Week 1 September 13, 2008 (In Class)
Week 2 September 20, 2008 (Online)
Week 3 September 27, 2008 (In Class)
Week 4 October 4, 2008 (Online)
9:00-9:40
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
Review Course Syllabus, Procedures & Grading,
Mini-Lecture: Tricks on How to Navigate a Mac
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9:40-10:00
Complete and hand in:
Four NETS for Better Searching, Search Engines. How to search for images and download them.
If you are online, go through the steps and be prepared to answer pop questions during the week.
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10:00-11:30
Review Gmail Activities.
How to download, save & send images as an attachment.
Review Google Groups & Google Documents (Presentation and Documents (online alternatives to PowerPoint & MS Word))
Bonus: Personalize your iGoogle Homepage with widgets and a theme: iGoogle
Suggested widgets: Bookmarks, To Do List & Google Talk
Google Tools for your Classroom
Google Activities for Educators
Subscribe to the class Google Group:
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| Subscribe to ucb_fall08 |
| Visit this group |
http://groups.google.com/group/ucb_fall08
11:30-12
Begin: Postcard Project: Creating a Multimedia Slideshow using Google Documents - Presentation.
12-1:00 LUNCH
1:00-2:30
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 - ucb_fall08@googlegroups.com
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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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2:30-3:30 Web 2. 0 Overview
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ATOMIC LEARNING - Web 2.0 Video Workshops
REVIEW all websites below. Make sure you understand their purpose and how to use them:
Web 2.0 - Defined
Blogger - use with Google Reader (RSS)- example of a good blog
YouTube - video
Facebook - for friends
Linkedin - for professionals
MySpace - for music
Survey Monkey
Flickr - online photo sharing site
Picasa - a place to store your photos and make slideshows
Pandora - create your own radio station
Del.icio.us - social bookmarking
Google Earth
Miro - TV online
How to integrate Web 2.0 in a classroom: Flat Classrooom Project
50 Web 2.0 tools
Web 2.0 from Youtube
3:30-4:15 Set up Blog at Blogger.com
Write your first blog entry. Chose a topic and take a stand.
Example: If you were a presidential candidate, who would you chose for a vice-presidential running mate? Why? Defend your answer with facts that support your decision.
Blogger Video Tutorials
Send a link to the class Google Groups ucb_fall08@googlegroups.com
Resource: ePals blogs for schools
4:15-4:30
Send a link to your Blog to the class Google Groups: ucb_fall08@googlegroups.com
Learn how to use Google Reader to access the RSS feed of the students' Blogs in our class.
This is a VERY important step to understand for upcoming homework assignments!
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4:30-5:00 Overview of Shutterfly & Digital Book project
5:00-5:30 Overview Homework, Next Week's Online Class & Partner up for the Video Production Groups
Bonus: Visit Puzzle Maker & make a puzzle.
Due September 13, 2008 at 5:30pm:
1. Email Assignment send to instructor.
2. Personal iGoogle account in operation.
3. Become a member of Google Groups.
4. Postcard Multimedia Slideshow - sent to the class Google Groups: ucb_fall08@googlegroups.com
5. 1 blog entry on Blogger.
6. Send a link to your blog to the class Google Groups: ucb_fall08@googlegroups.com
7. Access Google Reader and subscribe to classmates blogs.
8. Arrange video groups and exchange emails for online collaboration meetings.
9:00-12:00
Shutterfly - Online Digital Book: Uploading, design and print using Internet software.
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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!!!
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Upload (at the least) 20 digital images. IF YOU DO NOT USE YOUR OWN PHOTOS, YOU MUST CITE YOUR SOURCES!!!
3. Create a book.
4.
Layout and design a 20 page story with images & text. You need to create a story that goes with your photos for full credit.
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 - ucb_fall08@googlegroups.com
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1:00-2:30 Blog
Click on the links below and read.Make sure to follow the links on the pages and read thoroughly.
Blog about Web safety for children in regards to the links below. Tie it in with the Web safety articles that you reviewed in last week's homework week 1 assignment. Make sure to cite the authors. Define strategies that you will use in your classroom to keep your students safe when using the Web. How can you educate your students to be web-literate. How is information that you read on the Web different than information you read from published books? You need to address all of the questions above in your blog for full credit.
Link 1 - A short introduction to the study of Holocaust revisionism
Link 2 - Teaching Kids To Be Web Literate
Link 4 - Teacher Guide #1: Evaluating Web Pages
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2:30-3:30 Blog
For this activity, see links below
Using your blog: Review & Rate (3) of the Web activities for young children listed below. Have fun and play a couple games!
Discuss in your blog about the possible uses for these eLearning sites in relation to teaching. Might you use these sites in your classroom? Why or why not? How could you use them?
