about 5-6 minutes to make a presentation
• Before playing movie, you can give a short overview of your movie, such as your motivation, subject, and target audience.You can also share your experience, such as incidents that happened and things that you have learned.
• In order to enjoy your movie with everyone, please bring your uncompressed high quality movie. Your group can bring it either in CD or in your memory stick.

Day Twelve (Sep 25)

Some housekeeping

• Please click here to find your group members.
• Don't forget to submit your one-page assignment as explanied in the blog (Day 11).

Digital Storytelling

Introduction
The use of video in education has been around for a long time, but it is just in recent years that it has become simple for classroom teachers and children to create and edit their own educational videos. The Apple Learning Interchange gives multiple examples of using educational video for teaching content standards.

Today we will begin our digital storytelling project using iMovie. You will be working in small groups to create an original story and storyboard about your subject area. Here is an example of a movie for middle grades science created during a Maymester session of EDIT 2000.

You'll want to review the project guidelines for this project -- We will use iMovie for editing. iMovie HD is the software available in the iLife suite on Macintosh computers. PCs have a similar software called Movie Maker -- but it is not as easy to use in its existing version. Today you'll learn the ins and outs of the software.

Ron Braxley, a digital media professional here in the UGA College of Education, has kindly agreed to give us comprehensive instructions on how to use iMovie. This will take about an hour and will be the only/last instruction of the iMovie offered for this class, thus be on time and give him your full attention.

Group Work
Working with your group members, create a story board for your digital story. Remember that your final movie will not be longer than 2 minutes -- so you don't need to capture more than 8 minutes of footage. You can say alot in 2 minutes - as evidenced by these public service announcements.

While it is important to have humor and creativity as a part of your story - it is very important that your group creates a story that could be used in an actual classroom. What will your story be teaching? How will using your video be better than what is traditionally done for this particular topic?

The Apple Education site gives some tips on making movies -- storyboarding, setting up scenes, etc. It is highly recommended that all group members look over this information before filming begins.

This is how you may perform the task:

• Decide which content area/grade level you will focus, as a group
• Draw a story board, as a group
• Capture/Edit the footage, as a group
• Upload the movie to your Googlepage
• Write your reflections on your Googlepage

Schedules for iMovie

Tuesday, September 25th

• Ron Braxley will give us comprehensive instructions on how to use i-movie.
• You should have your group by now (4 people per group).
• Immediately after today's class, reserve a mini-DV camera in rm 232 for the day/time your group will be capturing footage.
• Arrange a time to meet with your group outside of class to capture video footage and still images.

Thursday, September 27th

• You are given this day to work on your video as a group.
• We will not have a formal class meeting on this day.
• It is recommended you use this day to capture your footage.

Tuesday, October 2nd

• You must have your footage captured by Thursday, October 2 at the beginning of class.
• Each group will be given one editing suite to edit your video.
• Make sure to review the project description to ensure that your group is including all of the required components.

Thursday, October 4th

• Finalize your video.
• It is the last day of using editing suite.

Important Notes:

1. Due date for the iMovie project is October 9.
2. By due date, your movie (group work) and reflection (individual work) should be up on your googlepages.
3. Include your group members' names on the googlepages so that I would know which group you belonged to.

Day Eleven (Sep 20)

Teacher Performance Standard

How do educators know what to teach? How do they know what students should learn? Every state has standards and every content area conforms to national standards. Georiga has recently adopted new standards: the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) (URL does not work at times)

We can come up with a brilliant use of technologies to support our teaching and students' learning. However, whatever design you may want to implement, your curriculum should meet the GPS. Thus it is critical for all of us to be well aware of this standard before we engage in any classroom activities.

Sandy Blount, NEGA PRISM Program Coordinator and GPS expert has kindly agreed to give us an overview of the GPS today. Please check this presentation material before coming to class. There will be a short Q&A session and you may ask any questions you might have about the GPS.

