... part of George North's and Teacher Explorer Center's Web site at UNO ... Updated: February 15, 2000 Design and Development of MultiMedia Curricula EDCI 4993-606, Spring 2000 4:30 to 7:15, Tuesdays Syllabus -- visits. In class activities for February 15. 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 | iceCap | Attendance | Check Your Mail | | Top | Texts and Resources | Course Description | Objectives | | Evaluation | Grading | Who is George North | Class Web Pages | Date Description Prior Weeks 11 class meetings left, not counting this one! This Week Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Back to Top Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Tuesday, February 15 Back to Top Make a free donation of food to hungry people around the world. This week's class is at: Cabrini High School The school is located on Esplanade Ave. very near City Park. Major near by streets are N. Carrollton Ave., City Park Ave., and Wisner Blvd. The phone book lists the address as 1400 Moss St. Please use the entrance on Esplanade Ave. A red star on the map marks the location. EMail George is you need additional directions. Need my phone numbers? Questions: anything and everything! House Keeping Check assignment for next week. I continue to be impressed with the quality of the responsenses to our weekly written assignments. If you are not following these messages sent to our List, then you are missing out. Please make every effort to eMail your assignment before its due date. Remember Links to Explore. It's four (4) weeks 'till our mid-term exam!!!!!!!! --- and the week before mid-terms is Mardi Gras holidays? Should we consider pussing our mid-term exam back one week? While changing our syllabus for this week's class, I was ... 1) listening to Elton John's Madman Across the Water, 2) while watching Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan in Tarzan and His Mate ... Do you think that this was an example of Multi-Media in Education? Reflecting on your readings from this last week There was a great divergence of opinions about Bill Walsh's article? Who was Mr. Walsh? What was he saying? Why did you disagree? Why did you agree? How would you correct Mr. Walsh's article to reflect your own beliefs? In class this week: This week's class and the assignments for next week meet in whole or part objectives #s 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17, 19, 20, 27. Let's hear from each group. How are you progressing toward build a unit plan? What is working? What's not working? Which multi-media(s) will you choose in bringing your unit plan into the light of day? Your self-assessment rubrics are due 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? 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. Assignment: Due by 4:30 PM, on the Sunday before our next class. Read Teaching With Technology, by David D. Thornburg, Ph.D. This is a short article. A think piece, it is part of PBS OnLine -- an extensive web site actively maintained by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Please feel free to explore this site. PBS onLine is a rich source of educational based content. It is an example of an Education Portal, a digital library, an information broker? Visit other articles by Dr. Thornburg. For example What makes the Web special? Your assignment, Jim ... ahhh -- class, if you choose to accept it is to ... In one paragraph (or so), react to Dr. Thronburg's (one or more) ideas concerning technology in education. From your exploration of PBS's web site , point us to one on-line resource you find interesting. Explain why. 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 Julie Geraci Helene Tuchker Freddy Waguespack Group 2 ??? ??? ??? Gifted Chip Farman Sharon Moser Vielka Sims Prior Dates Description Wednesday, January 19 First Day of Class Tuesday, January 25 Groups and Food Tuesday, February 1 Putting Technology in Perspective Tuesday, February 8 History of Technology Back to Top