Course Schedule

See Day 1 Overview of Lesson

1. Introductions, VARK questionnaire
2. Course overview
3. What, why, & how of technology as an effective teaching & learning tool
4. Sharing of findings of ways to use technology for teaching & learning (peer sharing using Internet to show examples)
5. A picture speaks a thousand words: Using digital cameras to enhance teaching and learning
   

•  Stuffing Technology into The Curriculum
• PowerPoint on Issues & Challenges in Integrating Technology into Teaching

1. Digital photos (continued): creating virtual field trips
2. Review of photo editing and manipulation for use in multimedia applications
3. Creating Virtual Field Trips

•  Review examples of virtual field trips
  • pick from Tramline Virtual Field trips examples
  • Saskatoon Virtual Tours & Field Trips
  • Virtual Cave in France
  • Volcanic Activity in Iceland
  • White House Kids' Tour
  • Virtual Museums and galleries
• Outline/storyboard of virtual field trip

 5 examples for annotated list of ways to use technology for teaching and learning (complete Teaching w/ Tech Resource List assignment due June 28)

Check in feedback

1. Non-linear applications for teaching & learning - discussion.
2. Inspiration
3. Teacher created web pages

• Concept mapping: A Graphical System...
• Inspiration tutorials (a) basics (b) beyond basics
• Inspiration.com site
• Examples of uses of Inspiration in classroom
  

PowerPoint and Inspiration

1. Different uses of PowerPoint (why use? when? how? who?)
2. Teaching students how to use PowerPoint
3. How to teach effectively using PowerPoint
4. Creating Jeopardy quiz using PowerPoint

• Scoring Power Points - tips for meaningful use of PowerPoint
• Review Power Point (see tutorials PP basics & Next Level
• Homemade PowerPoint Games.
• Creating PowerPoint Jeopardy Game Guidelines
• Examples of Jeopardy Games
• Matching game
• Interactive games (try out pre-made games)

1.  Peer teaching using Power Point or Inspiration as a tool
2. WebQuests - Introduction

•  Lesson using PP
• Do search for WebQuests - find examples.

1. Teaching students to use the Internet
2. WebQuests

• The WebQuest Page by Bernie Dodge
• WebQuests and More by Tom March
• WebQuest 101 tutorial (TeacherFirst.com)
• Saskatoon WebQuest Boot Rack
• WebQuest Readings & training materials
• WebQuest Design Process
• WebQuest Process Checklist or WQ Designer's Checklist (this one you can click boxes for more guidance)

PowerPoint quiz or other game and Quiz/game rubric

1. Work time in groups on WebQuests (continued from yesterday)
2. Intro to Electronic Portfolios
3. Creating MN eFolio: see my Guidelines for setting up eFolio account
4. UMD ePortfolio

•  MN eFolio (once there, review links for Before Begin, Gallery of Samples, Take a Tour)
• MN eFolio Help
• UMD ePortfolio

Bring to and prepare for class:

• be sure you have set up an eFolio account BEFORE class and
• you have explored the eFolio Help, review links for Before Begin, Gallery of Samples, Take a Tour
• bring to class a digital photo of yourself that you might want on your site (or some other photo that "speaks" to who you are/what you do)
• any work samples you would like to upload to your eFolio

1. Creating web pages & websites using Macromedia Dreamweaver

• Review what you learned about web pages in Educ 3412/5412
• Explore Dreamweaver tutorials (a) basics (b) site management

1. Dreamweaver continued

• Develop and upload basic components of your website to your UMD page

1. Distance education: examining different models; when, where, why, how.
2. Using synchronous & asynchronous online discussions

Read the following articles:

• Online courses that work - and some that don't
• Why don't face-to-face teaching strategies work in the virtual classroom?
• What makes a successful online student?

Visit to learn about what is out there:

• Distance Education Clearinghouse
• How to find online K-12 courses
• Virtual School Search