ITEC 815 Fall 2008

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Course Schedule

http://Week Date Class Topic Complete Before
This Class meeting
 1  8/28 Objective: Dive into collaborative online tools
Welcome!
 2  9/4 Objective: Experience digital social networking and reflect on it's potential for K12 and optimal professional development
In class exploration and discussion - 
Back channel and Daniel Pink
  • Web Collaboration Tools - microblogging with Twitter, instant messaging, Skype, Jabber, AIM, iChat, Loopt
Practice with your iGoogle
ITEC 815 NING Blog entry
Introduce yourself in a creative way and set up your profile

View these videos
 3  9/11 Objective: Selected tools that will show evidence of student learning and help them practice, apply, review and integrate learning.

Learning with visual tools. (social networking with video) View and publish
Workshop Team Formation. Workshop planning and materials development - set up your collaboration. Funny video - Goog411 - (learned about this from Twitter - http://www.huddle.net/)
Here are some ideas for collaboration with your team: Google Notebook, Digg, Del.icio.us, Diigo
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ITEC 815 NING  Blog entry & comment on three other class blogs
Consider social networking as an instructional strategy - why and its purpose
 4  9/18 Objective: Plan for focused student centered learning
ITEC 815 NING Blog entry  & comment on three other class blogs
Consider the use of social bookmarking as an organizing strategy for K12 content

View these video
 5  9/25 Objective: Plan authentic student learning experiences that have meaning
ITEC 815 NING Blog entry  & comment on three other class blogs
Respond to something that you read in the course text (Using Technology with Classroom Instruction) and how you think it applies to the workshop you are designing
 6  10/2 Objective: Discover how to match instructional strategies with technology
Just kind of interesting - Look what is happening in Oklahoma
ITEC 815 NING entry & comment on three other class blogs
Respond to something that you read in the course text (Using Technology with Classroom Instruction) and how you think it applies to the workshop you are about to deliver

 7  10/9 Objective: Design learning that is motivating
ITEC 815 NING entry & comment on three other class blogs
Consider how and when to deal with the demands of NCLB, your administration, and what this week's reading is suggesting. The idea here I would like to discuss is "understanding" and how teaching for understanding appears to conflict with an accountability and data oriented, test driven, formula for instruction and learning in our schools. So, what do you think? 
 8  10/16 Objective: Practice and reflection on instructional practices with technology
  • Instruction - Combined 601 & ITEC 815
  • Workshops: iGoogle & Docs, and PBWiki
  • Teams present workshop & video
ITEC 815 NING entry & comment on three other class blogs
Consider how learning is memorable and engaging with technology - and opposing ideas about what bores the heck out of you?
  • Workshop preparation for iGoogle & Docs and PBWIKI
 9  10/23 ObjectivePractice and reflection on instructional practices with technology
Mandatory Class Attendance
  • Instruction - Combined 601 & ITEC 815
  • Workshops: Podcasting, and VoiceThread
  • Teams present workshop & video - 
ITEC 815 NING entry & comment on three other class blogs

  • Workshop preparation for Podcasting and VoiceThread
 10  10/30 Objective: Reflection and revision
No class meeting - work with your group
  • Video editing and workshop publication - work in groups outside of class
ITEC 815 NING entry & comment on three other class blogs
  • Begin publication of workshop materials
 11  11/6 ObjectiveReflection and application to K12 classrooms
  • In class presentation by  Cheryl Davis - K12 Curriculum Development - sample Gone Google by Cheryl Davis
  • Team Workshop Presentation and feeback discussion
  • Re-Design a topic or K12 unit/lessons Proposal
  • Post your lesson idea on the NING - use the NING or create link to your working wiki/Google Sites so we can see your work as it evolves
  • Optional: E-School News
ITEC 815 NING entry & comment on three other class blogs
  • Continue publication of workshop materials
  • Pick a content area if you are K12 or a topic if you are a designer.
  • K12 folks review :
21st Century Skills Maps 

ICT Literacy Maps:

 12  11/13 ObjectiveReflection and application to K12 classrooms
  • Workshop Cool Tools Duel
  • Discussion: Instructional Strategies That Work
  • send your short - personal reflection in a Google DOC to kferenz@gmail.com
ITEC 815 NING entry & comment on three other class blogs
Project #1 - Professional Development Workshop due and published online:
  • trainer agenda, participant agenda, support materials, and video. An individual reflection on your team and collaboration due in Google docs.
 13       11/20     Objective: Apply, review and integrate technology to authentic learning experiences
ITEC 815 NING entry & comment on three other class blogs
  •  Curriculum Re-Design and begin publication

      11/27         Thanksgiving Holiday    Enjoy Thanksgiving !
 14 12/4 Objective: Review, revise, and publish
  • K12 Curriculum re-Development
  • Feeback and coaching
  • K12 Curriculum Presentations
ITEC 815 NING entry & comment on three other class blogs
  • Have a draft published of K12 Curriculum Unit Re-Design online for peer feedback- RUBRIC
 15  12/11 ObjectiveReflection 
  • K12 Curriculum Presentation
  • Final class session - no work will be accepted after this date
Final thoughts - ITEC 815 NING entry

Project #2 - K12 Instructional Unit Re-Design due and published online
For teams: individual reflection on team collaboration)
   no class

 
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