Graded Assignment 3: May 15, 2013

Dear all,

You all did a great job in Assignment 2. Congrats. For those who did not comment, they lost the grades.

For this one, I would like to start a discussion by asking you to POST TWO COMMENTS in Assignment 2 (not here):

1) Pick one original comment: read the scenario from the ISTE Wiki, and read the comment of your classmate, and REFLECT constructively on it.

2) Wait until somebody reflects on yours, and then RESPOND to him/her reflection by approving, disapproving, adding more ideas, etc.

Be creative and have fun!

Zeina

Class Presentations today (April 18, 2013): Games, Word Processing, Tutorial, and Drill & Practice

Hope that today's four presentations were beneficial to you all!!

Please include any comments your have about:

1) what you have learned today from the presenters

2) what additional things you know about these tools and you can share with the rest

3) your evaluation of each of the presenter (be kind! your turn for presenting is next :)

Zeina

Class Presentations today (April 11, 2013): Excel, Graphing tool, and Power Point

Hope that today's three presentations were beneficial to you all!!

Please include any comments your have about:

1) what you have learned today from the presenters

2) what additional things you know about these tools and you can share with the rest

3) your evaluation of each of the presenter (be kind! your turn for presenting is next :)

Zeina

Discussion in class: A Rationale for using Educational Technology

According to chapter 1 in the book: The elements of a rationale for using technology in education include: increased motivation, unique instructional capabilities, support for new instructional approaches, increased productivity, and required skills for an information age (technological literacy, information literacy, an visual literacy). 

1) Pick one and discuss it in your own words.

2) Comment on another student's input.

Zeina

Graded Assignment 2: April 21, 2013

Hello,

The International Society For Technology in Education (ISTE) has developed the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) for students in order to:

Improve higher-order thinking skills, such as problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity

Prepare students for their future in a competitive global job market

Design student-centered, project-based, and online learning environments

Guide systemic change in our schools to create digital places of learning

Inspire digital age professional models for working, collaborating, and decision making

Your work is to go to this website (ISTE Wiki), pick one of the six standards on the left hand side, choose one of the scenarios provided, and tell us how would you modify it to better represent the chosen standard.

NB Please, you need to specify WHICH standard you pick, and WHICH scenario you will be discussing. Thanks.

Good Luck! 


Zeina

Graded Assignment 1: April 4, 2013

After reviewing the Dale's Cone of Experience, read, research online, reflect and answer the following:

I) Explain how the Cone of Experience is arranged

II) What are the important contributions of the cone of experience to teaching?
(You should provide at least four reasons)

Kindly list any websites / articles used and make sure you write your full name at the bottom of your comment. Thank you!

Good Luck!

Zeina

SHARING...

Hello,

Let's use this post to share interesting websites / articles / tools we encounter!

Zeina

Pick the Date for presenting your tool

Dear all,

Now that you have decided which tool you will work on and present, you have to pick a day to present it. We have left in the Spring semester the following dates:

April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2, May 9, May 16.

The last 2 Thursdays (May 23 and May 30) will be dedicated to presenting your Final Project!

We can have up to FOUR presenters each session!

Kindly pick the date!!!!!!!

Thanks and Good Luck!

Zeina