... part of George North's and Teacher Explorer Center's Web site at UNO ... Updated: February 9, 2000 Design and Development of MultiMedia Curricula EDCI 4993-603, Spring 2000 4:30 to 7:15, Wednesdays Syllabus -- visits. In class activities for February 9. Why do you want to print this document? It is linked to many other important documents -- your printed copy is linked to the death of trees. Links to Explore -- Search the Web -- Live video of our classroom! Full Schedule Current Week eMail :: George | redCap | Attendance | Check Your Mail | | Top | Texts and Resources | Course Description | Objectives | | Evaluation | Grading | Who is George North | Class Web Pages | Date Description Prior Weeks All the class meetings are still ahead of us -- except for 4! This Week Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Back to Top Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Wednesday, February 9 Back to Top Make a free donation of food to hungry people around the world. Questions: if you don't ask, I can't tell? House Keeping Not everyone is remembering to send me their attendance eMail! Check assignment for next week. I won't always mention Links to Explore, but there will almost always be something new each week. Before leaving class tonight, make sure you understand the assignment for next class. Be sure you know how to maintain your class web page ... it is part of your assignment for next week. In class this week: This week's class and the assignments for next week meet in whole or part objectives #s 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 27. This part of our syllabus is likely to change right up till class time, you should check this carefully. If you have first drafts of your rubrics, review them with me before you leave tonight. We will meet in groups again tonight, I expect that one member from each group will talk to me before leaving tonight about your developing group dynamics. Tell me, what do you think of our discussions during our first weeks of class? What is MultiMedia? What is an authoring environment? What is an information network? Reflecting on our readings from this past week Lets make a multi-media document together. Reflecting on your readings during this last week How important is collaboration? As we have discussed technology in education in class, how do you feel -- is collaboration more or less useful, more or less important? Explain Student-Centered. How is this different than classroom activities of just a few years ago? List some education technologies you know. Who can put Unbounded in context. Tell me -- what is the importance of Shared Knowledge? Authenticity may very well be a major justification for professional education. Why? Is this a bigger, smaller, same-sized problem today? Tell me about Chapter 1, 2, 3, etc. What about fair use policies? What about access? Name a ubiquitous education technology. How do teachers teach? Every week Bring a floppy disk to class ... one that you use on your own computer at home, school, work ... from the computer you plan to use to do your class assignments. Before leaving class tonight, make sure you understand the assignment for next class. Send me attendance eMail. Assignments Keep in mind that when you complete the below assignments everyone in class will benefit from your work. This is one great benefit of information networks. Think about it as textbook readings ... except that the whole class reads a little part and tells the others about it. I expect that by the end of our semester together, you will look back on these assignments as very important to your overall learning experience. Assignment: Due by 4:30 PM, on the Sunday before our next class. Read A Brief History of Media Education by Bill Walsh. Also, please explore the Media Literacy Online Project at the College of Education, University of Oregon - Eugene. eMail redCap the following: In one paragraph, react to Bill Walsh's ideas of Media Education. From your exploration of the Media Literacy Online Project, point us to one on-line resource you found interesting. Explain why. One example of a possible answer: I liked (http://include the full URL) -- Education Web Sites for Children because it is a rich resource for developing unit plans in grades PK - 6. Add a Link -- add this web site to your class Web Page by using the Add a Link feature we talked about during the first weeks of class. Group membership: Group 1 Linda Blakley RaeNell Houston Dulce Menes Catherine Rodriguez Group 2 Frieda Domino-Armour Helen Markey Alyssa St. Cyr Williams Brooks Trotter NightKaps Mary Armit Mark Lasserre Gloria O'Connor Patricia O'Brein-Murphy Couscous Sequau Adams Jim Dayeh Samar Sarmini Cynthia Williams SkyKaps Alisha Adkins Carolyn Boutte Barbara Saleem Frederick Treuting Prior Dates Description Wednesday, January 19 First Day of Class Wednesday, January 26 Groups & Food Wednesday, February 2 Putting Technology in Perspective Back to Top