Summer 2008 EDUC 616     Elementary   Tuesday, May 13, 2008

616

 

 

The principle goal of education is to create men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.”              Jean Piaget

Class #1

 

Tuesday 5/13

 

 

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.

§  Introductions

§  Class website http://www.bellarmine.edu/faculty/lsusan

IFL June 4, 5  http://www.iflky.org

§    Save to the W: drive  

§    Review Syllabus( Explain Week 1 Reading Assignment)

§     Web Site  http://www.bellarmine.edu/faculty/lsusan/

§    Google    http://www.google.com  Google your name, your school, etc;

§    Critical and Creative Thinking - Bloom's Taxonomy (Bloom’sTaxonomy)                                                                       

§         KDE Core Content and Program of Studies 

§         http://www.kde.state.ky.us                           

§         Combined Curriculum Documents         

§        Teacher Standards   

§        If you have saved the Core Content in your w:drive, select a standard from the content and grade level of your choice. This will be the standard you will use for the next class. (For EDUC 600, you will need to print the Elementary Core Content for Social Studies.)

§   Create a PowerPoint Slide with Name, Photo (if possible) and 3 facts.                                  

§  Tonight-- Email this Introduction to slancaster@bellarmine.edu 

Reading Topic A

§    Directions for Responses from Reading   These two discussion items should be sent via email (one e-mail message containing both  Discussion # 1 and Discussion #2 in the body of the email message)  by noon Tuesday, May 20, 2008

§    Teach me Teach my brain: A call for Differentiated Classrooms    Carol Ann Tomlinson and M. Layne Kalbfleisch.  Educational Leadership. Volume 56 Number 3 November 1998

§         Differentiating Instruction For Advanced Learners In the Mixed-Ability Middle School Classroom   Carol Ann Tomlinson ERIC EC Digest #E536, October 1995 

 

§    Introduce Backflip  http://www.backflip.com  

§   From home create accounts at: Geocities, Photobucket, Backflip

    Introduction to the Bellarmine Electronic Library

§    NASA lights    http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights2_dmsp_big.jpg

 

Saturday Class

May 17

 

 

IMAGINE A SCHOOL WITH CHILDREN THAT CAN READ AND WRITE,  BUT WITH TEACHERS WHO CANNOT,  AND YOU HAVE A METAPHOR OF THE INFORMATION AGE IN WHICH WE LIVE.  .  .    Peter Cochrane

 

Thinkfinity     (log on directions) (complete log on information)  then go to,

§   Register for  training,

§         After training please take the training survey

§        Agenda

Introduction to the Bellarmine Electronic Library 

If you always do what you’ve always done, You’ll always get what you’ve always got!        Ed Forman                                                                                                                                      

 

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Tuesday 5/20

 

“Technology will not replace teachers, but teachers who use technology will replace those who don’t.” Ray Clifford  

«    Introduce the project template

Create first web page

Accessing the w: drive

Reading Topic B

Electronic Library

«    Download class PowerPoint to the desktop level; Layout, animations and transitions will be practiced.

«   Download PowerPoint Ideas; PowerPoint tips and tricks; PowerPoint Resources, Presenters University , PowerPoint Presentation Tips

«    Partner PowerPoint Projects

«    Introduce  Web Resource Log  

·      Shelly Cashman site     http://www.scsite.com/tdc4/

·      Visit site, Select chapter, Select Integration Corner

·      Identify three sites related to your content

·       Screen Shot

·      Web Address

·      25-40 Word reflection on why you want to revisit the site

«    Introduce Virtual Field Trip and scoring information                                 (VFT due Due (5th week of class-) Week of June 9 send electronic copy to slancaster@bellarmine.edu and bring a paper copy to class)

«    Introduce  Screen Shots  

«    Introduce Adding special Word features

«    Introduce/Record  Sound   Begin by Selecting Programs, then Select Accessories, then Select Entertainment, then Select Sound Recorder.

 Rubistar, Classroom Architect

·  Visit the KATE site      http://coekate.murraystate.edu/kate/    

·  Visit KATE links          http://coekate.murraystate.edu/katelinks/ 

 TICK     Technology in Classrooms of Kentucky Lesson Plans, Standards, Technology

Tuesday 5/27  

Do not wait; the time will never be ''just right.'' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.   --Napoleon Hill    

 ·  Rubistar, Class room Architect, PBL

 Unit Template

Identify and begin development of unit, Curriculum Page, Assessment Activity

 

   Directions for Uploading to Geocities   

Curriculum Page  

·   COMBINED CURRICULUM DOCUMENT

 ·  KDE    http://www.kde.state.ky.us/ 

·  ISTE  http://www.iste.org Standards  

·  Reminders : Photobucket account (optional)

·    Read and Write Gold; Kidspiration; Inspiration; Smart Board Templates

·  Interactive Games--Google Millionaire + ppt or Jeopardy + ppt

·  Templates for Millionaire,  Hillsborough High Twenty Questions

·  Directions for Millionaire Hillsboro High

·  For Fun--Visit this USA map site

§        Create links from Web Page to Project Plan, CP, AP, VFT

      Create Assessment

         Create Curriculum Page with Table

Information Literacy

Saturday 5/31  

If you always do what you’ve always done, You’ll always get what you’ve always got!                                                                 Ed Foreman   

LiveText Intro

WebQuests

·     Encyclomedia

Go to www.ket.org

Click on KET Encyclomedia at the bottom of the screen

Click on the Encyclomedia icon (very colorful) at the top of the next screen

Look for the New user boxes:

1. In the first box put  875c

2. In the second box, put 72e3  

Have You Been Paying Attention

«You Tube movie Women Portraits Of Western Art (2:58) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIGCSfDbzCw&mode=related&search=

