More Sites

Sign up for Web Worksheet Wizard and make a worksheet. You will have to create a class first then you can create a worksheet. Web Worksheet.

Design you classroom. Use the classroom architect site and design your classroom. Classroom Architect

Equity is a site with resources for diverse classrooms. Equity. Explore and then record your thoughts in your table.

Remember to add the sites to your chart.

Don't Panic

There are only 5 weeks left in the semester, so I wanted to provide you with a tentative list of assignments until the end of the semester. We will discuss in detail all the assignments in class. You will also have a some class time to work on the assignments. The I Pad story will done in class but you can also work on some things outside of class and can come to my office to use I Pads as needed.

Assignments and Due Dates

EDU 288 Major Assignments

Assignment	Due Date	Notes
Behavior Contract	Tuesday March 26, 2013	One assignment per group
Glogster	Thursday March 28, 2013	You can submit one completed in another class
Smart Board Lesson	Thursday April 4, 2013	You need a written lesson plan and you will also present your lesson in class.
Publisher Assignment	Thursday April 11, 2013	Assignment on blog
CV rough draft	Tuesday April 16, 2013	See blow for details
I Pad Story	Thursday April 18, 2013	More information to follow
CV	Tuesday April 23, 2013	Final Draft
Final Project	Monday April 30, 2013	Project and presentation, details to follow
Chart	Thursday April 25, 2013	Chart will all of your sites, ratings, and summaries
Final Presentation	Finals Week	The final presentation will be part of your final project, stay tuned

Note this is not an inclusive list, additional smaller assignments will be added. The dates are subject to change.

Publisher Activity

Due Thursday April 11, 2013

Your class is having an open house to show off some of the projects they have been working on. Using Publisher, design a postcard to invite parents to the event and a flyer to post around town to invite the public. Be creative!

Rubric

	Meets Expectation 5 points	Average 4 points	Struggling 2 points
Use of Application	The application is used to produce both documents for the assignment. The students show an understanding of the application	The application is used to produce both documents for the assignment.	The documents were not created using Publisher.
Creativity	Both documents are colorful and attract attention of the reader. The documents are well laid out and the important information and details are visible	Both documents are colorful and attract attention of the reader. The documents are well laid out and the important information and details are visible	The documents are not colorful or eye catching. One or more of the documents  are missing critical details.
Grammar and Spelling	There are no grammatical or spelling errors in either document.	There are less than three grammatical or spelling errors in each of the documents.	There are more than tree grammatical or spelling errors in the documents

Glogster

Create a poster using glogster. Sign up for a free account in glogster and make a poster. Due Thursday March 28. http://edu.glogster.com/
Here is my work in progress First Try

Class Today

We will start class in B02 today. We are going to be have a brief lesson on the Smart Board applications. You will be creating a Smart Board lesson and presenting it to the class.

Technology in the Classroom

SMART Board Lesson

Due: Thursday April 4, 2013

The purpose of the SMART Board lesson is to demonstrate that you are able to use the tools in the context of a lesson. Your written lesson plan should include, but is not limited to the following topics.
Lesson Components:
1. Grade Level: what is the grade level for the lesson. (ex. grade 3)
2. Subject: what is the subject of the lesson. (ex. math, science, art, etc.)
a. Content: (ex. fractions, verbs, Krebs Cycle, etc.)
3. Objectives: what are the students going to learn. (ex. The students will be able to identify words that have soft c sounds.)
4. Materials: what things do you need in order to teach lesson. (ex. SMART Board, markers)
5. Activity: what interactive thing will the students be doing on the SMART Board (ex. fraction game)
6. Evaluation/Assessment; how will you know the students have learned the concepts. (ex. quiz, worksheet)

You will also model your lesson or the class.

	Exceeds Expectation 10 points	Meets Expectation 8 points	Average 6 points	Struggling 4 points
Written Lesson Plan	The lesson has all the prescribed components plus additional items which enhance the content. The components are clearly identified with clear and concise descriptions including additional items.	The lesson has all the prescribed components plus an additional item which enhances the content The components are clearly identified with clear and concise descriptions.	The lesson is missing one of the prescribed components The majority of the components are clearly identified with clear and concise descriptions.	The lesson is missing more than one prescribed components. The components are not clearly identified with clear and concise descriptions.
Presentation	The presentation was well organized, grade level appropriate and interactive. All the students are engaged and participate in the activity.	The presentation was well organized, grade level appropriate and interactive. Some of the students are engaged and participate in the activity.	The presentation was organized, and somewhat interactive. Some the students are engaged and participate in the activity.	The presentation was unorganized, not grade level appropriate and partially interactive. There was a low level of student engagement.
SMART BoardUsage	A minimum of 5 tools were used in the presentation. The presenter seamlessly used the tools. All students had a chance to use the SMART Board. The SMART Board was used to engage the students.	A minimum of 3 tools were used in the presentation. The presenter seamlessly used the tools. Majority of the students had a chance to use the SMART Board.	A minimum of 2 tools were used in the presentation. The presenter seamlessly used the tools. Some of the students had a chance to use the SMART Board.	A minimum of 1 tool was used in the presentation. The presenter struggled with the tool.. None of the students had a chance to use the SMART Board.

 

March 19, 2013

Google Docs

By now you should have received access to the class story on google docs. You must contribute a minimum of 5 times to the story during class. At the end of the class I will grade the story and you will receive on class grade.

Using google docs I want you do explore the presentation, spread sheet, and documents, and make a form. With a partner or group of three create one form that you will use in your classroom for a behavior contract for your students.

Write a two paragraphs about google docs. The first should describe the software and the second should give the benefits and short comings. Make sure you add google docs to your table.

Are You Feeling Creative?

Have you ever wanted to design your own comic but you don't know where to start. Here is a cool site that will help you get started. Make a comic strip using the comic maker site. Don't forget to add it to your log. Comic Maker . Due Tuesday March 19, 2013.

Access Assignment

This week we are going to explore Access in Microsoft Office. For many of you this will be the first time you have used this program. The assignment is very easy to follow.The directions can be found in the computer lab in an envelope marked EDU 288 Access assignment. The assignment is called the Seven Wonders. When you have completed the Access database assignment e-mail me a copy. It is due by Thursday at 8:00 p.m.