September+3

Overview of course - [|syllabus] - class meeting format
 * sharing - post shares to the wiki
 * class/group discussion pertaining to reading for the week
 * class/group work around an individual topic

Networked Learning
 * [|Networked Students]
 * [|Insulat-ed]

Edublogs - Post the link to your individual blog to the class wiki.
 * Tools**


 * For Thursday, September 10**


 * Blog post for next class:** In the early days of this course we want to establish a framework in which we apply new technologies to our work in the classroom. So let's start with your own experiences and values as an educator. What do you consider to be great teaching and learning? What is the ideal that you strive for in your work? What characterizes good teaching and learning in your mind? What are the challenges? How do you address these? What questions do //you// have about teaching and learning? (It's OK to not have all the answers! Nobody does!) With this assignment you are defining the //lens// through which you look at good teaching and learning at this moment it time - your framework. Don't be theoretical; share some of your //real experiences// as a teacher and as a learner. (But be careful to not be too detailed as your blog is public.) Please complete this by **Monday evening** so we can //all read them before next Thursday's class.// Here is a [|rubric] for blogging. REFLECTION is key. Good writing is important, too. Length is whatever works best for you and the story you want to tell.


 * Readings for next class:**
 * [|Horizon K-12 Report]
 * [|Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project] (particularly the //Introduction// and //Conclusion and Implications//)
 * [|Pew Internet and American Life Project]
 * [|How People Learn - Executive Summary]
 * [|The New Literacy]
 * [|Flickr - Great Quotes about Learning and Change]

Think about the following questions. You may wish to start a blog post about your thoughts, but that is entirely up to you. We'll take your ideals of good teaching and learning from your blog posts and back them up against the information in these reports in order to begin answering the course's first essential question: //What do we mean by the “21st century classroom//?” Feel free to draw on //other resources// you find on the Internet //as well as your own experiences// using technology.
 * How do people learn in the real world, outside of school?
 * What are the implications of that for what teaching and learning could/should look like?
 * How do people learn?
 * How do people learn from and through technology in the real world?


 * Post**, if you'd like, any interesting articles, findings on the Internet, etc for next week to the September 10 page.

Jonassen, D., Howland, J., Marra, R.M., & Crismond, D. (2007). [|Meaningful learning with technology] //(3rd ed.)//. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
 * Order the text** from [|Amazon] or some other bookseller. We won't use this until later in September, so no problem putting this off.


 * Review** the Parking Regulations

** Next Meeting: Thursday, September 10 - 4:00-7:00 PM New Topic: "21st Century Education" -- What does it all mean?**