Block1Agenda

toc //- - - a work in progress - - - check back often - - -//  =Orientation Weeks= Project(s): MEL digital product (1/2 class for each Block) || # index card activity (1/2 class for each Block) || # collect entry forms (1/2 class for each Block) || # blog check-up (1/2 class for each Block) || # project files vs. product files Full class for Block 1 only || # judge MEL products
 * **--Date--** || **--What we will do in class today--** || **--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--** ||
 * W 9/3 || Practicum Orientation || * bring a postcard ||
 * Th 9/4
 * 1) review syllabus
 * 2) discuss Fires and why it's a text
 * 3) talk about blogs
 * 4) look at [|MEL WebQuest]
 * 5) hand out "entry forms" ||   ||
 * F 9/5
 * 1) issue with small DVDs
 * 2) what's your backup strategy?
 * 3) how blog entries are graded
 * 4) hand out Type I and Type II printout
 * 5) MEL partners announced
 * 6) using tabs in Firefox
 * 7) take survey || * read Introduction, Preface, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2 from //Fires in the Bathroom//
 * do steps 1, 2, and 3 of the MEL WebQuest (if you're having blog problems, save the graphic and write your text in a Word document and email them to me before class)
 * bring your completed entry form ||
 * M 9/8
 * 1) note new office hours
 * 2) do Step 6 (part 1) of MEL WebQuest--fill out forms
 * 3) MEL rubric; questions on what the MEL model is? what it means?
 * 4) digital stories and the rubric
 * 5) Airset
 * 6) del.icio.us || * write QR for Chapters 1 and 2 of //Fires//
 * do steps 4 and 5 of the MEL WebQuest
 * look ahead at step 7; feel free to start early ||
 * W 9/10
 * 1) how and where to upload
 * 2) add blog URL to class artifact page when Mergatroy the Moose gets to you
 * 3) talk about tomorrow when you present your MEL project for judging
 * 4) Q&A on MEL project || * work on your MEL product ||
 * Th 9/11
 * 1) your blogs so far . . . what constitutes "on time", getting the titles right, making your labels visible, screening comments, making paragraphs
 * 2) Fires in the Bathroom assignment while you're in the schools
 * 3) MEL reflection
 * 4) [[file:MEL Reflections.doc]] || * do Step 7 (part 1) of MEL WebQuest
 * bring a printout of the text of your MEL project (script/ transcript/ printout of Comic Life, . . . black and white is fine)
 * bring headphones so you can listen to MEL productions as you judge
 * MEL presentations must be finished and uploaded to artifacts wiki before class ||

=Module 1=   back to top Projects: WebQuest Part 1 (text), Student Sample including Rubrics (product and presentation), Team Presentations

Ed. Ctr. 112 || # Team Presentation #1 1:00-2:20 Ed. Ctr. 006 || # (Dr. Theresa, bring your laptop) > homework due first Monday of Module 2:
 * **--Date--** || **--What we will do in class today--** || **--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--** ||
 * M 10/6 || # Welcome to Module 1!
 * 1) Team Presentation
 * 2) sign up for team preferences
 * 3) determine make-up day & time for 10/13
 * 4) introduction to WebQuests
 * 5) Resources & Process sections--sometimes combined; sometimes not
 * 6) .docx vs. .doc
 * 7) what is "a digital presence" for your Team Presentation?
 * 8) meet with your team
 * 9) any special needs for team presentations? (assign homework? presentation order? different location? . . . ) || * read the rest of //Fires in the Bathroom// and write a QR for each chapter (8 more blog entries, one each for chapters 3-10) ||
 * W 10/8 || # handback MEL productions feedback
 * 1) hand in WebQuest reviews
 * 2) discuss copyright and fair use
 * 3) refining your audience and presentation setting
 * 4) refining your delicious account
 * 5) [|resources for team presentations]
 * 6) Firefox for blogs and wikis
 * 7) resources for your team presentation (to be linked after Dr. Theresa shows you some delicious features)
 * 8) does your team have any special requests?
