Day 1-Welcome

Welcome to EDIT 2000 - Introduction to Computers for Teachers. The
purpose of this course is to help you to explore the tools that can support
teaching and learning in a P-12 classroom. As you learn about these tools
you will focus on the educational processes that these tools support -- not
the technical skills that you acquire. In other words, this is not a course
about learning computer skills in isolation; it is a course that will encourage
you to find appropriate uses for technological tools in the P-12 classroom.

In order to find and document these appropriate uses of technology, you
will work independently, in partners, and in groups to prepare educational
activities for specific curriculum topics. You will play the role of a classroom
teacher and use your content knowledge, understanding of teaching and
learning strategies, and your technology skills to develop real applications
for the various tools explored during the semester.

Your final product will be a web-based set of activities to teach specific
curriculum objectives.The instructor for your EDIT 2000 is Yi-Chun Hong.
The course website will give you all of the background information you
need. The syllabus, handed out on Day 1, will give you specifics on what
to expect during the semester. It is very important to know the syllabus
well. If you have any quesitons regarding the syllabus, please feel free to
ask me.

The only materials you'll need for this course are a key drive and a 3-ring
binder to keep track of handouts. We use Macintosh and Windows
computers in this lab -- so you'll need to become familiar with both
operating systems.

What to expect in EDIT 2000? Thoughts from past students...So, what
does technology integration look like? Harrison County High School in
Gulfport, Mississippi is a wonderful example of students and teachers
using technology tools for learning. If that's not enough, see how
Mary Scroggs Elementary School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina integrates
technology to help younger children learn.

In order for me to learn more about you, please fill out the EDIT Student
Information Sheet and return it to me before leaving the class. Again,
welcome to EDIT 2000 and wish you have good learning journey here.

For Wednesday:
1. Bring your keydrive.
2. Alwasy read ClassBlog before class
3. If you don't have gmail account, please email me at
yichunhong@gmail.com. I will send you an invitation for gmail account.