1 Reading

"Equity in Educational Technology" at this web site: http://www.netc.org/equity/definitions.html

The issue of class size located at: http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/features/reading/class.shtml

*Please note that both of these websites open up new windows, so that when you are finished reading them, please close their window only by clicking on the X in the top right hand corner of that window. Your online class page will be behind that window, and when you close it, you will then see it again.

Pages 2-30 about the Key Themes and Issues for Using Technology in Your Classroom

Review these terms: Analog Signal, Bitmapped, Boolean Search, Browser, CD-ROM, Client Server Model, Clipboard, CAD, CAI, Constructivism.

Unit 2 Reading

• The Miss Rumphius Award is presented by members of the RTEACHER mailing list (listserv) educators who develop and share exceptional Internet resources for literacy and learning. It honors teachers who make our world a more beautiful place, like the title character in the book Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney.
• Please go to this wonderful web site: http://www.reading.org/resources/community/links_rumphius_links.html 

  and choose one of the Award Winners from the grade category of your choice: Comprehensive K-12 sites, Elementary Sites, Middle School Sites, High School Sites.

• Explore the numerous web sites submitted by teachers all across the nation. Consider four websites from the list that you like the best, including your overall impression, what you think of it as a resource tool, and decide if students could work in small groups or by themselves in an activity from the website.
• Curriculum frameworks are the blueprint for implementing grade level content standards http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/ adopted by the California State Board of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/. Frameworks are developed by the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Commissionhttp://www.cde.ca.gov/be/cc/cd/, which also reviews and recommends textbooks and other instructional materials to be adopted by the State Board. Please go to the website below that contains all of the frameworks for and review the grade level of your choice for both Reading/Language Arts and also for Science. You will be discussing both frameworks in the thread of discussion for this unit. http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/
• In case the government server has problems, the two direct links are below: you will need to download Acrobat Reader because of the Note: The framework has been saved in portable document format (pdf), with bookmarks to the chapters and subheadings. You will need the free Acrobat Reader to view the framework on-line. So click on the blue words Acrobat Reader to download it.

The Two Frameworks you are reviewing at the grade level of your choice:

1. Reading/Language Arts Framework for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1999) go to http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci and select this category from the left hand column.
2. Proposed Refinements to Draft Science Framework go to http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/  and select Science from the left hand column.
3. Also read Chapter 4: Using Instructional Software and Multimedia for Content-Area Learning from the Grabe and Grabe book.
4. Review these terms: Cursor, Cut, Database, Desktop Publishing, Dialog Box, Digital Format, DSL, DVD, Domain Name, E-Mail.

 

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Unit 3 Reading

Read Chapter 2 about Meaningful Learning in an Information Age in the Grabe and Grabe book.

Please review the following terms: E-Rate, Fair Use, Field (in a database), File (in a database), Firewire, Formatting, GPS, Graphic Design, GUI, Grid.

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Unit 4 Reading

In the Grabe & Grabe text, hypermedia aspects as noted on pages 154, 164-169, and 342-387.

Explore the “Inspiration” web site at http://www.inspiration.com/home.cfm   Spend at least 30 minutes browsing the site.

Terms: Template, Thumbnail, Tutorial, URL, Video Projector, VR, Web Design, WWW.

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Unit 5 Reading

Read (Grabe & Grabe) Chapter 7 about Introducing Multimedia Applications for Classroom Learning and Chapter 8 about Learning to Work with Images, Sound, and Video.

Review the following terms: Link, List Serv, List Server, LAN, Multimedia, Paint Program, Paste, PDA

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Unit 6 Reading

Don't miss this article about integrating technology into the curriculum entitled: Tips on Integrating Technology in the Classroom Curriculum.

Please read the following short descriptions of what teachers using PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology) grant money are doing with e-portfolios.  (For your information only: National University is in its third year of a $1.2 million dollar PT3 grant whose website is at: www.ecotechlink.com) 

 

Kick It Up A Notch: Taking professional portfolios from Black-and-White to 3-D Color

 

•  http://www.pt3.org/stories/  

From Paper to Portal - The Evolution of Student Portfolios At Eastern Kentucky University 

 

•  http://www.pt3.org/stories/eportfolio.html  

A Collaborative Environment for Portfolio Development

 

• http://www.pt3.org/stories/houston_independent.html 

Read Chapter 4 about Using Instructional Software for Content-Area Learning in the Grabe and Grabe book is the text reading for this unit.

 

Please review the following terms: Pixel, Presentation Software, Quicktime, Screen Capture, Search Engine, Site License, Slide Show, Spreadsheet, Streaming, TCP/IP

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Unit 7 Reading

Chapters 5 about Using Tools and chapter 6 about Learning with Internet Tools in the Grabe and Grabe book are your text readings for this unit.

Please explore the website that Sally Ride, the astronaut, has set up in San Diego, CA as a Science Club online to encourage upper elementary and middle high school girls to enjoy science.  It is located at:  http://sallyrideclub.com/  

Sally's website provides the following opportunities to engage young women both online and offline:

Online

• Ask questions and get answers
• Investigate the world around you
• See your work on the Club website
• Solve puzzlers
• Win contests

 Offline

• Contribute stories and pix to the Club newsletter
• Design a tech toy with your friends
• GO TO a science festival and work with real scientists

We are trying to help Sally Ride get this so important message across -- we need more women in the sciences.

Please review the following terminology for this unit: Sound card, MIDI, URL, USB port, and SCSI. Please review these terms in your Computer Simplified Book.

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Unit 8 Reading

Please read about Media Literacy in the context of Education: teaching our students how to evaluate what they learn daily from the combined media of television, radio, newspapers and magazines. Locate the media literacy site at:

• http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/index.cfm

Please think about the questions posed in this web site because you will be using this information and your own reactions in the thread of discussion.

If you have difficulty accessing the web site above, Teachable Moment Media Literacy Article, click on the "Teachable Moment" link below.

Finish Chapter 10 (pages 404-430) in the Grabe and Grabe book as the text reading for this unit.

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Unit 9 Lecture

Your projects for this course are due on the last day of the class.  If you have questions about them as you go along, please contact your professor.

Jobs in Educational Technology

This is an exploratory lecture item to bring you information about the ed tech field as a career. Browse through the web site located at: www.edutech-1.com

Contact: San Diego County Office of Ed.

6401 Linda Vista Road

San Diego, CA 92111-7399

Contact: Lisa Nguyen

Ph: (619) 292-3592

Fax: NA

Email: lnguyen@sdcoe.k12.ca.us