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