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• Who are you?  Introduction and take digital pictures
• Course Norms and Expectations (Computer Competency requirement and proof, Syllabus, Food, Communication)
• Help in ACD 202 - Purchase a print card, log in
• Supplies: Storage solution, spiral notebook
• CTAP² Assessment
• Statement of own work
• 6:00 PM and 7:15 PM WebCT Presentation: Jennifer Nowotny

• CTAP assessment

• Email accounts set up Acd 202

• Letter of Introduction
• Supplies: print card, storage, spiral
• Signup for ISTE Account

ISTE Journal 1

Computer Technology 101 by Turner

Registration not needed

• Login issues - should be solved
• Setup folders on storage device
  • Windows Explorer Basics
• Saving - Birdr_letter.doc (save to storage device)
• Portfolio - http://www.csusm.edu/COE/ePortfolio.htm

• Backflip Sign up Handout: Go to handout section of WebCT

• Backflip

• Internet Activity Assignment

ISTE Journal 2

 “Standards for a Modern World: Preparing Students for Their Future” by Lemke

Registration needed

• Storage Solution
• Spiral Notebook
• Letter of Introduction Emailed to me using your CSUSM email
• ISTE Account
• CTAP² Chart

• Choose a date for your Position Paper Assignment Send me an email with your request.  First come first serve.

Activities:

• Follow this link to Netiquette - with a partner divide the article up.  Each of you take 4 paragraphs.  After reading the paragraphs take turns summarizing and reflecting on each section
• Portfolio - http://www.csusm.edu/COE/ePortfolio.htm
• Windows Explorer Basics
• Browser Basics
  • Back, Forward, Refresh, Home (internet options), Stop, Print, Little down arrow
  • Edit find feature,
  • File> send page as
    File> new window (control N)
    What can you tell from a URL? (edu, gov, com org, us, au, uk)
    Entering the url, copy & paste or type it in
  • View> text and source
• Internet Activity  

• Position Paper Assignment:
• Library Orientation
  • Gabriela Sonntag
    Coordinator, Information Literacy Program
    California State University San Marcos
    San Marcos, CA 92096-0001
    TE: (760)-750-4356
    FAX: (760)750-3287
    gsg@csusm.edu

ISTE Journal 4 “Electronic Editing: Taking Advantage of Built-in Tools to Improve Student Writing” by Zeitz & “Choosing the Right Books for Struggling Readers” by Johnson

• Review what we are working on:
  • Position Paper Assignment
    • Post modify Precis on Classroom Discussion
  • Reading assignment journal
  • Internet Activity
• Subscribe to Blue Web'n free weekly updates:  Incredible resource of websites for educators.  Add this site to your backflip.

• PowerPoint Introduction

• PowerPoint Guidelines for our presentation:

  • Identify and define the issue - 1 slide
  • Clearly state your position - 1 slide
  • Give reasons and examples to support your position - 1 or 2 slides
  • In your conclusion summarize keys points and explain what you think should be done - 1 or 2 slides

ISTE Journal 5

“Too Few Computers and Too Many Kids: What Can I Do? By Bedient

• 10 minutes to read and respond to Position Papers in class discussion area.
• Checking your Grade
• Newspaper-Newsletter Writing
• Microsoft Word Directions
• Equation Editor: One of my greatest discoveries
• Office Tutorial
• Assignment:
  • Make beginning of the year newsletter to introduce yourself to your students and their parents.  Use a 2-3 column format with several kinds of graphics.  Incorporate the use of the lines, auto-shapes and watermark as well.  See rubric. (NOTE: to receive full credit for this assignment your newsletter must be at least 2 pages long.)
  • In Word, write a short reflection of your experience in creating this newsletter, including what you learned and what you might do next time.  Include ideas for other uses for this type of document
• Sample of the Assignment
• Newsletter Grading Rubric
• Teacher Clip Art
• Email me the PowerPoint Presentations before your night.  That way we won't have to keep changing out the disc.

