ITEC 814 Spring 2009

Week 4 March 23rd

Week 4 - March 23rd - Sharing Best Practices

    Learning from you - sharing lessons, activities, student work
    4:00pm - 7:00pm

Learning objectives:
  • Best practices sharing of technology oriented lesson projects
  • Cross district collaboration

Class Agenda
Welcome to your final class!

4:00 - 4:45 - Course evaluation and Personal Blog Posting
  1. Take the course evaluation. Thank you.
  2. Post to your blog
    • Introduce your site and post your site url. Explain the audience and purpose.
4:45 - 6:15 - Small Group Presentations
  • Form groups of 5 - 6 and share your Google site.
    • Choose a group facilitator who will help with directions and maintain group enthusiasm.
    • Choose a timekeeper - somebody who is kind yet ruthless about the "time". Each presentation will last from 8 to 10 minutes. Total time for this activity is 75 minutes including discussions.
    • Write down the name of everyone in your group, the name of their blog and their Google site.
    • Keep a few notes on each presentation. Use your notes and make a few specific and support comments on each of the presenter's blog you saw this evening.
6:15 - 6:45 Blog Postings and Reflections
  1. Post positive and supportive comments to each presenter's blog.
  2. Your fInal Reflections - post your final reflections about class on your blog.
6:45 - 7:00pm - Closure
  • Closure and final thoughts. Thank you all for an amazing experience! Katheen & Sandy