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April 26- May 2

KimTufts — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:38:56 CDT

Focus: Teaching in a Networked Classroom		Did You Know.....
Enduring Understanding:	Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S.
Essential Question:	How does teaching change in the networked classroom?
Assignments
Readings:	Web 2.0 Book: Chapter 9 Google Reader K12online conference presentations
Blogging:	Teaching in a new networked world Your choice
Notes
*(The following is from last October but I think still relevant to this topic)* I have an interesting week coming up. Monday I am giving a 45 minute presentation to our high school students on Internet Safety. Of course with HS students you can't call it Internet Safety...so I've decided to take a positive approach and call it "Creating your online profile". We're going to take 45 minutes and look at how what you post online does in fact create your digital profile. Whether it is facebook, youtube, or search history. Anything and everything you do on the internet is kept some where....and students just don't get that. After the 45 minute presentation I'll then spend the rest of Monday and Tuesday going class by class and talking with students on a more intimate level. I'm struggling with how do you talk to students in their world? You know they are going to be looking at me going "Yeah, we know this Jeff!".....could be my toughest crowd to date. In my research for the presentation though I did come across some great stuff about what is happening out there in the "real world." How universities are using Facebook and Myspace and doing Google Searches on incoming students. Here are some links if you are interested. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22093513-26040,00.html http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2006-03-08-athletes-websites_x.htm http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TakeControlOfYourLife/Story?id=3171218&page=1 http://www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSN0224087420070806 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ So what does all of this have to do with teaching in a new network space? Are we teaching students to how protect themselves? How to create a positive digital footprint. Heck are we teaching teachers how to do this. Are both teachers and students learning how to find information and use the tools they have to be more productive? Watch this video below of an educator who interviews one of the main engineers at Google. Did you know that Google could do all this? Did you learn anything new?

May 3-9

jutecht — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:00:16 CDT

Focus: Project Based Learning and Assessment in the networked classroom		Did You Know.....
Enduring Understanding:	Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes.
Essential Question:	How does Project/Problem Based Learning enhance the use of technology in the classroom?
Assignments
Readings:	eSchool News Article - Project Based Learning (You will need to create an account to view article - free) Concerns about Project Based Learning Article - Edutopia Howard Garner: Multiple Intelligence and Assessment Article- Edutopia Unlocking the Tool Kit - Blog - Reinventing Project Based Learning Blog
Blogging:	Project Based Learning & Assessment
Notes
Working in a networked classroom offers many benefits as well as some possible distractions. When planning technology lessons, there are many factors to take into consideration. At my school, students take a computer studies class in 6th and 7th grade for 12 weeks. The district curriculum is to teach the programs: word processing, spreadsheets, painting and drawing, data bases, presentation and keyboarding. While I have been there, we incorporated internet safety (digital citizenship) as well as a unit in media awareness. We are gently sneaking in some web2.0 in the classroom. Yes, I say "sneaking" as if Web2.0 is a dirty word. What if your district or administration does not approve of the "tools" you would like to use in your class? In order to accomplish real world learning opportunities for our children at any age, in a networked classroom, how do we keep up with the unending evolution of technology? Take a look at this article. (Unlocking the Took Kit) When teaching middle school students "programs", the material, the core of the lessons, needs to be relevant and engaging to the students. What 7th grader cares about the mathematical functional capabilities of spreadsheets or the immense organizational capabilities of a database program? So, we use a lot of project based learning exercises. What is interesting, captures their attention and gets them to buy into all of this? That is what we face in our 90 minute class time every other day, and 45 minutes on Friday's. (Do you think that is too long for middle schoolers to be seated in front of a computer every other day?) Along with engagement also comes frustration and absolute blatant disregard for the lessons. Typical for some middle school children. How can we reach them all? It is evident that the teacher in the front of the classroom "owning" the knowledge and the student, seated in rows, "listening to the lectures" is not working anymore in our schools. As far as I have read and seen in my own classroom. I am up for new ways to "engage with relevance and rigor" are you? What would you use PBL for if you were teaching all ages, elementary, middle, high school students or even adult learners? Do you think it would work for any age group? What about integrating technology into core classrooms along with PBL? Just something to ponder. Through the project based lessons, students are working towards completion of a final outcome. How can this final creation be assessed properly to ensure curricular goals or standards are met? How does assessment change in the networked classroom? What is it that is important to learn? How do you assess skills through content? Take a look at the assessment article and interview with Howard Gardner below along with information you read about in the two Project Based Learning Articles to help you. There are a few other resources below. I belong to a PBL group within Diigo if you would like to see our listing of shared information. Gotta love Social Bookmarking! Take some time on this one. Let it roll around in your brain a little. I still struggle with it...so it's OK for you to struggle with it too. Amazing Video - Children of Poverty - Hope Bill Strickland - Making change (Anything is possible!) Extra Resources - BIE: Project Based Learning Reinventing Project Based Learning Blog Project Based Learning - Multiple Intelligence

