OrientationWeeks

Use the schedule for your specific block. . . this one is no longer accurate

//- - - 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 (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 (1/2 class for each Block) || # add blog URL to class artifact page when Mergatroy the Moose gets to you
 * 1) do Step 6 (part 1) of MEL WebQuest--fill out forms
 * 2) questions on what the MEL model is? what it means?
 * 3) digital stories and the rubric
 * 4) del.icio.us
 * 5) Airset || * 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 (1/2 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) How blog entries are graded || * work on your MEL product ||
 * Th 9/11 Full class for Block 1 only || # judge MEL products
 * 1) Fires in the Bathroom assignment while you're in the schools || * 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)
 * MEL presentations must be finished and uploaded to artifacts wiki before class ||
 * F 9/12 Full class for Block 2 only || # judge MEL products
 * 1) discuss team presentations
 * 2) sign up for choices; 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)
 * MEL presentations must be finished and uploaded to artifacts wiki before class ||