Now that you learned about the GPS, you are required to turn in your responses to the questions listed below. Submit a printed copy at the beginning of class, next Tuesday. This is one of your Mini-Project assignments. This should be less than 1 page. Please do not make a cover page for this assignment.

Questions:

• What is your content area/grade level you’d like to focus this semester?
• Why did you chose this content area/grade level?
• What surprised you about your standards?
• If you were actually teaching this content area/grade level what would you want your students to know and be able to do? What would be your priorities? What would you want them to remember from your class?

For Next Tuesday

• Submit your assignment as explained above
• We will start an exciting project called “Digital Storytelling” using iMovie.
• Please watch out for updates on the blog over the weekend to get ready for the new project.

Day Ten (Sep 18)

Some housekeeping

• Today is the due date for the Inspiration project
• You all have done a great job on your productivity projects. Your work will be returned today, graded.

Today is the presentation day!

• You are expected to make 2-3 minute presentation on your report
• Since there are 20 of us, we will directly start from 2:00pm. So be on time!
• We will vote for the best presenter. Who found the coolest and most useful online resouce website for teachers?

Day Nine (Sep 13)

We will keep working on the inspiration today!

• Please check previous blog (Day Eight) for specifics

For Tuesday

• Tuesday is the due date for the inspiration asssignment
• You are expected to make 2-3 minute presentation on your report
• As always, ask for a meeting if you have any concern or inquiry

Day Eight (Sep 10)

Some housekeeping

• The due date for all productivity tools is September 13
• You do not need to bring the hard copies of your Googlepages at all
• As always, ask for a meeting, if you ever have any inquiry or concern about the class

Quest for online resources and communities for teachers

There are myriad of online resources out there to support teachers: from simple resource databases to online learning communities. You can find not only lesson plans and activity sheets for your classes, but also your mentor teachers there.

Your job is to find such websites and report them. The following is a web address that lists the online resources or communities for teachers:

Sites for Teachers (http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index.html)

You are welcome to use any of websites on the list, but you are encouraged to explore further and discover new online resources for teachers. Please see the project description for the specifics.

This is how you may perform the task:

1. Decide which online resource or community site you would like to report.
   
2. Study your targeted website. Why is this site valuable? What is the main functions? Who designed it? How is it organized? What are the fun aspects?
   
3. Organize your findings.
   
4. Save it in both jpeg and inf files.
   
5. Report your findings on your pages with jpeg and isf files by September 18

For Thursday:

• Keep working on inspiration

Day Seven (Sep 6)

Productivity Tools: Newsletters and Gradebooks

PART ONE: Effective Communication

The most important rule of communication is very easy to remember. It is simply, "communicate." How can teachers communicate with students, parents, and the community? What were your experiences? How can students communicate with teachers, peers, and the community? How can technology make the communication more effective?

Why is communication important in a classroom? What types of things are communicated? What needs to be included in a parent newsletter? Don't forget - your newsletter should be 2 pages. Here's a template if you're having trouble downloading from the Microsoft template site.

PART TWO: FINDING ADDITIONAL TEMPLATES AND ACTIVITIES

To find a template to customize, there are two useful websites: Discovery School Teaching Tools and Education World. Another interesting place to find a template is at Vicki Blackwell's website. Just make sure that you select a template that can be used for your subject area/grade level. Don't just print out a template that you find - make sure to customize it.You can also choose to learn about a tool and provide an example of your practice work. A good link to use for tutorials is Education World's techtorials.

PART THREE: WRITING YOUR REFLECTION

The final portion of your assignment (worth 15% of your grade) is the reflection. Here's how you go about doing it:Go to your portfolio: http://pages.google.com/ and login. Open the page you created for productivity tools. On this page, below your classroom layout reflection, respond to the questions listed in the reflection portion of the assignment description.

