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Syllabus :: UCB x359.5 Course Outline and Schedule

Week 1 October 18, 2009 (In Class)

Week 2 October 25, 2009 (In Class)

Week 3 November 1, 2009 (Online)

Week 4 November 8, 2009 (Online)

Week #1 In Class Instruction - Web 2.0 Technologies promoting collaboration and communication

9:00-9:30

If you do not already have a gMail account sign up now. WRITE DOWN YOUR USER NAME & PASSWORD!!!

Using your new gMail account complete the Email Assignment

Personalize your iGoogle Homepage with widgets and a theme: iGoogle
Suggested widgets: Bookmarks, To Do List, Spanish Word of the Day & Google Talk..

Set up a class Google Group.

Sample of how you can post a subscription.
DO NOT SUBSCRIBE!

Subscribe to summer09_ucb

Email:

Visit this group

Review Course Syllabus, Procedures & Grading,

Mini-Lecture: Tricks on How to Navigate a Mac
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10:00-10:30

Four NETS for Better Searching, Google's Advance Search.

Google Images: How to search for images, download and attach.
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10:30-11:30

Google Tools for your Classroom

Google Activities for Educators

GMAIL is the Gateway to all of the Google Applications.

Review Google Documents (Presentation and Documents (online alternatives to PowerPoint & MS Word))

Google Docs in Plain English

Bonus: Continue to personalize your iGoogle Homepage with widgets and a theme: iGoogle
Suggested widgets: Bookmarks, To Do List, Spanish Word of the Day & Google Talk.
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11:30-12

Begin: Postcard Project: Creating a Multimedia Slideshow using Google Documents - Presentation.

Example

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12-1:00 LUNCH
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1:00-2:00

Postcard Directions (some of the directions are meant for PowerPoint, but are very similar to Google's Presentation)

Postcard Storyboard - download and design with your partner
On the third slide, make sure to cite your sources for images, audio, video. Quick How To: Cite of Source

Share your postcard project with the Class via Google Groups
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Bonus:

GAPMINDER - How could you use this in your classroom. For credit: send instructor an email with your answer.

Creative Commons
Watch video. Search Creative Commons for audio, images, text, video, and other formats that are free to share online.
Place Creative Commons media in your Postcard project.
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2:00-2:30
Web 2. 0 Overview

Web 2.0 from Youtube

REVIEW all websites below. Make sure you understand their purpose and how to use them:

Wikipeida: Web 2.0 - Defined

Blogger - use with Google Reader

YouTube - video

Teacher Tube - educational videos

Miro - videos

Survey Monkey - create free online surveys

Flickr - online photo sharing

Picasa - online photo sharing

Pandora - create your own radio station

Del.icio.us - social bookmarking

Google Earth - online maps and satellite images of Earth, The Sky & Ocean.

A Hotlist of Web 2.0 Resources

Google Templates

Twitter - Constant status updates for the truly narcisitic

MySpace - originally for musicians

Facebook - networking for friends

Set up Blog at Blogger.com

IMPORTANT
Make sure to give your real first and last name for your screen name/nickname. This will help with classroom organization.

Do not become part of a directory.
Learn about security options.

Write your first blog entry:
If you won a million dollars, how would you spend it? Give a detailed description of why you would spend your winnings this way.

After you post your first blog entry, send a link to your blog to the class Google Groups

Resource: ePals blogs for schools

For more help on how to start a blog, go to: Blogger Video Tutorials

5:00-5:30
Overview homework and partner up for the Video Production Groups

Bonus: Visit Puzzle Maker & make a puzzle.

Due October 18, 2009 at 5:30pm:
1. Email Assignment send to Instructor.
2. Personal iGoogle account in operation.
3. Become a member of the class Google Groups.
4. Postcard Slideshow - share with the class Google Groups
5. 1 blog entry on Blogger.
6. Send a link to your blog to the class Google Groups
7. Access Google Reader and subscribe to all of yourclassmates blogs.
8. Comment on at least 3 class members' blog posts.
9. Organize into groups for Presentations. Exchange emails for online collaboration meetings.

Week #2 In Class Instruction ::: Copyright Law, Presentations & Simple Video/Podcasting Production

9:00-9:30
Embed your Group Presentation in your Blog.

