... part of George North's and Teacher Explorer Center's Web site at UNO Technology Integration EDCI 4993-604, Spring 2001 4:30 to 7:15, Wednesdays Syllabus -- visits. This week's in class activities. 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 -- our Web Site -- TechX'ing Important Dates eMail :: | George | redCap | Attendance | Check Your Mail | Prior Weeks | Top | Texts and Resources | Course Description | Objectives | | Evaluation | Grading | Who is George North | Class Web Pages | Date What's going on! This Week Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Back to Top Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Back to Top Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Back to Top Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Back to Top Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Back to Top Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Wednesday, March 14 Back to Top Make a free donation of food to hungry people around the world. -- click on picture to see full size -- Send your attendance eMail (every week) Be sure you understand next week's assignment. Journal before you leave class tonight. There is still some chance to schedule additional field trips. Talk to George if you want to volunteer your school as host of a field trip. In Class tonight: ... not in class tonight -- Field trip to Meisler Middle School, thanks Gail! next week -- Field trip to East Jefferson H.S. Assignment next week: -- continue to follow the discussions on TecX'ing. You should consider checking and contributing these discussions several times weekly. Group 5 - Filed Trip to Meisler Browse the I CAN Learn Homepage Browse the Computer Curriculum Corporation Homepage Write a brief paragraph answering the following questions. How does the I CAN Learn program relate to your ideas of technology integration? If you were the decision maker, would you invest in this program for you school? If your school committed to this program, how would you implement it in your classroom? Do you think this program is sufficient in itself? How does the Computer Curriculum CorporationÕs Program relate to your ideas of technology integration? Group 6 - Technology Grant Writing Group 6 says: "We have been learning about many different ways to incorporate technology into the curriculum. Unfortunately, most of these require sums of money that are not at our disposal. Our group has decided, therefore, to research ways that will allow us to acquire the technology that we so covet. Our topic is grant writing and we will begin by giving some basics and supplying links to get you started on your own quest for the holy technology grail. Our vision for this project is that it be ongoing through the rest of the semester. We would like to start an online conversation with advice from those who have successfully received grants and questions from those who are interested in writing grants. Ideally, we would conclude this discussion with our final project which would be everyone coming up with their own grant plan that they could write for their classroom or school. Group 2: Loyola's Field Trip As a follow-up to the field trip to Loyola, please give feedback as to the benefits (or lack thereof) of the features presented. Specifically, did you acquire any new knowledge - and/or which 'tools' would you integrate with your instructional activities? Additionally, would you have liked some minimal 'hands-on' experimentation with any of the tools/features presented? And, finally, what would facilitate (for you) the integration of some of the tools presented? Visit our Links to Explore Pages for some ideas about Strategic Planning. House Keeping What is your group planning? It is George's fondest hope that everyone will join at least 1 other group -- I will publish each group's major topic ASAP. Join one or more other groups that will be working on topics of interest to you. Remember, each group's goal is to teach the rest of us -- keeping in mind the course objectives and our major topics Did anyone browse "Links to Explore" during this last week? EDCI 61?? is approved for this class -- and I expect that everyone will be moved from 4993 to 61??. I expect that I will be able to execute the swap myself. Let you know more next week. What is Technology Integration, good job - THANKS Have you cleared your book with George? The new State of Louisiana Certification Programs in technology. This Syllabus page will change every week. Changes will (almost always) be ready by 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. Uncommon Knowledge -- Computers in the Classroom SEE JOHNNY CLICK: Computers in Education. Will computers revolutionize education or not? President Clinton called for connecting every classroom in America to the Internet. School districts across the country are spending billions of dollars on computers for the classroom. Will all of this effort pay off or is it misguided? Just how should computers be used in the classroom? Is it possible that computers can actually harm the educational process? We made some adjustments to our Groups With 19 instead of 21 students, I decided that we will work with 12 groups, not 14. Group 7 and group 14 are disbanded. From group 7, Elaine Kelly will join group 6, and Merri Matthews will join group 2. From group 14, Chingchi Lee will join group 10, and Pat O'Brien-Murphy will join group 11. These changes will not affect tonight's presentations. Groups 9 thrugh 13 will have 10 minute presentations next week. Each Group needs to maintain a TecX'ing folder. Here each group should, over the couse of our semester together, accumulate as much information as is practical about their work together, their accomplishments. Groups: We have groups! Group foreperson's name appears in green. Forepersons are responsible for ensuring order, otherwise group members are equals in all respects. Remember, you must belong to 2 groups, but I encourage you to join as many groups as possible -- based on your interest in their topics. Ask George if you want to swap groups -- this is OK, but every group much have at least 3 members. Group 1 Leon Glaeser David Joyner Sr. Debbie Walker Group 2 Todd McMahon Deborah Darby RaeNell Houston Merri Matthews Group 3 Becky Maloney Leslie Guillory Chingchi Lee Group 4 Pat O'Brien-Murphy Kathy O'Steen Jennifer Sparck Group 5 Barbara Saleem Mary Armit Gail Silverstein Group 6 Rhonda McMahon Julie Bergeron Elaine Kelly Group 7 -- disbanded Group 8 -- disbanded Group 9 David Joyner Gail Silverstein Julie Bergeron Todd McMahon Group 10 Mary Armit Rhonda McMahon Jennifer Sparck Chingchi Lee Group 11 Leslie Guillory Merri Matthews Sr. Debbie Walker Pat O'Brien-Murphy Group 12 RaeNell Houston Kathy O'Steen Leon Glaeser Group 13 Deborah Darby Elaine Kelly Barbara Saleem Becky Maloney Group 14 -- disbanded How will we meet the objectives of this class? One goal of this class is for you to acquire the skills needed to document, plan, design, implement and deliver "technology integration" in schools. To accomplish this you will do all of these things yourself, working in groups, with guidance from George. There are at least nine (9) major topics of this course. They are: Curriculum planning & design National, State, and Local standards and guidelines Teaching hypermedia to faculty and students Teaching media integration Teaching responsible use Design and planning for staff development Design, develop, and deliver unit plans Plan and implement field trips to observe and compare methods and strategies in use in schools today Field trip documentation and assessment of: instruction, staff development, facilities, resource management, internet connectivity. There could be others? George is open to ideas. For both your midterm and final exam all of the above topics will be covered by group presentations that "teach us" about a topic. We will form groups next week. Each group is responsible for one topic for midterm exam. Each group is responsible for one topic for final exam. Everyone will belong to at least 2 groups -- Looking at Important Dates, you will see that there is a date certain for completing your midterm and final project presentations. If we schedule 4 field trips, then 4 groups will be responsible for planning, 4 groups for documentation and assessment. Since it is your job to "teach" us about these topics, this teaching can take the form one or more "Assignment for next week" REMEMBER, we learn by making mistakes. Don't worry You will learn I wont leave your side Prior Weeks Prior Dates Description Wednesday, January 17 A very good start on the path to Technology Integration Wednesday, January 24 Trying to make groups work! Wednesday, January 31 Teacher Inservice Wednesday, February 7 Do we need/want computers in eduation? Wednesday, February 14 2nd 10 minute "teach us" sessions Wednesday, February 21 1st Book Reviews Wednesday, February 28 No class -- Mardi Gras Wednesday, March 7 Field Trip to Loyola Back to Top