• Make beginning of the year newsletter to introduce yourself to your students and their parents.  Use a 2-3 column format with several kinds of graphics.  Incorporate the use of the lines, auto-shapes and watermark as well.  See rubric. (NOTE: to receive full credit for this assignment your newsletter must be at least 2 pages long.)
• In Word, write a short reflection of your experience in creating this newsletter, including what you learned and what you might do next time.  Include ideas for other uses for this type of document. Due Thursday 6/19
• Finish Reading assignment for week 3 either on the class discussion area or in your journal.

ISTE Journal 6

“Digital Desperation: Reports on a Growing Technology and Equity Crisis” by Robler & “Forever Changed” by Hubbard

• Presentation Rubric
• Presentations Tonight:
  • Joseph Worth
    Interactive Games
  • Greg Gauthier
    Learning Styles
  • Julie Spanier
    Technology Coordinators
  • Jessica Hood
    Learning Styles
   

• PowerPoint and Producer
• My test (to see if I could do it)
• Work on Newsletter
• Start Reading assignment for week 4 and 5
• Finish "Beginning of the year newsletter" turn in hard copy Thursday 6/19
• Finish Position Paper and send me your PowerPoint before the night you present.  Hard copy of Position Paper is due on Tuesday 6/24
• Bring a set of stereo headphones to Thursday's class.

ISTE Journal 7

“Find the Best Software: Using Bloom's Taxonomy and Multiple Intelligences to Select and Use Software” by McKenzie

• Turn in a hard copy of "Beginning of the year newsletter" and reflection
• Presentations Tonight: Rubric
  • Scott Sutherland
    Computer Viruses
  • Aislynn Alifano
    Instant Messaging
  • Linda Mathews
    Word Processing
  • TERESA GRASSO
    Power of the internet
  • Cori McDonald
    Multimedia Realism
    Dealing with tragedy
  • James Johnson
    Software Piracy
• Please respond to the presenters Position Paper summary on the class website.

• Reading assignment for week 4 and 5, post response to the Chapter 3 discussion area at the top of the class website
• Finish Position Paper and send me your PowerPoint before the night you present.  Hard copy of Position Paper is due on Tuesday 6/24

ISTE Journal 8

“In Search of Appropriate Usage Guidelines” by McNabb

• Presentations Tonight: Rubric
  • Jennifer Rogers
    Net Censoring
  • Souphasone Boutsaboualoy
    Use of email at School
  • Lynn Warnemuende
    Digital Divide
  • Lauren Wezelman
    School Violence
  • Arlene Grabau
    Integrating the Internet
  • Liz Carillo
    Evaluating Internet
    Resources

• Reading assignment for week 4 and 5, post response to the Chapter 3 discussion area at the top of the class website
• Work on Virtual class assignment for Thursday

Teacher Vision Journal 9:

Creating Rubrics

• Read Electronic Plagiarism Seminar.  
• Complete this Don't Be a Copy-Cat Student Activity and turn in a hard copy next class meeting.
• Copyright Bay  Take these tutorials and quizzes that accompany each section listed below for Copyright Bay.  Make a summarizing comment on each of the 6 areas.  Hand in a word-processed hard copy next class meeting. (This is approximately 6-12 sentences only, total.)
  • Background Beach to find out a little history of copyright and fair use, and why they are important to educators.
  • Multimedia Wharf to find out about your fair use privileges in the creation of multimedia.
  • Single Copying Inlet to find out about your fair use privileges in making copies of print materials for scholastic purposes.
  • Cove of Multiple Copies to find out about your fair use privileges in making copies for students.
  • Audio Visual Lagoon to find out the fair use and performance of videos and other media in the educational setting.
  • Dist-Ed Point to find out about copyright issues and distance education (as opposed to face-to-face teaching).

• Assignments listed in Lesson plan
• Reading assignment for week 4 and 5, post response to the Chapter 3 discussion area at the top of the class website

ISTE Journal 10:

Organizing Data for Whole-Class Use

• Collect Virtual Class Assignments
• Blue Web'n News
• Trick of the day:  Word Auto-correct
• PowerPoint Tricks
• Midterm Scavenger Hunt

Create a PowerPoint project that teaches something, made as a presentation tool or a student project.  Use the Content Standards for California  to match your project to a grade level.  