Review & Check for understanding Copyright Quiz
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9:30-11:00
Presentations
Skype
Google Earth
GapMinder
Flickr
Shutterfly

1:00-3:00
Podcasting
Group Presentation
Review Podcasting & RSS Feed

Podcasting
1. Overview: 1. FAQ 2. Podcasting in Education 3. NPR 4. KALW 5. Database of Podcast 6. Kideos
2. Sample Ideas: Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3
2. Brainstorm & Storyboard your Podcast. Download Storyboard
3. Recording
4. Edit
5. Upload final project to Box.net
6. Embed in your Blog
7. View your classmates podcast posted in their blogs and make a comment.

Sample release form

Sample Storyboard (1)

Sample Storyboard (2)

Create a 1-minute podcast.
Upload podcast to YouTube.

BONUS: Create your own music for your video using Garage Band

BONUS 2: Embed your video in your Blog.

EXTRA RESOURCES FOR VIDEO PRODUCTION:

Video Production Outline

KQED Digital StorytellingKQED Digital Storytelling

Due October 25, 2009 by 5:00pm:
1. Group Presentation.
2. Embed your Presentation in your Blog.
3. Podcasting Storyboard (Must turn into instructor)
4. Upload video to YouTube
5. Send a link to your YouTube video to the class Google Groups
6. Embed your video on your Blog.

Week #3 Online Instruction ::: DIgital Photos, Digital Books, Web Safety, Online Gradebook, Inspiration, Educational Games & Hotlist

9:00-2:00

Complete two of the following assignments:

A) Create a Hotlist

B) Create an Inspiration Diagram outlining the article Working the Web for Education

C) Create an online Gradebook using Google Spreadsheet Templates. This option is ONLY for teachers that do not have access to a gradebook application.

D) Create an online digital book using Shutterfly.

Standards - Keep your grade level & content standards in mind while designing your Hotlist.

Define your Essential Question that relates to a topic that you teach.

Look over the following links to understand what is required when creating an essential question:

A Questioning Toolkit

What is an Essential Question.

Framing an Essential Question

Complete steps 1-5 on Hotlist about Hotlist

Located in Step #5 in the link Hotlist About Hotlist, create an online Hotlist, use Filamentality software. Make sure to send a link to the Google Group to your published Hotlist.

If you rather use Google Docs to create a Hotlist, make sure to publish it on the Web and send your link to the Google Group.

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

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B) DIRECTIONS FOR INSPIRATION

Read: Working the Web for Education

Use Inspiration to diagram the highlights of the reading.

Download Inspiration for a free 30 day trial.

Email a screen capture of your Inspiration project as an attachment to the class Google Groups
The best way to share your Inspiration project is to perform a screen capture on your final project.
If you send the Inspiration page in the format of an Inspiration project, some people may not be able to view it.
If you don't know how to perform a screen capture, Google it! You may need to take 2 screen shots depending on the size of your diagram.

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C) DIRECTIONS FOR GOOGLE GRADEBOOK- This assignment is ONLY for teacher who do not already use a digital gradebook.
You will need to have at least 10 students in your gradebook, one semester of grades and attendence.
The names and numbers can be made up.
You need to change all of the projects, names & numbers.
Delete a row and add a column.
Explore what the program has to offer.
Share your Google GradeBook with the Instructor.
Send an email to the instructor to let her know what you think of the program and if you might use it in the future.

D) DIRECTIONS FOR CREATING AN ONLINE BOOK

Shutterfly - Online Digital Book: Uploading, design and print using Internet software.

1. Sign up with Shutterfly.com follow the instructions on the site. MAKE SURE TO USE YOUR GMAIL ACCOUNT THAT IS A PART OF THE CLASS GOOGLE GROUP!!!

2. Upload (at the least) 20 digital images. IF YOU DO NOT USE YOUR OWN PHOTOS, YOU MUST CITE YOUR SOURCES!!!

3. Create a book.

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4 (A book that uses images from the Interent)

4. Layout and design a 20 page story with images & text. You need to create a story or an original poem that goes with your photos for full credit. Captions are not a story.

5. Make sure to SAVE your book as you go.

6. There is an actual share button in Shutterfly at the top left. Click and share it with the Class via Google Groups

BONUS: Embed your book in your Blog.

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2:00-3:30 Blog - For full credit, review the 4 links listed below and then for full credit address all of the questions:

1. How will you educate your students on Web Safety?
2. What are two strategies you found useful from the reading?
3. What are some roadblocks you foresee in Web safety in regards to how your school's Internet is set up?
4. What do you think is most important in Web safety for children?
5. Make sure to cite at least 2 of the Websites listed below.

Review All of the links on the following Web safety sites:

Safe Web Surfing Tips & Advice

Connect Safety Videos: Check out a few of the videos on how to connect safely. How to set privacy setting on Facebook and other videos.

