Tuesday's Class

We will start class in B03 with your Prezi presentations. The next time we do a presentation using the active board. You should also be thinking about your family tree power point maybe start looking for pictures.

Professional Development Days

We will have no class on Thursday due to Professional Development Day. Don't forget that you have to complete your Prezi presentation for Tuesday and do not leave your Family Tree power point until the last minute.

Class Today - 1/24/12

Here is the link for Prezi Explore, take a look at some examples. Have fun designing your presentation.

Tuesday's Class

We will meet in B03 to start the class
There is nothing due for class, please do not work ahead we will cover everything in class.

Agenda for Class
-Jeopardy Power Point (Jamie, Tyson, and Joelle)
-Family Tree Power Point
-Prezi
-Google Presentation
-Sign up for Prezi
-Explore Presentations
-Assignment: Due 1/31/12

Prezi Presentation

Due Date: January 31

1.     Get signed up for Prezi

2.     Explore and Learn

3.     Prepare a presentation on “Using Technology in the Classroom”

4.     Present to the class on Tuesday January 31, 2012

5.     If you complete the task and have made a concerted effort you will receive full points.

Thursday's Class

On Thursday we will start the class in B03 with your powerpoint presentations.

What is Due Thursday for Class?????

1. Newsletter - must be completed and e-mailed to me by the 9:00 a.m. 1-19-12.
2. A simple power point, no more than 2 or 3 slides with a hyperlink to your organizational tool.
3. Computer Lab rules

Tuesday's Class

Classroom Rules.
As part of your fictitious classroom responsibilities you must monitor and take care of the computer lab. There are some differences between the classroom and the lab. Create a set of rules for the students to follow in the computer lab.
Here is one example using an acrostic

AN ACROSTIC! Come to class with clean hands. Operate the equipment properly. Make sure you listen to directions. Push your chair in when you are done. Use your inside voice. Touch the keyboard lightly .Eat and drink outside the computer lab. Remember to take your printouts with you. Learn something new each time you come to the lab. Always work toward your best, not your neighbors' best. Be careful handling CD's. ·          Above is an example of classroom rules. Select a grade level and create your own rules. You do not need to use an acrostic

Organizational Sites

Check out my Diigo site Diigo. Then set up your own account. Take a few minutes to play with the tool and then right a brief paragraph describing how you would use it in the classroom. Make sure you add the site to your table, describe it and rate it.

Here is another site you could use in the classroom to help your students with their organization. Take a minute to explore this site Homework Tool. Write a brief review of the site and then add it to your table.

Third part of your assignment is to find another organizational tool, one that you use or one for the classroom. Come to class on Thursday prepared to share the site with your colleagues. In your presentation show the site and provide two or three uses and one thing that could be improved. Use the comment option in the blog to share the site.

Diigo

I have set up a user group for Diigo you can find it by accessing the link. Diigo Each of you have a username and a password.

Thursday's Assignment

Use word to create a two page newsletter for your class. The newsletter must contain color, pictures and columns. I will give you more information in class and samples. Refer to rubric for more details about the assessment.
Newsletter - Due Thursday January 19

Newsletter Rubric

Students' Names: ______________________________________________

Points	4	3	2	1
Articles - Supporting Details	The details in the articles are clear, effective, and vivid 80-100% of the time.	The details in the articles are clear and pertinent 90-100% of the time.	The details in the articles are clear and pertinent 75-89% of the time.	The details in more than 25% of the articles are neither clear nor pertinent.
Layout - Headlines & Captions	All articles have headlines that capture the reader's attention and accurately describe the content. All graphics have captions.	All articles have headlines that accurately describe the content. All articles have a byline. All graphics have captions.	Most articles have headlines that accurately describe the content. All articles have a byline. Most graphics have captions.	Articles are missing bylines OR many articles do not have adequate headlines OR many graphics do not have captions.
Graphics	Graphics are in focus, are well-cropped and are clearly related to the articles they accompany.	Graphics are in focus and are clearly related to the articles they accompany.	80-100% of the graphics are clearly related to the articles they accompany.	More than 20% of the graphics are not clearly related to the articles OR no graphics were used.
Use of Word	The newsletter incorporated at least 5 different features of word such as font changes, paragraphs, etc.	The newsletter incorporated at least 4 different features of word such as font changes, paragraphs, etc.	The newsletter incorporated at least3 different features of word such as font changes, paragraphs, etc.	The newsletter did not use word applications to improve the quality of the newsletter
Spelling and Proofreading	No or almost no spelling or grammar errors are in the newsletter	No more than a few of spelling, grammar errors are found in the newsletter.	Several spelling, lexical or grammar errors remain.	Lots of spelling, or grammar errors remain in the final copy of the newsletter.
TOTAL	____ / 20

Thursday's Class

Good morning, hope everyone is checking the blog, make it a habit to check it. For class tomorrow we will be meeting in B03 to start and then we will spend the second part of class in the lab. We will be looking at "word" and the applications.
Please make sure your homework is either sent before class or brought to class to receive full credit. Being on time is also important.
We will be working on Newsletters in class and you will need to create one for your class. For this class you will be creating a fictitious class that you will use for all your assignments. So start thinking about your class. I will elaborate on this in class.

Getting Organized

In class today we are going to start looking at ways to organize our resources. Check out Diigo it is an organizational too will be using in class. Here is a sample Diigo

Homework

1. Read Chapters 1 and 2

2. Answer the folowing questions:

a. What is copyright?
b. What is UTTC's acceptable use policy (hint: student guide)
c. What does NETS stand for?
d. List the six standards.
e. What is the ribbon in Microsoft Office?

3. What is one thing you want to learn in this class?

Tuesday's Class

Today's class is about seeing what you know. Select a partner or play by yourself. Click on the link and play a game of jeopardy. Jeopardy
Let's see what you know. Click on the ink and take the quiz. send me an e-mail to let me know your score. Quiz.
Once you have that done try your luck at this game. Hangman and Terminology

Class Today

Go to Wordle and create a wordle about yourself. Be creative and have fun.

First Asignment

Become a Follower!!!

Welcome

Welcome to EDU 288 Technology in Education.  This course will enable the you to facilitate learning with technology in the classroom setting.