May 17-23

jutecht — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:40:11 CDT

Final Thoughts

Well we made it! I have to admit, this has been one of the wackiest classes I've taught to date. Personally I never felt like I hit my stride with this class....for that I apologize. From starting a week late, to the ice storms, to all the traveling I had pre-plan before I was asked to pick up this class at the last minute...I just never "felt it". I do hope that you found this course to be some what helpful in exposing you to new tools, and new learning that you will be able to apply to your job what ever it might be. A huge THANK YOU to Kim for being my TA and helping to pick up my slack during the course....I wouldn't have made it without ya!

Jeff's final reflection here:

Last year on The Thinking Stick I created an ad for New-Schools based off an ad I read in a Men's Health magazine (Yes, my mind is always on education!) I share this with you as my parting wisdom of where I feel the networked classroom of the future will take us:

SOON, EVERYTHING WILL START TO CLICK. There’s a reason the new school clicks with so many people. It’s supposed to. Throughout the school, you’ll notice an uncanny familiarity to your life beyond the walls.
Consider, if you will, the new classroom that comes standard. It’s engineered with more than students in mind. The push-button world has been taken into account. The multi-tasking tendencies of modern society have been duly noted. The result is a classroom that doubles as a remote control for the rest of the education system. And that means instant access to everything from 3D maps to over 700 voice-activated information sources.
Every resource is selected in anticipation of your every need within the school. And every one of them is arranged precisely in relation to your needs within the class. Which means greater accessibility. More flexibility. And independent control without leaving a classroom.
It may become your next essential modern learning device. That’s the goal, really. To deliver the kind of school that becomes indispensable. Quintessential. Absolute. Human. The all-new school. More spacious, more luxurious, more complete and unique, from those who know it best. Teachers.

Course Evaluation:

Your last post for the course is a reflection. PSU is asking that you fill out this form and e-mail it to medk12comptech@plymouth.edu. I encourage you to give both PSU and myself feedback on this course. This is the second time this course has been offered and both PSU and I need to know A) Is it worth offering and B) What can I do to improve the course. I am teaching this course if it is offered again. So please take some time to fill out this form and e-mail it in. I hope this evaluation will also help you in your own reflection post of what you learned and your thoughts about the journey we took these past 12 weeks.

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Thank you all for the conversations. You have my Skype ID, my e-mail. Please feel free to contact me if you need ANYTHING.

Thank you all for the journey!

Jeff Utecht
www.jeffutecht.com
www.thethinkingstick.com
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www.sospodcast.org

