Week 8/Oct 15 - Internet & Mid-term prep

Think about how you currently evaluate online resources. Then look at the suggestions from these two websites. What strategies can you add to your current evaluation techniques?
Homework due Monday, October 22, at 9:00 a.m.:

There are a variety of websites that target educational needs. Beware! These aren't small websites that you can breeze through in 15 minutes or less.
Your job is to spend at least 30 minutes looking at ONE of the websites above, find three great online resources of your choosing, and post a link to each resource on your blog with a description of the resource as well as how you'd use it in class.

And here's the link to the Instructional Architect website I introduced in class. (ia.usu.edu)
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Week 7/Oct 8 - Show & Tell & Intro to the Internet

This week we'll finish editing our videos and present to the class on Wednesday, October 10, or Thursday, October 11. You should all have the rubric so you are aware of the expectations. If you did not receive one, let me know ASAP.

Next week we're going to begin looking at online resources. To lay some groundwork, please complete the following assignment.

Homework due Monday, October 15, at 9:00 a.m.:

First Entry (entitled iMovie Assignment)
Post a reflection to your blog about your iMovie assignment. Do you think elementary students could create a movie? What would the instructional value be of such an assignment? Would the students spend more time learning the technology than the concept(s)? How do you find a balance between learning technology and learning concepts? Is iMovie (or another application equivalent) something you see yourself wanting to incorporate into your future classrooms? If so, how? If not, why not?

Read at least two other blog entries about this assignment and post comments to your peers' blogs. (This means, as a courtesy to your peers, that you should post your blog entry ASAP. Please don't wait until Monday morning at 8:59 a.m.)

Second Entry (entitled Intro to the Internet)
Go to the following website:
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/section/www.html and use it to answer the questions below. Your responses should be complete, but you don't need to write me an essay for each question. ;) Post your responses on your blog.
  1. What does WWW stand for in a web address? What is the WWW?
  2. Think about the age range of your students. How would you explain/define the Internet to them? (Write the definition you would give them, 4 – 6 sentences max., in student friendly terms.)
    1. Would you use any graphical representations to help with your explanation? If so, what?
    2. A demonstration? If so, what?
  3. What does URL stand for? What is it?
  4. What are some common error messages you can receive when using the Internet? (List at least 3 and their meanings)
  5. What do the letters HTML stand for? Explain.
  6. What do the letters http stand for? Explain.
  7. What function do you see the Internet playing in your classroom? What do you see as the benefits? The drawbacks?
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Week 6/Oct 1 - Editing your footage

Use this link in USU's OCW website to see step-by-step instructions for working with iMovie.

Look at the assignment here for your deliverable specifications. We'll discuss during class this week. :)
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Week 5/Sept 24 - Video cameras

Homework due before class (Monday, October 1, or Tuesday, October 2) at 3:00 p.m.:
  1. Upload your video footage to your Movies folder
  2. Upload all of your still images to a new folder in iPhoto (you can upload them to your Pictures folder and then drag them to your newly created folder in iPhoto).
  3. Upload your music to your iTunes folder
  4. We will be editing your Movies using iMovie starting next week. To be successful, you'll need all of your files in the proper location. GOOD LUCK!
Steps in creating a video (notes from class)
  1. Plan
    1. Pick a topic
    2. Write a script
    3. Determine state core objective
    4. Select your cast
    5. Determine your location
  2. Film
    1. Remember "beginning, middle, end"
    2. Take roughly 20 minutes of footage to end up with a 3-5 minute video
    3. Equipment is available outside of class time. I've reserved all of the video cameras from Monday @ 2:00 p.m. through Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Equipment is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
  3. Edit
    1. Footage (including background sounds)
    2. Still images (from digital cameras or Internet images)
    3. Add music
    4. Add title, transitions, and credits
Resources you may find helpful:
TeacherTube videos shared in class (these may be helpful to help inspire you and your video creation)
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Week 4/Sept 17 - Online photo books

TeacherTube: The Connected Classroom

Explore in pairs (assigned in class) one of the following websites and then give an five-minute presentation on the possible educational uses.
Next week we will be shooting our videos and working with iMovie. Spend some time thinking about how you could incorporate a camcorder and iMovie in your classroom. For ideas, look at TeacherTube. Be prepared to share your favorite video in class on Wednesday or Thursday.

