EDU221OrientationWeeksAgenda

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//- - - agendas and assignments are a work in progress - - - check back often - - -// =Orientation Weeks= Project(s): MEL digital product

//**Ed Ctr 012**// || Practicum Orientation [|The logo and mascot] of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler are based on the Canadian Inuit inukshuk. The inukshuk is a stone marker that has been used by the Inuit to help guide through the northern Arctic terrain for centuries. It has become a symbol of leadership, cooperation, friendship, and the human spirit. The Olympic mascot is named Ilanaaq which means 'friend' in the native Inuit Inuktitut language.
 * **--Date--** || **--What we will do in class today--** || **--What you need to have completed before coming to class today--** ||
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(1/2 class for each Block) (full class with each Block) //**NDH-C**// || # (finish up yesterday's agenda; collect permission forms) || (full class with both Blocks together) (1/2 class for each Block) (1/2 class for each Block) > (Full class for each Block) //**NDH-C**// || # Specific Positive Feedback (1/2 class for each Block)
 * announce //Fires// homework: read Introduction, Preface, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2 || * bring a postcard ||
 * W
 * //Computer Center 104//** || #  discuss //Fires// and why it's a text
 * 1) look at QR homework for tomorrow
 * 2) look at permission page assignment
 * 3) NSE
 * 4) review syllabus
 * 5) busy work policy; break policy
 * 6) additional required "text"
 * 7) safely ejecting pen drives
 * 8) issue with small DVDs
 * 9)  [|information survey] || * read Introduction, Preface, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2 in //Fires in the Bathroom// ||
 * Th
 * 1) set up a new blog (not account, just a blog) for this class
 * 2) add blog URL to class artifact page when Mergatroy the Moose gets to you
 * 3) first two entries; check QR details
 * 4) how blog entries are graded
 * 5) //What do you think a WebQuest is? //blog entry
 * 6)  We're going on a quest! A look at the [|MEL WebQuest]
 * 7) //What do you think a WebQuest is? //
 * 8) at least one project this semester has to be in each of the 3 types of software packages
 * 9) hand out "entry forms"; discuss how to fill them out
 * 10) using storyboard
 * 11) introduction to concept of digital story
 * 12) what's your backup strategy?
 * 13) take survey || * write a QR for Chapter 1 and a QR for Chapter 2 of //Fires--//put them in a text document; we will do the blog part of this assignment in class tomorrow
 * complete this permission form:
 * F
 * //Computer Center 104//** || # (collect permission forms from one block)
 * 1) "My First iMovie"
 * 2) iMovie demo and how it relates to GarageBand and Comic Life
 * 3) demo of project file vs. product file
 * 4) collect entry forms
 * 5) hand out Type I and Type II printout needed for step 5 of [|MEL WebQuest]
 * 6) look at steps 4 & 5 and Evaluation section
 * 7) (class reads rubric while Dr. Theresa figures out partners)
 * 8) MEL partners announced
 * 9) MEL team building
 * 10) time with partners / team contract
 * 11) exit ticket || * do steps 1, 2, and 3 of the [|MEL WebQuest] (don't worry about the blog part, save the graphic and copy-paste your text in a word processing document or an email to yourself and bring them to class digitally)
 * bring your completed entry form (piece of paper filled out) ||
 * M
 * //Computer Center 104//** || # collect team contracts
 * 1) blog check-up
 * 2) blog compose/preview/issues with Word 2008 for Windows and blog/HTML message
 * 3) putting the learning styles graphic into the blog entry
 * 4) a look at step 7 of [|MEL WebQuest]
 * 5) MEL rubric
 * 6) questions on what the MEL model is? what it means?
 * 7) //What do you think a WebQuest is? //
 * 8) copyright and photo credits; music and video clips
 * 9) when you present your MEL project for judging
 * 10) your "audience" and your judges are two different populations
 * 11) do you want to do a group presentation or an individual one?
 * 12) earphones/ headsets
 * 13) I won't see you for 48 hours! Good luck with your project. Office hours for me tomorrow 1:30-3:30. Don't forget Dan as a resource. || * do steps 4 and 5 of the <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|MEL WebQuest]
 * look ahead at step 7 of the <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|MEL WebQuest]; feel free to start early
 * turn in a copy of your team contract ||
 * W
 * //Computer Center 104//** || # (gather missing team contract from Block 1)
 * 1) "The Physics Introduction" to Multiple Intelligences
 * 2) Multiple Intelligences vs. learning styles
 * 3) project files vs. product files
 * 4) you must have both a project file and a product file for every project you work on, including team projects
 * 5) how and where to upload and file limit size
 * 1) Comic Life--the .pdf option and the paper option
 * 2) [|.pdf maker (free) for Windows users]
 * 3) HOMEWORK (AFTER your presentation is viewed by judges): MEL reflections page--fill it out on your computer, print it out.
 * 4) Q&A on <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|MEL WebQuest] project
 * 5) upload your project file to the artifacts page and add your team name to the chart (and delete your team member names)
 * 6) remaining time with partner(s)--be sure to practice making a product file and uploading it, even if it's just a test file || * work on your MEL product (the "rest" of step 6 in the <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|MEL WebQuest] )
 * do step 7 (part 1) of the <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|MEL WebQuest] ||
 * Th
 * 1) judging MEL presentations
 * 2) <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|MEL WebQuest] Conclusion
 * 3) //<span class="wiki_link_ext">What do you think a WebQuest is? //
 * 4) [|Airset]
 * 5) [|del.icio.us]
 * 6) Skype Buddies || * MEL presentations must be finished and uploaded to artifacts wiki before class
 * bring a printout of the text of your MEL project (if movie has text on the screen or if there are images with text in your presentation, bring a printout or screenshots of that text; Comic Life presentation, bring a printout--black and white is fine)
 * bring headphones/earbuds if you have them so you can individually listen to MEL productions as you judge ||
 * F 9/11
 * //Computer Center 104//** || # getting back your feedback from the judges
 * 1) turn in your MEL reflection
 * 2) adding a citation for Fires to your blog
 * 3) Block 1: //Fires in the Bathroom// assignment while you're in the schools
 * 4) Block 2: Emerging Technologies || * MEL reflections page --fill it out on your computer, print it out, bring it to class
 * set up a [|delicious] account ||