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**EDUC 370: Instructional Media and Computer Applications**  Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences   The University of Montana   Summer 2013   Instructor: Jason Neiffer   Office: EDUC 315C   Phone: 406-480-6832   Email: jason.neiffer (at) mso.umt.edu

=This wiki is updated for the Summer, 2013 edition of this class.=

=Class Schedule Syllabus=

Week 1 (Week of July 1, 2013)

 * ~ Date ||~ Due Today ||~ Today's Resources ||~ Assignments for Tomorrow ||
 * __**Monday, July 1**__ || Hope springs eternal at the start of a new semester! Welcome to class! :) || Theme 1: Class Organization
 * Syllabus and Q&A
 * Remind 101 Signup

Theme 2: Introduction
 * Discussion: Your Point of View on Technology
 * @http://www.socrative.com
 * Introductory Lecture || Reading/Watching Assignments:
 * READ: Troll (Wikipedia)
 * READ: Fryer, Chapter 1
 * WATCH: What is a browser?

Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Account Signup and Setup
 * Account Username Share
 * Class Survey
 * Blog Entry #1 (post to YOUR blog) ||
 * __**Tuesday, July 2**__ ||  || Today is a great day to bring all of your devices so we can see what you have! At minimum, if you have a laptop, today is the day to bring it!

Introduction: Sir Ken Robinson on School Reform

Theme 1: Skillz
 * Lab: Dropbox Demonstration
 * Lab: The Great Browser Debate and Browser Setup
 * Google Chrome
 * Mozilla Firefox
 * Xmarks
 * LastPass
 * Evernote
 * Evernote Webclipper
 * Lab: Blogging with Edublogs, Kid Blogs, Blogger and WordPress.com (video)
 * Example Classroom Homepage: Pogreba.com
 * Example Student Blog: Mrs. Swift's Class Blog
 * Example Project Blog: A Duck with a Blog
 * Example Classroom Assignment Blog: GeoBlog
 * Example Classroom Blog: AP Calculus AB (2006-07)
 * Example Professional Development Blog: Speed of Creativity
 * Example Professional Development Blog: Free Technology for Teachers
 * Lab: Twitter
 * Suggested hashtag: #educ370

Theme 2: Context
 * Lecture/Discussion || Reading Assignments:
 * READ: ISTE NETS for Students
 * READ: ISTE NETS for Teachers
 * READ: Montana State Technology Standards
 * READ: Fryer, Chapter 2 (skip the information on Posterus; that service is no longer available :

Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Blog Entry #2 ||
 * __**Wednesday, July 3**__ ||  || Carryover from Tuesday: Blog Assignment Turnin

Carryover from Tuesday: Context Lecture/Discussion

Theme 1: Final Project Discussion
 * Final Project Document || Reading Assignments:
 * Read: Fryer Chapter 3
 * Review the Semester Final Requirements... be prepared on Monday to discuss your target lesson for "technofying."

Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Set up an account on AudioBoo
 * Record at least three different AudioBoos; at least one that helps describe a place you are at (including recording ambiant audio, if appropriate) and at least one that records an observation. Post all three to your blog. ||
 * __**Thursday,July 4**__ ||  || Be sure to complete all assigned works for //next Monday//. ||   ||

Week 2 (Week of July 8, 2013)

 * ~ Date ||~ Due Today ||~ Today's Resources ||~ Assignments for Tomorrow ||
 * **Monday, July 8, 2013** || AudioBoo samples (due in Moodle.... post links to your blog) || Topic 1: Semester Project, part 1... picking a lesson (brief)

Topic 2: Authentic Audience (brief)
 * Video

Topic 3: Audio Recording in Practice... "Podcasting"
 * Podcasting Consumption:
 * iTunes (really the best :) )
 * Mobile: Stitcher Smart Radio (iOS and Android)
 * Mobile: Downcast App (iOS); PocketCasts (Android)
 * Podcast Creation:
 * Classroom Contexts
 * Bob Sprankle Room 208: Sample/Reunion Podcast
 * Additional Tool/Idea Lists
 * Fryer's Playing with Media Audio Page (kept up to date for future use)
 * 50 Podcasting Ideas for the Classroom
 * Creative Ways to Use Podcasts in the Classroom
 * Creative Ways to Use Podcasts in the Classroom

Topic 4: Copyright/Fair Use in the Classroom Brief Introduction to Copyright
 * The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy (video from the Media Education Labat Temple University)
 * What's Copyright (videofrom the Media Education Lab at Temple University)
 * Alternatives to Copyright:
 * Creative Commons Licenses (video)
 * Fair Use (optional reading) || Reading Assignments:
 * Read: Fryer, Chapter 3 (prepare fora quiz tomorrow)

Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Blog Entry #3, due Tuesday
 * Choose lesson for "technoifying;" share with description on Moodle by Thursday. ||
 * **Tuesday, July 9, 2013** || Blog Entry #3 Link Due in Moodle || Topic 1: Presentation Technology: Stop. Abusing. PowerPoint.
 * Microsoft PowerPoint and its alternatives... ugh? Video
 * PowerPoint
 * OpenOffice
 * KeyNote (Mac)
 * Google Docs Presentations
 * [|Prezi]
 * BrainShark
 * VuVox
 * SlideSnack


 * Advice on Presentations
 * Don't let a flashy tool let you forget what makes a sucky presentation! (Example Prezihere)
 * Use great design principals (advice all over the net... we'll review "The Most Effective Use of PowerPoint" here along with this advice here) || Reading Assignments:
 * Read: Fryer, Chapter 5

Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Lab: PowerPoint Awful and Awesome (due Wednesday) ||
 * **Wednesday, July 10, 2013** || PowerPoint Awful and Awesome Lab Due in Moodle; Blog Entry #4 due in Moodle || Quiz Today: Copyright and Teachers

Topic 1: Screencasting for Teachers
 * The Kahn Revolution
 * Teacher driven: Paul Anderson
 * The "Classroom Flip"

Lab: Screencasting for Teachers

Part 1: Pecha Kucha Presentations

Part 2: Screencasting

Resources:
 * Legit Image Resources || Reading Assignments:
 * Read: Fryer, Chapter 6

Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Continue work on lab
 * Blog Entry #4, due tomorrow ||
 * **Thursday, July 11, 2013** || Due by Monday, 9:30am in MOODLE: Screencast Presentation || Inspiration:
 * Paul Anderson on screencasting

See Part 2 above. Everything is due on Monday!!!!

Screencasting Resources
 * Jing (download required)
 * Screencast-o-Matic
 * Screenr
 * Active Presenter (Windows only; download required)
 * 7Presenter (Windows only; download required) || Reading Assignments:
 * Read: Pitler, Chapter 1

Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Finish the labs! ||

Week 5 (Week of July 15, 2013)
July 15, 2013 || Due by Monday, 9:30am:
 * ~ Date ||~ Due Today ||~ Today's Resources ||~ Assignments for Tomorrow ||
 * Monday,
 * Screencast
 * Presentation || Theme: Collaboration and Communication
 * Paul Anderson on the Long Tail
 * Flat Classroom Project Model (sample project here)/Communication
 * Skype
 * OOvOO
 * Google Plus Handouts
 * Collaboration
 * Wiki
 * PBWorks
 * Wikispaces
 * Integration Ideas:
 * Wikis in Education
 * Educational Wikis
 * From Wikispaces: Group Work in Wikis
 * From Wikispaces: Best Education Wikis in 2011
 * VoiceThread (sample Voice Thread here)
 * Google Documents/Google Apps (Wednesday) || Reading Assignments:
 * Read: Pitler, Chapter 2
 * Read: Pitler, Chapter 2

Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Participate on the VoiceThread here: link. ||
 * Tuesday, July 16, 2013 || Due by Tuesday, 9:30am:
 * Participation on the VoiceThread || Google Apps lab!
 * M&M Model Lesson Lab || Reading Assignments:
 * Read: Pitler, Chapter 3

Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Blog Entry #5 (somewhat involved... read the directions carefully) ||
 * Wednesday, July 17, 2013 || Due by Wednesday, 9:30am:
 * Blog Entry #5 || Web 2.0 and Other Online Tools


 * Introduction: What is Web 2.0?
 * Evaluating Web 2.0 Tools
 * Lists of Web 2.0 Tools:
 * College 100
 * Edudemic 100 Best Tools
 * Educational Web 2.0 Tools
 * Free Technology for Teachers Blog
 * Several to Try:
 * [|Glogster]
 * [|XtraNormal]
 * [|Voki]
 * [|Animoto] || Lab/Action Assignments:


 * Pick ONE tool that is could apply to your future classroom and content area. Use the class "crowdsourced" evaluation to write an evaluation of that tool. Post results to your blog and share back the link to Moodle.
 * Criteria here ||
 * Thursday, July 18, 2013 || Due by Thursday, 9:30am:
 * Web 2.0 website review.
 * Revised "Before" Lesson. || Web 2.0 Throwdown! (CrowdSourced Assignment)
 * Wiki Page

Noted Information
 * Tool Name
 * Address
 * Free? Freeimum? Pay?
 * Appropriate age and subject area.
 * Ease of Use?
 * Sample work output?
 * Possible integration ideas?
 * Substitution? Augmentation? Modification? Redefinition?

