syllabusSp05

Clases meet in the Waterman PC lab, 113Q

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00 - 3:15 PM

Class	Topic	Description	Due Dates
Tues 1/18	Introductions	In our first class you will be introduced to course objectives, technology standards, your syllabus, assignments, computer hardware, software and network use. If you do not have an E-mail account,we will help you get one. We'd like you to take a quick online survey called Learning About You and will share results with you. We also plan to have you take an online self-assessment of your technology literacy and familiarize you with the technology skills new teachers are expected to master. You will first need to register for the survey at http://tools.metiri.com. The NETS Project (NETS-T) and Performance profiles- You can download your own copy to see what you are held responsible for as a technology literate teacher. .
Thurs 1/20	File Management	In this lesson you will learn to use your lab computer and our university network. You will learn to logon, locate applications, create folders, subfolders and files, use system preferences, print, and access the university network. You will learn how to take each others' picture using a digital camera and save it to your zoo account. UVM Software is available in Mac and PC formats for all students, and you can download this software to your own computers. Make sure you download a (File Transfer Program) FTP, Norton's Virus Protector, and any other programs you think you will find useful. Fugu Instructions (Mac) SSH Secure Shell Instructions (Windows) Class Discussion of how you've used technology in your learning and at UVM. What vision do you see for technology use at UVM? What will the tchnology of the future be like?
Tues 1/25	How can Technology Accelerate Learning?*	Do you think technology can help students learn? What Kind of a Learner are You? Take a learning Styles Survey to see what kind of a learner you are. We will then compile the class results to see the over-all composition of the class. Introduction to Teachers' Workplace: OverView. Learn how to sign on, navigate the site, upload files to a collection, create a new folder, access your reading assignment on Visual Learning for class discussion. What are some impediments or negative reprocussions .in using Technology in Education?
Thurs 1/27	Using Teachers' Workplace*	How to work in groups to respond to readings Naming files How to use the drop box for assignments How to share folders and documents Time to make folders for Portfolio Artifacts and upload resources See Lesson 4 Student Instructions
Tues 2/1	Using Microsoft Word Tools to create an Autobiographical NewsPaper.	Although many of you have used Microsoft Word, today we will review basic skills and touch on some new ones. After an overview of the menu, you will learn how to use drawing tools and text fields, columns, spellchecker, grammarchecker, adding clip art and inserting digital graphics. Use of markup features will be used to provide feedback to others. Saving in different formats will also be explained. Newspaper Instructions (Windows XP Version) Newpaper Instructions (Macintosh Version) How to make Elegant Documents in Microsoft Word You will use the skills you learned using Word, and a few more today, to create an Autobiographical Newspaper. This is one way to assess what you learned and demonstrates a way you can use this in a classroom with your students. It also helps us know more about you as an individual and since you will be sharing these with other students in this class, you will all know more about each other. See Assignment on Assignment Page. Newpapers in Education and Journal Links We've got news for you. A variety of lessons and projects using and developing Newspapers K-12 Models will be introduced to help you provide feedback to students in your online peer group. You will also learn how to use a rubric to help you understand the expectation of the assignment and guide you in your feedback.
Thurs 2/3	Using Teachers Workplace to provide constructive feedback based on rubric criteria.	In this class you will learn how to use a rubric to help you provide constructive feedback to members in your group via your Peer feedback groups on TWP (Teachers' Workplace). To practice inter-rater reliability, we will practice in groups to offer feedback and grade Example One and Example Two Visual Literacy (Rubric) Content (Rubric) Models or Benchmarks ================= Feedback/Mentoring skills (for instructor use to grade this activity)
Tues 2/8	Designing Web Pages	How HTML enables us to publish on the WWW. Designing Web Pages: Elements of good design. Check out and vote on the SITE AWARDS. Form and functiontion for visual literacy. Website Management and Using Netscape Composer.
Thurs 2/10	StoryBoarding class portfolio assignment	What constitutes a portfolio? Looking at some online Portfolios. What will our sites contain? Storyboarding site. You might want to also read Create Your Own Electronic Portfolios.
Tues 2/15	Using Netscape Composer (Mozilla)	Changing backgrounds, colors, adding pictures and links. Review Ethical uses of web resources. Web Resources. Working with tables and adding scanned pictures to enhance our sites. Using Tables for Design
Thurs 2/17	Editing and uploading your site	Understanding how to make sites live, relationship to graphics and files, use of SSH to FTP and replace pages and give them permission.
