Agenda:  Class 6
ET605 Introduction to Educational Technology
David Marcovitz

• Announcements and Questions
• If I haven't looked at your PowerPoint activity, I will soon; feedback on request
  
• Articles 7 and 8 will be posted soon (if they have not been posted already)
  
• First Learning Activity is due in three classes
• Don’t forget that I am prepared to help you with anything you need for this class. I can spend as long as you want talking about any of the required technologies. Let me know what you need.
• Practice technology skills so you are prepared for final exam
• Questions
• Project Presentations
• Each group must present a project (one of the two learning activities you develop)
• Presentations are ungraded
• Presentations may either be brief descriptions of what you have done (at least 20 minutes) or you may have the class participate in part of your learning activity for about an hour
• The latter option will be more fun and interesting, but it will be harder to prepare
• Each member of your group must participate in the presentation in some way
• With five groups, two or three will present Class 9, and two or three groups Class 12
• Discuss this with your group and let me know (via email) your group’s preferences
• All email I receive by midnight tomorrow night will be treated equally; after that, slots for presentation will be on a first-come-first-served basis
• Tip: send email now if anyone will be absent on any presentation days
• Questions
• Article Discussion: The Frontier of Classroom Technology
• Mini-Lesson
• Web Page Q&A
• Other Ways to Create Web Pages
• Look for ways to insert or edit HTML code
• Good for doing things that the editors don’t do
• Good for embedding media (such as YouTube video or poll code)
• Good for embedding Google Forms (see video)
  
• Word-processor-like programs (generally allow direct editing of source code)
• Microsoft FrontPage (no longer being made)
• KompoZer (http://www.kompozer.net) - free
• Adobe GoLive, Dreamweaver, etc.
• Templates
• See, for example http://www.loyola.edu/edudept/facstaff/marcovitz/WWW/WebQuestTemplate/WebQuestTemplateSimple.html
• Online systems
• See, for example, http://weebly.com/ (allows direct editing of the theme and adding blocks of Custom HTML to page)
• Blogs and Wikis
• http://wikispaces.com/ (allows inserting “Other HTML” widget)
• http://blogger.com/ (choose “Edit HTML” when creating a post)
• Create something at Weebly, WikiSpaces, or Blogger
• Find the custom HTML feature to add your own HTML code (even something simple like a link or big heading)
• Go to http://pollcode.com/, create a poll, and add it to your site
• Group Work Time
• By the end (if not the beginning) of class, you should have a clear idea of what you are doing for your first learning activity, and clear idea of who is going to do what.
• Your second learning activity is due three classes after the first, so you should have a good idea of what you will do for that
• Create something useful
• Have fun!
• Group Meetings
• Brief overview of topic and technology planned for Learning Activity 1
• Describe how this use of technology is going to make the lesson better than not using technology
• Let me know if you need anything
• Assignments
• Read Article 6: Born in Another Time (remember: you are only reading the Summary and Recommendations section
  
• Post responses to Article 5: The Frontier of Classroom Technology
• Make progress on your projects
• Keep up with technology skills (practice if necessary; set up time to see me if necessary)
• Send general comments to the class listserv: et605@googlegroups.com

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

Last updated: February 21, 2013