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toc //- - - a work in progress - - - check back often - - -// =Orientation Weeks= Projects: MEL digital product (1/2 class) || # review syllabus (1/2 class) || # set up blogs (1/2 class) || # WebQuest audiences (1/2 class) || # project files vs. product files (1/2 class) || # judge the MEL presentations
 * **--Date--** || **--What we will do in class today--** || **--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--** ||
 * T 1/22 || Practicum Orientation || * bring a postcard ||
 * W 1/23
 * 1) discuss Fires and why it's a text
 * 2) look at [|MEL WebQuest]
 * 3) hand out "entry forms" || * read Introduction, Preface, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2 from //Fires in the Bathroom// ||
 * F 1/25 Bonus Class || # look at rest of syllabus
 * 1) collect entry forms
 * 2) issue with small DVDs
 * 3) what's your backup strategy?
 * 4) introduction to WebQuests
 * 5) Intel CDs
 * 6) MEL partners announced
 * 7) hand out Type I and Type II printout || * (see below) ||
 * F 1/25
 * 1) copy and paste QR for Chapter 1 into a posting, same for Chapter 2 QR; add citation; follow Fires guidelines
 * 2) do Step 1 blog entry for MEL WebQuest
 * 3) add blog URL to class artifact page when Mergatroy the Moose gets to you
 * 4) How blog entries are graded
 * 5) do Step 6 (part 1) of MEL WebQuest || * write QR for Chapters 1 and 2; bring to class in an electronic form (email to yourself is fine if you can access email from the web)
 * read Introduction and Task of [|MEL WebQuest]
 * do Steps 1, 2, and 3 of MEL WebQuest except for the blog entry
 * bring completed entry form to class ||
 * M 1/28 Bonus Class || # look at last piece of syllabus
 * 1) digital story rubric
 * 2) discuss //Focus the Nation//
 * 3) look at Step 7 (part 1) of MEL WebQuest
 * 4) discuss Type I and Type II
 * 5) questions on what the MEL model is? what it means? about your product for Friday?
 * 6) "just in time" teaching vs. "just in case"
 * 7) jump drives on sale || * evaluation of 6 WebQuests ||
 * M 1/28
 * 1) team presentations
 * 2) using tabs in Firefox
 * 3) take survey || * do the computer hardware survey
 * do Steps 4 and 5 of MEL WebQuest ||
 * W 1/30
 * 1) how and where to upload
 * 2) digital story tips ||   ||
 * F 2/1
 * 1) remind about reading Fires || * do Step 7 (part 1) of MEL WebQuest
 * bring a printout of the text of your MEL project (script/ transcript/ printout of Comic Life, . . . black and white is fine)
 * MEL presentations must be finished and uploaded to artifacts wiki before class
 * Your //Focus the Nation// blog entry must be finished by midnight tonight ||