Error on the side of more rather than less. :) || Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Complete your two additional reviews for a total of three.
 * Post each one to an additional wiki page.
 * Comment on a minimum of three others... how would you use this in your classroom? ||

Week 4 (Week of July 22, 2013)
July 22, 2013 || Due by Monday, 9:30am:
 * ~ Date ||~ Due Today ||~ Today's Resources ||~ Assignments for Tomorrow ||
 * Monday,
 * The Wiki username || Teacher Panel || Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Blog #6 ||
 * Tuesday, July 23, 2013 || Due by Tuesday, 9:30am:
 * Emails to guest speakers
 * Blog Entry #6 || Three Powerful Classroom Tools You WILL See in Classrooms

__ **SmartBoards/Interactive White Boards** __

Smart Notebook Software (for SmartBoards) EInstruction Workspace (for Interwrite/eInstruction Boards) Designing Lessons Using SmartBoards
 * The Smart Exchange
 * InterWrite Board Lessons
 * Five Tips and Tricks Video

__ **Google Earth/Google SketchUp** __

Google Earth Google Maps

Designing Lessons Using Google Earth/Maps
 * Google Lit Trips
 * Google SketchUp


 * Student Response Systems (Clickers) **

Designing Lessons Using Student Response Systems/Clickers
 * Clickers, from the Center of Teaching @ Vanderbilt

Alternatives to Clickers
 * Socrative
 * Poll Everywhere
 * SoapBox || Reading Assignments:
 * Pitler, Chapter 4

Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Blog #7 ||
 * Wednesday, July 24, 2013 || Due by Wednesday, 9:30am:
 * Blog Entry #7 || Mobile Devices/Mobile Computing
 * Why Mobile?
 * Resources:
 * Schrock's Guide to iPads in the Classroom
 * Android 4 Schools
 * Apps to Devices: Augmented Reality
 * Proof of Concept
 * Demo || Lab/Action Assignment:
 * Review Final Project Instructions/Email with Questions
 * App Review
 * Find one CONTENT app and one CREATION app that supports your content area. Use Kathy Schrock's evaluation tool to report back to the group on Monday. Share the results of your research on Moodle. ||
 * Thursday, July 24, 2013 ||  ||   || Lab/Action Assignment:
 * Parts II and III of the Technofy Lesson Plan available here. ||

Week 5 (Week of July 29, 2013)
July 29, 2013 || Due by Monday, 9:30am:
 * ~ Date ||~ Due Today ||~ Today's Resources ||~ Assignments for Tomorrow ||
 * Monday,
 * App Reviews || Advanced Topics in Educational Technology: Gamification
 * Theme: Gamification
 * In Class:
 * What is gamification?
 * Examples of gamification in mobile
 * Foursquare
 * Facebook-as-game platform
 * Examples of gamification in the classroom
 * FLVS's Conspiracy Code
 * PowerSpeak
 * Paul Anderson at Bozeman High School
 * [|MacBook Maestro] (professional development)


 * Badge-Based Learning
 * Background
 * Digital Badges (Wikipedia)
 * Seven Things You Should Know About Badges
 * Systems
 * Credly
 * About BadgeOS
 * Extra Materials
 * Seven Conceptions in Gamification
 * Gamification for Everyone
 * The Gamification Wiki || Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Blog Entry #8 ||
 * Tuesday, July 30, 2013 || Due by Tuesday, 9:30am
 * Blog Entry || Advanced Topics in Educational Technology: Badge-Based Learning
 * Background
 * Digital Badges (Wikipedia)
 * Seven Things You Should Know About Badges
 * Systems
 * Credly
 * About BadgeOS

Advanced Topics in Educational Technology: Big Data
 * Why data in the classroom?
 * What do Pandora radio, air disasters, Google search and education have in common?
 * Video: Introduction to Learning Analytics
 * Video: School of One from NYC Public Schools
 * Big Data in Practice: MOOCs
 * Massive Open Online Course (from Wikipedia)
 * Example MOOC Platforms
 * Blackboard Course Sites
 * Udacity
 * EdX
 * Coursara
 * Additional Information
 * Learning Analytics from the 2012 Horizon Report (Higher Education)
 * Seven Things You Should Know About Learning Analytics
 * What are learning analytics? || Lab/Action Assignments:
 * Blog Entry #9 ||