PSA Links

The following links are relevant to the PSA video lesson:

www.freeplaymusic.com
www.boostup.org
www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1069
www.fcit.usf.edu/lmm/industry.html
www.kathyschrock.net/psa

Video Resource Links

I mentioned in class Wednesday that I would like for you to find a good video link for educators. Please respond to this post with your information.

Closing the Technology Gap Poll

Click on the link below to answer the question. This is a graded activity and you can use a cell phone, smart phone or computer to answer the question. When you get to the poll question you can select which method you plan on using. The choices are listed on the right of the screen.

http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/MzM2MjYwMTQy

Welcome Back from Spring Break

I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break! I wanted to kick off the final part of our semester with an interesting video for you all to watch. Dr. Karen Milligan has asked the faculty to watch this clip and comment to her. I would like for you to do the same and comment to this blog posting. The link to the video is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

I would like for you to tell me what you think about the message the video is telling. Look at it from the perspective of a student and a teacher. See you Wednesday!

New Blog Post to Respond To...

The following link is this week's blog post to respond to:

http://laybusinesstech.blogspot.com/

The entry to discuss is the one regarding professionals entering the field of education.

Assignments for February

In an effort to keep everyone on the same page here are the assignments due for February 1 through February 24, 2009:

Blog Comment #1 (Wednesday, Feb 4th): Respond to "Using Technology in the School Discussion 1" on this blog (edtech4educators.blogspot.com)

Create your own teacher blog using blogger.com. Experiment with gadgets and profile pictures. Then create your first post with the question "why blogs?" Answer that question in your own opinion

Blog Comment #2 (Thursday, Feb 12th): Respond to "Inspiring Teachers" on this blog (edtech4educators.blogspot.com)

Blog Comment #3: Respond to Mark Rigsby's question about men in education @ http://markfrigsby.blogspot.com/

Chapter 4 & 5: What are webquests and what use are they in the world of education? At least one page.

As we have missed a couple of classes due to weather and illness we will cover several topics on Wednesday night and begin looking at a couple of projects.

Inspiring Teachers

What former teacher did the most to inspire you? Why do you feel this way? What did they do that you might try to emulate?

Using Technology in the School Discussion 1

Please view the following link:

http://www.edutopia.org/mary-scroggs-elementary-school

Comment on what you thought was interesting in a technological sense. Could you implement any of these ideas (or new ideas that may have come to mind) in your subject matter of choice? How would the idea(s) work?

FFS (Fun Free Stuff)

Check out the following websites for creative, fun use in the classroom:

http://www.wordle.net/ (Word Clouds)

http://www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/ (Picture morphing software download)

Got any others you want to share? If so, post to this blog entry.

Ed Tech Assignments So Far

The following is a list of the assignments as of 1/29/09:

Educational Technology Pretest

Chapter 1 (Either Digital Divide or Shodor) http://www.techtactics.org/

Chapter 2 (Project-Based Learning) http://www.microsoft.com/education/lessonplans.mspx

PowerPoint (States - 4 slides with embedded video)

Chapter 3 (2 page discussion of pros and cons of "A Radical Theory of Property")
http://www.templetons.com/brad/iprop.html

Wednesday, February 4th - Blogs and their classroom applications