Schedule

//proposed schedule - subject to change//

Friday Sept 10 meet students, explore technology assumptions & expectations, explain/revise course outline, set up/connect to wiki, post to WebCT discussion w/ photo (photobooth or digital camera), explore advanced google search techniques, post resources to wiki

Friday Sept 17 sort out computer access in labs, wireless, review WebCT & wiki posting, intro to Mac OS, plan and deliver lesson on screen capture as foundational skill for creating a how-to handout

Friday Sept 24 where does learning technology come from? - a speculative history solve problems of being able to see, hear, preserve taxonomy of learning technologies part 1 - productivity and instructional tools w/ examples activity: create a gradebook in excel brainstorm tech teach-in topics, demo sign-up sheet - need to sign up for next week examine teach-in rubric for technology teach-in 1

Friday Oct 1 technology teach-in 1: 8 simultaneous lessons, 3 students for each lesson, rotate

Friday Oct 8 taxonomy of learning technologies part 2 - student-centered and distance learning tools (sort teach-in topics) //Some examples of student-centred learning for discussion:// //some examples of distance learning tools:// explore medieval philosophy demo course in WebCT demo Elluminate webconferencing w/ presentation from Kathy Cassidy (5 myths, rebooting the 3 Rs) introduce digital storytelling project - demo the carrot seed (photos, crop, assemble, narrate)
 * [|BC Science Probe 4] - from Nelson Canada (mm)
 * [|Hinterland Who's Who] - look under media, then vintage (mm)
 * [|SuccessMaker] - pearson canada
 * [|Scottish Woodlands] - BBC
 * [|Art Webquest] - Dublin National Gallery (from [|teachnet ireland)]

Friday Oct 15 video production workshop demo planning, shooting, editing a how-to video work in groups to start planning production

Friday Oct 22 Shoot & edit how-to video productions

Friday Oct 29 Finish video editing, demo uploading to youtube demo smartboard talk about / work on digital storytelling projects

Friday Nov 5 taxonomy of learning technologies part 3 - connectivist tools - social media http://cmtk.wikispaces.com/ evaluate new technologies: document camera, aver pen plan teach-in #2

Nov 8-9 - colloquium Nov 10 - career fair

Friday Nov 12 no class - midterm break

Friday Nov 19 technology teach-in 2: 8 simultaneous lessons, 3 students for each lesson, rotate

Friday Nov 26 Ethics, etiquette and online safety [|aclu pizza] [|internet safety for kids] - collection of websites [|online safety] - from BBC [|netiquette] - from wisekids.org.uk [|netiquette video] from world news [|cyberethics] - from microsoft [|commonsense media] - reviews & ratings [|digital copyright canada] - resource links [|copyright in canadian schools] - from Manitoba [|copyright in the classroom] - from U Alberta reality check work on digital stories

Friday Dec 3 wrap-up share digital stories [|audio tutorials] from Media College [|basic sound.pdf] - presentation on sound reinforcement for elementary schools

expectations - what should we do? what do sd use - standard lab install, computers in classroom, mac/pc, home access how to use a mac how to use a smart board overhead projector plug in computer to LCD projector video editing (for elementary)