iTeach Anchorage
Homework (before they arrive): Christen
- send out a link to introduction and 2nd chapter of ubd; also instructions for getting started on blogger (pdf or youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU4gXHkejMo); and prompts for what to talk about in beginning their blogs. Later send each participant links to each others blogs and comment on them.
Day 1:
- 8 - 8:30 Coffee and breakfast
- 8:30 - 9 Roundup
- 9 - 9:15 Introductions
- 9:15 - 10 Big Picture Talk and Activity (Chris L) - Big Picture - you as a lifelong learner, personal learning environments, engaging in the community of practice, including us (the iteachers)
- 10 - 11:15 Digital Literacy Part I - Keyboard shortcuts, passwords, and search (Christen)
- 11:15 - 11:30 Break
- 11:30 - 12:30 Digital literacy Part II - PLE, hands-on, browsers/plugins, how accessible tools are (Christen)
- 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
- 1:30 - 2:30 Digital literacy Part III - google reader, show how to use basics of browser and feed reader to make time more efficient, possibly discuss new ways of efficiency (google docs, blog), and include del.icio.us here (Christen)
- 2:30 - 2:45 Break
- 2:45 - 3:45 Short discussion of blogging (they should already be blogging for homework) - this is why you want to blog, how do they participate with blogs.. feeds... etc: (Chris L, examples from IDs)
- 3:45 - 4 Break
- 4 - 5 Discuss outcomes (enduring understandings) and talk about being learner centered (Chris S)
Homework: Read Murray's article on Murder, Madness, and Mayhem (included in binder).
Prompt: For day 5: Show us what you've created for your PLE and who you're working with. You're not going to be finishing up a course this week, you'll still be working on it, but what we expect is for you to create a FRAMEWORK for your course not the actual materials per se (mindset and physical instruction): Chris L
Day 2:
- 8 - 8:30 Coffee and breakfast
- 8:30 - 9 Roundup
- 9 - 10 Assessments Part I: Examples, case studies (ie. how might a history assessment be different from a web authoring course)...what's the purpose of assessments? Main idea: to break the mold of writing and tests as primary modes of assessing students: (Chris L. Chris S.)
- 10 - 10:15 Break
- 10:15 - 11:00 Facets of Understanding - theory that follows on case studies we just looked at(Chris L. Chris S.)
- 11:00 - 11:15 Break
- 11:15 - 12:00 Group work - brainstorming assessments (Chris L. Chris S.)
- 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
- 1:30 - 3 Using Blackboard for Assessments (Sage - forward notes from Heidi)
- 3 - 3:15 Break
- 3:15 - 5 UBD Tree, structure (grouptime - Chris L.)
Homework: blog posts on assessments and possible structure for their course (blackboard or other)
Day 3:
- 8 - 8:30 Coffee and breakfast
- 8:30 - 9 Roundup
- 9 - 10:30 Learning Activities Part I (may include a variety of things such as photo-blogging, managing pictures (flickr, blackboard), and so forth): theory of learning activities and how it proceeds from facets of understanding and assessments, and enduring understandings and specific examples of learning activities to utilize; problem-based approach, if you were teaching this what kinds of tools could you use? (Sage)
- 10:30 - 10:45 Break
- 10:45 - 12:00 Learning activities part II (Sage)
- 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
- 1:30 - 2:45 Organizing content in Blackboard (or UAS online) (Christen)
- 2:45 - 3 Break
- 3 - 5 Customizing Blackboard - how are you going to manage your learning activities, using blackboard as a portal (Christen)
Homework: some sort of blog post on problem-based learning and examples.
Day 4:
- 8 - 8:30 Coffee and breakfast
- 8:30 - 9 Roundup
- 9 - 10:30 Elluminate Part I (theory of synchronous learning, case studies, why is this type of interaction valuable? and then of course how to use it) - for sure get participants on elluminate, maybe get them on from the beginning (Sage)
- 10:30 - 10:45 Break
- 10:45 - 12:00 Elluminate Part II (Sage)
- 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
- 1:30 - 2:15 Classroom Management basics with Elluminate/Blackboard(Chris L)
- 2:15 - 3:15 Second life demo (Christen)
- 3:15 - 3:30 Break
- 3:30 - 5 Lab time
Homework: Finishing up and preparing for the show and tell
Day 5:
- 8 - 8:30 Coffee and breakfast
- 8:30 - 9 Roundup
- 9 - 11:00 Network Management and Participation (Discussion, with Christen introducing and leading)
- 11:00 - 11:15 Break
- 11:15 - 12:00 Work Plan (1/2 hour to fill plan in) - break up into groups and show work plan to each other (1 hour for that)(Chris L)
- 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
- 1:30 - 3:30 Show and Tell: Participants sharing their work plan and something innovative the are planning to use
- 3:30 - 4:00 Follow-Up Obligations and work plan: (Chris L)
