Weekend T&T Sept 17

The Gods Must Be Crazy excerpt. The script can be found here:
www.lz-englishcorner.com/Scripts/GodsMustBeCrazy.pdf


John Finch - Manitoba Education (LwICT initiative) - it's all about literacy: learning, finding and comparing sources, ethics and responsibility.

Lab

Claim student ID
Create google account if you don’t have one. Professional names please!!    You do not have to use gmail! This account gives you access to many other things

Visit class blog and wiki - read/watch/listen (request access to our wiki)

Take this poll - http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTE4MTU1MjQ3NA
or http://www.polleverywhere.com/rredekopp
And this one: http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/MjEwMDIyMzQ0Ng




Citation Sites - BibMe, EasyBib, RefWorks (via UofM library site)The difference between blogs, wikis and web sites.

Create a wiki/web site - professional name!!! Pros and cons of pbworks, wikispaces, weebly, google sites, etc

Questions about the assignments
    x start a rubric for assignment 1 at Rubistar
      Other rubric sites - Eastern School District (Nfld), Kathy Schrock, Teach-noloy
Manitoba Education - Curriculum Navigator
    x let’s plan some lessons together
    x this won’t work well in the lab with more than 10 people!



Here are some R/W/L options for September 24 and 28. Choose your format. Since they are not all the same, be prepared to share your info based on what you read, watch OR listen to.

Read

Marc Prensky - Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants


Social issues - some entry points

Bowling Alone - America's Declining Social Capital - Robert Putnam - also a book version.

Digital Media and Youth.pdf
Youth, Identity and Digital Media.zip

Read/Watch/Listen for Sept 21

For next week (Sept 21) read/watch/listen and be prepared to discuss:

McLuhan - watch at least TWO in this list (ignore the “McLuhan Channel”)

Nicolas Carr – Is Google Making Us Stupid?

We can still read! - Why Digital Doesn't Mean Dumb!

What is a good teacher? Malcolm Gladwell - How to Identify a Good Teacher Prospect

Also if you do not have a Google account pease create one.

(Gmail, Google Docs, YouTube, Blogger, Blogspot all work)

You do not have to use Gmail, we use the Google account for other things.

Keep names professional!!

T and T Sept. 16

The Gods Must Be Crazy excerpt - what does it say about our uncritical attitude to technology.

LwICT - presented by John Finch from Manitoba Education

For next week (Sept 21) read/watch/listen and be prepared to discuss:

McLuhan - watch at least TWO in this list (ignore the “McLuhan Channel”)

Nicolas Carr – Is Google Making Us Stupid?

We can still read! - Why Digital Doesn't Mean Dumb!

What is a good teacher? Malcolm Gladwell - How to Identify a Good Teacher Prospect

Also if you do not have a Google account pease create one.

(Gmail, Google Docs, YouTube, Blogger, Blogspot all work)

You do not have to use Gmail, we use the Google account for other things.

Keep names professional!!

Teacher and Tech Sept. 14

Lab  at 11:15 and 1:45

MetaTeachnition - a new word (that I made up) for you to know. It means to think about your (or anyone else's) teaching and what is going on in terms of the you, the students, the classroom environment, your lesson, etc.
   This is what you should be constantly doing now - focus especially on the people/ideas/organizations that are different from your experience. Do not judge them, learn from them!

Intros - me (Prezi - Redekopp) and you - why are you here, subject area and *tell us one interesting thing about yourself”

Cell phone/laptop etiquette -- wireless?

No textbook, but you might want an iTouch or similar wireless device (strongly recommended)

Grading standards - the search for extraordinary.

Angel, wiki, blog (request access), email, office hours

Course outline and assignments - what’s this course about and what do I have to do to succeed?

Course Overview

• Theory of media and technology in relation to education
• Practical ways in which technology may improve teaching and learning
• Important Ideas (mine) - Important Idea #1

Shift Happens - are you ready?

What is education?

• What are schools for? What is education? Why are you here? What do you hope to accomplish with your students?
• Write down a one or two sentence response
• Share with one other person and modify/revise if you wish
• Share with another pair of people
• What do some 'experts' say? Audio excerpt from TVO - The Agenda

Do the 'experts' change your mind? Which of their definitions do you like best?
Does Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk change your mind or is he dreaming?

Questions about the assignments
    x start a rubric for assignment 1 at Rubistar
     Other rubric sites - Eastern School District (Nfld), Kathy Schrock, Teach-noloy

Manitoba Education - Curriculum Navigator
    x let’s plan some lessons together
    x this won’t work well in the lab with more than 10 people!

For next week (Sept 21) read/watch/listen and be prepared to discuss:

McLuhan - watch at least TWO in this list (ignore the “McLuhan Channel”)

Nicolas Carr – Is Google Making Us Stupid?

