TBTE 415 / TLT 450 - Technology in School Settings - Fall 2007 - Thomas Hammond
Session #
Date
Topics
Activities
Assignments to complete in preparation for next class (or to start after class and complete at a later date). Reminder: please consult the rubrics as you work on the assignments
1
Mon, 27 Aug Introductions

Overview of the course: wiki vs. Blackboard vs. blog, syllabus, assignments, starting propositions

The "adopt a tool" assignment: Explanation, expectations, volunteering




Blogging on the class blog

Discussion and paper shuffling

Demonstration: Welcome to WordPress

Time permitting: Tech schema role-playing!

Tech support time: Getting your own blog up and rolling
Start a blog or wiki (pick any flavor you like, by try to go with something suitable for K12)

Add your blog to the list on the wiki's list of participants

On the class blog: Post a tool you'd like to present on

2 Mon, 3 Sep
REMINDER: Asynchronous session

"Adopt a tool" assignment topics

Field placements

Project topics




Finalizing the topics/assignments for the "adopt a tool" presentations: Check the class wiki for a list of who is doing what tool on what day

Starting the field placement process

Starting the project topic process

Review the project documentation requirements
On your personal blog: Post
  • Access to a K12 classroom: Please tell me
    • Whether you have access to a classroom and will be doing your classroom in it. If so, give specifics: grade level, content area, class size.
    • Whether you need help getting matched up with a classroom
  • Please offer any suggestions you might have of classroom teachers who would be willing to participate in a classmate's field project
  • A brainstorm of tech-based projects you might do in a classroom
On a classmate's blog, post
  • A reaction to his/her brainstorming post
3 Mon, 10 Sep Reviewing field placement situation

Discussion of project topics

"Adopt a tool" presentations

Design presentation topics

Listening to, helping with classmates' field placement challenges

Listening to, discussing classmates' project ideas

Discussion of project documentation requirements

Listening to, participating in classmates' presentations

(Meeting with design presenters...literature presenters are dismissed)
Presenters: Post your materials/handouts to the class blog

Meet with your participating teacher, brainstorm project ideas. On your personal blog: Post a brief narrative of the event (describe date/time/place/topics) and reflect on the conversation.

On the class blog: Post feedback / reactions to the presentations
4 Mon, 17 Sep Principles of design

Designing for K-12

"Adopt a tool," cont'd

Lit presentation demo: PCK, TPCK, designing for K-12
Listening to, participating in classmates' presentations

Time permitting: Talking about technology and the power of metaphor

(Meeting with lit presenters...design presenters are dismissed)
Presenters: Post your materials/handouts to the class blog

On the class blog: Post feedback / reactions to the presentations

On the class blog: Post your final status on field placement and your as-of-right-now description of your project

On your personal blog: Begin laying out the project documentation (i.e., identify standards to be addressed, describe assessments to be used, describe learning activities and tools, identify resources that might be helpful)
5 Mon, 24 Sep Literature presentations:  Digital Disconnect, Digital Divide

"Adopt a tool," cont'd

Podcasting
Digital divide, Digital disconnect presentations

Listening to, participating in classmates' presentations

Podcasting workshop
Presenters: Post your materials/handouts to the class blog

On the class blog: Post feedback / reactions to the presentations

On the class blog: Post your final status on field placement and your as-of-right-now description of your project

On your personal blog: Post update on your project work

Test out your podcasting chops: Make something small and fun and post it to your personal blog.
6 Mon, 1 Oct Literature presentations: Web 2.0 and extra-curricular use of tech

"Adopt a tool," cont'd

podcasting, cont'd
Turn in your initial documentation for your project
(moved back one week)

Listening to, participating in classmates' presentations

Podcasting tech time
Presenters: Post your materials/handouts to the class blog

On the class blog: Post feedback / reactions to the presentations

On your personal blog: Post update on your project work

On a classmate's blog: Listen to podcast experiment, post feedback
  Mon, 8 Oct (no class-pacing break)   On your personal blog: post your midterm report podcast / vodcast
7 Mon, 15 Oct Literature presentations:
Assessment
Turn in your initial documentation for your project
Receive initial documentation back


Listening to, participating in classmates' presentations
On a classmate's blog: listen to / watch to a podcast/vodcast and respond

Presenters: Post your materials/handouts to the class blog

On the class blog: Post feedback / reactions to the presentations

On your personal blog: Post update on your project work

If you haven't already, collect feedback data in your classroom about how the project has come thus far
8 Mon, 22 Oct Literature presentations: Standards, the standards movement

Listening to, participating in classmates' presentations

Discussion of initial feedback data
Presenters: Post your materials/handouts to the class blog

On the class blog: Post feedback / reactions to the presentations

On your personal blog: Post update on your project work
 
9 Mon, 29 Oct Literature presentations: The ed tech conundrum, research issues, scaffolds
Listening to, participating in classmates' presentations Presenters: Post your materials/handouts to the class blog

On the class blog: Post feedback / reactions to the presentations

On your personal blog: Post update on your project work
 
10 Mon, 5 Nov
Literature presentations: Professional development for teachers, K-12 technology audits
Listening to, participating in classmates' presentations Presenters: Post your materials/handouts to the class blog

On the class blog: Post feedback / reactions to the presentations

On your personal blog: Post update on your project work
 
11 Mon, 12 Nov Website/CSS
Website/CSS workshop
On your personal blog: Post update on your project work
12 Mon, 19 Nov REMINDER: Asynchronous session   Work on your final podcast/vodcast, final project documentation, and any web-based presentation of your project that you'd like to make.

13 Mon, 26 Nov Sharing our lessons learned Presenting & final podcasts / vodcasts Revise final podcast / vodcast as needed and post to your personal blog and to iTunesU
14
Mon, 3 Dec Sharing our lessons learned

Closure
Presenting & final podcasts / vodcasts, cont'd

Graduation ceremony

Revise final podcast / vodcast as needed and post to your personal blog and to iTunesU
Final work due Mon, 10 Dec (no class) (make sure that your final work is present--all blog entries up-to-date and edited; all documentation posted; all revised presentations or podcasts turned in to the instructor)

 
 

safe mode