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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) || # collect entry forms (1/2 class) || # jump drives on sale (1/2 class) || # (note the link to Bloom's) (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
 * 1) discuss different browsers and why
 * 2) a blog vocabulary lesson
 * 3) set up blogs
 * 4) copy and paste QR for Chapter 1 into a posting, same for Chapter 2 QR; add citation; follow Fires guidelines
 * 5) do Step 1 blog entry for MEL WebQuest
 * 6) add blog URL to class artifact page when Mergatroy the Moose gets to you
 * 7) How blog entries are graded
 * 8) MEL partners announced
 * 9) do Step 6 (part 1) of MEL WebQuest
 * 10) hand out Type I and Type II printout || * 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
 * 1) issue with small DVDs
 * 2) look at rest of syllabus
 * 3) [|Bloom's taxonomy]
 * 4) digital storytelling rubric
 * 5) look at Step 7 (part 1) of MEL WebQuest
 * 6) "just in time" teaching vs. "just in case"
 * 7) questions on what the MEL model is? what it means? about your product for Friday?
 * 8) using tabs in Firefox
 * 9) take survey || * do the computer hardware survey
 * do Steps 4 and 5 of MEL WebQuest ||
 * W 1/30
 * 1) tips on digital storytelling
 * 2) project files vs. product files
 * 3) how and where to upload || * (work on your MEL project) ||
 * F 2/1
 * 1) discuss team presentations || * 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 including Rubrics (product and presentation), Team Presentations


 * **--Date--** || **--What we will do in class today--** || **--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--** ||
 * M 2/4 || # introduction to WebQuests
 * 1) Intel CDs
 * 2) signing up for team presentation topics
 * 3) [|del.icio.us]
 * 4) meet with your team
 * 5) any special needs for team presentations? (assign homework? presentation order? different location? . . . ) || * enjoy your weekend and The Super Bowl ||
 * W 2/6 || S N O W -- D A Y ||  ||
 * Th 2/7 || # refining your audience and presentation setting
 * 1) time with your team || * finish 6 WebQuest reviews
 * start researching your Team Presentation ||
 * F 2/8 || # what is html
 * 1) upload your index page to your UMF public folder
 * 2) time with your team || * (work on Team Presentation) ||
 * M 2/11 || # Announce WebQuest "Most Creative Scale" Winner
 * 1) Resources & Process sections--sometimes combined; sometimes not
 * 2) progress report on blog entries
 * 3) Team Presentations
 * 4) (if time: digital collection: wiki vs. blog vs. website) || * if you have one, bring an MP3 player and headphones/ earbuds
 * If you have a Windows laptop, please download the [|beta version of SharedView]
 * your Team Presentation should be ready to go! ||
 * W 2/13 || S N O W - - D A Y || * Helping Others Learn About Computers blog entry
 * (work on student sample)
 * (work on rubrics) ||
 * F 2/15 || //Snow Day makeup class 9:30-11:00 in Computing Center 104 then regular class 12:00 noon-2:20 (usual time in usual place)//
 * 1) last team presentation
 * 2) details
 * 3) is your name on the UMF student website list?
 * 4) .docx vs. .doc
 * 5) posting your WebQuest text on the class wiki--intro and conclusion
 * 6) put a citation for //Fires// on your blog sidebar but cite all other sources in the blog entry
 * 7) index card activity -- modified
 * 8) diversity activity
 * 9) discuss 2/25 assignments and homework
 * 10) discuss/review products & student samples
 * 11) debrief on team presentations
 * 12) powerful rubrics activity || * Creativity Exercise ||
 * || Winter Break 2/16-2/24 ||  ||
 * M 2/25 || today is a work day--WebQuest text, student sample, rubrics, contributions to the class WebQuest wiki site . . . GET CREATIVE! . . . also help each other: be sure to share your introductions and conclusions with at least 3 different classmates for input