 * 9) reminder about digital story
 * 10) time with your team || * finish 6 WebQuest reviews
 * copyright and fair use
 * research your Team Presentation topic and plan your presentation ||
 * F 10/10 || # collect model releases
 * 1) what is html
 * 2) upload your index page to your UMF public folder
 * 3) brief intro to student sample
 * 4) does your team have any special requests?
 * 5) time with your team || * (work on Team Presentation)
 * Helping Others Learn About Computers blog entry
 * [|model_release.pdf --]print it out and either fill it in and sign it OR write your name on the bottom and write that you do not give permission. If you've already filled one out for UMF, write me a note that says you did and tell who you turned it in to. ||
 * M 10/13 || No School Today ||  ||
 * T 10/14 1:00-2:20
 * 1) is your name on the UMF student website list?
 * 2) quick revisit to LOL
 * 3) Intel CDs || * homework as assigned by teams
 * your Team Presentation should be ready to go! ||
 * W 10/15 || # Team Presentation #2
 * 1) another look at Type I and Type II with input from the experts (you)
 * 2) [|21st Century Skills]--what are they?
 * 3) [|TypeITypeII.doc]
 * 4) posting your WebQuest text on the class wiki--GRASPS, intro, task and conclusion
 * 5) discuss upcoming assignments and homework
 * 6) discuss/review products & student sample || * (work on student sample)
 * (work on rubrics)
 * bring printouts of your 2 rubrics to class ||
 * Th 10/16
 * 1) Team Presentations #3 and #4 || * bring your laptop!
 * your Team Presentation should be ready to go! ||
 * F 10/17 || # collect team presentation self-evals
 * 1) powerful rubrics -- peer feedback (rescheduled from Wednesday)
 * 2) diversity activity
 * 3) using the discussion area of wikis
 * 4) work on student samples and rubrics || * ( work on student sample and 2 rubrics)
 * bring your filled-out (please type it in Word and then print it out) self-evaluation on your Team Presentation ||
 * M 10/20 || # debrief on team presentations--hand back team presentation feedback
 * 1)  working on YOUR rubrics
 * 2) how to fit your rubric in one page
 * 3) contributing to the class wiki about WebQuests
 * 4) WebQuest text || * (work on student sample) ||
 * W 10/22 || # student sample presentations || * student sample and 2 rubrics
 * bring printouts of your 2 rubrics to class and turn in to Dr. Theresa right before it's your turn to present
 * bring a printout of your student sample if it's a wiki, e-book, Comic Life, etc; bring a transcript of your student sample if it's an iMovie, GarageBand, etc.
 * finish WebQuest text on class artifact wiki
 * finish your contribution to the class wiki about WebQuests ||
 * F 10/24 || Happy Last Day of Module 1
 * 1) last student sample
 * 2) using discussion section of wiki
 * 3) WebQuest text peer feedback
 * 4) revisiting student samples, rubrics, and WebQuest texts -- works in progress
 * 5) review room arrangement assignment to do while in the classroom (follow-up to Chapter 1)
 * 6) chapter 2 debriefing and intro to next assignment
 * 7) sign up for Classroom Management teams
 * 8) review Classroom Management Chapter project and what to do while in the classroom
 * 9) what to expect in module 2 || * read chapter 1 of Classroom Management textbook
 * do double highlighter exercise of chapter 2 of Classroom Management textbook
 * "new and improved" WebQuest text (in a Word document) uploaded to TK20 by Monday at 10am
 * Classroom Arrangement Activity

Deadline for visiting with Dr. Theresa with "tweaks" of your student sample (if you have any and want it re-graded): Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2009 by 3:30pm =Module 2= Projects: Classroom Management Lessons, Classroom Management Textbook Chapters, WebQuests Part 2, Digital Stories
 * **--Date--** || **--What we will do in class today--** || **--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--** ||
 * M 11/17 || # How long does it take to make a WebQuest? (click on "Hours spent" on the left panel) Don't panic . . . look how much you've already done in Dr. Grace's class! :-)[| http://webquest.sdsu.edu/NECC2005/]
 * 1) finding and evaluating Internet resources
 * 2) is your name on the student website list?
