EDLF 545:
Applied Teaching with Technology

Course Schedule

Class & Date	Class Topics	Resources	Readings & Assignments Due
Week 1 1/17/07	Introduction to EDLF 545 & TIP File storage/Home Directory ETO/Equipment Reservations TIP Internships Review internship contract/proposal form Class blog Personal blogs	Student survey Home Directory Service (ITC) UVA Anywhere (ITC) File mangement tips (ITC) Home Directory file permissions (ITC) Blogger.com Wordpress.com	None
Week 2 1/24/07	Visit from Bill Evans (wevans@k12albemarle.org), Coordinator for Instructional Technology, Albemarle County Schools Share internship ideas Blogs & RSS feeds in a classroom environment TappedIn	ACPS Framework for Quality Learning What is a blog? (definition courtesy of whatis.com) Blogger.com Wordpress.com RSS (courtesy of wikipedia.org) Bloglines.com TappedIn	Readings: What is Web 2.0 by Tim O'Reilly Assignments: Post a response to the reading as a comment on the class blog entry for the article Brainstorm internship ideas Start drafting contract/proposal (elementary 788 students) Project #1 due
Week 3 1/31/07	Blogs & RSS feeds (cont.) Criteria for assessing technology projects What is Web 2.0? (definition courtesy of wikipedia.org) Online collaborative tools Online to-do lists Web-based word processors Web-based spreadsheets Introduce project #5 (work in groups of 2)	Bloglines.com NETS The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005 by Dion Hinchcliffe TechCrunch Ta-da Google Docs & Spreadsheets	Readings: How People Learn, Chapter 9 How People Learn, Chapter 6 (optional) Assignments: Post a response to the reading as a comment on the class blog entry for the chapter Create a "technology autobiography" entry on your personal blog. This should be 2-3 paragraphs and contain information about past exposure to, use of, and successes/failures with technology in an educational setting. Review autobiographies posted by your classmates and make comments. You can find links to each student's personal blog on the class blog.
Week 4 2/7/07	Share contract/proposal drafts Online collaborative tools (cont.) Wikis Social Bookmarking Shared calendars	What is Wiki? (courtesy of wiki.org) Seedwiki del.icio.us Google Calendar	Assignments: Contract/proposal draft due Brainstrom topics for project #5 with your partner
Week 5 2/14/07	Discuss project #5 Sign up for presentations Final papers due 4/18/07 Web start pages Create your own start page Open lab/time for one-on-one consultations	Google homepage Netvibes MyUva	Readings: Legalized 'Cheating' by Ellen Gamerman (originally published in the Wall Street Journal 1/21/06) Assignments: Post a response to the reading as a comment on the class blog entry for the article Set up a Web-based word processing space to work on project #5 with your partner Post your project #5 topic as a comment on the class blog to the entry for the project Work on/revise proposal/contract
Week 6 2/21/07	Copyright Digital images Introduction to digital photography - scavenger hunt Uploading digital photos to Flickr Publishing to and searching Creative Commons Web 2.0 tools for teachers	Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use ShortCourses.com (digital photography tutorials) Flickr Creative Commons 4Teachers.org	Readings: Teaching with digital images by G. Bull & L. Bell (Eds.): review Chapter 4 by E. Langran Assignments: Post a response to the reading as a comment on the class blog entry for the chapter Bring digital camera to class (if you have one), make arrangements to borrow one, or check one out from the ETO at least 24 hours prior to class Project #2 due (be prepared to share in class)
Week 7 2/28/07	Youth, technology, and school Digital images (cont.) Photoshop elements Free digital image editing software Printing digital images vs. digital images for the Web	Photoshop Elements GIMP	Readings: Pew Internet & American Life Project Report: The Internet at School (August 2005; pdf) by L. Rainie Choose one of the following chapters out of Teaching with digital images Chapter 6 (Science) Chapter 7 (Language Arts) Chapter 8 (Mathematics) Chapter 9 (Social Studies) Assignments: Post two responses to the readings as a comment on the class blog entry for each chapter you read
Week 8 3/7/07	Spring Recess		None
Week 9 3/14/07	Presentations: Diane Larkin Gillian Hodge Tad Watson Digital audio Introduction to podcasting Recording and editing digital audio Internship rubric development	Podcasting (courtesy of whatis.com) itunes NTLC Radio NECC Radio WillowWeb National Visionary Leadership Project Odeo Audacity Audacity 1.2 Tutorial LAME MP3 Encoder Switch Audio Converter	Reading: iPods Fast Becoming New Teacher's Pet By Fern Shen (washingtonpost.com) Assignments: Post a response to the reading as a comment on the class blog entry for the article Write 5-6 interview questions on a topic of your choice to practice recording with a partner in class Bring a digital voice recorder to class (if you have one), make arrangements to borrow one, or check one out from the ETO at least 24 hours prior to class
Week 10 3/21/07	SMART Board applications Guest speaker: Diallo Sessoms, 3rd year Instructional Technology PhD student Presentations: Katherine McClelland Jennifer Redding Digital Storytelling - the seven elements Digital primary historical sources	SMART Technologies Digital Storytelling Cookbook Center for Digital Storytelling Digital Storytelling Association iMovie classroom examples Storyvine Tech Head Stories - Digital Storytelling PBS Civil War Stories Capture Wales VCDH primaryAccess	Assignments: Project #3 due Final contract/proposal due with rubric (please turn in one signed hardcopy)
Week 11 3/28/07	SITE Conference (no class meeting)		None
Week 12 4/4/07	Presentations: Julie Stavitski Lydia Harding Melanie Owen Katie Alley Digital Storytelling (cont.) Story circle - share scripts Digital storytelling tools: iMovie Moviemaker Photo Story Digital Storyteller Powerpoint Lab time to work on digital stories	iMovie Tutorial Using Windows MovieMaker (PDF docs) Part 1 Part 2 Photo Story Instructions by Lara Smetana (PDF) Web Design Features by Robin Williams, author of The Non-Designer's Web Book Web Pages the Suck by Vincent Flanders Webmonkey: The Web Developer's Resource Webmonkey for Kids W3Schools' HTML Tutorial Basic set of HTML tags (courtesy of Digital Library SunSITE) Getting Started - ITC Web Development	Assignments: Project #4 due Draft script for digital narrative (1 to 1 1/2 pages in length, double spaced, 12 point font) Bring pictures/artifacts for your digital story to class
Week 13 4/11/07	AERA Conference (no class meeting)		None
Week 14 4/18/07	Presentations: Pei Ping Poon Sarah Oh Online video sharing tools Catch up time to finish working on digital stories, etc.	YouTube Google Video Video Napster? by Brad Stone Alleycode Google Labs	Assignments: Exchange your script with a peer in class to and exchange comments and feedback. (Note: Your comments should go beyond "good" or "great job." You can use this rubric to guide your feedback.) Digital narrative storyboards Project #5 due
Week 15 4/25/07	WE WILL MEET IN ROOM 200 TODAY! Bagels & Coffee Digital narrative presentations Wrapping things up - where do we go from here? Course survey on Toolkit		Present digital narratives (bring presentation to class on a CD or flash drive) Give your cooperating teacher a copy of all lesson plans and resources/materials for your internship Final TIP internship contract/proposal, lesson plans, and copy of digital narrative burned to a CD and turned into instructor (RFN 173A) by noon on Friday, April 27, 2007