Allow yourself to be inspired by the examples of good teachers that you wrote about in your MEL blogs!! || * //NOTE: all homework due today is due by 2:20pm EST (end of class) instead of the usual noon EST (beginning of class)//
 * text of "new and improved" WQ (in a Word document) uploaded to TK20
 * copyright and fair use activity
 * (work on student sample) ||
 * W 2/27 || # photos of SmartBoard and digital storytelling teams
 * 1) how to fit your rubric in one page
 * 2) present student sample -- bring printouts of your 2 rubrics to class to turn in to Dr. Theresa  || * student sample and 2 rubrics ||
 * F 2/29 || Happy Leap Year Day (today), Happy Last Day of Module 1 (today), and [|Happy Texas Independence Day] (March 2)
 * 1) more student samples
 * 2) TK20 and the WebQuest text
 * 3) chapter 2 debriefing
 * 4) review room arrangement assignment to do while in the classroom
 * 5) sign up for Classroom Management teams
 * 6) review Classroom Management Chapter project and what to do while in the classroom
 * 7) what to expect in module 2 || * read chapter 1 of Classroom Management textbook
 * do double highlighter exercise of chapter 2 of Classroom Management textbook ||

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


 * **--Date--** || **--What we will do in class today--** || **--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--** ||
 * M 3/24 || # finding and evaluating Internet resources
 * 1) copyright and fair use
 * 2) is your name on the student website list?
 * 3) contribution to WQ wiki assignment
 * 4) discuss room arrangement assignment and due date || * read chapters 3-10 of //Fires in the Bathroom// and write a QR for each chapter (a total of 8 blog entries) ||
 * W 3/26 || # guest speaker about SEAM
 * 1) introduction to Nvu
 * 2) building your WebQuest webpage(s) || * If you're using your laptop for building your WebQuest, go to [|http://nvu.com] and download the free software Nvu. If the Nvu site is down, try http://downloads.com
 * find resources on the Internet for your WebQuest; copy and paste the URLs into an email or a Word document on your pen drive so you will have access to them in class; be sure to evaluate each resource website as to its validity, accuracy, lack of bias, and appropriateness
 * find graphics that you want to use for your WebQuest; if they're from the web, be sure to copy the URL of the photo (Google Images is not a source); if permission is not granted on the website for you to use it or if it's not in the public domain, send an email seeking permission to use the graphic ||
 * F 3/28 || # WebQuest resources
 * 1) WebQuest pages
 * 2) a look at the classroom management wiki textbook project
 * 3) linking your student sample to your WebQuest || * contribute to the class WebQuest wiki site and write a blog entry describing your contribution (title it "My contribution to the class WebQuest wiki"); include a hyperlink to the page to which you contributed
 * a zipped / compressed file of your final version of your WebQuest needs to be uploaded to TK20 by noon Saturday
 * the link to your WebQuest index page (the URL) needs to be linked to the class artifact wiki ||
 * M 3/31 || # share WebQuests
 * 1) look at digital storytelling
 * 2) meet with classroom management team || * bring a printout of your completed WebQuest self-evaluation (found at bottom of the WebQuest resources page) ||
 * W 4/2 || # random drawing for which classroom management teams present today
 * 1) 3 classroom management presentations
 * 2) refined definition of digital story || * classroom management presentation needs to be ready
 * (do you have digital story ready for next Wednesday?) ||
 * F 4/4 || # 3 classroom management presentations || * (work on classroom management wiki textbook contribution)
 * (is your digital story ready for next Wednesday?) ||
 * M 4/7 || # feedback on classroom management
 * 1) presentation then textbook or textbook then supplement
 * 2) "tips and tricks"
 * 3) a discussion on homework--what's the purpose, how will you assess it, when, and why || * classroom management wiki textbook needs to be complete ||
 * W 4/9 || Observer# "best of" digital story presentations || * 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 4/11 || Observer# [|"centers" at the HS level]
 * 1) digital story hall of fame
 * 2) a small group project
 * 3) 2 index card questions
 * 4) edit your UMF "under construction" index page
 * 5) how to bundle in del.icio.us
 * 6) surveys in 4 weeks, so you get out 20 minutes early today in exchange for coming to take them later
 * 7) UMF evaluations || * don't forget the room arrangement assignment due Wednesday, April 30 by 11:00pm ||
 * F 5/9 || surveys (both blocks) ||  ||