EDU221Bock1Module1

EDU 221 Block 2, Module 1:All classes are 9:15-11:35, MWF, Computing Center Room 104 unless otherwise noted Projects in this module:
 * [|MEL WebQuest]
 * Classroom Management Textbook
 * Student Sample

Resource: how to cite sources for digital media in this class

W Oct. 10 || # [|are you the next Khan Academy?]
 * **Date** || **What We Will Do In Class Today** || **What You Need To Have Done Before Class Today** ||
 * Class 1
 * 1) what to do with good info you got from your mentor about 1st day
 * 2) exit ticket tally
 * 3) points and feedback on iPad presentations (did this in Beth's class 3 weeks ago . . . remember back then?)
 * 4) a look back at your peers' feedback
 * 5) [|how not to give feedback]
 * 6) [[file:Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 1.50.55 PM.png|visual overview of rest of semester]]
 * 7) big projects and smaller pieces
 * 8) 3-2-1
 * 9) Digital Story
 * 10) reminder about complying with copyright for this class on all projects (see link above)
 * 11) what's your CM nightmare?
 * 12) using ComicLife
 * 13) product files and project files
 * 14) tips on using ComicLife in a presentation
 * 15) [|MEL WebQuest]
 * 16) exit ticket: photo release forms || * finish Fires
 * ask mentors and others about:
 * 1) what do they do on the 1st day
 * 2) what is their ice breaker/ how do they get to know names
 * 3) how do they establish their learning environment

//(WIP: read the MEL article by Mike Muir, follow the blog of a technology-using educator)// || W Oct. 10 noon to 2:20 CR 123 in the Student Center || # bookmark lineup F Oct. 12 || # volunteers for iPads on Saturday (you don't have to have your own)?
 * Class 2
 * 1) [|social bookmarking and delicious]
 * 2) [|other social bookmarking sites]
 * 3) audio thoughts
 * 4) movie making--building on comic and audio experiences
 * 5) storyboards
 * 6) [|Step 3 of MEL WebQuest (out of order due to Columbus Day)]
 * 7) how to find the presentation for Step 5 (due Monday)
 * 8) shift into CM textbook mode
 * 9) classroom management textbook intro
 * 10) brainstorm contents (individually)sort and categorize (with partner)
 * 11) what are you most concerned about in classroom management that you'd like to see addressed in a book on classroom management
 * 12) what are things that are "obvious" to you but that should be addressed in a book on classroom management for others who might not know
 * 13) starting our table of contents (whole class)
 * 14) what to do with good info you got from your mentor about 1st day
 * 15) guest presentation by "Our Librarian," Janet Brackett
 * 16) look at double highlighter exercise coming up (hand out packets)
 * 17) switch back to MEL mode
 * 18) announcement of MEL teams
 * 19) MEL team building activity
 * 20) [|2 x 2 x 20 Timeline and Contract]
 * 21) exit ticket: skinny strip about your team and a 60-second conference with Dr. Theresa ||   ||
 * Class 3
 * 1) More on MEL
 * 2) questions about the article?
 * 3) a look at the rubric
 * 4) what is a self-explanatory electronic presence?
 * 5) the kinesthetic learner
 * 6) anonymous presentation if possible
 * 7) are you doing digital story? don't forget you must have a conference with me
 * 8) supposedly your judges are all around the world and would view your submissions independently but . . . as a group or individually?
 * 9) follow up on double highlighter
 * 10) classroom management textbook intro
 * 11) brainstorm contents (individually)
 * 12) what are you most concerned about in classroom management that you'd like to see addressed in a book on classroom management
 * 13) what are things that are "obvious" to you but that should be addressed in a book on classroom management for others who might not know
 * 14) sort and categorize (with partner)
 * 15) starting our table of contents (whole class)
 * 16) classroom management table of contents finalized
 * 17) talk about going to the reference area; what new items do we need?
 * 18) what are the connections between chapters? are there good pairings?
 * 19) your task for you and your partner(s) by last Wed. of module 1
 * 20) interview with educational expert that you admire (due at beg. of module 2)
 * 21) finding a cool tool OR make an iBook for your textbook chapter (but don't use wikispaces)
 * 22) selecting partners--can't be same concentration, can't be MEL partner
 * 23) A look at Blackboard
 * 24) Intel CD
 * 25) resources for your unit
 * 26) other technology possibilities for your unit's performance task (see Google Earth and Maine Memory Network homework for Wed; we'll be doing Inspiration in class on Monday) || * do double highlighter exercise of chapter 2 of Classroom Management textbook (don't forget to bring the highlighted handout with you)
 * [|laptop check--do you have all the software you need?]
 * [|Steps 1, 2, and 4 of MEL WebQuest](there are 2 blog entries that go with these)

