Module 1

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

--Date--
--What we will do in class today--
--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--

M

9/13
  1. Welcome to Module 1!
  2. handback MEL productions feedback
  3. your insights from the self-reflection
  4. opportunity to improve your MEL product
  5. what do you think of MEL as a classroom management technique?
  6. MEL Conclusion
  7. "What is a WebQuest?" take 2
  8. CM tips and tricks collection
  9. Team Presentation details
  10. what is "a digital presence" for your Team Presentation?
  11. Maine Memory Network samples
  12. MMN homework due in 1 week
  13. Experiencing three technologies and two operating systems
  14. reminder about digital story
  15. resources for team presentations
  16. adding Firefox add-ons for delicious
  17. team building (food and a handshake) & team name
  18. meet with your team to exchange contact info, etc.
  19. any special needs for team presentations? (assign homework? presentation order? different location? . . . )
  • set up a delicious account

W

9/15
  1. discuss copyright and fair use
  2. respecting intellectual property
  3. firefox add ons
  4. improve MEL
  5. figuring out Blackboard
  6. 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)
  7. tools other than blogging
  8. does your team have any special requests?
  9. location & order of presentation on Friday
  10. tomorrow is a tight schedule!
  11. Feedback Sandwich
  12. time with your team

F

9/17
Ed Center 103
  1. Team Presentations
  • your Team Presentation should be ready to go!
  • 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: external image octet-stream.png [[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

9/20
  1. last team presentation
  2. minor adjustments to "How to help" assignment don't apply to you
  3. brief intro to student sample
  4. What It Is, Hamlet
  5. student sample of unit performance task
  6. introduction to WebQuests

W

9/22
  1. hand in WebQuest reviews
  2. another look at Type I and Type II with input from the experts (you)
    1. [[file/view/TypeITypeIIBlock2Fall2010.doc|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

9/24
Dr. Theresa is available in her office from 8:00am until right before class this morning
  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

9/27
  1. student sample presentations
  • student sample should be linked to class artifacts wiki
  • 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

9/29
  1. refining your delicious account
  2. review room arrangement assignment to do while in the classroom (follow-up to Chapter 1)
  3. 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]
  4. 3-2-1
  5. 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]
  6. on hold: how to put your student sample on your UMF website
  7. look at double highlighter homework
  8. humor in the classroom
  9. How's your Facebook status?

F

10/1
Happy Last Day of Module 1
  1. taking pictures in class today
  2. additional thoughts about humor?
    1. how to avoid sarcasm--proactive--college vs. hs vs. ms
    2. 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
  3. revisiting student samples, rubrics, and WebQuest texts -- works in progress
  4. does this describe you? where will you be in 5 years? what about your students?
  5. chapter 2 debriefing and intro to next assignment
  6. review Classroom Management Chapter project and what to do while in the classroom
  7. sign up for Classroom Management teams
  8. what to expect in Module 2
Things to do while you're in the field:
  • 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