Projects

Presentation	Materials	Leading Question / Discussion Topic	Vocabulary	Reading	Tool(s) / Resources	Activity	Outcome / Evaluation
Building Community / Connections with Others		How can technology make you a better teacher?	Web 2.0 Blog Wiki RSS Social Bookmarks Podcasting Online Photo Galleries	O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 Article	ADD Podcasts and blogs of cool people Room 132	Portfolio Blog Wiki RSS
Effective Presentations	Paper Storyboards Paper for Mind Mapping	How do I create presentations to help my students learn?	Cognitive Load Storyboard Mind Mapping Brainstorming		Microsoft PowerPoint Apple Keynote Open Office Impress John Sweller’s: Cognitive Load Theory Passionate Users: Stop your presentation before it kills again! WIRED: PowerPoint is Evil Presentation Zen: Time To Ditch PowerPoint? Storyboard Sheets PDF Steve Irwin Quote The Lessig Method Dick Hardt’s OSCON Presentation Lawrence Lessig Presentation on Free Culture	Create PPT of style and story
Copyright	Comic Book Printed in Color	How do I help my students use media legally?	Copyleft Open Source Creative Commons Fair Use Downloading Link to other’s files without permission ????		Lessig YouTube Clips Link to Comic Book on copyright Copyright Video	Create written description of personal code
Media Literacy and Proficiency		How do I help my students access and use media efficiently and safely?
Better Pictures; Photo Manipulation	Lynell Burmark Book Color Slides with other names Gimp Online Image Editors Text Generators Graphics Generators	How can I make better images?	Visual Literacy Visual Vocabulary Rule of Thirds Other Composition Rules Resolution LPI / DPI Bitmap Vector JPG GIF PNG		Lynell Burmark info Look at GenYES Materials	Incorporate into slideshow
See Me, Hear Me; Video and Audio Podcasting		How could video or audio podcasting help my students?	Podcasting Vodcasting MP3 MOV WMV		Who’s done it?	Reflection: Do we want to do it?
A Whole New Reality; Virtual Reality in the Classroom	2nd Life Web Site	How could I use virtual classroom?	Second Life Avatar		What is it and why useful? Read Will’s blog entry about 2nd life examples	Reflection: Do we want to use it?
Educational Software		What educational software is available to me?	Find some of the terms we need to be aware of when purchasing		Class discussion of resources used	Our examples
Conquer the Digital Divide		How can I help all of my students access and succeed with technolgy?	Digital Divide Gender Equity		Discuss gender, socio-economic, etc. Read articles.	Reflect on opinion
Instant Web Site with a Wiki		How can I use a Wiki?	Wiki HTML Camel case Textile WYSIWYG		Do as a group	Our own Wiki
Tame The Internet with RSS		How can I use Really Simple Syndication?	RSS XML		Read about web 2.0	Create RSS reader
Get Connected with a Blog		How can I use a Blog?	Blog Post Trackback Pingback		Read about blogs in schools
Let Me Show You; Online Photo Galleries		How can I create an online Photo Gallery			Flickr.com
Know Your Self, Know Your Audience; Mulitple Intelligences		How am I connecting with my students?			Multiple Intelligences
Be Safe On The Internet	School AUP	How can I best protect students?
So You Wanna Make a Web Page?		How do I create a web page from scratch?
Lessons That Work		How do I integrate technology into my lesson plans?
Technology and Lessons; Two Tastes That Taste Great Together		How do I integrate the National Technolgy Standards into my lesson planning?	Present Read Discuss Do Reflect	NETS for teachers and students
The Power of Digital Storytelling		How do I use digital video in the classroom?			Self Reliant Film Blog Ira Glass Tips on Storytelling
Power to the People: Open Source Tools		How can I get free software for my classroom?

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