Day 10 - Productivity Tool Intro

Part I: Create an openitfound file in your USB drive
Since there is possibility that you might forget your USB drive somewhere, we will create an "openiffound" file with your contact info. In case that your USB drive is gone, someone who find your USB drive will have a way to contact you and return your USB drive.

Part II: Productivity Tool Introduction
Working with templates to create a professional classroom. Now that you have begun to build a foundation in learning theories, teaching strategies, state and national content standards, and LoTi, it is time to put together your classroom. You'll use various productivity tools: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to prepare materials for your class. Use the link to the productivity tools project description to get the specifics on the deliverables you will create. Before you begin working on your materials, you'll sit in a short lesson on using templates to streamline your work. This will help you to create your newsletter, calendar, business cards, and certificates. Make sure to save a copy of each completed artifact to your assignments folder on your key drive. It will be easier for you if you name your files as what they are (i.e. the calendar could be called "calendar.doc")

FOR Friday:
Continue working on your productivity tools project. It is due on Friday, February 16 at the beginning of class. Again, don't forget to save your files all the time.

Day 9 - Digi

Digital Generation
How would you describe your future students? What type of learners will they be? What expectations will they have for their learning environment, for their teachers, for their community? You'll be teaching the millenials -- or the digital generation. On an index card, describe your future students.

Day 8 - Learning Puzzle # 4 & LoTi

Part I: Learning Puzzle

The third piece of learning puzzle is Teaching Strategies. How do educators know how to teach? What strategies are used to address certain learning styles? How does learning theory impact teaching strategies? Is lecturing about your subject matter all that is necessary? View descriptions of various teaching strategies here and here. Find one classmate who has chosen a different teaching strategy and discuss about how you use the teaching strategies to introduce your chose content.

The last piece of learning puzzle is Resources and Tools. How do educators pull everything together? What tools and resources do they use to prepare a supportive learning environment? Our main focus for this semester is identifying technology-related tools and resources that support varied student learning styles and teaching strategies.

Part II: Level of Technology Implementation (LoTI level)

After putting the learning puzzle together, we are going to learn a framework, LoTi, which is used to evaluate how much technology is integrated into teaching. We use LoTi to quantify what is going on in a classroom is agood way to begin. You'll be referring to these levels, along withstandards, in all facets of your project work.

For Next Monday:

1. For those of you who haven't finish reading "Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants". Please read that article. We will have discussion in next class session.

2. Enjoy your weekend!

Day 7 - Learning Puzzle # 3

After learning different perspectives of theories, we will talk about
learning styles. Everyone has different learning styles. You might
be kinesthetic learners, audio learners, or visual learners. There
are different strategies to fit different learners. We will talk
about the strategies that can improve learning.

For Friday’s Class:
1.Read Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants by Marc Prensky
2.Read LoTi Framworks developed by Dr. Christopher Moersch

Day 6 - Learning Puzzle # 2

From last Friday, we learned what Georgia Performance Standard is.
One of your assignments was to choose your subject area and grade
level and responds to the questions from last post. Please print out
your responses and hand in the hard copy of your responses at the
beginning of today’s class. Also, file your chosen standard in your
3-ring binder. Be sure that you will use the standard to guide you
through all of the projects that you will be working on this semester.

Continue working on the learning puzzle, next piece of the puzzle
is about learning theories. From the article "Technologies for
Teaching and Learning", you should have solid understanding of what
educational technologyis. Besides, you also touch the learning theories.
In this class,we are going to explore the theories in behaviorist
perspective,cognitivist perspective and constructivist perspective.

After learning different perspectives
of theories, we will talk about
learning styles. Everyone has
different learning styles. You might
be kinesthetic learners, audio
learners, or visual learners. There
are different strategies to fit
different learners. We will talk
about the strategies that can
improve learning.



For Wednesday’s class:
Read information on the following links for teaching strategies.
Choose one of the strategies that you can use to apply to the
content of your chosen grade level and subject area.
Teaching strategies from CRTL:
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/teachings.html
Instructional strategies online:
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/categ.html

Day 5 - Learning Puzzle # 1

As we discussed from last class, technology itself can't be the only factor to influence learning. We also reached the agreement that technology (computers) can’t replace teacher's role in the classroom. However,teachers can integrate technology with the appropriate methods to improve students' learning. There are some elements that we need to consider and further develop the appropriate methods for using technology. Today, we begin to introduce "Learning Puzzle", which comprises curriculum standard, learning theories, teaching strategies, and resources and tools.


1. Curriculum Standard - How do educators know what to teach?
How do they know what students should learn? Every state has
standards and every content area has national standards. There
are even standards for technology integration. Georgia is
transitioning from Quality Core Curriculum Standards (QCC) to
the Georgia Performance Standards. You can even watch a video about the Georgia Performance Standards. You'll also want to be familiar with the ISTE standards for technology integration -- this class, and your course projects,are based on those standards. Select a grade level and subject area that will be the focus of your projects this semester. You'll need to print a copy of these standards and place them in your 3-ring binder for reference purposes this semester.