We can still read! - Why Digital Doesn't Mean Dumb!

What is a good teacher? Malcolm Gladwell - How to Identify a Good Teacher Prospect

Lab

Claim student ID
Create google account if you don’t have one. Professional names please!!
    You do not have to use gmail! This account gives you access to many other things
Visit class blog and wiki - read/watch/listen
Citation Sites - BibMe, EasyBib, RefWorks (via UofM library site)

The difference between blogs, wikis and web sites.
Create a wiki/web site - professional name!!! Pros and cons of pbworks, wikispaces, weebly, google sites, etc

Next class - Literacy with ICT - John Finch from Manitoba Education

Seminar In Ed Tech

7450 Seminar in Educational Technology

September 13, 2011

Welcome

Video - Change causes problems - Tech support in the middle ages

Intros -

• name,
• the thing that consumes most of your time now,
• interest in the course (least worst option is ok),
• interest in the course (if any)
• interesting fact about you

Course Overview
Class expectations

- come prepared - read/watch/listen and reflect so you can contribute

- do your weekly writing commentary

Course Outline - our web spaces and the wiki and the files that are there.
Assignment choices - work hard, but make it worth your while. Feel free to suggest alternatives.

Ponder this for w minute or two: How do you decide if a K-12 education has been worthwhile? Does it make a difference if you are thinking about your own child?

What is technology and how do we judge its effects (intended or otherwise)?

What is Educational Technology, Anyway? (Hlynka and Jacobsen)

- will this help or hinder our pursuit?

We will come at the ideas from a number of perspectives:

• philosophers
• brain researchers
• the influence of language
• psycho-social researchers

Perspective/Bias starter:
video excerpt - The Gods Must Be Crazy! Understanding disruptive technology and ourselves

• What is the ‘bias’ of the bush people? In other words what are their critical values?
• What is your bias (ie. what is your background, experience, learning preference, risk management, greatest fear)
• What is our societal bias?
• Who do we listen to regarding ed tech? (philosophers, upper admin, ‘salespeople’, ‘evangelists’ or vested interest groups?, passionate early-adopting educators;

The ‘Death’ of newspapers - Hamlet’s Blackberry (PDF)

The Seductiveness of Upcoming Technology - part of a Future Interfaces presentation

My Bias - The Socio-Cultural Individual - excerpts from Redekopp’s dissertation

McLuhan’s Wake video part 1

Next week:
More consideration/critique of the socio-cultural individual
Denis Hlynka on McLuhan (and maybe Heidegger)

Weekend College T&T

September 10, 2011

MetaTeachnition - a new word (that I made up) for you to know. It means to think about your (or anyone else's) teaching and what is going on in terms of the you, the students, the classroom environment, your lesson, etc.
    This is what you should be constantly doing now - focus especially on the people/ideas/organizations that are different from your experience. Do not judge them, learn from them!

Intros - me (Prezi - Redekopp) and you - why are you here, subject area and *tell us one interesting thing about yourself”



Cell phone/laptop etiquette -- wireless?

No textbook, but you might want an iTouch or similar wireless device

Grading standards - the search for extraordinary.

Angel, wiki, blog, email, office hours

Course outline and assignments - what’s this course about and what do I have to do to succeed?
Course Overview

• Theory of media and technology in relation to education
• Practical ways in which technology may improve teaching and learning
• Important Ideas (mine) - Important Idea #1

TandT courseintro

View more presentations from rredekopp.

Finished with slide 12.

For next week (Sept 17) read/watch/listen and be prepared to discuss:

McLuhan - watch at least TWO in this list (ignore the “McLuhan Channel”)

Nicolas Carr – Is Google Making Us Stupid?

We can still read! - Why Digital Doesn't Mean Dumb!

What is a good teacher? Malcolm Gladwell - How to Identify a Good Teacher Prospect

Things to DO

Claim student ID
Create google account if you don’t have one. Professional names please!!
Visit class blog and wiki - read/watch/listen
Citation Sites - BibMe, EasyBib, RefWorks (via UofM library site)

Create a wiki/web site - professional name!!!


Next class - Literacy with ICT - John Finch from Manitoba Educationand Donna Masson - librarian

Mobile Learning March 5 2011

Presentations
Scott - EAL Apps
Saul - Woodshop wiki
Natalie - K-4 Phys ed

Presentation by Carly Shuler - author of Pockets of Potential

Anotnella - ustainability - The hidden effects
Janelle - Adapting to make our Lives Easier
Preet - Edmodo
Barbara - Apps with Adult Learners
Mel - Engaging Student with Cell Phones
Larisa - Augmented Reality in the Classroom