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Wednesday,
January 12
Symonds II - Duncan Hall
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Introduction to course
Class surveys
What are you trying to accomplish
as a teacher?
Suggestion: use assignments
as a technology portfolio
LEARN POWERPOINT!!
Presentations using Powerpoint
Introduce / Review Presentations
including a variety of formats, color, transitions, fonts, etc
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Establish email contacts
- apply for RUF and OWLNET accounts
Email Discussions
Share your thoughts on the uses and mis-uses of technology in education.
Share an instance (educational or otherwise) of the process of change.
Think about and share, Word Processing uses for both teachers (classroom,
preparation, administrative) and students.
Do
you like technology in your classes? Look at the educational process
at Rice. Share the range of teaching styles and technology use in the
classes that you are currently taking or have taken in the past 2 years.
Include 3 different classroom situations. Include subject, technology
use in the classroom, if any, use of technology to support the class
(online syllabi, etc), and your comments on effectiveness. Please include
one use of presentations and comment on the presentation design, interaction
with the class and its overall effectiveness as a teaching tool.
List 3 observations for each
instance:
1 What did you like best?
2 One suggestion for improvement
3 What part could you use when you teach?
Create a presentation
due Feb 2
Change
"Change Process" and its impact on Education. "Everyone wants to improve education"
see
Dynamics of Change process North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Peresent (Powerpoint) an "instance of Change in Education using 5-10 slides with
titles, bulleted and subbulleted lists, tables, transistions, colors,
etc. You will have 10-15 minutes for your presentation. |
General
Resources
for Professional Development: IntegratingTechnology into K-12 Curriculum
and Instruction
Bay
City Public Schools
TutorGig,
The only bookmark you need for tutorials
Goals
Presentation Design:
Rice's Short Course Documents
are available in the Mudd Building. Additionally, some Tutorial
Documents can be downloaded in .pdf format from the Rice web pages.
Topics include Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Database, Scanning and
Layout/Presentation
Microsoft
in Education
CSU's
Presentation Guide
UNC
Presentation Guide
Designing
Effective Oral Presentations
Bay
City Public Schools
Download class presentation
Change Process
Issues
About Change from Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
The
Change Process from The Coalition of Essential Schools (CES)
Michael Fullan books
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Wednesday,
January 19
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No Class
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Monday Jan. 17 classes are being made up this day |
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Wednesday,
January 26
Symonds II - Duncan Hall
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Word Processing
Review Word processing uses
in education
Outlining
Tables
Newsletter design
Mailmerge
WebCT
Spreadsheets
Introduce / Review Spreadsheets
and their uses: gradebooks, information storage, databases, timelines
Printing
Using / Creating Graphical
representations of data
Exporting / Importing data
from one program into another (text files with commas or tabs)
Presentations - Bring
questions / Concerns to class about assignment for next week
Q&A
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Email Discussion
Think
about and discuss: Spreadsheet uses for teachers and students (direct
teaching, classroom, preparation, administrative)
Create spreadsheets -
due 2/2
a gradesheet for 5 students, 6 grades / student
an inventory for 5 classroom items. Export thisi data into a text file.
Save in both formats.
a database that could be used in your subject area - This does not have
to be complete - put in 10 items- to indicate a structure
a
timeline: Summarize the changes in your "Change presentation"
in a timeline (You may select a different date sequence if your presentation
doesn't easily adapt to a timeline.)
a chart: Create an appropriate graphical representation of the data
from one of these spreadsheets.
Presentations
finish
presentation on educational change
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Spreadsheet Resources
See Rice's Tutorial
Documents and
handouts and information at Microsoft
in Education
URI
Excel Tutorial
Excel
Bay
City Public Schools
Presentation Resources:
See previous week
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Wednesday,
February 2
Symonds II - Duncan Hall
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Student Presentations
on educational change
Critique each: What did you
like best, one suggestion for improvment, Design-wise - what might you
use in your teaching?. Each person will get feedback on their presentation.
Presentation Review
Design: Colors, Fonts, etc
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Email Discussion
Continue to think about and discuss: Change Process. What will be available
- Information sources in education & classrooms? Printed
materials & books, libraries for research, email, web, CDs and other
digital resources
Think
about and discuss: Presentations as teaching tools. Advantages/ disadvantages,
limitations, Learning styles, Notetaking, Handouts.
Create general guidelines
list for design of presentations
Presentations
Select a presentation topic in your subject area for February 16 or
23 using 10-20 slides with titles, bulleted and subbulleted lists, tables,
transistions, colors, images, sounds, etc ) Aproximately 10 minutes.
Newsletter
Design
and create a newsletter format that you might have your students use
as an exercise. Include graphics. Put information on page 1 and print/save
- due 2/9
Spreadsheets - all due
2/9
Create a report for parents that contains information from a spreadsheet.