Homework due Thursday, September 20, at 9:00 a.m.:

Post to your blog a reflection about doing your geometry assignment in iPhoto. Do you think third or fourth graders could do this? Would they spend more time learning the technology than the geometrical concepts? How would you balance the time spent on geometry vs. technology?

Homework due Monday, September 24, at 9:00 a.m.:

Leave a comment on at least two of your peers' blogs from the assignment due Thursday.

Post to your blog a reflection about the differences between bubbleshare, flickr, photobucket, and zoomr. Specifically I'm interested in what online photo sharing tool you would potentially use in the classroom. Describe the way you would use the website in your future classroom.

Send me an email (no attachments please) with the following information about your video project:
  1. Who will be on your team for the video project? This can be an individual project or you may work with a partner to shoot the footage for your iMovie project. Regardless if you work alone or in pairs, everyone will be responsible for producing their own iMovie project.
  2. Provide a project overview. Remember, your videos must be educational. You can create a video that meets a state core curriculum standard or create a video similar to one found on TeacherTube.
  3. Write a rough outline or script for your project.
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Week 3/Sept 10 - Digital Photos con't.

The worksheet that describes the equipment checkout procedures for digital cameras and video is here, called Equipment-Summary.doc. (Link provided by Brett Shelton - thanks!)

The assignment you will be working on for the next few class periods is based on an project Kurt Johnson submitted to Apple.com. See the pdf here.

Homework due Monday, September 17, at 9:00 a.m.:
  1. From the list below, choose five (5) geometry terms.
    1. Parallel lines
    2. Intersecting lines
    3. Line(s) of symmetry on a polygon
    4. Rectangle
    5. Pentagon
    6. Hexagon
    7. Octagon
    8. Square
    9. Trapezoid
    10. Kite
    11. Cylinder
    12. Rectangular prism
    13. Right angle
    14. Obtuse angle
    15. Acute angle

  2. Find and photograph at least two examples of the items you chose. I would suggest several different shots, views, and perspectives to give you more options in step 3.

  3. For your five (5) terms, use either iPhoto or a similar program of your choosing (see links listed below) to create a geometry definitions book.
    1. One term per page
    2. Each geometry page must include:
      1. A definition written by you, describing what it means. (a good definition, not a textbook)
      2. At least two photographs showing examples of the geometry vocabulary word. You may include up to six (6) photographs for each geometry word.

  4. Your final version of your Geometry Book should be uploaded as a pdf to your public folder on the server. Please label it Geometry Book with your initials, e.g., I would label my project "Geometry Book DJ.pdf" without the quotes.














Additional links you may find helpful for completing this assignment:
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Week 2/Sept 3 - UEN, Graphics, & Intro to Digital Photos

This week we're going to discuss Intended Learning Outcomes, Standards, and Objectives which can be found on the UEN website.

For example, your iPhoto assignment focuses on geometry. See if you can find the math objectives listed below:
  • Grade 4, Standard 3, Objective 1 or
  • Grade 3, Standard 3, Objective 1.
By the end of the week, you need to feel confident in using digital cameras and moving the pictures from the digital camera to your portable storage device as well as saving them on your personal space on the server.

Homework due Monday, September 10, at 9:00 a.m.:
  1. Upload 5 photos of your classmates to your Public folder on the server.
  2. Instructions for accessing the server from the inst-lab.usu.edu server to a local machine with Internet access (so you can work on files on other computers, besides the ones in the lab!). The sheet is here, called lab-inst_server_remote_connection.pdf. (Link provided by Brett Shelton - thanks!)
Additional links for more detailed information on graphics
Here's a link the the video I shared with the T/Th class.
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