Week 5 - Standards and Sharing resources (Monday elementary & Thursday science)

Before class -
1. reflection 3 and 4
2. e-portfolio
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In class -

1. Blog update
What is a blog ?
What blogs can do in terms of teaching ? example
How to manage the articles on the team blog? use titles, labels, weekly archive. Learn more.
How to search for info on a blog?
How to subscribe several blogs from google reader? intro
Why are we using blogs to post reflections ? 3 primary reasons and more: learn from different perspectives, sharing knowledge and skills, archive reflections, experience technology integration.

2. ISTE technology standards (download the slides)
Indiana content standards

3. Search for technology resources for tomorrow classroom
The purpose of this activity is for you to conduct your own inquiry about the technology you're interested, develop a better understanding of your team topic, look for potential useful technology resources, build a resource link library on your team blog, and share your skills and knowldge in class. You may find some very interesting websites and you could think about how to integrate those in your lesson plan later.

Activity Instruction (This assignment is also part of reflection 5) :

1. Search and Recommend 3 hotlinks about technologies related to your team
topic. (You may start from google the topic, enter the keywords in wekipedia, or find information this pdf file) http://www.exploratorium.edu/ (Virtual Museum)

2. Write an introduction for each hotlink--about the technology and how people can use it in educational settings, and a summary of your understanding in the team topic, such as goole earth and how you can use google earch in class.

3. post the summaries and links on your team blog. (with a label "your first name, resources")

4. Visit links from other team members, find your favorite, and give explanations by posting comments. The winner will get a bonus point for this assignment reflection 5.

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After class -

1. Reflection 5 on your team blogs by the coming weekend

(1) 3 hotlinks (introduction) and summary (lable with "firstname, resources")

(2) the connections you see between your choice of technology (the team topic) and ISTE standards (3) comments/questions, if any (label with "firstname, reflection")

2. E-portfolio template (I'll look at your e-portfolio template, give you feedback and grades (5pts) next week in class.)