Create a report or letter for "your principal" that contains infomation
and charts from a spreadsheet.
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Presentations Resources
see Jan 12
Spreadsheet Resources
See previous week
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Wednesday,
February 9
Symonds II - Duncan Hall
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Spreadsheets
Advanced formula considerations
Sample Documents
Searching the Web
Finding information on the
Web
Web search techniques
Subject vs Keyword searches
Citations for the web
Web sites
Content/design discussion
What is an appropriate evaluation
criteria?
Graphics:
AppleWorks: Paint and Draw
PhotoShop
file types
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Email - Share results
of Web searches - See below
Web Searches
Select
5 useful sites with information about your teaching field that could
be used by you OR your students. Write a 2 sentence summary and a citation
for each site. Email sites to class. Select one to share with
the whole class. Email the site to me with comments about design, contents,
intended audience, and how the site could be used by educators and students.
I will put the list up on the course web site. Include comments
on sensory learning and learning methods.
Find 5 lesson plans on the web that include the use of databases, word
processing and/or spreadsheets. Create a spreadsheet to include the
information, Share via email as an attachments.
Search Web for images that you would like to use in your subject area.
Share this information including URL and images available via email
Visit 5 sites that you receive and send coments about their design
and relevance to your subject area. Share your commemts
Spreadsheets - due 2/16
Modify your grade sheet for 5 students with 20 grades/student, and different
grade weighting.
Graphics
Create two similar graphics files; one in "paint"(Photoshop),
the other in "draw" (Powerpoint)
Presentations
Continue work on your subject area presentation due February 16 or 23.
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Web Searches
A Helpful Guide to Search
Engines, Top Page
Finding
Information on the Internet: Table of Contents
Web Design
Web
Design Criteria
useit.com:
usable information technology
Web
site Sins
Yale
Guidelines
Hypertext
Style Guide
DAC-NET
Notes
Univ
site comp
Rice
mgmt632
Graphics
Graphics
Documents At Rice
Photoshop
Tutorial
Welcome
to Questy's Links and Lessons
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Wednesday,
February 16
Symonds II - Duncan Hall
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Student Subject Area Presentations
Critique each: What did you
like best, one suggestion for improvment, Design-wise - what might you
use in your teaching?. Each person will get feedback on their presentation.
Presentation Review
Design: Colors, Fonts, etc
Searching the Web
Web resources at Rice
Evaluating web resources
Copyright issues
Citations
Scanning
images and text (OCR)
Save as files to use for
PhotoShop
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Email
Compare subject search results to keyword search results for 5 searches.
What do you recommend? Share the results of these searches
Web Design
Use list of "useful sites" that I put on the web from last
week's exercise. Visit 2 (if possible in your subject area) and see
if you agree with the person who suggested the site. (link to be added
here) Send comments to me that can be added to this web page.
Web Searches
Search 6 universities / schools for their policy on copyright. Search
for laws on copyright. Bring results to next class
Visit Etext Center,
Fondren Library, Lisa
Spiro, Director
Scanning - Bring both
originals and print-out of scanning to next class.
Scan
an image on which you "own" the copyright or you have permission to use
Scan
text on which you "own" the copyright or you have permission to use
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Searching the Web
See Feb 9
Copyright Issues:
An
introduction to copyright issues for WWW publishers at Rice
Images / Scanning
Importing
and Saving Images
Scanning
Images
Scanning
Text
Scanning
and Image Examples
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Wednesday,
February 23
Symonds II - Duncan Hall
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Student Subject Area Presentations
Critique each: What did you
like best, one suggestion for improvment, Design-wise - what might you
use in your teaching?. Each person will get feedback on their presentation.
Presentation Review
Design: Colors, Fonts, etc
Web sites
Content / design discussion
Show results of scanning
exercise
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Web Searches
Find 2 sites on the web that have a similar audience and general purpose.
Find 2 more sites on the web that have a similar content. What do you
like about each and what do you want to do differently. Can you find
a site with a similar design motif to the one you want to create? What
about your navigation method?
Email
Send to instructor:
Send me a general description (purpose, audience, content, layout,
general design, and navigation method) of your website and include the
url for each of the sites you found (above). Include what you liked
and disliked about these sites.
Bring to Class:
Sketch out each page (at least 4) on sheets of paper.
Write any text blocs that you plan to use and send them to yourself
in email.
If you are going to include images, get them together on a disk/CD or
as email attachments.
Only use text and images that you have a right to use (copyrights).
Scanning
Scan images that you want to use on your subject area presentation /
web page. Try scanning a slide if you have one.
Photoshop
Modify
the images using Photoshop. Although you may use Photoshop in class
to alter an image (dpi, size, color) please do any extensive work BEFORE
class.
