Activities

Assignments Due

1-F₂F

Dec. 9

• Course Introduction--PowerPoint

• Assignment Sign-up (Curriculum Web, Professional Development Workshop, Digitip)

• Introductions and Creating Your Homepage in Bb

• Reminders for Next Week

N/A

• See ECT 502 Bb--Class 1

• Blackboard Homepage

2-F₂F

Dec. 16

• Curriculum Web: An Introduction

• Curriculum Web: Elements

• Introduction to KompoZer

• Text: Chs 1&2
• KompoZer User Guide: Chs 1, 2

• Curriculum Web: Elements Visit www.curriculumwebs.com  and click on "Example Webs". Use the Curriculum Web Elements Activity to comparatively examine the curriculum webs at this site. When you have completed the activity, upload it to the Blackboard Discussion Forum labeled: Curriculum Web Elements Forum.

• Download and examine the KompoZer User Guide

• Digitips

• Curriculum Web Elements

3-Online

Jan. 6

• Curriculum Web: Developing a Plan

• KompoZer: Using KompoZer

  • Editing

  • Working with Text

  • Adding Images

  • Changing Fonts & Colors

  • Creating Links

• Text: Chs 3, 4
• KompoZer User Guide: Chs 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.7
• Kompozer Tutorial 2: How to Add Images, Change Fonts & Colors, and Create Links

• Class 3 Online Activity

Due, Tuesday, January 6--Midnight

• Curriculum Plan Worksheet

• Hotlist

4-F₂F

Jan. 13

• KompoZer: Images, Tables, and Links

• Curriculum Web: Planning and Choosing Activities

• Text: Chs 5, 8
• KompoZer User Guide: Chs 3.6, 7

• Curriculum Web Planning: Choosing Activities: Click on the Curriculum Web Planning: Choosing Activities and follow the instructions to complete this activity. When you complete the activity, upload it to the Blackboard Discussion Forum labeled: Curriculum Web Planning: Choosing Activities.

• Digitips

• Class 4 Activity to Bb

5-Online

Jan. 20

• Curriculum Web: Development Using KompoZer

• Curriculum Web: Self-Assessment

• Curriculum Web: Gathering Web-Based Resources

• Text: Chs 6, 7

• Ten Easy Steps: Self Assessment: Visit the Ten Easy Steps  activity to read about curriculum web development. Complete the Self-Assessment checklist and upload it to the Blackboard Discussion Forum labeled: Self-Assessment.

• Gathering Web-Based Resources: Visit the Gathering Web-Based Resources activity and follow the instructions. When you complete the activity, upload it to the Blackboard Discussion Forum labeled: Gathering Web-Based Resources

6-F₂F

Jan. 27

• Curriculum Web: Using Graphics

• Curriculum Web: Creating Assessments

• Curriculum Web: Peer Assessments

   

• Text: Chs 9, 10

• Using Graphics: Review the Using Graphics PowerPoint. Then respond to the following question: What type(s) of images do you plan to use in your curriculum web? How will these graphics enhance the curriculum web and student learning? Post your response to Blackboard in the forum labeled: Using Graphics Activity.
• Assessment: Review the Curriculum Web Assessment  PowerPoint notes for this class. Create a rubric for assessing one of the products or performances required to be completed in your curriculum web. You may wish to use Rubistar to develop the rubric. After you have completed the rubric, upload it to the Assessment Forum in Blackboard.
• Peer Assessment: Use the Curriculum Web Evaluation Checklist to provide constructive feedback on one curriculum web developed by your assigned partner(s). In instances where you check no, you may wish to be specific about the problem you encountered when navigating the curriculum web. Constructive feedback will enable each of you to improve your curriculum web. Post your completed evaluation checklist to Blackboard in the Peer-Assessment Forum. Please be sure to type the name(s) of the curriculum web designer(s) in the subject line of your posting so that students can readily locate their feedback in the forum.

• Digitips

• Class 6 Blackboard

  • Using Graphics

  • Rubistar Rubric

7-Online

Feb. 3

• Educational Technology: Action Planning and ECT 502  Wiki

• As required

• Educational Technology Workshop Planning

Educational Technology Workshop:

• Collaboration: Action Plan submitted to  ECT 502 Wiki----Workshop Meeting Folder

• Workshop Plan (Component 1) submitted to ECT 502 Wiki--Workshop Submitted Folder

• Literature Review (Component 2)submitted to ECT 502 Wiki--Workshop Submitted Folder

8-F₂F

Feb. 10

• Curriculum Web: Sharing our Work

• Educational Technology Workshop: Developing Workshop Components and ECT 502 Wiki

• As required

• Presentation of Curriculum Web

• Educational Technology Workshop Planning

• Digitips

• Curriculum Web in TaskStream

Educational Technology Workshop:

• Use the ECT 502 Wiki----Workshop Meeting Folder to create, share, revise the remaining workshop components (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) as indicated in your group's Action Plan.

9-Online

Feb. 17

• Educational Technology Workshop: Group Meetings and Workshop Components Development

• As required

• Educational Technology Workshop Planning

Educational Technology Workshop:

• Use the ECT 502 Wiki----Workshop Meeting Folder to create, share, revise the remaining workshop components (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) as indicated in your group's Action Plan.

10-Online

Feb. 24

• Educational Technology Workshop

• As required

• Educational Technology Workshop Planning and Delivery

• Implementation of Technology Workshop no later than this date

• Use the ECT 502 Wiki----Workshop Meeting Folder to finalize the last component (Workshop Evaluation: Data Collection)

March 3

• Educational Technology Workshop

• Not Applicable

• Not Applicable

• Workshop Components 1-8 must be submitted to ECT 502 Wiki--Workshop Submitted Folder.