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Assignments

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Date
Topic/Notes Assignment
JULY 21 

Personal Assessment of Technology Skills and Attitutes

 

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Prepare a 1 - 2 page (max.) self-assessment that addresses the following questions:

 

  • What experience do you have working in schools?  What grade level and content areas have you worked in?
  • Have you used PC, Mac, or both? What platform are you more comfortable with?
  • Which operating systems are you familiar with (i.e., Windows, Leopard, Linux, DOS, etc), and which ones do you currently use?
  • What integrated software packages, such as Microsoft Office ® or AppleWorks® do you have available to you, and approximately how long have you been using them?
  • In your own words, describe the computer system you use at home, if you have one.
  • In your own words, describe the computer system you have at school/work
  • Create a comprehensive list of hardware, digital devices, software and web-based applications that you feel confident using
  • Describe a teaching/learning situation in which you have experienced the benefits of using technology, and explain what they were
  • Describe a teaching/learning experience in which technology (or the lack of it) was an obstacle, and explain how you dealt with it
  • In what ways do you look forward to using technology as a teaching/learning tool?
JULY 31   

Design a Website/Virtual Classroom

 

 

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Design and create a website that can be used as an extension of your classroom. The website should have a clearly stated purpose and content relevant to your teaching assignment. It should be easy to use and maintain, well organized, appealing to students, and functional. You can explore some of the options below, but for the purpose of this assignment, http://pbworks.com or www.weebly.com are suggested:

Wikis:

http://pbworks.com

http://www.wikispaces.com/

http://www.mediawiki.org

 

Blogs:

http://www.blogger.com

http://wordpress.com/

http://blog.com/

 

Website Builders:

http://www.weebly.com

http://www.webs.com/

http://www.wix.com

 

Some specific features to consider including are:

  • a home page,
  • hyperlinks/navigation tools,
  • a calendar,
  • assignments,  
  • contact information.
  • Also consider design factors such as color, text, graphics, and multimedia that will set the tone of your website. Ensure that all (or as many as possible) of the resources and tools required for your unit of study are available to students from your website. When the website is complete, it can be handed in by emailing the URL to the instructor along with any supplementary notes that you may want to include regarding the process of making the site, its contents, functionality, etc.

For the purposes of this course and considering our time-frame, KEEP IT SIMPLE.

JULY 31  

Create a LwICT Lesson Plan

 

 

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EXAMPLE LESSONS

Create a lesson plan at any level (Early or Middle Years) that you wish (preferably a level you hope to teach or have experience teaching).

The lesson must consist of Activating, Acquiring, and Applying stages. The purpose of the activating stage is to introduce a topic or concept in a way that will engage students and invite them to consider a specific perspective, or a variety of perspectives. The acquiring stage should involve the acquisition and processing of the knowledge the students are intended to learn; and the applying stage should involve a creative or demonstrative application of the knowledge.

Your lesson plan must begin by clearly stating a curricular learning outcome from at least one subject area at the grade level you have chosen. You must also indicate any descriptors from the LwICT continuum that correlate with your lesson. You can use the LwICT continuum to determine which descriptors are appropriate for your grade level.

The lesson should include an Appendix with hyperlinks to any electronic resources that you are using.

Further criteria are as follows:

· At least one stage of the lesson must involve student use of ICT

· At least one stage of the lesson must involvestudent or teacher use of a “web 2.0” tool or application (several will be presented in class)

· Instructions, tools and resources for your unit should be accessible through your website - an independent learner should be able to do your lesson remotely.

 

DATE WILL VARY   

Seminar Participation

 

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Seminars will be held in groups of approximately 5 students. Each group will have access to a variety of peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles related to the use of technology in the classroom. Group members will be responsible for pre-reading articles and engaging in group discussion. Students are encouraged to make personal notes on the article, summarizing the main ideas, findings, implications for practice and questions after reading.  Each student must write a brief reflection on the group discussion for each article (.5 - 1 page max). Reflection and feedback will be submitted on www.kidblog.org. (This will provide some experience using this tool in a classroom setting).

JULY 31   

Final Paper

 

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Students must write a "belief statement" of 1-2 pages in length on a topic of their choice related to technology in the classroom. Articles used in the seminar groups may be used as sources. Peer-reviewed scholarly articles and other relevant sources from outside the course may also be used, but are not required.

The paper should include an introduction with a clear thesis statement outlining your beliefs about 21st century learning, 2 - 3 body paragraphs elaborating on your beliefs and providing support from peer-reviewed articles or other relevant sources, and a conclusion.

   
 

 

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