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Presenting Lesson Plans!

Today: Review the parts of a lesson plan. Get feedback from your peers. Plan your presentation.

Next Week: No Class. You will be able to get into this room to use laptops if you need to make up work.

April 28th: Last Class!

DUE: Project Reflection E-mail.

DUE: Classroom Observation form.

DUE: 5-10 minute lesson plan presentations.

-Present any part of your lesson plan that involves technology

-Engage the class in using technology

-Course Evaluations

Here is a recap of ideas for integrating technology in your lesson plans:

Do Now 4/7/19

Do a quick search on YouTube or one of these alternatives to YouTube.

Find a video you think one of your classmates could use in their project.

Post the link in the comments.

Lesson Plans!

Time for the fun part.... actually using some technology in your lessons!

You will find a lesson plan template for writing your lesson here.

Rough Drafts of your lesson plan should be posted on your class site by next week, April 14th.

Next week we'll get some group feedback and work on preparing part of your lesson to present to the class.

Happy lesson planning :)

Do Now- Watch and Respond 3/17

Watch this video:

Jimmy Goes to School

1) What is the message of this video?

2) How can we prepare students for state tests and help them become intelligent happy people?

3) Think about your unit and your assessment- are you preparing your students to fill in bubbles or are you helping them become better thinkers?

Due March 24- Grade system and parent letter

1) Grading System / Course Management System (CMS)

No matter what school you work in you will need to learn to use some time of course management system. At Todd County or St. Francis you will use Infinite Campus. Since we don't have access to that specific software now, we'll use an online alternative.

For those of you using Weebly or School Rack you may choose to use the grading systems included on those sites. For everyone else I recommend using http://www.engrade.com/

Set up your course online:

• Include each assignment, how many points it is worth, and the due date.
• Create at least 5 student accounts.

2) Write a letter/e-mail to parents/guardians about your upcoming unit.

Things to include:

• Unit Goals
• Description of project/unit and how it will be graded
• Important dates/link to calendar
• Instructions for accessing their student's grade, including code
• Your plan for communicating with them
• Link to your classroom website
• Anything else you think parents want to know!

Post your parent letter on your website AND send your parent letter in an e-mail to me by next Wednesday. Be sure to include the student password for engrade so that I can log in and see your course.

Do Now- March 10- Create a Unit Calendar

Today in class you will work on creating a unit calendar for your unit including daily objectives and important due dates. To put your calendar online you can use Google Calendars.

Part I

Assuming you've never used Google Calendars- where could you go to learn how to set up your own calendar?

Part II

Create a calendar for your unit including the lesson objective for each day, test dates, project due dates school events, and any other important information.

Here is an example from one of my units.

Do Now - March 3

1. Use Google to answer this questions: Which day will the vice president's birthday fall on in 2011?

2. Read this NYTimes article.

3. How good are your internet search skills?

4. How will you teach your students search skills?

(Here's a lesson plan from NYTimes)

Assessments - Due March 3

Do Now- Watch and Respond- 2/24

Go to this Wiki Page.

Choose any video to watch.

In the comments of this post write:

1) Which video you watched.

2) How it's connected to this class.

3) One other question/comment/thought.

Project- Resource Mining: Due 2/24

I know I said we'd move on to creating assessments next, but I decided to add a step before that to build up some resources on your classroom sites now that you know what your learning goals are.

Due next week: Create a page on your site titled "Resources"

On this page compile a list of websites and ideas for your unit plan.

You list of resources should be specific to your grade level and content area and to the unit you are planning. These should be high quality resources that will add value to your plans and your students' learning.

I have modeled this for you by creating a page of resources for our class which you should see up above this post. Check it out to find links to lots of websites that will help you with your project!

Do Now- Read and Respond 2/10

Read the article Students Sound Off on School Tech Use.

1) Write a favorite quote from the article; what do you like about it?

2) What have you heard students here say about technology? or what have you noticed about the technology they use?

Project Part 1- Learning Goals

The first step in creating a unit for your classroom is always ALWAYS determine what your learning goals will be. No activity based lessons for us!

1) Go to http://doe.sd.gov/contentstandards/index.asp and find the unpacked standards for the grade and content area you plan to teach. (*elementary- choose a content area to plan a unit for.)

2) Read through your standards and choose two or three you will cover in your unit.

3) Read the "unpacked" skills and keywords for the standards and develop a list of narrower learning goals for your unit. If your grade/content does not have unpacked standards you can use http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/browse.asp as a reference for breaking down your standards into learning goals/objectives.

*Learning goals should start with "Students will be able to..."

*Learning goals should include a measurable verb, see this document for examples.

4) Post your unit learning goals somewhere on your website

Have your learning goals posted to your site by Tuesday February 15th at 7pm so I can give you feedback before Wednesday.

Technology Hardware for the classroom

Interactive notes for class- Feb. 3, 2010

For next week you have to decide what grade and subject you are teaching and what kind of technology you have available in your classroom. In the comments on this post we will create a list of information about types on hardware you might want to include in your classroom.

DO Now- Read and Respond 2/3/10

Read this blog post on the 11 Things all Teachers Must Know about Technology

In the comments here write the following:

1. One thing that surprised you.

2. One question you have.

3. One other comment or a response to one of your classmates posts.

Pre-Project: Laying the Groundwork

Due next week at the beginning of class:

Create your classroom website and post a link to in in the comments of this blog post.You can use blogger, edublogs, ning, pbwiki, weebly, google sites, or any other platform you like.

Requirements:

1. Includes your name somewhere

2. Includes a page or link to a document describing your class and classroom (About Us):

• What grade and subject?
• How many students
• What type of technology (hardware and software) is available to you and your students?

*You are welcome to start working on making your site look nice or setting up other parts of the site, but the above requirements are all that is due by next week.

Here are some examples of classroom websites

**When you finish- Post a link to your classroom site in the blog comments here!

Assignment #1 - Web Tool Exploration

For your course long project you will be creating your own set of technology tools for a future classroom. In order to begin, you will need to choose a platform for your classroom website where you will post the rest of your assignments.

Next week, you will present a sample group website to the class along with your reflections on the process.

Directions:

1. Divide into 3 groups
2. Each group chooses one of the following to create a sample website:
1. http://www.ning.com/
3. Amanda's Group
1. http://sites.google.com/
4. Tammy's Group
1. http://pbworks.com/
5. Ryan's Group
6. Working together, create a social website about any topic you choose- preferably nothing to do with education!
7. Requirements-
1. Have some amount of content- links, pictures, text, anything.
2. All group members must have their own accounts and add something to the site.
8. Reflection:
1. One member of your group, post a comment to this blog post including the following:

a) Link to your site: _________________

b) How could this site work in a classroom?

c) What are the pros of this tool? What are the cons?

You have until 5pm next Wednesday to complete your sample site. You will present your findings as a group to the class!

Do Now- Reading and Response 1/26

1) Check out the right side bar for a link to our course syllabus. You can take a peak at it now, but I will go over it when we're all ready.

2) Weekly blog response- each week I will post a link to an article or blog related to technology in education and ask you a few questions. To respond, leave a comment below. You will need to log in with your google account info.

Go to this blog post: Adventures in Pencil Integration

Response Questions:

a) What the heck is he talking about?

b) How does this compare to your own experiences? What concerns do you have or have you heard from others about computers in the classroom?