You'll want to include links to all of your productivity tools work samples (except for your classroom layout, which is already on your page) within your responses to the questions. DO NOT make a list of links to your work samples at the end of your reflection.There are two good places to go to find sample lessons to answer the question about student activities with productivity tools: 1. Georgia Learning Connections (select your grade level, select "technology integration" for the subject. Click the "Search QCC button". Then click the "Productivity" link) 2.Microsoft Lesson Plans Remember that lower grade levels may use tools like Graph Club (for spreadsheets/graphing) and KidPix (for multimedia presentations) instead of Excel and PowerPoint - but you can use these as examples for your reflection.

For Tuesday:

Review the assignment description to ensure you are completing all portions of the assignment.

Day Six (Sep 4)

Productivity Tools: Overview

You've gotten your first teaching job! You're in your dream school teaching the grade and subject you'd hoped for. You spent all summer planning exciting lessons that incorporate all of the great technology you learned about in your EDIT class.

You just finished organizing your classroom layout and you decide to walk down to the teachers' lounge and grab something from the vending machine, after all, you're ready for the first day of school and you still have a week of preplanning left!You enter the lounge and you notice a line of teachers waiting for the copy machine. Since you plan to NEVER use a worksheet -- or the textbook, you've had no need for the copier all week.

You see your mentor teacher near the end of the line and you ask him what he's copying. Once you're revived after hearing his reply, you decide you need to get to work.You realize that it's not just lessons that you've got to get ready for the first week of school. There are all kinds of materials and handouts that need to be prepared for Open House and the first week of school. According to your mentor teacher, you'll need newsletters, certificates, seating charts, and more to be prepared for classes to begin.

Thank goodness for your EDIT 2000 class -- you know about productivity tools and how they can help you get things done. You'd planned to use them to work with students, but had forgotten all about how helpful they could be to you.You've got a big task ahead of you though, you need to create a packet of materials for Open House and the first day of school. Your mentor teacher sits down with you and the other new teachers to help you generate a list of materials and handouts you will need for your students. You'll use this list as a checklist to make sure you get everything done - Open House is one week from today! See a partial list here.

Your mentor teacher also provides you with some links to use to create your materials:

• Microsoft Template Gallery for PCs
• Microsoft Template Gallery for Macs
• GLC Resources for First-Year Teachers
• GLC Templates
• Education World Templates
• Puzzle Maker
• Spreadsheet ideas
• Inner Geek Tutorials (Element K)

While your mentor teacher knows that you will find most everything that you need at the links listed above, you'll be able to go to a workshop on Thursday to learn more about creating newsletters and gradebooks - so you won't need a template for those two items.

Today's challenge:

Creating a Pictograph and a gradebook/attendance record in ExcelExcel is a spreadsheet application that is used by accountants, office managers, and small businesses. It allows you to create tabular data, work with numbers and charts in a variety of manners. As educators, there are number of ways we can use Excel: as a record keeping tool (attendance), grades, gather and display data (graphs and charts), etc. Classroom Excel Resources, MS Excel Modules

Today I will walk you through how to create a pictograph in Excel for one of your assignments in the productivity tools project.

With Excel, You will create today:

• Pictograph
• Attendance record
• Grade record
• And your reflection

Previous students' works: http://edit2000resources.googlepages.com/spring07portfolios

For Thursday

• Continue working on your Productivity Tools project. Make sure to check the project description to ensure that you are completing all of the required components.
• Read the chapter on Productivity Tools provided in class.
• Review the assignment description if you have questions.
• Remember that all components of this assignment are due on Tuesday, September 13 at the beginning of class.

Day Five (Aug 30)

Some housekeeping

• Today is the due date for your autobiography page (You do not need to bring a hard copy).
• Send your google page address to Boyoung(boyoungc@uga.edu) by Aug 30, 2007.
• Your google pages will be posted in the course website with your name

Designing a classroom for the new learning environment

Technology-enhanced learning environments use computers and related technology to augment the teaching and learning activities of the classroom.

What should the physical environment of your future classroom look like? As shown in Recesso chapter 2 (The article will be distributed in the class), there are various configurations for technology-enhanced classrooms.