You must review the last link*** "E-Learning Library" ***and include your thoughts about Corporate eLearning in your blog. How does e-learning for adults compare to e-learning for children? What is the value in eLearning?
*On your blog, make sure to share a link of your favorite online learning site for children of any age.
WEB ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS:
Teach-nology
Word World - check out the parents and teacher section
Starship English Penguins on Ice
Spanish & English Children’s Digital Library
***MUST VISIT THE SITE BELOW***
E-Learning LIbrary - Click around in the library and make sure to talk about this link in your blog in what it represents in regards to learning.
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3:30-5:30 - Hotlist
Standards - Keep your grade level & content standards in mind while designing your Hotlist.
Refer to your homework. Define your Essential Question that relates to a topic that you teach. Read the toolkit to get started.
Complete steps 4-5 of Hotlist about Hotlist
To create an online Hotlist, use Filamentality software. Located in Step #5 in the link Hotlist About Hotlist. You were to have researched Hotlist About Hotlist steps 1-3 for homework.
Example 1
Due Online September 20, 2008 @ 5:30pm
1. Share Shutterfly Digital Book with the class via Google Groups - ucb_fall08@googlegroups.com
2. Email the final Filamentality Hotlist link to Instructor - Subject: UCBx - Hotlist & your first & last name
3. Blog entry: Reflections on students and Web Safety.
4. Blog entry: Review & Rate (3) Web activities for children. Discuss how you would use them in your classroom. Compare them to Corporate eLearning.
9:00-9:30 Review & Check for understanding Copyright Quiz
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9:30-10:15 Podcasting & Video Production Overview
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10:15-10:30 Storyboarding - complete storyboard with partners. Download Storyboard.
For another example of a Storyboard.
If you are going to interview people or use other subjects in your video, you will need to create a video release form.
Sample release form.
10:30-11:15 Filming with digital video cameras. Return to class on time!
11:15-11:45 Import Video (You MUST return UCB cameras before you go to lunch. If you fail to do so, your video project grade will be lowered by one letter grade.)
11:45-12:15 Lunch
12:15-3:00 Video Editing of a 2 minute video.
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BONUS: Create your own music for your video in Garage Band
3:00-3:30 Final Project Presentation
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3:30-4:00 Upload video to YouTube
YouTube Video Download Tool - When your district filters Youtube, you can download the video and make a copy to bring to school.
4:00-4:45 WebQuest - overview of homework -
4:45-5:00 Evalations
Due September 27, 2008 by 5:30pm:
1. Video Storyboard (give to instructor)
2. Upload video to YouTube account Christinasclasses
3. Send a link to your YouTube video to the class Google Groups: ucb_fall08@googlegroups.com
1. 9:00-9:30 go to: QuestGarden Click on "About" Quest Garden and read. Subcribe to QuestGarden (30-day free trial)
Before completing your Process section, please make sure to complete the Process Checklist by making sure that your Process section address the key information required for this section. Make sure to have at least 3 links for each group member to research.
IMPORTANT: You will not receive full credit if you do not address the requirements of this checklist.
ALTERNATIVE
If QuestGarden isn't working or if you rather, use Google Documents Presentation Software to complete the WebQuest. This is the free online software that we used in the Postcard project on the first day of class. Make sure to "Share" your project directly to the instructor's email address. You can add hyperlinks and images using Presentation. You can also publish it on the Web. However, you are only required to "share" it with the instructor.
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2. 9:30-3:00 Complete WebQuest by inserting your homework sections into the appropriate sections. Complete the rest of the sections WebQuest including teacher pages.
RUBRIC
If you are not using QuestGarden to create your WebQuest, you can use RubiStar to generate a digital rubric. It is easy to produce and a great resource for future projects.
Citie Your Sources - Cite your sources properly!
REVIEW - Citation Machine (9th grade-college) Try using this, it has helped me complete papers in Graduate School!
REVIEW – Citing Internet Resources
Make sure to
incorporate Web 2.0 tools into your Task and or Process Sections. Use the following resources as guides:
Web 2.0 Hotlist - A list of a gazillion Web 2.0 applications.
Flat Classroom an excellent example of how a group of students used Web 2.0 tools.
Fifty Tools that use Web 2.0 applications.
Share your WebQuest with the Instructor.
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3. 3-4pm
REVIEW
Special Education Resources on the Internet
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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 might accomplish this. What was the most valuable idea or application you learned from this course?
Due October 4, 2008 before 5:30pm
1. Complete WebQuest (ALL sections of WebQuest including teacher sections, rubric and standards)
2. Share your WebQuest with the Instructor by sending her an email.
3. Final Blog Entries