 * 3) another look at classroom management  assignment
 * 4) look at homework for next class || * room arrangement assignment
 * (work on classroom management presentation & textbook chapters) ||
 * W 11/19 || # there is no Maine Memory Network alternative assignment
 * 1) another look at digital storytelling
 * 2) writing the process section of your WebQuest
 * 3) Look at the [|MEL WebQuest] and sample WebQuests from prior semesters to get ideas for your layout and design
 * 4) introduction to Nvu
 * 5) building your WebQuest webpage(s)
 * 6) look at WebQuest resources || * download Nvu if you're using your laptop for building your WebQuest
 * gather resources (graphics and good websites) for your WebQuest
 * make sure your completed evaluation page of the Internet source that we did in class is uploaded to the artifacts wiki
 * (work on classroom management presentation & textbook chapters) ||
 * F 11/21 || # concerns/questions about CM and DS? is there any homework or pre-assessments you want given to class for your CM? look at schedule
 * 1) check out this new [|Google search tool]
 * 2) storytlr
 * 3) peer feedback on process section
 * 4) look at WebQuest resources
 * 5) uploading your WebQuest pages to the Internet || * look at sample WebQuests from prior semesters and the [|MEL WebQuest] to get ideas for how write the process section
 * using your knowledge of the teaching and learning sequence from Dr. Grace's class and what you've seen in good samples, write your process section
 * bring a printout of the process section of your WebQuest
 * (work on classroom management presentation & textbook chapters) ||
 * || H A P P Y _ T H A N K S G I V I N G ! ! ||  ||
 * M 12/1 || # don't forget portfolios are this week
 * 1) share WebQuests
 * 2) compressing files
 * 3) uploading your WebQuest to TK20
 * 4) random selection for who presents their classroom management presentation on which day || * upload WebQuest to TK20 (compressed file as an attachment AND the link in the text of your message) by midnight Monday
 * complete the WebQuest self-evaluation and upload it with your WebQuest to TK20 (yes, it's possible to have more than one attachment to an assignment in TK20)
 * bring a printout of your completed WebQuest self-evaluation to class
 * have your classroom management textbook chapter (wiki) finished ||
 * W 12/3 || # 2 classroom management presentations
 * 1) simulations and intro to simMentoring || * classroom management presentation should be ready ||
 * F 12/5 || # 2 classroom management presentations || * (is your digital story ready for next Wednesday?) ||
 * M 12/8 || # 2 classroom management presentations
 * 1) fill out classroom management self-evaluation and slide a printout under my door by 8:00am tomorrow (before Dr. Grace's class)
 * 2) edit your UMF Website index page || * (is your digital story ready for next Wednesday?) ||
 * W 12/10 || # "best of" digital story presentations
 * 1) backup weather plan for Friday if needed
 * 2) your social networking policy as a teacher
 * 3) concerns from classroom management self-evaluations
 * 4) simMentoring
 * 5) http://iittl.unt.edu/IITTL/fipse/simMentoring_web/resources.html
 * 6) http://simschool.org/ || * fill out classroom management self-evaluation and slide a printout under my door by 8:00am Tuesday (before Dr. Grace's class)
 * decide what digital story you're going to share (it should be one you've already presented for a previous assignment unless you got special permission to do a different one) and have it posted to the artifacts wiki ||
 * F 12/12 || # IF YOU HAVE A BORROWED UMF LAPTOP, PLEASE RETURN IT BEFORE CELEBRATION!
 * 1) surveys (both blocks)
 * 2) uploading to TK20 for archival sake
 * 3) 2 index card questions
 * 4) UMF evaluations || * send email about your computer hardware ||