March 29 - April 4

jsuzcampos — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:11:57 CDT

Focus: Wikis in Education		Did You Know.....
Enduring Understanding:	Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society.
Essential Question:	Do wikis have a place in education classrooms?
Assignments
Readings:	Your RSS Reader Web 2.0 Book: Chapter 2, Wikis in Education pg. 201 Find Current Reading on the use of Wikis in the classroom. Research and explore educational wiki projects.
Blogging:	Wikis in Education Topic of your Choice
Notes
This is a great week to be talking and discussing wikis. On Friday of this week I'll be heading to Qatar to help Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis with their Flat Classroom Conference they are putting on. You can learn more about this conferences that is for students on the conference website which of course is a wiki as well. Two of the top wiki projects that were done last year (07-08) were by Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis. Julie is a technology teacher in Qatar and Vicki in Georgia. I encourage you to take a good half hour or so and look over the two amazing projects called The Flat Classroom Project and the Horizon Project two wiki websites that have been completed created by students working a round the world to build knowledge together. Both of these projects used the wiki site wikispaces.com. A great free wiki site that is giving away 100,000 ad free wikis to educators. A Google search for educational wiki projects will show you others as well. You can also (and I recommend you do) stop by the Wikis in Education wiki that I help Wetpaint support. Joining this wiki will give you over 1400 educators to connect to. On the site you will find a list of wiki projects that educators are adding to help connect to each other and show others the power of these tools. Free wikis that you might want to check out. wikispaces.com pbwiki.com (blocked in China...for some unknown reason...just an FYI) wetpaint.com (what we are using for this class) There are other open sources wiki software as well that a district or teacher could install on their own system and use internally if they wanted to. Hi Everyone, I just saw this video (through one of the "tickler files" I set up on my net vibes account!) Anyway, it looks like it was just posted to YoutTube a few hours ago and it discusses WIKIs in business (fascinating for me as a corporate educator). Anyway, ENJOY, and Jeff, I hope it is ok that I messed around with this page. :-)

April 12-18

jutecht — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:09:23 CDT

Focus: Podcasting		Did You Know.....
Enduring Understanding:	design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.	5th Grade students at my school create podcasts to teach other students reading stratagies. Clicking on this link will take you to iTunes and allow you to freely download the podcast.
Essential Question:	Do podcasts have a place in the classroom?
Assignments
Readings:	Please listen to this podcast for this week Read your RSS Reader Listen and subscribe to educational podcasts Find Current Reading http://podcasting101.pbwiki.com/
Blogging:	Create a podcast Blog Topics Podcasting Topic of your choice
Notes
Take some time to listen to some podcasts. If you have iTunes installed it's a great place to start. Go to the iTunes Store then click on podcast on the menu on the left. Find something that interests you. It doesn't neet to be about education or this course. Find a podcast that you can relate to, download it and have a listen! Do some learning on your own and see if you can produce your very own podcast. It's not hard, basically talking into a microphone, your thoughts, your ideas. If you are using a Mac I recommend GarageBand (Comes free on your mac) if you are on a PC I recommend using Audacity. You can do a search on youtube.com to find videos that will walk you through both programs. Or search google for text based tutorials. When you have completed your podcast you will have to find a podcasting service to upload them too. www.gcast.com and podomatic.com are two that people have used before. This week I'm giving you very little guidance on purpose. I want you to go out there and learn how to learn. Can you search and find the information you need? Can you learn a new program? Where are you going to look for help? Creating a podcast is a three step process: 1. Record the audio file (you choose! Can be you interviewing someone, or you just talking about something random, or about this class. You could record a lesson you do at school or record students talking). 2. Upload the audio file (must be in mp3 or acc format) to the web using some sort of podcast or file hosting service. 3. Link the audio file to your blog turning an audio file into a podcasat (It only becomes a podcast when you share it with the world!). Please note that the due date for this is the end of the course....for some this might be a HUGE learning curve. Take your time, learn something new, and do it right. :) Good Luck here are some good podcasts to get you started. If you use iTunes you can search for more on your own. http://www.sospodcast.org http://www.thethinkingstick.com/ondeck http://davidwarlick.com/connectlearning/ http://academicaesthetic.com/ http://edtechtalk.com/ (A collection of great educational podcasts) http://www.speedofcreativity.org/

April 5-11

jutecht — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:14:53 CDT

Focus: Blogging and conversations		Did You Know.....
Enduring Understanding:	demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
Essential Question:	What does "blogging" mean to you?
Assignments
Readings:	Web 2.0 Book: Chapter 3, Blogs (Your Google Reader - RSS Feeds) Will Richardson Article from Edutopia, December 2008
Blogging:	Students and Learning: Reflection on Chapter 2 of Web. 2.0 Book Your view on what blogs are
Notes
Blogging is, at its roots, a conversation between you and whoever else decides to read your thoughts. You will notice that I only give you topics and not questions or an outline to follow. That is because blogging is a reflective act, and only you can decide what "School 2.0" means. What thoughts does it provoke in you and what do you think of the whole 2.0 movement. Now that you have your RSS reader (Google Reader) set up I encourage you to start making a habit to at least once a week read entries from other bloggers or even visit their blogs to leave comments or search the term School 2.0. I hope that you find blogging a worthwhile activity in these coming weeks, and like me, make it a part of your daily/weekly Professional Development. We'll slow the pace down this week. No new tools, take some time to get your feet under you, do some reading, some reflecting and find your routine. Blogging is about conversations, conversations in an open format. What makes blogging different then journaling is the ability to link to the information you are talking about. I encourage you to link anything and everything you talk about that is linkable. The web is smart, it tracks links to and from other web sites. This is how we connect ideas and thoughts. So for example, this week when you blog about the Web 2.0 book I suggest you link to it on Amazon. The important part is linking the information together. Again, make sure you have added the other students to your RSS reader so that you can follow and comment on their thoughts on this course as we move ahead.

