November+5

Hopefully sharing one of the Hamlet podcast made by 2 of my students (Janelle) [|Computer Games for Education] (Kevin) 7 Things You Should Know About Google Wave (Randy) New Features in Diigo 4 (Randy) How I Create and Publish Podcasts (Randy) How Schools Stifle Creativity (Randy) - Sound familiar? Sir Ken Robinson writes for CNN about the popularity of his TED talk. We're Killing Communication (Randy) - a pretty funny read... Don Tapscott on Gen-Y and Technology (Randy) [|Story Birds (Visual Literacy)] (Gabby) [|Here is the Story Bird I created] (Gabby) 10 Questions about books, libraries, librarians, and schools (Randy) How do you connect online? I found this video online and I think is is an interesting question for discussion - How do you connect online? How could our schools be different if we (teachers and administrators) immersed ourselves - connected online - in even //some// of the ways described? (Randy)
 * __Sharing__**

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__**Blog Posts**__ Kevin's - agree/disagree - discuss 21st century priorities - What and how we teach - OK...not one of ours, but ideas worth discussing and analyzing through the framework of this course....

__**Concluding Assignment**__ As stated in the syllabus, 25% of your grade is based on your weekly blog postings, 50% on your final project and 25% on a concluding assignment. From the [|syllabus]: This will be an assignment in a format of your choice (text, audio, video, etc) that addresses //either// (1) your answers to the essential questions for the course or (2) your growth over the course as related to the ISTE standards for teachers. Now would be a good time to start to reflect upon your growth in this course and prepare this concluding assignment, //**due no later than Thursday, December 17**//.

As a refresher, the essential questions for the course:
 * 1) //What do we mean by the “21 century classroom?”// There are a variety of answers to this question, but few get at the transformation in teaching and learning that can be brought about by the shifts that are happening in our world today.
 * 2) //How do we apply technology tools in meaningful ways so that we can more easily achieve effective teaching and learning in the 21st century?// Our focus on technology in education rarely gets beyond the dimension of technical skill. Education professionals must have additional skills to be able to evaluate emerging and ever-evolving technology tools and determine how they will meet the needs of a 21st century classroom.

The ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) has articulated the following standards for teacher:
 * 1) Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
 * 2) Design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments
 * 3) Model digital age learning and work
 * 4) Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility
 * 5) Engage in professional growth and leadership

As with all of your work in this course, reflection will be the standard for achieving the highest quality of work for this assignment. Regardless of the format you choose for this assignment, your work should cite your detailed experiences in this course and, most importantly, in your classroom over the past semester. As for length, if you were to use text as your format choice, a quality assignment would be a minimum of four (4) double-spaced pages. Of course, you may choose alternate formats that work best for you and your learning style. You may wish to consult your blog entries from the semester, weaving them into this concluding assignment. __//The most skillful students will weave this concluding assignment into their final project to form a comprehensive final product representing the process of learning you have engaged in over the course of the semester.//__

__**Final Project Collaboration, Conversations and Work Time**__ Use this time to collaborate with your classmates or seek advice on your final project. Our last class is Thursday, December 3. All Final Projects will need to be posted on or linked from this wiki //**no later than Thursday, December 17**//. I will provide feedback and final grades to you within 48 hours. Be sure to include a rubric or indicate that I should use the [|rubric] I created.


 * For Thursday, November 12**


 * Blog:** Create a new reflective blog post __//on a topic of your choice//__. You may wish to further reflect on your work to date, the development of your final project or you may wish to reflect on a new understanding or new discovery. 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. Please comment using the Diigo highlighting/commenting toolbar or the comments feature of the blogs.


 * Sharing:** Post any interesting articles, videos, findings on the Internet, etc for next week to the November 12 page.


 * Meaningful Learning Text:** Ongoing assignment. Summary, links and probing questions due December 3. Post to your chapter page linked from the Meaningful Learning with Technology wiki page.


 * Class Project:** Using the [|rubric], or one of your own creation, take the result of our conversation this week and work on your final project. Be prepared to share briefly with the class what you are planning and how you are progressing. This will be a good time to seek input from your class mates. //**This should be your main focus in preparation for the November 12 class.**//


 * Concluding Assignment:** As outlined above.

** Next Meeting: Thursday, November 12 - 4:00-7:00 PM New Topic: Sharing; Imagine It! Video; Final Project/Concluding Assignment Work Time**