ET630 Agenda Class 3

• Web Search Warmup:
  • What two historical documents were linked from the main White House Page in October 1997?
• Questions and Announcements
• VoiceThread Update
• Brigitte is this week
• Marion is next week
• Be sure to comment each week. As of Wednesday, there were three comments that were excellent (longer and more in-depth than I expected in this medium)
• Questions
  
• Discussion of Reading
  • An Interpersonal Exchange with Russia from Serim and Koch, Netlearning
  • An Interpersonal Exchange: Let's Talk About Race
  • View "Because of My Race or Color" Chart (you do not need to answer the questions; just read them)
    
  • In the last two weeks, I have been at two talks that were about classrooms involved in discussions of race, ethnicity, and culture. One framed the discussion around literature circles and books from an ethnic perspective and the other was a social studies class discussion about racism and oppression. Both were very diverse classrooms in which students could discuss race without tokenism.
  • Would it be possible to extend a discussion between two classrooms, each of which might not be diverse in and of itself? One key to the success of the two discussions was the rich relationships and safe environment fostered by the teachers? Is that possible at a distance?
    
  • Harris, "Curriculum Based Telecollaboration"
  • Internet Projects - Interpersonal Exchange
    
• Web 2.0 in the Classroom - The Flat Classroom Project -- Peters, Chapter 3
• http://vodpod.com/watch/2981606-the-flat-classroom-project-conference-video-2009
• Internet Projects on the World Wide Web
  • Science Resources and Projects
  • The World Weather Watch Project In-Depth
  • A Closer Look at 3 Projects
    • GLOBE Project
    • World Weather Watch Project
    • Signs of Autumn/Signs of Spring
• In small groups, discuss The Case of "Black Invention Myths"
• What does the Marcovitz chapter, Critical Information Literacy (on Moodle), say is wrong with the site?
• What would the Bruce article, Credibility of the Web. say about this?
• What would the different approaches to reading, from the Bruce article, say about this site?
• What about sites like http://www.martinlutherking.org/ (warning: content is not appropriate for all ages and sensibilities)
  
• Nazis on the Web: Group Exercise
  
• Probably Next Time: Review of Introduction to Creating Web Pages With HTML
• See the complete handout on Moodle
• Look for Head First HTML with CSS and XHTML, listed as secondary text on the syllabus
  
• Introduction to HTML Authoring
• Creating Web Pages With Simple Word Processors
• A Complete Guide to HTML
• HTML Code Tutorial
• Web Site Creation Links from Dr. Marcovitz's "Private" Resources
• Probably Next Time: In-Class Activity:
  • Think about your curriculum and think of 2 or 3 areas that might benefit from a connection with other classes via the Internet.
  • Brainstorm ideas for projects in that curricular area.
  • Share with the class (note other students who might have overlapping interests with whom you might develop a project together).
• Assignments:
• Read Nunberg, "Teaching Students to Swim in the Online Sea"
• Read Collier, "In Praise of the Internet: Shifting Focus and Engaging Critical Thinking Skills"
• Peters, Chapters 4 and 5
• Read, Marcovitz, Telecollaborative Projects (on Moodle)
  
• Read Facebook in First Grade
• Read additional readings on Moodle
• Respond to VoiceThread
  

This page was prepared by: David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.

Last updated: February 2, 2012