Assignments

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Monday

 * 1) Set up your blog. Use the [|Getting started guide] for help.
 * 2) Read
 * Choose a chapter in __Using Technology With Classroom Instruction That Works__ that describes a set of instructional strategies relevant to your classroom.
 * Two blog entries from the list of Recommended Blogs.
 * [|"Turning on the Lights"]by Marc Prensky.
 * 1) Write
 * A post about what you learned from the chapter that you might use in your classroom. Label the post "Classwork."
 * A post discussing the two blog posts you read. Did you find them interesting? Would you like to follow the blogs? Label the post "Classwork."
 * A post describing how you could use the "Four Important Practices" mentioned at the end of the Prensky "Turning on the Lights" article in your classroom. Label the post "Classwork."
 * 1) For tomorrow:
 * If you have a digital camera please bring it in along with the cable that connects it to a computer.
 * If you have headphones or ear buds please bring them in tomorrow.

Tuesday

 * 1) Read the ISTE Standards for Students [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://usmepc508.wikispaces.com/file/view/NETS_for_Students_2007_Standards-1.pdf"]] [|NETS_for_Students_2007_Standards-1.pdf]. Write a post on what you what Student Standard you plan to focus on for your project. Label the post Project.
 * 2) Go to [|K12Online Conference 09.] Selec t one session that seems appropriate to your setting. View the video and look at any online materials associated with the video.
 * 3) Write a post reflecting on the [|K12Online Conference 08] article describing changes you'll make in your classroom to incorporate what you learned. Label the post Classwork.
 * 4) Write a comment on two other participants blogs from the list of our class. Start the discussion!

Wednesday

 * 1) Read
 * [|Learning with Blogs & Wikis] by Bill Ferriter, Educational Leadership, February 2009
 * Review the chapters in the Text looking for a learning strategy that you are most likely to use in your project. Select one for your project.
 * 1) Write
 * A post on each of the Ferriter article, Learning with Blogs & Wikis, describing your thoughts about blogs and wikis as digital tools for professional learning. Label the post Classwork.
 * Write an entry in your blog that describes technology resources to support the learning strategy from the text that you plan to focus on in your project. Label the post Classrwork
 * 1) Comment
 * Write two more comments on posts by people in our class.
 * Write a comment on one of the Recommended Blogs listed on Monday's page.

Thursday

 * 1) Read
 * Get caught up with any reading and responding you need to do.
 * Take a look at the [|Horizon Report 2008](optional)
 * 1) Write
 * Clean up anything that needs fixing on your blog.
 * Submit your Project Planning form: Note - you should create it in a word processing document then paste it into the form so you have a copy.