2. Learning Theories - How do educators know how to meet
the needs of the specific learners with which they are working? Are their different types of learners? Does everyone understand subject matter in the same way? How can teachers identify the different types of learners in their classrooms? Take this online quiz to determine your learning style. Find two other classmates who have similar learning styles. Find one learning/study habit that you have in common and be ready to share it with the class. Here are more resources on learning styles.
Learning Styles and Strategies
Learning Styles Explained
Learning Styles Chart
Learning Styles Self-Assessment
Multiple Intelligence Inventory

But understanding learning styles is just one part of this puzzle piece. Understanding the various learning theories is important to be able to prepare an appropriate learning environment for your students. Read more about learning theories here.


For Next Monday (Jan. 22):
1. Read the article – Technologies for Teaching and Learning
2. Print a copy of the curriculum standards for your chosen subject/grade
level. Type responses to the questions listed below and turn in a printed
copy at the beginning of class on next Monday (Jan. 22).

• Why did you chose this content area/grade level?
• In general, what is the content focus for your grade level?
• What surprised you about your standards?
• What specific standards lend themselves to technology integration?
  What is it about them that causes you to determine this?
• If you were actually teaching this content area/grade level what
  would you want your students to know and be able to do? What
  would be your priorities? What would you want them to remember
  from your class?

3. Print out your learning style online quiz result.
4. Autobiography page will be due on next Monday (Jan. 22). Please send
me your URL for your autobiography page to yichunhong@gmail.com
(Subject: autobiography_yourname).

Day 4 - Work on autobiography page

Today, we will start the foundation-building session. Let's start from the
article about "Weaving Technology into Teaching". What have you
experienced as a K-12 student that would exemplify that weaving?
What knowledge do you currently have about teaching and learning?
About what technology integration looks like in a classroom? What
technology skills do you already possess?

After the discussion of the assigned reading from last Friday, we will
continue working on your autobiography page. The main task today is
to learn the way to insert images in Google Page. The rest of the
class time will be your individual working time. Your autobiography
page will be due on next Monday (Jan. 22) before class time.

Again, here are the components of your finished autobiography page:
1. A brief (1-2 paragraph) introduction to yourself – current information,
career plans, and where you see yourself in 5 years.
2. A link to your resume.
3. At least 3 external links to places of interest.
4. 3-5 pictures

Day 3 - Setup Google Page

Please turn in your printed resume today. For your electronic
copy, we will convert the word file (.doc) into PDF(.pdf) format
with using Adobe Acrobat in next Wednesday’s Class.

Since we are going to create an online portfolio throughout this
semester, it is time for us to start working on the Google Page
Creator. Login with your Gmail account and we will walk through
the rest.

Your finished autobiography page (due January 22 at
the beginning of class) should include the followings:
1. A brief (1-2 paragraph) introduction to yourself – current
information, career plans, and where you see yourself in 5 years.
2. A link to your resume.
3. At least 3 external links to places of interest.
4. 3-5 pictures

For NEXT MONDAY:
We don’t have class on Monday. It’s MLK Jr. Day.

For NEXT WEDNESDAY:
1. Read the article: Weaving Technology into Teaching
2. Complete 70% of your Autobiography page
3. Send your photo to me for class website before Friday night
at 9 pm.

Day 2 - Prepare for resume

For day 2, we are going to learn more about each other in the class.
After that, we will have a chance to be familiar with the “dual platform”
in the lab. Since throughout this semester, we will be working with both
PC station and Mac station, it is important for you to be familiar with
using them.

Also, we will be setting up your keydrive. You will need one “EDIT
2000 assignment“ folder in your keydrive. Whenever you finish your work
during the classes, please save the file in that folder.

There is one very important task for us today. In order for me to learn
more about you and to get a head start on your first project, you will
need to submit a professional resume. You’ll want everything to look
professional, so use a resume template for PCs or a resume template
for Macs. Please remember that your resume must include:

• Objectives
• Grade Level and Subject Area you want to teach
• Education
• Work Experience
• Honors and Awards
• Computer Skills/Special Skills
• Personal Interests
• Professional References

Assignment/Readings:
1. Please send me your photos for class photo before Thursday night at 9.
2. If you don't have Gmail account, please email me for the invitation. You
need to have Gmail account for Friday's Class.
3. Download a template and create a resume. Turn in a hard copy of your
resume on Friday at the begining of the class.

Some more information for RESUME:
1. If you are not an education major, please create the resume for looking
for a job in your major.
2. More links that provide information for creating a professional resume.
http://www.career.vt.edu/JOBSEARC/Resumes/purpose.htm
http://www.jobweb.com/Resumes_Interviews/resume_guide/restips.html
http://www.career.uga.edu/STUDENTS/resumes.html

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.