Weekly Classes

Class Meetings: March 9, 16, 23, 30, April 13, 20, 27

March 9th
• Introduction Activity: Technology, A Love, Hate Relationship
• Hands-On Technology: SMART Responders
• Videos: Epic 2014, Did you know? 2.0 & Did You Know 4.0
• Overview of Syllabus and Assignments
• Technology Standards: ISTE NETS for Teachers & Students
• Social Bookmarking: Create Delicious Account
• Introduction to Web 2.0 Tools
• Literature Reviews & Work Logs: Google Blog Format
• Feed Reader, RSS Reader, Aggregator: Google Reader
• Citing Sources: Citation Machine
• Final Project: Quick Overview
• Technology Utilization Time
• Closure

March 16th
• Introduction Activity: Plugged and Unplugged
• Review Google Blog Format & Posting
• Blog Activity: Tell Me More
• Citing Sources: Citation Machine
• Videos: Commoncraft RSS, Blogs & Social Bookmarking
• Social Bookmarking: Create Delicious Account
• Feed Reader, RSS Reader, Aggregator: Google Reader
• Web 2.0 Tools: Play Time
• Hands-On Technology: SMART Boards
• Final Project: Quick Overview
• Closure

March 23rd
• Introduction Activity: Where in the World?
• News and Announcements
• Hands-On Technology: Document Camera
• RSS for Educators, Inspiration™ & Book Talk
• Videos: Commoncraft Wikis & Podcasting
• Podcasting: Education Podcast Network, etc.
• Wiki: 1000s Wiki Project Exploration
• ISTE Wikispaces Exploration
• Feed Reader, RSS Reader, Aggregator: Google Reader
• Web 2.0 Tools: Play Time (Google Reader, Podcasts, Wikis, etc.)
• Closure

March 30th
• Introduction Activity: Which ISTE NETS are you?
• News and Announcements
• ISTE NETS of the Week
• Blog Activity: Tell Me More
• Hands-On Technology: Google Tools, Inspiration™ and Scratch
• Exploration: Technology Integration Rubrics
• Structured Work Time: Initial Technology Integration Planning (Inspiration™)
• Leftovers: 1000s Wiki Project Exploration, ISTE Wikispaces, Google Reader, Podcasts
• Closure

April 13th
• Introduction Activity: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Technology
• News and Announcements
• Structured Work Time: technology integration project (rubric and integration plan)
• ISTE NETS of the Week
• Book Talk: Disrupting Education (Christiansen et al., 2008)
• Closure

April 20th
• Introduction Activity: This Week in Technology
• ISTE NETS of the Week
• Tell Me More: Last journal and work response!
• News and Announcements
• Guided Work: eFolio
o Logging in
o Resources, Showcase
o To Do, New Content, Define Details
• Structured Work Time: eFolio or technology integration project (assessment and integration plan)
• Closure

April 27th
• Introduction Activity: Sound of Technology
• News and Announcements
• Final Project Presentations (5-10 minutes including discussion)
• Loose Ends & Unfinished Business
• Class Evaluations
• Closure: So Long, Farewell