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)