Safe Surfing - For kids, teachers and parents: How to keep kids safe while surfing the Web. Click on all of the blue links and explore the site.

Savvy Little Searchers - Review the links for future use with your students.

WEB ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS:

PBSparents.org - Make sure to explore the different levels of content areas.

Teach-nology

Gamequarium

Brain Pop

Between the Lions

Cyber Chase

Word World - check out the parents and teacher section

Starship English Penguins on Ice

Blackboard Math

Thomas the Tank Engine

Spanish & English Children’s Digital Library
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Due Online November 1, 2009 @ 5:00pm
1. Blog entry: Reflections on students and Web Safety.
2. Blog entry: Review & Rate (3) Web activities for children.
4. Option A: Email the final Filamentality Hotlist link to the class Google Group.
5. Option B: Email a screenshot of your Inspiration project to the class Google Group.
6. Option C: Share Google Gradebook with Instructor.
7. Option D: Share Shutterfly Digital Book with the class via Google Groups.

Week #4 Online Instruction - WebQuest & Classroom Wikis

You have 2 options for a Final Project:

A) Create a fully developed Classroom Wiki using Google Sites.

Remember that you access Google Sites, via your GMail and then go to More>Even More and then look for "Sites"
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Option A Directions
You will need to design the following pages:
1. Intro page to Online Classroom (Welcome users and give a general descriptioin of your class)
2. Classroom Wiki Rules & Expectations for students. Don't forget to remind students of the consequences when the rules are broken.
3. Homework Page (3 entries)
4. BONUS: Classroom Gallery (10 Photos)
5. BONUS: Discussions: (3 prompts for student discussions)
6. Parents' Page (3 linked documents for parents to download)
7. Classroom Calendar (10 entries on the Google Calendar)
8. Projects Page (Embed both of your Google Presentations (A)Postcard Project (B)Group Presentation)
9. Suggested Readings for Students (5 links to books (you can use Amazon or any online bookstore)
10. Standards Page: Define which standards will you be addressing throughout the year by correlating with dates or at least the month of study.
Make sure to include links to NETS & California State Content Standards.
11. Inivte the instructor to become a member of your Wiki, so that she can review your site.
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B) Create a WebQuest using Google Presentation (What we used for the Postcard Project). Share (as a colaborator) your finished project with the Instructor.
You will need to use at least 8 slides in Presentation. (Title, Intro, Task, Process, Evaluation, Concusion, Standards & Resources)

Wether you use Presentation or QuestGarden, you will need to go To: WEBQUEST INSTRUCTIONS IN 10 STEPS

If you would like to use QuestGarden to create your WebQuest, do at your own risk! This online program sometimes has problems, but if it works, it is wonderful!

GOOGLE DOCUMENTS PRESENTATION
1. You must follow the outline of the WebQuest sections, which can be found at WebQuest Templates
2. Complete all pages (Student & Standards Pages - Bonus: Teacher Pages)
3. IMPORTANT: Make sure to complete the Standards Page, which can be found in the Teacher Section.
4. Make sure to include at least 5 iamges and cite your sources.
5. You can also publish your Presentation on the Web. However, you are only required to "share" it with the instructor.
6. Make sure to also share it with the class via the Google Group as a "viewer."
Example of a WebQuest using Google Presentation.

Example of a WebQuest CREATED IN GOOGLE PRESENTATION -
Make sure to click on the arrows at the bottom left corner to click through the slides.

Example of a WebQuest CREATED IN QUESTGARDEN.

QUESTGARDEN DIRECTIONS
1. Go to: QuestGarden Click on "About" Quest Garden and read. Subcribe to QuestGarden (30-day free trial).
2. Complete all pages (Student & Standards Pages - Bonus: Teacher Pages)
3. Follow the Sample Templates as a prompt.
4. Make sure to include at least 5 iamges and cite your sources.
5. Make sure to also share it with the class via the Google Group
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4. 4-5pm
Final Blog Entry
Summarize what you learned in the class, what technologies you plan to integrate into your curriculum and how you plan accomplish this. What was the most valuable idea or application you learned from this course?

Due November 8, 2009 before 5:00pm
1. OPTION A:
Complete all the steps listed for the Classroom Wiki
Invite Instructor to become a member of your Wiki, for review.

2. OPTION B:
    Complete WebQuest (ALL Student Sections of WebQuest, which ALSO include the Standards and Rubric Sections.)
    Share your WebQuest with the Class Google Group as a "viewer."
    Share your WebQuest with the Instructor as a Collaborator/Editor.

3. Complete Final Blog Entry.