Tentative Schedule

EDU 288 Tentative Schedule

Date	Topic	Assignment
Tues. March 27	Publisher	Postcard and flyer – Due 4/5
Thurs. March 29	Outlook, Interesting Sites, Promethean Planet	Promethean Planet lesson and paragraph, design your classroom, and create an assignment. Track sites in your chart.  Due 4/10
Tues. April 3	No class
Thurs. April 5	SMART Board/Active Board Lesson presentations	Presentations
Tues. April 10	Active Board and Promethean Planet Google Docs
Thurs. April 12	Blogster and Google Docs
Tues. April 17	Curriculum Vitae	Create a CV – Due 4/26
Thurs. April 19	Introduce Final Project/Clickers	Due: 4/26 (end of the day)
Tues. April 24	Catch up
Thurs. April 26	Work on final project
Tues. May 1	Final – 4/1/ @10:00 a.m.	Present final project

More Sites to Explore

Sign up for Web Worksheet Wizard and make a worksheet. You will have to create a class first then you can create a worksheet. Web Worksheet. Remember to add the site to your chart.

Design you classroom. Use the classroom architect site and design your classroom. Classroom Architect

Equity is a site with resources for diverse classrooms. Equity. Explore and then record your thoughts in your table.

Assignment:

1. Go to Promethean Planet
2. Find a lesson/flip chart
3. Try out the lesson at your desktop
4. When you are familiar with the lesson try it out on the Active Board.
5. Write a paragraph describing your lesson and how you might use it in the classroom. Include a sentence or two about the use of the Active Board.

Change in Dates

The SMART board lesson has been moved back a week you will now present on Thursday April 5. You will have a short time on Thursday for practice and to work on your lesson.

Post on My Wall

Class Wall

Follow the link and post a sticky note.

Cool Sites

Dabbleboard

• A collaborative online whiteboard that will help you visualize, explore and communicate ideas.

GoogleTranslate

Translate text, blogs, websites, and documents into more than 50 different languages.

TrackStar

Organize and annotate websites for use in lessons or as a starting spot for student research projects.

WallWisher

A free, online notice board.

Yammer

Post text messages to a classroom-friendly environment. Can't image using a Twitter-like app in school? Watch "The Twitter Experiment" for ideas!

Reminders

• For your SMART Board lesson you need to have a written lesson plan and also present the lesson. This is due on Thursday.
• There will be no class on Tuesday April 3. You are still required to check the blog.
• Publisher documents are due Thursday April 5.
• We will be starting CV's in class soon.

Publisher Assignment

Publisher Activity

Due Thursday April 5, 2012

Your class is having an open house to show off some of the projects they have been working on. Using Publisher, design a postcard to invite parents to the event and a flyer to post around town to invite the public. Be creative!

Rubric

	Meets Expectation 5 points	Average 4 points	Struggling 2 points
Use of Application	The application is used to produce both documents for the assignment. The students show an understanding of the application	The application is used to produce both documents for the assignment.	The documents were not created using Publisher.
Creativity	Both documents are colorful and attract attention of the reader. The documents are well laid out and the important information and details are visible	Both documents are colorful and attract attention of the reader. The documents are well laid out and the important information and details are visible	The documents are not colorful or eye catching. One or more of the documents  are missing critical details.
Grammar and Spelling	There are no grammatical or spelling errors in either document.	There are less than three grammatical or spelling errors in each of the documents.	There are more than tree grammatical or spelling errors in the documents

Tuesday March 27

We will start class in B03. We will be looking at some applications of Publisher and the second part of the class will be for working on your lesson and today's activity.

Class Today

Today in class you will have a few minutes to read your article posted on Tuesday, remember you only need to read the first article. Then write your critique and e-mail it to me.

We will also spend some time in class familiarize yourself with the SMART board.

Article Review

The article review will be due Tuesday March 27 not Thursday March 22. We will meet in B03 on Thursday to continue to review the Smart Board.

Assignment

Assignment: Due March 23
Read the article
Write a paragraph or two summarizing the article
Write a paragraphing giving your opinion of the article.
http://www.ipadinschools.com/

Technology in the Classroom

SMART Board/Active Board Lesson

Due: Thursday March 29, 20012

The purpose of the SMART Board/Active Board lesson is to demonstrate that you are able to use the tools in the context of a lesson. Your written lesson plan should include, but is not limited to the following topics.
Lesson Components:
1. Grade Level: what is the grade level for the lesson. (ex. grade 3)
2. Subject: what is the subject of the lesson. (ex. math, science, art, etc.)
     a. Content: (ex. fractions, verbs, Krebs Cycle, etc.)
3. Objectives: what are the students going to learn. (ex. The students will be able to identify words that have soft c sounds.)
4. Materials: what things do you need in order to teach lesson. (ex. SMART Board/Active Board, markers)
5. Activity: what interactive thing will the students be doing on the SMART Board/Active Board. (ex. fraction game)
6. Evaluation/Assessment; how will you know the students have learned the concepts. (ex. quiz, worksheet)

You will also model your lesson or the class.

	Exceeds Expectation 10 points	Meets Expectation 8 points	Average 6 points	Struggling 4 points
Written Lesson Plan	The lesson has all the prescribed components plus additional items which enhance the content. The components are clearly identified with clear and concise descriptions including additional items.	The lesson has all the prescribed components plus an additional item which enhances the content The components are clearly identified with clear and concise descriptions.	The lesson is missing one of the prescribed components The majority of the components are clearly identified with clear and concise descriptions.	The lesson is missing more than one prescribed components. The components are not clearly identified with clear and concise descriptions.
Presentation	The presentation was well organized, grade level appropriate and interactive. All the students are engaged and participate in the activity.	The presentation was well organized, grade level appropriate and interactive. Some of the students are engaged and participate in the activity.	The presentation was organized, and somewhat interactive. Some the students are engaged and participate in the activity.	The presentation was unorganized, not grade level appropriate and partially interactive. There was a low level of student engagement.
SMART Board/Active Board Usage	A minimum of 5 tools were used in the presentation. The presenter seamlessly used the tools. All students had a chance to use the SMART Board. The SMART Board was used to engage the students.	A minimum of 3 tools were used in the presentation. The presenter seamlessly used the tools. Majority of the students had a chance to use the SMART Board.	A minimum of 2 tools were used in the presentation. The presenter seamlessly used the tools. Some of the students had a chance to use the SMART Board.	A minimum of 1 tool was used in the presentation. The presenter struggled with the tool.. None of the students had a chance to use the SMART Board.

Are You Creative

Have you ever wanted to design your own comic but you don't know where to start. Here is a cool site that will help you get started. Make a comic strip using the comic maker site. Don't forget to add it to your log. Comic Maker

Tuesday's Class

I hope you all remember that your midterm assignment is due today by the start of class for full credit. Today in class we are going to make calendars in Publisher. First we will try an example then venture out on your own to make a personalized calendar.

Midterm is on Thursday, the study guide is in the blog. If you need a hard copy let me know.