Autism Awareness—Teddy Willis, 5th grader Speaks Up  (4:11) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu4z-ZKZZo4 

Teacher Tube  http://www.teachertube.com/  Walk Throughs and Learning Objectives (:43) http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=7f89ddbebc2ac9128303

 

· Reading Response II due on Tuesday, June 5th

Please bring the following reflection for the readings for this week....Due on Tuesday,  June 5, 2008

Create a letter to a principal persuading him/her to hire you based on your technology expertise. (Lipper and Sagehorn)

 

Tuesday 6/3  

I hear and I forget;  I see and I remember; I do and I understand.     Chinese

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates.  The great teacher inspires.  --William Arthur Ward

«   Create Movie

«   Introduce Windows Movie Maker

«   Billy Joel, Van Gogh, Bernoulli Videos

Have You Been Paying Attention

«You Tube movie Women Portraits Of Western Art (2:58) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIGCSfDbzCw&mode=related&search=

Autism Awareness—Teddy Willis, 5th grader Speaks Up  (4:11) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu4z-ZKZZo4 

Teacher Tube  http://www.teachertube.com/  Walk Throughs and Learning Objectives (:43) http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=7f89ddbebc2ac9128303

 

Tuesday 6/10

 

"If we teach as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow."
John Dewey

*** Web Resource Log (Print copy due) Please also bring an electronic copy of web resources.

 

·  iSafe presentation

· Information Literacy

· Assistive Adaptive Accommodations

· Additional Resources

· Technology Resources for Teachers

«    Directions for Uploading to Geocities      Upload first webpage to Geocities Geocities-Upload LP, CP, AP, and VFT and re-upload the newly saved index.html page to File Manager at your Geocities site

***   Virtual Field Trip and scoring information (VFT due Due (5th week of class-) Bring a paper copy to class

Include Annotated Bibliography from EDUC 600.

Curriculum page will include multiple assessments and technology to support instruction

·  ISTE Standards for Students, Teachers and Administrators

·  List Serves to Visit

·  iSafe presentation

·  Spreadsheet Activity  (M and M s)

 

Edutopia  Free Subscription  www.edutopia.org

The Journal                              www.thejournal.com

Technology & Learning        www.techlearning.com

 

Saturday 6/14

 

«    Directions for Uploading to Geocities      Upload first webpage to Geocities Geocities-Upload LP, CP, AP, and VFT and re-upload the newly saved index.html page to File Manager at your Geocities site

 

Tuesday 6/17

 

Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach                                             --Albert Einstein

·     If it's green, it's biology, If it stinks, it's chemistry, If it has numbers it's math, If it doesn't work, it's technology --Unknown

AT Resources

Presentations from Website

Go2web20.net

Google Tools

 ·  List Serves to Visit

·  iSafe presentation

Live Text information   

 

 

 

Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind,  is it necessary,  is it true,  does it improve on the silence?"                                Shirdi Sai Baba, Indian saint

 

 

Assignments

Date Due

Points Possible

1.        Attendance

8 classes x 15 participation points per class                                     

120

2.        Special Topics in Technology

         Discussion Reflections

Dates posted on Agenda   (Beginning 2nd week of class—May 19)                              

20  

3.        Web Page

Posted on line before leaving class (3rd week of class--Week of May 26)

20

4.        Curriculum Page

Posted on line before leaving class (5th week of class-Week of June 9)

20

5.        Assessment/Evaluation

Posted on line before leaving class (5th week of class-Week of June 9)

20

6.        Unit Plan/SBUS/Unit

Posted on line before leaving class (5th week of class-Week of June 9)

20

7.        In-class and Group Tasks 

During class

20

8.        Web Resources Log

Due (5th week of class-) Week of June 9

50

9.        Virtual Field Trip

Due (5th week of class-) Week of June 9

20

10.     Final Presentation

Last class 6th week of class-Week of June 16

50

 

Total Points Possible

360   (subject to change)

 

 

 

Name      

 (Section )

Web Address

Grade and Topic

Sara Adams http://www.geocities.com/sadams1724 1st grade Wants and Needs (Economics)
Kelly Basham http://www.geocities.com/kbasham01 5th grade Branches of Government
Alexa Blasdel http://www.geocities.com/alexa.blasdel 3rd Grade Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Amy Caummisar www.geocities.com/amy.caummisar 4th grade Native Americans
Amanda Cook http://www.geocities.com/asimms_mc 3rd grade Underground Railroad
Melissa Dorsey

http://www.geocities.com/mmdorsey01

3rd    grade A Closer Look at Diversity             (Latin America)
Natalie Graeser http://www.geocities.com/natalie.graeser/ 1st grade U.S. symbols, Holidays and People
Taylor Haydock http://www.geocities.com/taylor.haydock 3rd  grade Mexican Culture
Alisha McWhorter http://www.geocities.com/arcau2123 5th grade Comparing Governments             (Mexico and US)
Anita Monks

http://www.geocities.com/anitamonks

3rd grade Wants and Needs
Crystal Ollinger

www.geocities.com/crystal_olinger

5th grade Cultural Diversity-Migration

Stacey Rowan

http://www.geocities.com/srowan01

 3rd grade Exploring the Underground Railroad

Martha Tetson http://www.geocities.com/ms.marti

 3rd Grade Primary Resources (History)

Melissa White

 http://www.geocities.com/nbkl5h4

 2nd grade Economics

Ellie Williams

 http://www.geocities.com/etwilliams25

 4th grade Kentucky Government

Alice Zoller www.geocities.com/alice.zoller 4th grade Early Kentucky History

 

 

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