• The Minimum Technology Requirements are: 15 slides, 10 graphics, 2 transitions, 2 sounds.
• Print a copy of your presentation   (Print "handouts 9 per page" is best.) On the hard copy make brief notes on where you have put animations, transitions and sounds, in case I am not able to view your presentation to your group.  
• You will need a digital version of the presentation because you will be presenting this to a group of classmates on Tuesday July 8th.  Please save it (careful of the size) zip disk, thumb drive or link to a website. DO NOT EMAIL IT TO ME.  I will not pick up a digital copy, but you will need it for your portfolio.
• Write a short reflection on your project including what you learned in doing this.  How you may use this program with students, and what standard(s) and grade level you are addressing. 

ISTE Journal 11:

Technology Integration Activities and Multimedia

• Turn in Journal
• Take Midterm Scavenger Hunt

ISTE Journal 12

Digital Video in the Classroom

• Work On PowerPoint
• 6:45: Presentation to small group
• Turn in printed handouts

• Introduction to Spreadsheets
  • Basics:  Data entry
  • What I know: Making graphs from data collection
  • What do you know?  Lets Share
• The Dream Classroom Assignment

• Earthworm Excel  Activity
• National Geographic Grant Program
• Work on Dream Classroom Assignment Due Thursday
• Inspiration - Kidspiration: 7:00 - 7:45 in University 272
  • The power of graphic organizers and mind mapping.
  • Inspiration Templates
  • See samples of Inspiration / Kidspiration Projects
  • Overview of the programs
  • Click on the following links to download a trial version of Kidspiration or Inspiration. Be sure to take advantage of the Quick Start Tutorials available for each program on the download pages.
    • Inspiration Tutorial
    • Inspiration templates
    • Short Kidspiration Tutorial
    • Kidspiration Tutorial from Eau Claire Schools, very complete

• Finish Dream Classroom Assignment
• Work on Inspiration Project Due Tuesday 7/22
• Send me your Earthworm Excel File with Graph

• Turn in Dream Classroom Assignment
• Filamentality  Assignment

• Work on Inspiration Project Due Tuesday 7/22
• Finish Week 8 (Chapter 6) Reading Assignment
• Work on Filamentality  Assignment Due Thursday 7/24
• Send me your Earthworm Excel File with Graph

• Turn in Inspiration Project
• Sign up for Geocities
• Cyber Classroom Activity

• Turn in Filamentality  Assignment
• Teacher Webpage

• Portfolio Assignment

• Turn in Reading Journal
• FrontPage and geocities
• Work on Portfolio Assignment and Teacher Webpage

• I - SAFE Presentation: University 272

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• On your own:

• Using Video in Teaching and Learning

• Types of video:

  • Motivational: Hunger Video
    • This was used with the leadership class at Mesa Verde Middle School to promote the Food Drive on campus Hunger Video Les Reich is our computer tech and he worked with the class to produce the video
  • Informative:  Locker room video
    • This is one of the incoming 6th graders (and parents) worst fears.  This video was designed to show them the locker room and some of the routines.
  • Instructional: Moving Grades to the your website
    • This is a video that I made after trying to train people on the specific steps it takes to move their grades to their website.  I wasn't getting bugged all day about little steps, now I just send them to the video.

• Education Imovie Gallery

Review at least 3 different titles of educational software.  How?

• You may want to go on campus to look at KidPix, or other software within the College of Education in the MAC lab in UH 360 (You can log in as <hogan student>, password <teach>)
• You can use educational software that you have bought or have access to at another school
• You can go to the Joe Rindone Center at the SD County Office of Education to preview some software (older titles)
• You can go to this site to find some free downloads and access to paid subscription software- Free Trial Downloads.

Interact with the software until you feel very comfortable with it.  

Evaluate each of the 3 pieces of software, Using this form from Kathy Schrock's website.(Kathy Schrock is an acknowledged tech goddess.)  These 3 evaluations will be due in hardcopy at our next class meeting.  Save digital copies for your portfolio.  (Fill in as much of the beginning info as possible, and then write at least a meaty paragraph under "Other Thoughts".

• Turn in Video Reflection
• Turn in Software Evaluations
• Portfolio Assignment Work
• Teacher Webpage address emailed to the instructor, that's me. 

• Turn in Portfolio
• Work on Teacher Webpage
• Group Hug
• Class evaluations