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Syllabus

Fall 2003

Joyce L. Morris, Ed.D., 541 Waterman Building, University of Vermont:
http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris
jmorris@uvm.edu
Standards
Handouts
Assignments
Reading
Class Site
Date Topic Description
9/3
 Introduction Class and course introductions, technology standards, syllabus, course requirements, computer hardware, software and network use. E-mail accounts. The Nets Project: Teacher Standards  and Performance profiles-what new teachers need to know about technology. Registering on SIA.
9/8 Desktop management How to use MAC OSX. Locate applications, create folders and files, use the system preferences, print, and access the university network.  UVM Software. Taking digital pictures. Saving it to your zoo.uvm.edu account. 
9/10 Introduction to Standards into Action
 What Kind of a Learner are You?       Learning Styles Survey. Compile class results. Students access their accounts, examine resources on SIA at State Level. Introduce Instructional Planner, Discussion Tools and College site applications.
9/15 Using Microsoft Tools
 Over view of Menu use and focus on creating a desktop publishing document newsletter. Use of drawing tools and text fields, spellchecker, grammerchecker,  adding clip art and inserting digital graphics will be taught. Use of markup feature will be used to provide feedback to others. Further directions for using Word:
9/17 Creating an Autobio
 Using columns and sections to publish a newsletter. Students use Word, insert digitized pictures and clip art to produce a newsletter about themselves. See
Models will be introduced to help students provide feedack using rubric criteria.
9/22 Evaluating Newsletters Learn how to use a rubric to help you provide constructive feedback to members in your group via your team room on SIA.
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Feedback/Mentoring skills
9/24 Resurfing the Net Accessing the Internet, creating and saving bookmarks, understanding URL's, evaluating sites, and exploring the world wide web to locate information.  Using Search Engines effectively to isolate relevant information. Five Criteria for Evaluating WebPages. 
Which of the following websites do you think are reliable ?
9/29 Resources on the Net Scavenger hunts, Webquests, and types of telecommunciation projects. Education Resources for future educators. What are some of the best way to use internet resources. Copyright and other ethical issues.
10/1 Electronic Portfolios 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 Portfolio. 
10/6 Designing Web Pages How HTML enables us to publish on the WWW. Designing Web pages: Elements of good design. Form and function. Using Netscape Composer. 
10/8 Publishing on the Net Changing backgrounds, colors, adding pictures and links.  Using   Design resources.    
10/13 Publishing on the Net Working with tables and adding scanned pictures.     Using Tables for Design
10/15 Publishing on the Net working with text in Photoshop   Photoshop Tips.
10/20 Publishing on the Net
 Adding other pages, problem solving mistakes, preparing for uploading, working on Portfolios 
10/22
 Refining the Portfolios
 Adding work from other courses and including reflections
10/27 Going Public Uploading files and adding the details. class. Class Site.
10/29
 Publishing our portfolios
 Sharing our sites and providing each other with feedback using the portfolio rubric.
11/3 Spreadsheets/ 

Graphs

 Click on your Spreadsheet and Graphs link in the left column to see your assignment or go to the assignment link.
Using Excel to maintain a gradebook and budget.
Check out the links below to see lots of applications for using excel in K-12 classrooms.
11/5 What is a Webquest?
 You will work in a group to ride the Oregon Trail during the 1850's and complete a 2-3 page Group Newspaper to tell about your experiences from each of your perspectives. Some other ideas and resources about historical NewsPapers can be found at:
11/10 Participating in  a Webquest Continue working in your groups to complete your Webquest and begin your NewsLetter. See your Webquest assignment for additional information about your NewsLetter.  Some resources you might want to look at include:
11/12 Creating a historical Newspaper
 Work in class to share your articles and graphics. Discuss what story you will tell and what you have learned about the Donner Party Tragedy.
11/17 How to teach something with multimedia
 Look at SIA units/activities for an example of how to explain a skill better using video and PowerPoint. Students will learn how to use video to demonstrate  some best practices in using them for their learning and teaching. Examples of digital video to help students learn.

Planning for the digital movie. 
11/19 Learning to Use IMovie
 Editing an IMovie (with tutorial)
11/24 Recording your movie
 Students will film an iMovie that teaches a skill. 
12/1 Editing your movie
 Students will Edit their iMovies. You will upload your digital movie to your website and share them with the class.
12/3 PowerPoint Students will learn PowerPoint and how to use it to teach a skill that can enhance an activity found in an SIA lesson.  
12/8 PowerPoint Work time on PowerPoint lesson. Save for the web and add to Portfolio
12/10 PowerPoint
 Presentation of Portfolios.
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