Technology and the classroom

Fall 2008

Tuesday/Thursday, 2:00-3:15

Black Hawk 190 (Computer Classroom)

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Technology in Education students hard at work, above, in our high tech classroom in the new addition to Black Hawk Hall. Notice that they can face forward for presentations and then turn around to use their computers. (Pictures taken from the Spring Semester group)		Here I am, at the teachers' station.
		ISEA Conference at the Ankeny Campus, DMACC Friday, Nov. 7th Here I am with the other two members of our Panel -- Michelle (from Iowa Centra)l and Pat )from Western Iowa Tech Community College).
Cherie's Handout for the ISEA Conference, Fall 2008 Handout -- Incorporating Web-based Tools in the classroom Micro-blogging tools – help you create content in very short chunks. Tumblr – Lets you post links, text, quotes, video, and pictures. You can follow other people’s pages, so there is an element of social networking. I am using Tumblr as a journaling tool for students in my Technology in the classroom course, and they seem to be enjoying it. Twitter – This gives you a way to post very brief updates (one or two sentences) and reminds you of text messaging. You are limited to 140 characters for any one post. The writing prompt is: what are you doing right now? You can use your smart phone to post/read Twitter feeds. I am showing this to my students as an experiment, with some ideas for future applications. It’s fascinating to see people like Barak Obama using Twitter, as well as journalists using Twitter on their shows, and at the political conventions this summer.
Educational Technology Page on Google http://cheriedargan.googlepages.com/home Here is a new page where I will post thoughts on the use of technology in the classroom from time to time. (Googlepages is a new feature of Google email). Google's page creator, which was used to create the googlepages mentioned above, has been replaced by a new, more powerful website builder called Sites. Here is my new sites project--on doing a WebQuest. http://sites.google.com/site/webquestaboutthematicunits/
Spring 2008 Syllabus Fall 2008 Syllabus (in .rtf for easy download)
Textbook/Companion website Here is the student side of the textbook’s companion website. http://web.utk.edu/~bobannon/preparing/ O’Bannon website
Mylabschool We will incorporate this site as well. It has templates for lesson plans and other resources. http://www.mylabschool.com
Angel website http://angel.hawkeyecollege.edu/frames.aspx We will also use a website on Angel as a class resource. I will post some of our handouts here, along with announcements and links to other resources. However, one of the biggest reasons for using Angel is for the discussion board, a place to post links, student samples, and course materials.
Sites for Educators
http://www.education-world.com Education World website, with links to lesson plans, articles, links on using technology
http://www.teach-nology.com/ Teach-nology is another website with lessons plans, tutorials, and resources for teachers
http://www.worksheetlibrary.com I was excited to get an email message from Jennifer Berry, editor at worksheetlibrary.com. She gave me permission to link to their site and will include my web page on their directory of links. Jennifer is a third grade teacher and tells me the following about their site, which I'd already begun recommending to students earlier this semester. "Worksheet Library is home to over 5,000 printable K-6 worksheets for teachers, parents, and homeschoolers. Many of our worksheets are available at no charge. We also offer a free extensive library of teaching tip articles from our staff."
http://ists.pls.uni.edu/~stone/IA%20Teaching%20Stds/Iowa%20Standard%20Placemat.htm List of the Iowa Teaching Standards Waverly Shellrock Standards http://www.waverly-shellrock.k12.ia.us/curriculum/default.htm
Inspiration
Inspiration Resource Page Links of resources, including the tutorial and Introductory packet
Cherie's Inspiration Packet An introduction to Concept Maps and Mapping with Inspiration software
Sample Map -- The Thematic Unit assignment Overview (this is done using Inspiration, and can only be opened by Inspiration)
Map saved as image (here the map has been exported as an image--a .gif file)
Map saved into a word document (here the map has been exported as a word file, showing both the image and then presenting the outline view)
Inspiration Tutorial Step by step instructions to create a map in Inspiration
Bulletin Boards from current & past semesters
	Carley's Weather Bulletin Board, Fall 2007
	Lindsey's Easter themed Bulletin Board, Spring 2007
	Stacey's Caterpillar Life Cycle Bulletin Board, Fall 2007
	Nicole's Four Seasons Unit, Spring 2008
	Toby's Dinosaurs Unit, Spring 2008
	Nicole's All about Me Unit, Spring 2008
	Ashley's Nutrition Unit, Spring 2008
	Anne's 3D Moon, Earth & Stars Unit, Spring 2008
	Kaitlin's Presidents Unit, Spring 2008
	Jeanette's Graphing Animals Unit, Spring 2008