Based on what you've discussed and read, can you design a classroom layout that affords students the opportunity to participate in a class that is engaging, interactive, facilitative, and instructionally appropriate? (Recesso 22-23).

Using PowerPoint, create a layout for your future classroom that possesses all 4 components listed. Also make sure to include additional materials, furniture, etc. that are necessary for your grade level/subject area.

For Tuesday's class:

• Read the chapter distributed in class today.
• Complete your classroom layout and follow the instructions for submitting the assignment as described in the project description.
• It is due on Tuesday (Sep 4).

Day Four (Aug 28)

Some housekeeping

• The due date for autobiography page has extended to Aug 30, Thursday.
• Late pass will no longer be given after Aug 30.

Your portfolio

We will keep working on building a foundation for your web-based portfolio. We'll be adding to this electronic document throughout the semester. We'll start with a topic upon which you are an expert: yourself. Today we'll be building the structure of your website and the autobiography page of your portfolio. Once you've created your account, go to http://pages.google.com/ and login with your gmail account information. We'll walk you through the rest. Your portfolio should include the following:

• Introduction
• Autobiography
• Productivity Tools
• iMovie
• Inspiration
• PowerPoint Game
• WebQuest
• Capstone Project

Your finished autobiography page (due Thursday, August 30 at the beginning of class) should include the following:

• A brief (1-2 paragraph) introduction to yourself – current information, career plans, and where you see yourself in 5 years.
• A link to your resume.
• At least 3 external links to places of interest.
• 3-5 pictures For next Tuesday Complete your intro and autobiography page and publish them to the web.

For next class

• Complete your intro and autobiography page and publish them to the web.
• To access your pages to continue working on them, go to Google Pages and log in with your google ID.
• If you need additional help with completing your autobiography page you can use this link to help: http://pages.google.com/-/about.html#using or you can send me (boyoungc@uga.edu) an email.
• If you're not sure what to write -view samples from summer semester.

Day Three (Aug 23)

Some house keeping

• You need a gmail account for today's class (http://pages.google.com/).
• Those who asked for 5-min meeting, please send me a confirmation email.
• A SanDisk keydrive was found in the lab the other day. Please let me know if you lost one.

The Digital Generation

Before we discuss technology tools and ways to integrate them into various content - it's important to talk about who you will be teaching and what you will be teaching them (students and standards).

How would you describe your future students? What type of learners will they be? What expectations will they have for their learning environment, for their teachers, for their community?

You'll be teaching the millenials -- or the digital generation. On an index card, describe your future students.Marc Prensky is an educational speaker who discusses this generation in great detail. If you were born after 1982 - you are a part of this generation - you are a digital native. Most of your teachers were digital immigrants. What does that mean for education? For understanding learning styles and teaching strategies? Where does instructional technology fit?For Fun - see where you fall on the Beloit College Mindset List.

Your portfolio

It's time to start building a foundation for your web-based portfolio. We'll be adding to this electronic document throughout the semester. We'll start with a topic upon which you are an expert: yourself. Today we'll be building the structure of your website and the autobiography page of your portfolio. Once you've created your account, go to http://pages.google.com/ and login with your gmail account information. We'll walk you through the rest.

Your portfolio should include the following:

• Introduction
• Autobiography
• Productivity Tools
• iMovie
• Inspiration
• PowerPoint Game
• WebQuest
• Capstone Project

Your finished autobiography page (due Tuesday, August 28 at the beginning of class) should include the following:

• A brief (1-2 paragraph) introduction to yourself – current information, career plans, and where you see yourself in 5 years.
• A link to your resume.
• At least 3 external links to places of interest.
• 3-5 pictures

For next Tuesday

Complete your intro and autobiography page and publish them to the web. To access your pages to continue working on them, go to Google Pages and log in with your google ID.