//[|(WIP: Steps 6 and 7 of the MEL WebQuest)]// //(WIP: CM textbook chapter)// || M Oct. 15 || # SAMR from Step 5--[|what is it?] how does it relate to Type I and Type II? what about TPACK? do you need it and why or why not?
 * Class 4
 * 1) how was Step 7? Who did you pick?
 * 2) classroom management table of contents finalized
 * 3) talk about going to the reference area; what new items do we need?
 * 4) what are the connections between chapters? are there good pairings?
 * 5) your task for you and your partner(s) by last Wed. of module 1
 * 6) interview with educational expert that you admire (due at beg. of module 2)
 * 7) finding a cool tool OR make an iBook for your textbook chapter (but don't use wikispaces)
 * 8) selecting partners--can't be same concentration, can't be MEL partner
 * 9) brief intro to student sample (yours is due in 1 week)
 * 10) [|What It Is, Hamlet]
 * 11) [|Pirate Prezi -- why is this Type II?]
 * 12) taking good notes while you make the student sample (the Process section of your WebQuest)
 * 13) housekeeping
 * 14) iPracticum site -- need notetakers for each content area team to upload
 * 15) postcards from Orientation
 * 16) CM Textbook Chapter: team names needed and "list of topics" based on yellow stickies and your own thoughts (I will use it as a checklist but it doesn't have to be published as part of your textbook)
 * 17) [|laptop check with Dr. Theresa]
 * 18) if you and your MEL partner are thinking of a digital story, be sure and talk to Dr. Theresa || * [|Step 5 of the MEL WebQuest](there's a blog entry that goes with this)
 * [|Step 7 of the MEL WebQuest](there's a blog entry that goes with this)
 * go to reference section of library and look through the table of contents for 2 different CM textbooks; flip through the pages of one and glance at headings; make a list of items that we missed that should be included in our CM textbook

//[|(WIP: Step 6 of the MEL WebQuest--your presentation)]// //(WIP: CM textbook chapter)// //(look ahead at Wednesday's homework)// || W Oct. 17 || # diversity conference on Friday
 * Class 5
 * 1) feedback sandwich
 * 2) judge numbers
 * 3) MEL presentations
 * 4) starting your glossary
 * 5) time to work on CM textbook with partner and/or work on student sample
 * 6) if time: exit ticket (MEL reflection) || * MEL presentation ready to go and linked to artifacts wiki (Step 6)
 * bring a printout of any visible text from your MEL presentation to turn in to Dr. Theresa right before it's your turn to present