March 22-28

jutecht — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:49:31 CDT

Focus: RSS, Social Bookmarking, and Media Sharing		Did You Know.....
Enduring Understanding:	Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources.
Essential Question:	How can you use social networks for learning?
Assignments
Readings:	Google Reader Web 2.0 Book: Social Bookmarking pg. 199, Google Reader pg. 210 Linked sites and videos
Blogging Assignments:	RSS Social Bookmarking Media Sharing
Notes
Google Spreadsheet You should have received an e-mail from me with a link to a Google Spreadsheet that is your 'grade sheet' for this course. This is where I will write down the assignments as you complete them. If you have not received this link or you would like it at a different e-mail address please e-mail me and I'll send it where ever you want it. :) Google is an amazing program. Seeing that you have a Google account already I strongly suggest that you play around with Google Docs. You can upload any Word or Excel to Google Docs and then edit them there or even share them with others. Others can either be viewers (like you are to your grade sheet) or Contributors where others can add and change the document. So think about this for a minute. A free web based Word Processor, Spreadsheet, and Presentation software that you take with you where ever you are connected. You can share with whom ever you like collaborate on projects/papers and even publish them when you are finished or download them as a Word or PDF file. How does this extend our teaching? How does this tool alone change a networked classroom? What does this mean for schools who cannot afford the licensing fees of Microsoft. Speaking of Microsoft they have just anounced that their next release of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel PowerPoint) will be web based to compete with Google. No longer will you have a program on your computer, everything will be stored on the web in what is being called "Cloud Computing". RSS So you have been playing with your RSS reader (Google Reader) for a couple weeks now. Again what RSS does is change the flow of information. Instead of you going out looking for information...information comes to you in one central location. Once again Google as taken this one step further recently by releasing Google Gears. After installing Google Gears you can download your Google Reader to your laptop. Therefore you do not have to be connected to the Internet to read your information. For someone like me that has an hour bus ride to and from work...this just made my ride that much more productive. RSS is really starting to catch on with other sites besides Blogs. Most newspapers now offer RSS feeds not only for the newspaper but for specific sections to the newspaper. So for example I subscribe to the Seattle PI RSS feed for the Seattle Mariners and only receive updates that deal with the M's and not the whole paper. Think of the trees I'm saving...and the fact this is where I usually go anyway when I pick up a newspaper. :) In fact...for better or for worse I have not read a hard copy of a newspaper in almost 3 years. But I have a stream of news coming in from different papers all around the world on the topics I'm interested in. RSS in the Classroom How can this simple tool also affect the classroom? Let's look at one example of how RSS could help you or your students with a topic. Let's take the topic Global Warming. We're going to use Google (Yes I think they are amazing!) News and do a search for the latest articles from around the world that talk about Global Warming. Here is what I got: So now lets look at these results. First the green arrow points to the number of articles that include the words Global Warming. The blue arrow shows from where in the world this news article is coming from, and the red arrow points to the RSS feed. So think about this for just one second: You have over 29,000 news articles from over 4,500 newspapers around the world (according to Google) and once you do this search and add the RSS to your reader you will be continually updated with the latest news articles from Google's News search. You now have the topic of Global Warming coming from different perspectives around the world. The UK looks at it differently than China than does the US. Think of the conversation you could have in your classroom.....if you really want to stretch this into a High School subject, think about current events and searching for something like War in Iraq. You now have different views of the war from different countries....mind blowing cool if you ask me! Don't forget this is a one time search....add the RSS and the updates come to you! Social Bookmarking OK...so let's move on to Social Bookmarking. Delicious del.icio.us (somebody was thinking on that one!) is probably the most popular. I also use Diigo. The nice thing about Diigo is that when you bookmark something with Diigo it will also bookmark it to my delicious bookmarks at the same time. For the purpose of this class we'll be looking at delicious. Chris Betcher, in his K12online Conference presentation (Free conference online for educators) does a really good job of explaining how these social bookmark serves work and to truly understand them you need to understand tags. I'm going to encourage you to use tags on your blog posts. Blogger calls them "labels" why? I don't know...the world calls them tags and that is really what they are. You can see from the picture above that when you add labels to a blog post that they show up at the bottom of your blog post. At the same time there are blogging services that are watching blogs and categorizing these tags. Technorati is probably the most popular. You can go to Technorati and when you put in a search term it looks for all the blog posts with that tag. Now social bookmarks work the same way. When you save a bookmark in delicious you tag it with the words that make sense to you. You can then go to delicious and search for web sites based on what people have tagged. Oh and did I mention each tag comes with an RSS feed! That's right...go to delicious search for the tag "podsafe" and scroll to the bottom and you'll see an RSS feed for that tag. You can now add that to your RSS Reader and find when new sites are found that have music on them that can safely be used on podcasts. One of the down sides to tags is that there are no rules to tagging. However there are some commonly followed practices...as I see it anyway. 1. Try to put words together...especially names. You should tag anybody's name you use in a post like this: jeffutecht 2. Think of tags as categories and you can use more than one. So if I was going to tag this page I would use. rss, socialbookmarking, mediasites 3. You will find that you will come up with your own tagging system soon...although you'll also find that it will keep expanding...and that's OK. Here is the tags from my blog and that's not all of them...that's just all I could fit on the screen at one time. (BTW jingproject.com is what I use to take pictures of my screen...great program....and free!) Below is an image of what you see when you are posting a blog with steps (on the image) of how to create a hyperlink. Please remember to hyperlink to anything and everything that is linkable possible (I like that!). Media Sharing I'll let you explore and think about the use of these ones on your own. :) YouTube TeacherTube VoiceThread My School's YouTube account (Just to see how schools can/are using YouTube) Oh ya....all of these sites have RSS feeds too. :)