=Module 1= Projects: WebQuest Part 1 (text), Student Sample, Team Presentations


 * **--Date--** || **--What we will do in class today--** || **--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--** ||
 * F 2/29 || # ...Special Class...
 * 1) a citation in your blog for //Fires//, but everything else, put the citation in the entry
 * 2) Signing up for Teams
 * 3) any special needs for team presentations? (assign homework? presentation order? different location? . . . ) -- email me
 * 4) What to do next week:
 * 5) Work on team presentations
 * 6) Work on student samples
 * 7) Work on WebQuest text ||   ||
 * M 3/3 || # ...Work Day...
 * 1) Work on team presentations
 * 2) Work on student samples || * read chapters 3-10 of //Fires in the Bathroom// and write a QR for each chapter (a total of 8 blog entries); finish by 11:59pm on Sunday, March 2 (Texas Independence Day). ||
 * W 3/5 || # ...Work Day...
 * 1) Work on team presentations
 * 2) Work on student samples || * keep working on team presentations and student samples ||
 * F 3/7 || # ...Work Day...
 * 1) Work on team presentations
 * 2) Work on student samples || * keep working on team presentations and student samples ||
 * M 3/10 || # Team Presentations || * (work on student sample) ||
 * W 3/12 || # refining your audience and presentation setting (recap)
 * 1) powerful rubrics
 * 2) del.icio.us
 * 3) diversity activity
 * 4) 1 more team presentation || * (work on student sample) ||
 * F 3/14 || # self-evaluation on team presentations
 * 1) browser toolbar icons for del.icio.us
 * 2) how to put WQ text on wiki
 * 3) looking ahead at chapters 1 & 2 assignments
 * 4) present student samples || * student samples and 2 rubrics ||
 * M 3/17 || # more student samples if needed
 * 1) contribution to class WebQuest wiki
 * 2) what is html
 * 3) upload your index page to your UMF public folder
 * 4) pass around the One Laptop Per Child laptop and the iPhone || * ||
 * W 3/19 || # guest speaker about SEAM
 * 1) review room arrangement assignment to do while in the classroom
 * 2) improve your rubrics . . . again . . . make them self-explanatory
 * 3) peer review of WQ text || * read chapter 1 of Classroom Management textbook
 * text of WQ on wiki ||
 * F 3/21 || # chapter 2 debriefing
 * 1) review Classroom Management Chapter project and what to do while in the classroom; assign teams
 * 2) what to expect in module 2 || * double highlighter exercise of chapter 2
 * text of WQ uploaded to TK20
 * the infamous "contribution to the class WebQuest wiki" assignment ||

=Module 2= Projects: Classroom Management Lessons, Classroom Management Textbook Chapters, WebQuests Part 2, Digital Stories, Digital Collection

make-up day Dearborn 005 1:00-2:30 || # introduction to Nvu
 * **--Date--** || **--What we will do in class today--** || **--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--** ||
 * M 4/14 || # finding and evaluating Internet resources
 * 1) copyright and fair use
 * 2) is your name on the student website list?
 * 3) overview of classroom management  assignment
 * 4) another look at digital storytelling
 * 5) writing the process section of your WebQuest
 * 6) look at homework for next class || * room arrangement assignment
 * (work on classroom management presentation & textbook chapters) ||
 * W 4/16 || Symposium Day no class ||  ||
 * Th 4/17
 * 1) building your WebQuest webpage(s)
 * 2) look at WebQuest resources || * download Nvu if you're using your laptop for building your WebQuest
 * gather resources (graphics and good websites) for your WebQuest
 * (work on classroom management presentation & textbook chapters) ||
 * F 4/18 || # Observer today
 * 1) concerns/questions about CM and DS?
 * 2) peer feedback on process section
 * 3) uploading your WebQuest pages to the Internet
 * 4) uploading your WebQuest to TK20 || * bring a printout of the process section of your WebQuest
 * (work on classroom management presentation & textbook chapters) ||
 * M 4/28 || # share WebQuests
 * 1) edit your UMF WebSITE index page
 * 2) job fare in Dearborn Gym until 4 today || * upload WebQuest to TK20 (compressed file as an attachment AND the link in the text of your message) by noon Monday 4/28
 * complete the WebQuest self-evaluation and upload it with your WebQuest to TK20 (yes, it's possible to have more than one attachment to an assignment in TK20)
 * classroom management textbook chapter finished ||
 * W 4/30 || # random selection for who presents today
 * 1) 3 classroom management presentations || * classroom management presentation finished and ready ||
 * F 5/2 || # 3 classroom management presentations || * (is your digital story ready for next Wednesday?) ||
 * M 5/5 || # simMentoring
 * 1) [[file:simschool_teaching_handout.doc]]
 * 2) copyright and fair use || * (is your digital story ready for next Wednesday?) ||
 * W 5/7 || # "best of" digital story presentations
 * 1) simMentoring || * decide what digital story you're going to share (it can be one you've already presented for a previous assignment) and have it posted to the artifacts wiki ||
 * F 5/9 || # IF YOU HAVE A BORROWED UMF LAPTOP, PLEASE RETURN IT BEFORE CELEBRATION!
 * 1) surveys (both blocks)
 * 2) small group project
 * 3) 2 index card questions
 * 4) UMF evaluations ||   ||
 * 1) UMF evaluations ||   ||