//(WIP: student sample)// //(WIP: CM textbook chapter)// || F Oct. 19 || # [|MEL conclusion] and feedback
 * Class 6
 * 1) how to use feedback to improve work (if you want) without totally re-doing the projects; what if partner doesn't want to?
 * 2) more about feedback sandwiches
 * 3) [|conjunctions] and [|conjuctive adverbs] in feedback
 * 4) avoiding I love, I like, I thought, I felt, . ..
 * 5) the difference between pointing out an area that could use improvement and telling someone how to improve it
 * 6) [[file:Screen Shot 2012-10-15 at 1.50.55 PM.png|visual overview of rest of semester]] (finally the new one)
 * 7) peer feedback on rubrics
 * 8) any Excel issues? do all the columns fit in one page across?
 * 9) ongoing edits on rubrics, especially as you finish your student sample; bring new & improved versions on Monday
 * 10) time on glossaries
 * 11) start your wiki; put URL on artifacts page when you get Mergatroy the Moose
 * 12) be sure to at least start your humor-related entries (#1-4)
 * 13) Pandora channel preference?
 * 14) time with CM teams; have a conversation with Dr. Theresa about CM Textbook Chapter "list of topics"
 * 15) exit ticket: multi-scales for CM and student sample
 * 16) diversity activity || * bring printouts of both your rubrics from Dr. Grace's class (the product and the presentation rubrics of your performance task)
 * post your "list of topics" for your Classroom Management Textbook Chapter to the artifacts page
 * complete [|the MEL reflection] (link on the bottom of the page doesn't work too well so look for a Word document version) and email it to Dr. Theresa (note, where it asks about the "contract" that is referring to the 2x2x20 paperwork you filled out with your partner before we started
 * pick one of these 3 technologies to explore for now (you'll get the other 2 later)--pick one that might help you with your performance task if you're still looking for a good technology
 * explore Maine Memory Network (there's a blog entry that goes with this)
 * explore Google Earth (there's a blog entry that goes with this)
 * explore Inspiration (you used it in class, now see what people are doing with it in the classroom; there's a blog entry that goes with this)

//(WIP: student sample)// //(WIP: CM textbook chapter)// || M Oct. 22 || # what kind of feedback would you like on your student sample?
 * Friday October 19 11:45-4:00 || Diversity Conference ||  ||
 * Class 7
 * 1) student sample presentations
 * 2) glossaries if time
 * 3) field trip to the photocopier in the Ed Center (to make copies of rubric feedback) || * Diversity Conference blog entry
 * student sample should be linked to class artifacts wiki
 * bring printouts of your 2 rubrics to class and turn them in to Dr. Theresa right before it's your turn to present
 * bring a printout of any visible text from your student sample to turn in to Dr. Theresa right before it's your turn to present

//(WIP: CM textbook chapter)// || W Oct. 24 || # [|NETS-T] and you (your student sample) F Oct. 26 || # Mission Possible: Digital Citizens
 * Class 8
 * 1) [|mobile access of the web news update]
 * 2) Classroom Management Textbook feedback by Wednesday teams for other Wednesday teams; time to work on chapter for Friday teams
 * 3) humor in the classroom
 * 4) irony, sarcasm, and kidding
 * 5) [|who is Victor Borge]
 * 6) article
 * 7) glossaries if time || * classroom management textbook chapters should be ready to go and linked to artifacts wiki for the Wednesday teams ||
 * Class 9
 * 1) relating Mission Possible to your CM presentations
 * 2) determine CM presentation sequence in module 2
 * 3) need to make CM chapters viewable by non-members; need team names
 * 4) how to give chapter feedback
 * 5) look at homework while in the field || * all final edits (based on feedback) should be made to CM Textbooks for Wednesday teams
 * classroom management textbook chapters should be ready to go and linked to artifacts wiki for the Friday teams
 * read chapter 6 ("Video") in the Wes Fryer digital text //Playing with Media;// explore at least 4 of the links in the chapter; write a blog entry listing the top 4 things you learned in this chapter (one or two sentences per numbered item is plenty). Then write a paragraph (just a few sentences are fine; feel free to write more) on how you might incorporate video in one or more of your lessons for your unit for Dr. Grace's class. Title the blog entry "Video Thoughts" and label is "TI." //(email Dr. Theresa before 7am today if you would need a Sunday at noon deadline for this chapter 6 reading and blog entry)//
 * Explore the other 2 technologies that you didn't explore earlier
 * explore Maine Memory Network (there's a blog entry that goes with this)
 * explore Google Earth (there's a blog entry that goes with this)
 * explore Inspiration (there's a blog entry that goes with this) ||


 * while in the field: || * interview an "educational expert" that you admire about the topic(s) of your classroom management textbook chapter; [|fill out the interview report]
 * get ready for a great Halloween by looking at [|Zombie apps]; this is just for fun and not required
 * any corrections, edits, improvements you want to make to blog entries or projects . . . when done, come see me in person to get work reassessed (office hours Monday 1:30-3:00 should work for your schedule or email me for an appointment) ||