Lise Bofinger

lbofinger — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:27:45 CDT

Bof the student Blog



Personal Information	Professional Information
I live with my husband David and ten year old daughter Gretchen in Concord, NH. We share our home with two golden retrievers and have litter of pups every couple of years. I love to be out investigating and being part of the natural world. depending on the season,I might be kayaking or x-country skiing, but if I'm outside, there is a smile on my face.	I have enjoyed my work at Concord High School for 25 years, where I am a member of the science department. I am currently teaching two courses, a introductory level biology course to freshmen and an environmental elective to seniors. I am very interested in learning about how students learn and how instruction can help this process.

I am looking forward to my work in this class. I anticipate learning new ways to interact with my students. Reading over the introductory materials I was thrilled to read a line about writing and thinking. As I read the line, I could hear myself telling my students that thinking was what we do to learn and writing is how they show me their thinking. I'm excited about having a new tool for students to show me their thinking and even perhaps for a new tool for sharing my thinking.

I'm wondering if any of my classmates have read any of March's "Educational Leadership" ? The focus of this issue is Literacy 2.0. I have found many of the articles to be very interesting. I have shared some of my thinking about the articles on my blog Bof the student Blog

Kat Lang

KathleenLang — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:50:56 CDT

blog link

March 8-14

mbott — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:39:31 CDT

Focus: The new connected world		Did You Know.....
Enduring Understanding:	evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning.
Essential Question:	Does the Internet and the connections it created truly changed teaching and learning?
Assignments
Readings:	Web 2.0 Book: Pages 1-24 Google Reader Read and analyze the Department of Education School 2.0 page. Read and analyze the web site Partnership for 21st Century Learning
Blogging Assignments:	Your thoughts on School 2.0 Your first thoughts about this course
Add a link to your blog:	Jeff's Blog (started in 2005) Marilyn's Blog (started in 2008 but not written in very often)
Things to accomplish:	Gain access to the course wiki. Create a personal profile page and play and learn how to work a wiki. Set up your blog and write your first two blog topics Add other classmates blogs to your Google Reader (watch videos here to learn how) Read other classmates blogs and comments.
Notes
What is it with all the geeks today making a stink about how technology is changing our world? Why all of a sudden do we HAVE to be teaching With (big word there) technology? Before I continue I would like you to watch this 8 minute video (to the right) created by a Technology Coordinator out of Colorado. This video has a great story. The short version is he created it in August of 2006 to show all the teachers in his district at the start of the school year. Two years later, the PowerPoint that he created has been viewed over 6 million times and has been continually updated with the latest information. Karl Fisch is the creator and I encourage you to add his blog The Fisch Bowl to your RSS reader if you don't already have it. So what does all this mean? I don't know....I guess it means different things to different people. You'll have to take some time to ponder what this 8 minute presentation is trying to say to educators. For me it talks about the pace of change and how we can not ignore what technology has done and continues to do to our society. As the pace of change continues what skills do our students need to have to be successful in this new fast pace world? The slide that talks about people having 10-15 jobs by the time they are 38 is the one that speaks most to me. How do we prepare students for a world in which they will not be like us...they will not get a job, do it for a lifetime and then retire. The ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn is what companies are and will be looking for in a new workforce. Workers who are highly adaptable and can continually learn new skills will be the highest in demand as we continue into the 21st Century. My hope is to expose you to some new tools, connect you into a network of learners that will allow you to grow, share ideas, and push your own thinking and abilities on how we educate students in a network world. Again, don't read too far ahead in this course as it's Sunday morning for me here and this is when I sit down with a cup of joe and update pages based on past conversations, your blog entries, and whatever other crazy thing I might be thinking about. :) First thing: Make sure you add your classmates' blogs to your Google Reader and get in the habit of reading it every day. Make this your home page or a tab that opens automatically when you start Firefox (Hopefully you all use Firefox). Please add a link to your blog above and add other classmates blogs to your Google Reader. Trying to understand what RSS Or Really Simple Syndication is and how it works? See if this video helps.

kat6664.blogspot.com

KathleenLang — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:27:54 CDT

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KathleenLang — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:25:00 CDT

Welcome to Teaching and Learning in a Networked Classroom.

A course for Plymouth State University:

Each week of the course has been created as a separate page in this wiki. Consider this wiki the living syllabus for the course. As the class progresses this living document will change to meet the needs of the students and the new information that becomes available. But now I'm getting ahead of myself. :)

So click on a page to the left and let's learn!

Skype Call sign up

jutecht — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:43:42 CDT

Sign up for a time when we can chat via Skype. I will be helping you to set up your RSS reader, learn how to subscribe to blogs, and just get to know you and what you hope to get from this course. If you want to add me as a contact to your Skype, my Skype ID is jeffdaneah.

Please know that I am in Bangkok, Thailand which is GMT +7. Or 12 hours ahead of EDT (until Day Light Savings).

If none of these times work for you please contact me via e-mail and we will find a time that works. (All Times EDT)

Time (EDT)	Name	Skype ID
March 10, 8pm -9pm	Lise Bofinger	lbofinger
March 10, 9pm - 10pm	Have a meeting :(	Have a meeting :(
March 13, 8pm - 9pm	Kat Lang	kathleenlang
March 13, 9pm - 10pm	Marilyn Bott	mlbott
March 18, 8pm - 9pm	Jeannette Campos	jsuzcampos
March 18, 9pm - 10pm

Jeannette Campos

jutecht — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:03:53 CST

"they say the owl was a baker's daughter. lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be." (Hamlet, Avt IV, Scene 5)

interesting things about me?
tried-and-true scorpio
adoring mother-of-two
proud wife to the colonel
greenbelt thai kickboxer
master bartender
fitness yoga instructor
graduate professor of instructional systems design
small business owner

books i love	music i love	movies i love	places i love
what is the what acts of faith the history of love the lingust and the emperor the things they carried to kill a mockingbird the brothers karamazov	vintage U2 vintage R.E.M. wyclef jean tim mcgraw bruce hornsby and the range craig david raphael saadiq	shawshank redemption black hawk down breakfast club crash out of africa four weddings and a funeral napoleon dynamite	norman's woe crane's beach nubble light house my grandmother's front porch booth 1 at ristorante massimo the manor on golden pond the back of my husband's motorcycle

my blog

Lisa Brown

lbrown2009 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:14:10 CST

Hi! My name is Lisa Brown, and I am taking courses to finish my alternative IV certification for Library Media Specialist. I have taken several classes in building web pages and other related items, but thought this would be a good class to add to my bag of tricks. I 'm really looking forward to learning new technologies, but a little nervous too!

