Agendas

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Class 1 || # Making a Name Plate Class 2 || # Sharing Research Articles Class 3 || # Planning a Publication to Explain Projects (Module 1) Class 5 || # (Module 2 continued--slides 12-22) Class 6 || # (Module 3--slides 1-9) Class 7 || # Modeling and Teaching Legal and Ethical Practice Related to Technology Use Class 8 || //(No Fooling! We still have class today.)// Class 9 || # (Module 4B--slides 10-16) Class 10 || //Happy Tax Day// Class 11 || # (Module 6A--Slides 5-11) Class 12 || # Details about the Showcase and final product (see pp. 8.09-8.11) Class 13 || # Module 8
 * **--Class Date--** || **--What We Will Do In Class Today--** || **--What You Need To Have Completed Before Class Today--** ||
 * T 1/22
 * 1) Taking Care of Details
 * 2) backup strategies
 * 3) what browser is used in school? why?
 * 4) sign up for a blog account at blogger.com
 * 5) quick reflection on blogging
 * 6) take your photo using your iSight camera, modify it in PhotoBooth if you want (or if time permits), add the photo to your blog profile
 * 7) sign up for a del.icio.us account
 * 8) Getting Started with the Essentials Course (Module 1)
 * 9) Signing up for 1 to 1 Research Articles || * no homework yet :-) ||
 * T 1/29
 * 1) Examining Good Instructional Design (Module 1)
 * 2) Looking at Projects (Module 1)
 * 3) Developing Curriculum-Framing Questions to Engage Students (Module 2) || * Bring ideas for your unit topic and any resources that will help you create the unit
 * Be prepared to share the findings of your articles and how each could be useful to you and your colleagues
 * set up an account at http://del.icio.us
 * set up an account at http://wikispaces.com ||
 * T 2/5 || S N O W - - D A Y ||
 * T 2/12
 * 1) Creating a Publication (Module 1)
 * 2) Reflecting on Learning (Module 1) || * Finalize your unit topic
 * Tackle your Curriculum Framing Questions ||
 * || **//Winter Break 2/18-2/22 - - No Class T 2/19//** ||  ||
 * T 2/26 || Snow Day :-( || * Finish and print your publication
 * Finish blog entry from the section "Reflection on Learning" page 1.30. Title the blog entry, "Module 1."
 * Finish your answers on "Planning Ahead" 1.31-1.34 -- add a question to the list if it's appropriate for your situation: "How will I take advantage of every student's having access to a laptop?" ||
 * T 3/4 Class 4 via Skype || # Sharing Publications to Explain Projects
 * 1) Quick review: pages 1.13-1.15, 1.20-1.21
 * 2) (Module 2--slides 1-14)[| Intel_Teach_Essentials_PT_Module2.ppt]
 * 3) Addressing Standards ||   ||
 * T 3/11
 * 1) Considering Multiple Methods of Assessment
 * 2) Broadening Understanding of Essential Questions
 * 3) Creating an Assessment to Gauge Student Needs
 * 4) Reflecting on Learning
 * 5) Reviewing Standards and Objectives
 * 6) Looking Ahead at Research Projects
 * 7) Photo Booth || * Read ahead -- finish reading Module 2. Don't do the activities, just be familiar with the content. ||
 * T 3/18
 * 1) Sharing Presentations to Gauge Student Needs
 * 2) Pedagogical Practices
 * 3) Targeting 21st Century Skills || * Read ahead -- read Module 3. Don't do the activities, just be familiar with the content.