• If you need additional help with completing your autobiography page you can use this link to help: http://pages.google.com/-/about.html#using or you can send me (boyoungc@uga.edu) an email.
• If you're not sure what to write - view samples from summer semester.

Day Two (Aug 21)

Getting organized

Some house keeping

Corrections on the grading policy: Please check coursewebsite for new grading policy.

What questions do you have about the syllabus? Attendance policy? Grading policy? Late passes? Course schedule? Accessing course materials? Course projects? Last Thursday, I began talking briefly about our course and how it is not just a class on learning how to use PowerPoint. So, if that is what it is not -- what is it? Let's take a few minutes to explore some work of previous EDIT 2000 students to get a better understanding of what we'll be doing this semester.

Today we will also explore a possible emergency back-up option, Gmail, that you can use to save your work throughout the term. We will also set up our key drives.

Also, we will be setting up your keydrive. You will need one “EDIT2000 assignment“ folder in your keydrive. Whenever you finish your workduring the classes, please save the file in that folder.

What does technology integration look like?

What are your experiences with technology in the K-12 classrooms?
Harrison County High School in Gulfport, Mississippi is a wonderful example of students and teachers using technology tools for learning. If that's not enough, see how Mary Scroggs Elementary School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina integrates technology to help younger children learn.

Creating your own resume!

There is one very important task for us today. In order for me to learnmore about you and to get a head start on your first project, you willneed to submit a professional resume. You’ll want everything to lookprofessional, so use a resume template for PCs or a resume templatefor Macs. Please remember that your resume must include:

Objectives

• Grade Level and Subject Area you want to teach
• Education
• Work Experience
• Honors and Awards
• Computer Skills/Special Skills
• Personal Interests
• Professional References

Reminders for next class:

Download a template and create a resume. Turn in a hard copy of your resume on Thursday at the begining of the class.

Some more information for RESUME:

• If you are not an education major, please create the resume for looking for a job in your major.

More links that provide information for creating a professional resume:

• http://www.career.vt.edu/JOBSEARC/Resumes/purpose.htm
• http://www.jobweb.com/Resumes_Interviews/resume_guide/restips.html
• http://www.career.uga.edu/STUDENTS/resumes.html

Day One (Aug 16)

Welcome to EDIT 2000!

The purpose of this course is to help you to explore the tools that can support teaching and learning in a P-12 classroom. As you learn about these tools you will focus on the educational processes that these tools support -- not the technical skills that you acquire. In other words, this is not a course about learning computer skills in isolation; it is a course that will encourage you to find appropriate uses for technological tools in the P-12 classroom.

In order to find and document these appropriate uses of technology, you will work independently, in partners, and in groups to prepare educational activities for specific curriculum topics. You will play the role of a classroom teacher and use your content knowledge, understanding of teaching and learning strategies, and your technology skills to develop real applications for the various tools explored during the semester. Your final product will be a web-based set of activities to teach specific curriculum objectives.

The instructor for your EDIT 2000 is Boyoung Chae. The syllabus will give you specifics on what to expect during the semester.

The only materials you'll need for this course are a key drive and a 3-ring binder to keep track of handouts. We use Macintosh and Windows computers in this lab -- so you'll need to become familiar with both operating systems.

So, what does technology integration look like?Harrison County High School in Gulfport, Mississippi is a wonderful example of students and teachers using technology tools for learning.

If that's not enough, see how Mary Scroggs Elementary School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina integrates technology to help younger children learn. If you'd like to earn a late pass to use this semester, schedule an appointment to stop by my office to pick one up by Thursday, August 23.

I'm in rm 320D. It's a great way for you to learn where to find me and for me to learn more about you when you drop by. I'll even have a "goodie bag" for you.

For Tuesday:

• Turn in your student information sheet.
• Purchase a USB drive or clean up an old one
• Schedule an appointment to pick up a late pass
• Set up a Google account (Go to: https://www.google.com/accounts/Login and select "creat an account now" that is displayed on the bottom right corner of the screen)