Week+7+S09

=AI Meeting Agenda- Dr. Leftwich and Zihang=


 * 1) Extra Credit- ePal- see below: Please introduce this project to your students in the lab this week. A great opporunity to experience online learning.
 * 2) Digital Story Best Examples- Oncourse W200 Wiki - by Sinem- Please upload good video examples to the page created by Sinem. Make sure you get students' permission before share their videos.
 * 3) Elements of an Objective- Changing "based on " to "based on the following criteria"
 * 4) Rubrics uploaded in Lab Resources folder (Artifact Proposal Rubric by Dr. Leftwich)
 * 5) Cases assignments- Please revise cases and reupload to Artifact Proposal Resources folder as soon as possible.
 * 6) Review Content Exploration Lab - available in Leftwich - 2831 Resources (see lab notes below)

Looking to next week:
1.) Production task workout - Introduction by Doug, Zihang, and Sungwon


 * Cases Revision:** (By Chip)

First: "What goes into the cases?" Second: "Is the first case 'Content Exploration,' the second one 'Communication,'..."
 * 1) We need to make sure that we include the relevant standards (the numbers are also important also, because they help tell us/the students where the standard was found)
 * 2) We need to include a brief description of the learners we are assuming for this case
 * 3) We need to give a description of the case
 * 4) As Dr. Leftwich pointed out, we are leaving out the objectives - we have been emphasizing objectives, and this will be good practice for them
 * 5) If there are alternative cases, we can include these. My recommendation (this Chip alone speaking) would be to put in a page break after the three standard ones and then include the alternative cases, labeling them as "Additional Cases."
 * 1) Last year, we had cases per tool area.
 * 2) This year, we are just providing three cases and we are not focusing on any particular tool. The cases will lend themselves to certain types of tools more than others.
 * 3) That said, the first case will require a bit more guidance of our students on our part, though the purpose of these proposals are to help them think about teaching and learning cases and think about activities, tools and options - not put down what we tell them.
 * 4) To recap... Instead of running them through cases specifically tied to one tool, we are providing three cases and they will have to make decisions informed by the next five weeks. But, we will really have to help them - prod, guide, poke - for the first case since it is at the beginning of the five weeks of tools. For the other two cases, though, they will have been exposed to more, so that should get easier and easier... hopefully.

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=Week 7 Lab Notes=

This week:
1.) Review Content Exploration Lecture 2.) Collect and Grade Content Exploration Worksheets (worth 10 points) 3.) Share Content Exploration Blog Posts of Students 4.) Assign Artifact Proposal #1

=Other Notes= Greetings w200 students,

I wanted to share this opportunity to use technology and interact with K-12 students. Those who participate will receive extra credit in the course, gain some experience, and have additional evidence to add to their ePortfolios.

In2Books is ePals’ literacy program, aimed at grade 3-5 classrooms in the U.S. In2Books pairs students in the program with adult pen pals. Together, the students and pen pals read a variety of books and write online letters about them via the In2Books Writing Center. Volunteer pen pals need only to have internet access, a few hours a month, and a desire to help a child. It’s an excellent opportunity for busy adults to help children build literacy and communication skills, as well as to give these students positive adult role models in their lives. For future teachers, it provides a way to read some great children’s books and interact with a child, see how well a child writes at that age, and much more.

**__Here’s what you can do:__**

o Sign up as soon as possible and before **Monday, October 19, 2009.** We have lots of students awaiting adult pen pals!

**__Promo Code so you can waive the $6 background check:__** We run a background check on each adult pen pal, and this costs $6.
 * This promotional code will waive the standard** $6 background-check fee: I2BOATE (abbreviation for In2Books + the first four letters of my last name).

The adults write an introductory letter and one for each of five books during the school year. The types of books are: realistic fiction, social studies, biography, science and folktales. All the books are terrific. You can order them online or get them through a local library, if you wish.

1. TO get started, go to: __http://in2books.epals.com__ 2. You will have to select a username and password and to put in your birthdate and SSN for the background check. 3. Be sure to put in the promo code to waive the $6 fee: I2BOATE 4. You will watch a 10-minute tutorial overview about the program and then, once you pass the background check, you can write your letter to the student assigned to you.

Pen pals will not meet the student and are not expected to provide a last name. For many of these students, this is the first time they have ever gotten a letter from an adult who wasn’t a relative or teacher!

Please let me know if you have questions. I hope that you will encourage your colleagues and your students to sign up.

Best wishes, Rita Rita Oates, Ph.D. VP, Education Markets ePals Inc. //Where Learners Connect// www.epals.com 305 669-9090 home office 305 788-4302 cell @ritaoates ePals is the leading provider of safe and protected school email, blog and eMentoring technology for the K-12 education market. All at NO cost! ePals maintains the Internet's largest community of connected classrooms for teacher-supervised collaborative project sharing, language learning and global classroom pen pal programs. Visit our Spanish language teacher portal: www.eduteka.org < __http://www.eduteka.org__ > and www.epals.com/bienvenido < __@http://www.epals.com/bienvenido__ > NEW: ePals has 35 languages for translation Read my article in ASCD's //Educational Leadership//, Sept. 2009: __@http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/sept09/vol67/num01/How_to_Learn_in_the_21st_Century.aspx__