 * Add a photo of yourself to the artifacts page (try using Photo Booth to take a fun one, but make sure you are somewhatly recognizable)
 * Finish your pre-assessment tool that you're making using PowerPoint or KeyNote
 * Finish your blog entry for the end of Module 2 ||
 * T 3/25
 * 1) (Module 3B--slides 10-18)
 * 2) Using the Internet for Research
 * 3) Communicating with the World through the Internet
 * 4) Considering Web-based Collaborative Learning
 * 5) Using an Online Collaborative Site to Share Ideas
 * 6) Reflecting on Learning
 * 7) Planning Ahead: Incorporating the Internet || * Do Research Project #2 (Horizon Report or TPACK block entry)
 * Answer questions 2-5 on page 3.03
 * Take the 6-question Copyright Quiz located in the Module 3, Activity 2 folder on the CD; bring your questions, concerns, amazements, anger, and confusion on the topic to class ||
 * T 4/1
 * 1) (Module 4A--slides 5-10)
 * 2) Share: Incorporating the Internet into Units
 * 3) Ensuring Safe and Responsible Use of the Internet
 * 4) Examining Student Samples
 * 5) Planning Your Student Sample || * Read ahead -- read Module 4. Don't do the activities, just be familiar with the content. ||
 * T 4/8
 * 1) Looking at Learning from a Student Perspective
 * 2) Revisiting the Unit Plan
 * 3) Reflecting on Learning
 * 4) Reflecting on Your Student Sample
 * 5) Reviewing Your Standards and Objectives || * Finalize what you want your student sample to be. We will spend an hour and 45 minutes in class creating it. If you think yours will take longer than 1:45, start before you come to class so you can finish it in class.
 * Read ahead -- reading Module 5. Don't do the activities, just be familiar with the content. ||
 * T 4/15
 * 1) (Module 5A--slides 5-9)
 * 2) Sharing Your Student Sample for Early Feedback
 * 3) Involving Students in the Assessment Process
 * 4) Examining Assessment Strategies
 * 5) Creating Student Assessments || * Finish your student sample. We will share them with each other in today's class.
 * Finish the "Instructional Procedures" section of your unit plan (see pg. 4.15 for details)
 * Finish "Reflecting on my Learning" (pg 4.16-4.17)
 * Do pg 4.18-4.20 ||
 * || **//Spring Break 4/21-4/25//**--**//No Class T 4/22//** ||  ||
 * T 4/29
 * 1) Sharing Student Samples and Assessments
 * 2) Helping Students Adapt to a Project-Based, Student-Centered Classroom
 * 3) Creating Accommodations for All Learners
 * 4) Supporting Student Self-Direction
 * 5) (Module 6B--slides 12-18)
 * 6) Creating Support Materials to Facilitate Student Success
 * 7) Revisiting the Unit Plan
 * 8) Reflecting on Learning
 * 9) Pre-planning Facilitation Materials || * Read ahead -- read Module 6. Don't do the activities, just be familiar with the content.
 * Read [|The Blueberry Story]
 * Finish Module 5
 * Modify your student sample if needed (based on feedback from peer) or if wanted (based on self-fedback)
 * Create a first draft of your project assessment
 * Do Module 5 blog entry 5.17
 * Review your student sample and assessment (5.18-5.19) ||
 * T 5/6
 * 1) Module 7
 * 2) Sharing Facilitation Resource Ideas
 * 3) Using Questioning to Promote Higher-Order Thinking and Engage Students
 * 4) Using Technology to Support Facilitation
 * 5) Designing Facilitation Resources
 * 6) Creating Facilitation Materials
 * 7) Creating an Implementation Plan
 * 8) Revisiting the Unit Plan
 * 9) Reflecting on Your Unit as a Whole
 * 10) Reflecting on Your Learning
 * 11) Revising Your Unit Portfolio
 * 12) Locating Internet Resources for Educators || * Read ahead -- read Module 7. Don't do the activities, just be familiar with the content.
 * Do pages 6.18 through 6.23 which includes revisiting your Unit Plan, a blog entry (Reflecting on My Learning), and doing some pre-planning for the next module. The first thing we do in today's class is share answers from pages 6.22 - 6.23, so be ready.
 * Finish your student support resource.
 * Finish your assessment to foster self-direction. ||
 * T 5/13
 * 1) Teaching and Managing Students in a Technology-Enhanced Environment
 * 2) Managing Technology in the Classroom
 * 3) Planning a Showcase
 * 4) Showcasing Unit Portfolios!
 * 5) [|Evaluating the Course (Intel version)]
 * 6) Class ID: 19499
 * 7) MT UserID: TOVERAL
 * 8) Evaluating the Course (UMF version)
 * 9) Concluding the Course || * Finish everything in Module 7 including:
 * Reflecting on my Learning (7.21)
 * Planning Ahead (p. 7.22-7.25)
 * Read ahead -- read Module 8. Don't do the activities, just be familiar with the content.
 * Bring food to share for our celebration ||