I currently work at our public school as an LMS, and have been our public library's children's librarian for the past 9 1/2 years. My children are 15 and 10, and are very tech-savvy! At my school job, my skills have been tested this year, and I am proud to say we are working our way towards adding new technology on a small budget. It's exciting! I try to remember that there is a lesson to be learned in every frustration or new challenge.

The link to my blog, newly created (I'm so proud of myself!) : NorthernLibrarian

Marilyn Bott

mbott — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:56:52 CST

Find my blog at Reflections from Hog Hill

I live in East Kingston, a small town in southeastern New Hampshire with my two sons (14 & 16 years old) and two cats. We live in a house built ca. 1775 with land that has fields, woods, springs and vernal pools that we enjoy exploring. My boys are the sixth generation to live here, but I grew up as a Navy kid and lived all over the country.

I work at the library at Phillips Exeter Academy, where I'm circulation coordinator. I make sure people can find what they want when they want it; I run our student work program; and I put together displays and exhibits.

I started my undergraduate degree in 1970 but kept getting sidetracked by life. I've finally finished it - a BS in Biology/Environmental Studies. Last summer I started on a master's degree in Library and Information Science, but soon realized that the focus was on management and administration of libraries. I've worked at business and management, and it's not what I'm looking for. What I want is to work more than I already do with students and, upon reflection, I realized that what I've always wanted to do was teach. So, here I am. I'm undecided as yet about my focus - either science teaching (9-12) or heritage studies. My hope is that as a teacher I can be a facilitator of learning rather than a gatekeeper of knowledge.

My older son is a true digital native. I read so much about how awful computers and gaming were for children but I could see how much good he was getting out of it. I decided early on that I'd better get involved with new technology as it developed if I wanted to understand where he was and what he was doing. Having certain geek-ish tendencies myself, I dove in the deep end and came up paddling. I went from Runescape to Facebook to Blogger to LibraryThing and had a great time along the way. Now I need a way to analyse the parts and understand how to put them to the best use in a classroom.

Weekly Outline

jutecht — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:13:50 CST

Week	Readings	Blogging Assignments
March 1 - 7	Skype and Google Account, Wetpaint.com, Audacity (PC)	Sign-up to access the wiki Create a Profile Page Sign-up for Skype Call
March 8 - 14	Web 2.0 Book: Pages 1-24 Google Reader Read and analyze the Department of Education School 2.0 page. Read and analyze the web site Partnership for 21st Century Learning	Your thoughts on School 2.0 Your first thoughts about this course
Spring Break
March 22 - 28	Google Reader Web 2.0 Book: Social Bookmarking pg. 199 Google Reader pg. 210 Linked sites and videos	RSS Social Bookmarking Media Sharing
March 29 - April 4	Your RSS Reader Web 2.0 Book: Chapter 2, Wikis in Education pg. 201 Find Current Reading on the use of Wikis in the classroom. Research and explore educational wiki projects.	Wikis in Education Topic of your Choice
April 5 - 11	Web 2.0 Book: Chapter 3 Blogs (Your Google Reader - RSS Feeds) Will Richardson Article from Edutopia, December 2008	Students and Learning: Reflection on Chapter 2 of Web. 2.0 Book Your view on what blogs are
April 12 - 18	Read your RSS Reader Listen and subscribe to educational podcasts Find Current Reading http://podcasting101.pbwiki.com/	Podcasting Topic of your choice Start working on your Podcast
April 19 - 25	Web 2.0 Book: Chapter 5 Google Reader Find Current Reading on PLN	Professional Development Personal Learning Networks
April 26 - May 2	Web 2.0 Book: Chapter 9 Google Reader K12online conference presentations	Teaching in a new networked world Your choice
May 3 - 9		Project Based Learning & Assessment
May 10 - 16	Web 2.0 Book: Chapter 7 Google Reader	Safety and Security on the Internet Blog of your choice
May 17 - 23		Course Reflections Fill out course evaluation sheet

Spring Break

jutecht — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:31:24 CST

What are your plans?

