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Technology Leadership
in Schools 		EDCI 4993-602, Fall 2001
4:30 to 7:15, Wednesdays
Syllabus -- visits.
This week's in class activities.
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Send your attendance eMail (on class day every week).

Be sure you understand next week's assignment.

Journal at the end of class tonight. This is your opportunity to comment and make suggestions about our class. Journal entries are Anonymous. Password is Anon61240. You may also Journal using your own password, in which case your entry will NOT be anonymous.

In Class tonight:

We will try to:
  1. Discuss national standards for integrating technology, and compare them to benchmarks and standards set by your local school
  2. Discuss our Career Awareness assignment.
  3. Work on our Desktop Publishing skills
  4. Discuss Exam 1 !
  5. OK?
Let's start ....
  • The Star Spangled Banner WebQuest
  • America the Beautiful WebQuest
  • FIRST book reviews are due in 2 weeks. You need to have your book OK'ed.
  • Tonight, we will do a Journal Entry at the beginning of class -- tell me what you like and don't like about our class so far ... I will be back in 10 minutes. Remember Journal Entries are anonymous.
  • Are you keeping up with "Links to Explore"
  • What about next week's assignment
  • National Standards for integrating technology in education.
  • What are the standards or benchmarks for your school?
  • Do you have personal standards or benchmarks ... you should.
  • How helpful is our work this past week on Career Awareness?
  • Desktop Publishing -- Do you have what it takes?
    1. MS Word Tutorial
    2. Placing Graphics
    3. Flowing text around graphics
    4. Working with Preferences
    5. Paste Special
    6. Working with Tollbars
    7. Working with Tabs ... page breaks
    8. Envelopes
    9. Tables & Spreadsheets?
    10. "Pasting" URLs
    11. "Anchoring" text to URLs
    12. "Anchoring" graphics to URLs
    13. Insert HTML Object
    14. Save as Web Page
  • Getting ready for Exam 1


    • Assignment for next week:

    Exam 1


    House Keeping
  • This "House Keeping" section of our syllabus will contain information that may not be mentioned during class. But, you are still responsible for knowing and acting on the information here. This is true even if you missed class.
  • In fact, if you do miss class, you are still responsible for every thing on this weekly syllabus, especially the assignment for next week.
  • It is my intention to start class on time. For us this means 4:30 (not 4:35 or 4:50). Please respect your classmates and instructor -- make every effort to be here on time. If you must be late, be courteous -- sent us an eMail so that we know when to expect you.
  • This Syllabus page will change every week. Changes will (almost always) be ready by 4:00 PM on Sunday before class.
  • (Almost) All assignments are due at 4:00 PM on Sunday before class.
  • Every class will start with Questions -- your questions. Show me that you are interested in our class by being prepared to ask questions, questions about our class, about computers, about any old thing. Don't make me feel silly at the beginning of class -- when I say "any questions?" -- and all I hear is "the sounds of silence."
  • You are expected to keep up with not just your weekly assignments, but that of all your classmates. All assignments will be available to everyone vie eMail or our Discussion Board.
  • Do you have an eMail address? If not, every UNO student can have a UNO eMail address.
  • When sending mail to iceCap, to George, or to anyone in our class ... sign your eMail (type your name at bottom or top of every message) because it is not always obvious from your eMail address who you are. Attachments are OK, so long as they are NOT the main text of your message. Keep in mind that not everyone will be able to receive your attachment and/or open it.
  • What to expect?
    You may be the technology coordinator for your school. You may be someone in your school that exhibits "best-practice" in use of technology. You may be one who "just helps" others when asked. You may just wish that you were one of the above. This class is designed to help you sharpen your skills using technology, to practice teaching these skills to others, and to understand and take advantage of the current theories in using technology in an educational setting. You will be evaluated based on new skills learned and your ability to help others acquire these skills. You will use current theories and "best practice" to develope lessons based on new knowledge. And you will develope a "school technology action plan" that supports technology integration in schools. This is documented in the objectives for our class and used to evaluate your work.


    Please read about
    | Important Dates | Texts & Resources | Course Description |
    | Objectives | Evaluation | Book Reviews | Grading |
    | Participation | Self Evaluation |
    | Who is George North |


    • Prior Dates Description
    Wednesday, August 29 First Day of Class
    Wednesday, September 5 We will --
    Wednesday, September 12 Multimedia skills -- a beginning
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