AACTE Tues* 2/22	Classroom Time to practice designing, uploading and editing sites.	This session will be devoted to putting the concepts you have learned about electronic portfolios and Mozilla Composer to practice. Class time will be spent creating your splash page and table of contents page for your class web site.
Thurs 2/24	Peer Feedback about Portfolios	Creating screen shots. Adding other pages, Work from other courses, problem solving mistakes, and adding reflections to each entry. Add artifacts to TWP. Ask for peer feedback to help you write your reflections (reflection rubric).
NO CLASS: Town Meeting Day
* SITE Thurs 3/3	Uploading to the Web	Splash page, Table of contents and Auto Bio with Feedback all in place. All links works and pictures on line.
Tues 3/8	If its on the web, is it true?	Although most of you are familiar with using the web, in today's class we will learn how to use it with your students. We will spend some time learning how to copy bookmarks from one computer to another, evaluating sites, and exploring the best ways to find reliable information on the world wide web. All search engines are not the same and some strategies will help you locate the information you are looking for in less time. See Search for some differences betwen search engines and we will then take a Scavenger hunt together. Do NOT START AHEAD of the SIGNAL. Next lets look at Five Criteria for Evaluating WebPages. Also useful are some helpful hints put together by a class of students at George Mason University. Take the fake site IQ test at http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_quiz.htm Which of the following websites are reliable sources of information or commerical products ? What is your evidence? http://www.mcwhortle.com/ http://www.whitefreespeech.com/sub/gaschamberfraud.html http://descy.50megs.com/akcj3/bmd.html http://www.whitehouse.org http://www.whitehouse.gov http://www.whitehouse.net http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=%5CCommentary%5Carchive%5C200401%5CCOM20040120a.html http://www.genochoice.com http://www.bonsaikitten.com http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume3/v3i6/bact.htm Use the form Site reliability to respond to whether you believe these are reliable sites for educational research.
Thurs 3/10	The Best Resources on the Net	The web has some wonderful resources and ways to engage students' interests. Today we will go on an Internet: Webquest, Find one that you could and would use with your future students. Next see how telecommunciation projects can involve sudents in real investigations and inquiries at all levels and from all over the world. Learn about the kinds of thinking and research skills involved in some of these different projects presented by Judi Harris. Also visit TERC's test bed of telecommunication projects that are geared to math and science inquiries that involve students in real research. Take the CLEO links to see some projects and also the guided tour to learn how they work. Language Arts, History, Geography, Language Teachers check out CultureQuest to see how students can learn about each other from every inhabited continent. E-mail translates projects and facilitates communication for understanding. Explore resources on Marco Polo , a juried collection for educators from the finest academic organizations. Search or browse their site and most of this information is not subject to copyright laws as long as you are using them in your classroom as a teaching resource. Online Museums. can transport your students anywhere at anytime and many let them interact with displays. See how a Harrison High School in Gulfport Mississipi is using technology to enhance the learning of their students in all disciplines. Also check out my picks for some of the best educational websites.We will also discuss ethical behavior and copyright issues and what you may copy and use in a classroom with your students and what you may not. Everyone will share their favorite site and explain why it was their choice.
Tuesday 3/15	Identifying the Best Web Resources to enrich your lessons.	Today you will add a page to their portfolio that includes the name with the link embedded and a 3-4 annotation of the 10 best websites to use with lessons that you are required to teach Resources for School Science Teachers
Thurs 3/17	Publishing Resources to your portfolio	Practice in adding an additional resource to your portfolio and TWP artifact collection. Look at at least three other students' pages and try a few of their links. Give them some feedback about their page.
Tues 3/29	Spreadsheets for classroom and professional use. (See Assignments Page for exmples and exemplars.) .	Spreadsheet software, such as Microsoft Excel, provides many useful functions to teachers --from calculating numbers for grades and budgets to concept mapping and student information databases. During this session, we will work in groups to create short lessons that describe most of these functions. Use the following web site to learn about Excel: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_excel.htm Check out the links below for additional resources. Vermont Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities and Grade Level Expectations This page from the Vermont Department of Education provides links to the Vermont Standards AND the new Grade Expectations for all subject areas, including information technology. http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/kadkins/spreadsheet.htm More support for using Excel Joyce's tutorial on using Excel. EXCEL Assignment Instructions: Click here for instructions on your assignment requirements.