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Scanning
see Feb 17
Database
Database Resources
FGCU
Access Tutorial
Bay
City Public Schools
See Rice's Tutorial
Documents and handouts and information at Microsoft
in Education
FileMaker
Tutorial
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Wednesday,
March 1
Symonds II - Duncan Hall
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Web page authoring
Come to class with plans and materials for your site "in-hand". Bring these items with you!
Only use text and images that you have a right to use (copyrights).
Sketch out each page (at least 4) on sheets of paper.
Write any text blocs that you plan to use and send them to yourself in email.
If you are going to include images, get them together on a disk/CD or as email attachments.
Images: You may need to do some scans before you come to class
Images: Although you may use Photoshop in class to alter an image (dpi, size, color) please do any extensive work BEFORE class.
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WebCT
Share your Scanning & Photoshop successes and problems in WebCT
Think about and discuss, on WebCT, Graphics uses in Education.
Web Page Design
Finish subject area web pages. Post URL to LiveJournal
Email
Work with assigned partner on Website design.
Hardware/Software
Research one aspect of Computer Hardware/Software - as assigned
Visit Google's hardware reviews
Look at digital camera offerings and come ready to discuss merits of various styles / brands
Web Page Design
Continue work on your subject area web pages. (Due March 24)
Start planning 2 lessons using technology. (Due April 7, 14& 21) |
Web page authoring
Organizing Your Web
Basic Page Design Tips
DreamWeaver
HTML & Claris Home Page Documents At RiceScanning Documents At Rice
Intro to HTML
Web Page Workshop: Colors
Web Page Workshop:
Layout
Creating web pages with Pizazz
Welcome to Digital Blasphemy!
Database
Database Resources
FGCU Access Tutorial
Bay City Public Schools
See Rice's Tutorial Documents and handouts and information at Microsoft in Education
FileMaker Tutorial
Hardware/Softwate
Shareware
Simply the Best
C/Net Download.com
Drivers
DriverZone.com
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Wednesday,
March 8
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No Class
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Spring Break
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Wednesday,
March 15
Symonds II - Duncan Hall
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Hardware topics
processors
memory
cards
periferals
portable vs desktop
Macintosh
PC
Storage Media
Harddisks
Floppy disks
zip disks
cd's
Cameras
Projectors
Software
Operating systems
shareware
drivers
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Email
Compare uses of web pages to uses of presentations from teacher's, student's,
and parent's viewpoint.
Hardware
Imagine
that you have $3000 for technology in your classroom. Also design a
system for personal use ($2000-$3000). Include hardware and software.
Look at educational pricing for both. Create a spreadsheet for each
purchase plan including item, price, source, why selected.
Look at digital camera offerings and come ready to discuss merits of
various styles / brands / uses in a classroom
Work on 2 lessons using
technology. (Due March 29, April 5, 12 & 19)
Send topics methods to
CMW
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Wednesday,
March 22
Symonds II - Duncan Hall
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Student subject area web
site: Show and Tell
Explain Use, design, organization
Critique each: What did you
like best, one suggestion for improvment and could you apply something
from it to your subject area?
Distance Education
Email/WebCT/Live Journal
Preferences and criteria
Digital camera discussion
Graphics
Paint vs Draw
Powerpoint / Photoshop
Photoshop: Any questions?
Databases
FileMaker and Access
Importing and exporting
records
SIGN UP For 2 final teaching
with technology: topics / dates / environments
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Email/WebCT/Live Journal
Databases
- Compare / Contrast Databases and Spreadsheets in Live Journal
Website
use by educators WebCT
Find two sites that have
lessons/materials on similar subject. Compare/Contrast effect of Web
Design format on experience of using the site for access to similar
material.
Evaluate and compare two
web tutorial sites on same subject
Distance Education - Propose a good use of distance education
in public education. WebCT
Web Page Design
Continue work on your subject area web pages. Modify according to suggestions
received.
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Photoshop
Documents At Rice
Audio
and Video on the Web
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Wednesday,
March 29
Symonds II - Duncan Hall
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Networking
LAN
servers
ethernet
Passwords
IP#'s
Intranet vs Internet
Start Final Projects Presentations
and evaluations
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Email/WebCT/Live Journal
Investigate
CDROM's available in your subject area.. Share
findings with others in teaching disipline
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Wednesday,
April 5
Symonds II - Duncan Hall
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Final
Projects Presentations and evaluations |
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Wednesday,
April 12
Symonds II - Duncan Hall
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Final Project Presentations
and evaluations
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Wednesday,
April 19
Symonds II - Duncan Hall
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Final Project Presentations
and evaluations
Summation
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Wednesday,
April 28
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Makeup Day; Last Day
to hand in work.
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