Block2AgendaModule1

=Module 1=
 * Projects in this module: Team Presentations, WebQuest Part 1 (text), Student Sample including Rubrics (product and presentation)**

9/13 || # Welcome to Module 1! 9/15 || # discuss copyright and fair use 9/17 Ed Center 103 || # Team Presentations || * your Team Presentation should be ready to go! 9/20 || # last team presentation 9/22 || # hand in WebQuest reviews 9/24 || //Dr. Theresa is available in her office from 8:00am until right before class this morning// 9/27 || # student sample presentations || * student sample should be linked to class artifacts wiki 9/29 || # refining your delicious account 10/1 || Happy Last Day of Module 1 Things to do while you're in the field:
 * **--Date--** || **--What we will do in class today--** || **--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--** ||
 * =M=
 * 1) handback MEL productions feedback
 * 2) your insights from the self-reflection
 * 3) opportunity to improve your MEL product
 * 4) what do you think of MEL as a classroom management technique?
 * 5) [|MEL Conclusion]
 * 6) "What is a WebQuest?" take 2
 * 7) CM tips and tricks collection
 * 8) Team Presentation details
 * 9) what is "a digital presence" for your Team Presentation ?
 * 10) Maine Memory Network samples
 * 11) MMN homework due in 1 week
 * 12) Experiencing three technologies and two operating systems
 * 13) reminder about digital story
 * 14) resources for team presentations
 * 15) adding [|Firefox add-ons for delicious]
 * 16) team building (food and a handshake) & team name
 * 17) meet with your team to exchange contact info, etc.
 * 18) any special needs for team presentations? (assign homework? presentation order? different location? . . . ) || * set up a delicious account ||
 * =W=
 * 1) respecting intellectual property
 * 2) firefox add ons
 * 3) improve MEL
 * 4) figuring out Blackboard
 * 5) make citations more explanatory; how can a reader find it and how did you use it; add citation/reference for copyright and fair use (or embed a link) and add an explanation of what the response is about--remember your audience (which will include you one day)
 * 6) tools other than blogging
 * 7) does your team have any special requests?
 * 8) location & order of presentation on Friday
 * 9) tomorrow is a tight schedule!
 * 10) Feedback Sandwich
 * 11) time with your team || * Helping Others Learn About Computers blog entry
 * copyright and fair use
 * (work on Team Presentation)
 * if your team is going for a digital story, be sure you have a conversation with Dr. Theresa and get it pre-approved ||
 * =F=
 * homework as assigned by teams:
 * download [|Google SketchUp] and double check that it opens on your laptop
 * download [|Skype] software and open an account if you don't already have one (under the window for you to type in your Skype Name is a tiny link labeled "Don't have a Skype Name?" -- that's the link for opening an account)
 * download [|Google Earth] and double check that it opens on
 * download this file and save it to your desktop: [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/octet-stream.png width="32" height="32" link="file/view/house_problem_template.skp"]] house_problem_template.skp
 * bring headphones/ ear phones/ ear buds
 * Wait until after all the teams' presentation, then electronically fill out the Team Presentation Self Evaluation and email it to Dr. Theresa by 3pm Sunday ||
 * =M=
 * 1) minor adjustments to "How to help" assignment don't apply to you
 * 2) brief intro to student sample
 * 3) [|What It Is, Hamlet]
 * 4) student sample of unit performance task
 * 5) introduction to WebQuests || * explore the [|Maine Memory Network], look at some of the [|lesson plans already created], and read [|how students are using it as a learning tool]; write a one paragraph blog entry describing how you might use it in your class (and just because all the examples are for social studies teachers doesn't mean the MMN is just for social studies)
 * (last team . . . your self evaluation needs to be emailed to me by 3pm Tuesday) ||
 * =W=
 * 1) another look at Type I and Type II with input from the experts (you)
 * 2) TypeITypeIIBlock2Fall2010.doc
 * 3) [|21st Century Skills]--what are they?
 * 4) let's look at samples
 * 5) discuss/review products & student sample
 * 6) work on student samples and rubrics in class || * (work on student sample)
 * (work on rubrics)
 * finish WebQuest reviews started in class
 * not required, but if you don't mind, please email me your MEL reflection document ||
 * Th 9/23 || //Dr. Theresa is available in her office from after Dr. Grace's class until 1:30pm to help with student samples and/or rubrics// ||  ||
 * =F=
 * 1) change in office hours
 * 2) diversity activity
 * 3) Add one new software (Inspiration) to Type I, Type II document
 * 4) conclusion activity
 * 5) posting your WebQuest text on the class wiki--GRASPS, intro, task and conclusion
 * 6) powerful rubrics -- peer feedback || * (work on student sample and 2 rubrics)
 * bring printouts of your 2 rubrics to class
 * finish filling out your Type I, Type II paper (do the iMovie, Comic Life, and GarageBand rows) and bring it to class (electronically is fine)
 * =M=
 * =M=
 * 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 to turn in to Dr. Theresa right before it's your turn to present
 * bring a full printout of all pages (black and white is fine) if it's a wiki, e-book, Comic Life, etc
 * bring a storyboard/transcript of your student sample if it's an iMovie, GarageBand, etc. AND include a listing of any text that appears on the screen of your movie/mp3/m4a
 * =W=
 * =W=
 * 1) review room arrangement assignment to do while in the classroom (follow-up to Chapter 1)
 * 2) read //Fires in the Bathroom// while in the classroom; 8 new QRs are due before 1st class of Module 2 [don't forget that you have to try something new for your blog . . . you could do one of these]
 * 3) 3-2-1
 * 4) contribute at least 2 items to the CM Tips And Tricks Collection based on observations or conversations in the field, your own experience in the field, //Fires in the Bathroom//, . . . [due by end of week 1 of module 2]
 * 5) on hold: how to put your student sample on your UMF website
 * 6) look at double highlighter homework
 * 7) humor in the classroom
 * 8) How's your Facebook status? || * finish WebQuest text on class artifact wiki
 * read chapter 1 of Classroom Management textbook
 * contributing to the class wiki about WebQuests ||
 * =F=
 * 1) taking pictures in class today
 * 2) additional thoughts about humor?
 * 3) how to avoid sarcasm--proactive--college vs. hs vs. ms
 * 4) how to avoid sarcasm--reactive--usually best handled one on one; though it's important for students to see you enforce it so they trust you
 * 5) revisiting student samples, rubrics, and WebQuest texts -- works in progress
 * 6) [|does this describe you]? where will you be in 5 years? what about your students?
 * 7) chapter 2 debriefing and intro to next assignment
 * 8) review Classroom Management Chapter project and what to do while in the classroom
 * 9) sign up for Classroom Management teams
 * 10) what to expect in Module 2 || * do double highlighter exercise of chapter 2 of Classroom Management textbook ||
 * read the rest of //Fires in the Bathroom// and do your QR blog entries (1 for each chapter)
 * room arrangement assignment
 * think about 3-2-1 . . . you could do you "1" on one of your QR blog posts
 * watch for CM Tips And Tricks that you could contribute to the class collection
 * possibly do your Classroom Management Chapter interview
 * possibly create your Classroom Management "Table of Contents" and get it approved by Dr. Theresa