March 1-7

jutecht — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:18:46 CST

Focus: Tools		Did You Know.....
Enduring Understanding:	Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society.
Essential Question:	What tools allow us to connect to each other in a digital world?
Assignments
Software:	Skype and Google Account, Wetpaint.com, Audacity (PC)
Tasks:	Sign-up to access the wiki Create a Profile Page Sign-up for Skype Call
Notes
The first week of class will be making sure you have the necessary software installed on your computer and that you have gained access to to course wiki so that you can add, change, and update information as needed. Also, next week I would like to schedule a Skype call with each of you for a short chat, just so I understand more of what you are hoping to get out of this course. On the Skype page I have created a table with times that I am available. Please sign up for a time that works well for you. We can have up to 10 people chatting at a time, so feel free to join a time with someone else. Things to accomplish this week: 1. Register for and gain access (I will need to approve and grant you rights to this site before you will see the "Add page" icon) to the networked classrooms wiki (this site). Create a page titled your name and introduce yourself to the rest of the class. (Example: Location, years teaching, reason for taking the course, hobbies, picture if you want, etc.) You do this by clicking on Profile pages on the left and then clicking on "Add page" on the left at the bottom of the list of pages. Add a picture if you would like, some information about you, and once you have set up your blog, create a link to your blog for this course. This is a great way to explore the wiki site and learn how to use it (don't worry you can't screw up the site :) ). I have written a lot here and I'm sure there are plenty of spelling mistakes and grammar errors throughout. Please feel free to fix any you find by clicking on the easy edit button and editing the text. 2. Sign up for a Skype call with me by clicking on the Skype Sign up page and entering your name at one of the times available. If you do not have Skype installed then click on Skype above and you will be taken to the Skype page to download and install this free program that allows us to talk from Bangkok to where ever you are for free! 3. Create a Google Account if you do not already have one. It's free and simple to do. Just go to Google.com and click on signin in the upper right hand corner. It will walk you through the process to sign up for a Google account. If you already have a google/gmail account you are good to go! Create a blog using blogger.com (If you already have a blog and you want to use it for this class, that's great! No need to set up a new blog. If you don't have a blog, please set one up now.) Post a link to your blog on your introduction profile page. Software to download and install: Skype Audacity (PC users only) Garage Band (Mac users: Should come pre-installed on all newer Macs. If not, please download from Apple's website) Purchase Text: Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools by Gwen Solomon & Lynne Schrum Hardware Needed: You will need a microphone that plugs into your computer. Quality is up to you! Set up your RSS Reader Activity: Set up Google Reader (You should have already signed up for a Google Account) Watch the videos to walk you through how to get started. After you have set up your Google RSS Reader click here. This will download a file to your computer, then follow these directions to import it into your Google Reader: Once you have your OPML file, go back to Google Reader and click "settings" at the top right, then "import/export." Choose the location of your OPML file and click "import"; Google Reader will add all the subscriptions in the list to your account and start checking them for updates. This is a list of blogs to get your started reading. This is just a beginner list. Feel free over the course of this class to delete those you do not find interesting and add those that you find "speak to you"

Profile Pages

jutecht — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:16:24 CST

At the bottom of the Navigation column on the left you will see an "Add a new Page" button. Click on that button and create a new page titled your name. Once the page is created, you can click on the Easy Edit button in the top left corner of this column and add text and pictures to the page introducing yourself to me and the rest of the class.

Once you have your blog set up, make sure you put a link on this page to your blog. Create a link by clicking on the EasyEdit button, type and then highlight the text you want to link, and click on the link button in the EasyEdit Toolbar. A box will appear where you can paste the URL to your blog creating a link. Save your changes and you're done.

Because this is a wiki, you can come back at any time and change your information, add to it, or delete anything you want. Consider this page your Sandbox (what geeks call your play area as you figure out how things work). This is your space to play with a wiki if this is your first time. Click on anything, explore the different options, and get comfortable with the features of a wiki. We will be covering wikis in week 3 for this class.