Thurs 3/31	Teaching About Excel	Each group will teach the class about a unique spreadsheet function (approximately 15 minute presentations). As an assignment, each student will develop a hypothetical problem that could be used to meet a Vermont standard and demonstrate how Excel would be used to solve the problem.
Tues 4/5	Using Multimedia in your teaching	Vermont FrameWork of Standards and Learning Opportunities. Examine the standards in your discipline. Select a topic that you would be teaching to a secondary education student and develop a video project to help them learn the concept you are trying to teach. Below are examples of some videos produced by middle and secondary education students and other resources that may be useful to you. Grass Born to Be Stepped On: Women’s Rights in China For the statewide History Day competition, eighth graders from Mansfield, Connecticut researched the historical impact of rights and responsibilities, and then created powerful documentaries that combine drama with relevant photos, interviews, music, and narration. MathThemeatics: See how Guillivers Travels has been adapted to figure out ratios and proportions. Some imovies made by EDSC 11 Fall 04 Slope (math) Newton (science) Watershed (science) Tour of UVM (Social Studies) Trip to Florida (Math) Haiku (English) News (Social Studies) Digital Video in Education Plan your digital video Produce your digital video See how you can use a still camera in imovie to create an interesting imovieslide show. Our Math Trail American Stories: Students from Bismarck, North Dakota, overcame the challenge of making personal and meaningful connections with historical events. They conducted interviews with war veterans in their own community, and then transformed their stories into powerful documentaries. Modeling Quadradic data: Students sketch graphs, list x-intercepts, and then convert functions written in the general quadratic form to an equivalent factored form by utilizing graphing technology. Aquaculture Production in the Classroom: Using previously covered material about the basics of aquaculture, students will gain an understanding and appreciation for the water conditions necessary to successfully raise aquatic plants and animals. City of Manson Students create a CD of their home town using technology tools. The Case of the Sany Animal Antics is produced by NASA to explain how and why we classify animals. Digital Learning Events use video for Virtual field trips and Digital Documentaries .to compliment the science and social studies classroom. QX3 Computer Microscope Biology Project Students will work in groups to design and present a PowerPoint presentation that reflects research on the topic they select, utilizes the technological aspects of the computer microscope, and explores new areas of biology in which they are interested Environmental Health iMovie Project Sophomore health students studying environmental health make five minute videos in English and health in groups of two or three. Planning for the digital movie. Also look at Videoography for Educators. for some useful tips on how to make a professional looking movie.
Thurs 4/7	Learning to use Digital Video	Today we meet in 113T in your groups. Each group will work on 1-2 computers where you will learn how to use iMovie to edit a digital video.	Excel Assignment Due in TWP Spreadsheet Drop Box *
4/12	Planning and filming	Today we meet in 113T where your group will be given a video camera and instruction on how to use it. You will film your "teaching video" and downloditing it SAVE THE PROJECT to a LaCie drive. Jing and I will each have one. It is likely that you will have to work on the editing before the next class. The TFT lab in Waterman 541 has many Macs to work with. Come to our office in 426A waterman to get the LaCie drive to retrieve your PROJECT. When you are finished editing you will SHARE your movie and want to save it for the web. You will then be able to send your quicktime movie file to your public_html folder and in class you will learn how to insert them into a web page.ad it to your computer where you can edit it. If you have not finished e
Thurs 4/14	Filming and Editing your movie	Students will work on editing their teaching movie and FTP it to their public_html site and their TWP site, Inserting a video into a webpage.
Tues 4/19	Class Time to refine final portfolios	Students will use this time to make sure all assignments are included, all links work and all reflections are thoughtful.
Thurs 4/21	PowerPoint for Teaching	Review of Basic PowerPoint 2003 features and some advanced features to make interesting presentations. Other useful PowerPoint resources include: PowerPoint2002 directions, Getting started with PowerPoint 2003 Using PowerPoint in the Classroom Dr. Alice Christie's Using PowerPoint in the classroom.
Tues 4/26	PowerPoint for Learning	Continuing work on PowerPoint. Saving Powerpoint on the web and include your reflection. Last Day to work on Projects in Class. Password Protecting Your Site
Thurs 4/28	Presentations	Students will present a 5 minute overview of their portfolio
Tues 5/3	Presentations & Assessments	Students will present an overview of their portfolios to their classmates and take a course assessment and evaluation.