October 27th lecture

--Production Tools--
allow you to produce something that is the focus of learning
developed over time
involves more than one discipline
includes student choices
authentic real-world issues
scaffolding from a variety of sources
assessment is ongoing

digital storytelling gives students chance to rehearse, use images, and organzie informations (how things relate)
better than being tested because you apply knowledge, more invested, more meaningful
planning, critical thinking, creativity
communication skills

storymercial
brochure
comic strips
web-published

Scratch
My Hero-videos
make yr own comic site
podcast
Second Life

October 14th Lab

By next lab, read comments on wiki and reply to Craig's comments. Make changes on e-portfolio and create prioritized list of things to work on.

Artifact about grading: propose rubric (grading procedure)

Personal Productivity Tools

• Google calendar
• Power Point, Excel, Microsoft Word
• help teachers get more things done

example: Microsoft work makes editing expedited
Power point allows teacher more time for direct instruction (euuh?)
GRADE helps justify using a PPT

Justification- Google Calendar helps with collaboration and coordination without having to mail things around. Provides access for people in different locations to the same calendar. Great to use in team teaching.


--Side Notes--
We had to take a ten minute break because the internet went down and there was a possibility that we might not be able to work on our artifacts. It began working again but the incident was just a reminder of how out of hand our dependence on technology is.

October 13 Lecture

Content Exploration Tools
review knowledge
apply knowledge
explore new knowledge

Types:
Reference: provides information for students
Drill and practice: reinforce concepts
games
question and answer
Tutorial: instruction with practice and review
present content and evaluate whether content is learned
feedback for wrong answers
Educational Games: present and review content
Carmen Sandiego/ Oregon Trail
Simulations: situations to apply concepts
Open-Ended
Integrated Learning Systems


--Side Notes--
I hope we review this stuff in Lab because I felt like it was a ton of info to go over in class so quickly. I feel that the combination of the Prof talking, the power point, and the online examples keep me from learning anything because its just so much at once. I can't even take notes because I'm so distracted.

Power Points= the commodification of knowledge. As do many technological tools.

This spellchecker thinks that commodification isn't a word. GAH!!!!

Lecture Sept 29

Instructional Planning- gender, socioeconomic status, culture/ethnicity, existing knowledge, motivation (intrinsic/extrinsic), learning style, special needs, tech literacy, diversity as an asset

Objectives- make sure students reach goals
condition, performance, criteria
observable action verbs such as compare, translate, identify, explain, measure, draw, create, etc

given the ____ the students will be able to _____ based on the ______ .

G- Goal (standards, objective)
R- Requirements (grouping, time, resources, media)
A- Availability (access to tools)
D- Decide
E- Explain decision (how the tools use the three e's)

discussion

educational technology lit- using tech to make class better, knowing when and how to use tools
NCLB- standardization of...
teacher certification- license that comes before teaching
tenure- vested interest in school, competency

Engaged learners take responsibility for their learning by keeping teack of their progess and communicating with their teachers. The have an intrinsic motivation to learn because they are excited about the subject matter and projects.

Key-- students can do something that they could not do otherwise.

Lecture

death of education, birth of learning
teach students how to learn
push to hold teachers accountable to standards
teachers also responsible to meet standards (license renewal)

professional development=key to student achievement

• staying up to date
• collaboration, getting involved
• effective strategies
• In terms of the law (protecting students, i.e. allergies)

new PD:

• Innovative instructional strategies
• research on learning
• technology
• professional collaboration with other teachers

formal- college credit, documentable (online classes, journals, magazines) teacher trips, professional organizations such as Kappa Delta Pi, NAEA, Phi Delta Kappa

informal- information for solving problems in classroom

PD makes me more profitable- electronic portfolio


Side notes

Public school students and government created

September 8th Discussion

Flat world= level playing field
getting in contact with powerful people no longer needs a middle man

How to change teaching

• communication becomes universal language
• teachers need to help their students retain their personal culture
• heirarchy of information, making information more available

Why use teachers?

Facilitators, content choice, social development, learning design (how content is taken in), classroom managment

Flat world means providing access to information that is otherwise unavailable

Side notes

What happens to the personal levels? Technology can make things easier and more efficient but does it help student/teacher bonding?