Block2Agenda

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
 * **--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) look at [|MEL WebQuest]
 * 4) hand out "entry forms" ||   ||
 * F 9/5
 * 1) issue with small DVDs
 * 2) what's your backup strategy?
 * 3) talk about blogs and 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 (skip the blog part for now, but save the graphic and write your text in a Word document and have them ready for class)
 * bring your completed entry form ||
 * M 9/8 (1/2 class for each Block) || # blog check-up
 * 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//
 * finish step 1 of the MEL WebQuest -- do your blog entry
 * do steps 4 and 5 of the MEL WebQuest
 * look ahead at step 7; feel free to start early ||
 * W 9/10 (1/2 class for each Block) || # project files vs. product files
 * 1) how and where to upload
 * 2) add blog URL to class artifact page when Mergatroy the Moose gets to you
 * 3) talk about Friday when you present your MEL project for judging
 * 4) Q&A on MEL project || * work on your MEL product ||
 * F 9/12 Full class for Block 2 only || # judge MEL products
 * 1) your blogs so far . . . what constitutes "on time", getting the titles right, making your labels visible, screening comments, making paragraphs
 * 2) MEL evaluation (watch your email)
 * 3) discuss team presentations
 * 4) sign up for choices
 * 5) put a citation for //Fires// on your blog sidebar
 * 6) start the copyright and fair use homework
 * 7) teams announced || * 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= Projects: WebQuest Part 1 (text), Student Sample including Rubrics (product and presentation), Team Presentations


 * **--Date--** || **--What we will do in class today--** || **--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--** ||
 * M 9/15 || # introduction to WebQuests
 * 1) Resources & Process sections--sometimes combined; sometimes not
 * 2) .docx vs. .doc
 * 3) what is "a digital presence" for your Team Presentation?
 * 4) meet with your team
 * 5) any special needs for team presentations? (assign homework? presentation order? different location? . . . ) || * copyright and fair use
 * start researching your Team Presentation topic ||
 * W 9/17 || # hand back MEL productions feedback
 * 1) hand in WebQuest reviews
 * 2) refining your audience and presentation setting
 * 3) refining your delicious account
 * 4) [|resources for your team presentation]
 * 5) time with your team
 * 6) [[file:model_release.pdf]] || * finish 6 WebQuest reviews
 * (work on Team Presentation) ||
 * F 9/19 || # what is html
 * 1) upload your index page to your UMF public folder
 * 2) brief intro to student sample
 * 3) time with your team || * (work on Team Presentation)
 * Helping Others Learn About Computers blog entry
 * MEL reflection paper emailed back to Dr. Theresa
 * [[file:MEL Reflections.doc]] ||
 * M 9/22 || # Team Presentations
 * 1) student samples & rubrics || * homework as assigned by teams
 * download the newest version of [|Google Earth] (if you have an old one, you need to upgrade)
 * your Team Presentation should be ready to go! ||
 * W 9/24 || # "teachable moments and current events" discussion
 * 1) 21st Century Skills
 * 2) another look at Type I and Type II [|TypeITypeII.doc]
 * 3) Last Team Presentation
 * 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 samples
 * 7) debrief on team presentations--Dr. Theresa additions || * (work on student sample)
 * (work on rubrics) ||
 * F 9/26 || # diversity activity
 * 1) Intel CDs
 * 2) is your name on the UMF student website list?
 * 3) peer feedback on WebQuest text || ( work on student sample and rubrics)
 * add your contributions to the WebQuest wikis
 * put your WebQuest text on the class artifacts wiki ||
 * M 9/29 || # using the discussion area of wikis
 * 1) assuming a common experience
 * 2) working on YOUR rubrics
 * 3) how to fit your rubric in one page
 * 4) work on student samples || * bring a printout of each of your 2 rubrics (performance and product) to class
 * (work on student sample) ||
 * W 10/1 || # 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 ||
 * F 10/3 || Happy Last Day of Module 1
 * 1) 5 more student sample presentations
 * 2) revisiting student samples, rubrics, and WebQuest texts -- works in progress
 * 3) review room arrangement assignment to do while in the classroom (follow-up to Chapter 1)
 * 4) chapter 2 debriefing and intro to next assignment
 * 5) [sign up for Classroom Management teams--or wait until you get back]
 * 6) review Classroom Management Chapter project and what to do while in the classroom
 * 7) what to expect in module 2
 * 8) Fires homework while you're in the schools || * 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 (same deadline as Dr. Grace's upload) ||

homework due first Monday of Module 2:
 * 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)
 * Classroom Arrangement Activity

=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 || # 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) overview of classroom management  assignment
 * 4) another look at digital storytelling
 * 5) writing the process section of your WebQuest
 * 6) the Maine Memory Network alternative assignment
 * 7) look at homework for next class || * room arrangement assignment
 * (work on classroom management presentation & textbook chapters) ||
 * W || # introduction to Nvu
 * 1) building your WebQuest webpage(s)
 * 2) 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
 * (work on classroom management presentation & textbook chapters) ||
 * F || # concerns/questions about CM and DS? is there any homework or pre-assessments you want given to class for your CM?
 * 1) peer feedback on process section
 * 2) uploading your WebQuest pages to the Internet
 * 3) uploading your WebQuest to TK20 || * bring a printout of the process section of your WebQuest
 * (work on classroom management presentation & textbook chapters) ||
 * M || # one more technology demonstration/presentation
 * WQ: share WebQuests
 * 1) MCHP: field trip to CCGIS
 * 2) random selection for which team presents on which day || * upload WebQuest to TK20 (compressed file as an attachment AND the link in the text of your message) by noon Monday 4/28
 * 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)
 * classroom management textbook chapter finished ||
 * W || # revisit jing
 * 1) edit your UMF Website index page
 * 2) simMentoring
 * 3) MCHP folks take a look at the Farmington wikisite || * classroom management presentation finished and ready ||
 * F || # 2 classroom management presentations
 * 1) 1 digital story || * (is your digital story ready for next Wednesday?)
 * MCHP folks take a look at the Farmington wikisite ||
 * M || # 3 classroom management presentations || * (is your digital story ready for next Wednesday?) ||
 * W || # 1 classroom management presentation
 * 1) "best of" digital story presentations || * decide what digital story you're going to share (it can be one you've already presented for a previous assignment) and have it posted to the artifacts wiki ||
 * F || # IF YOU HAVE A BORROWED UMF LAPTOP, PLEASE RETURN IT BEFORE CELEBRATION!
 * 1) uploading to TK20 for archival sake without an invitation
 * 2) 2 index card questions
 * 3) UMF evaluations
 * 4) Celebration and post-survey events || * send email about your computer hardware ||