Education 537 - Supporting Learning with Technology
Early Childhood/Elementary/Middleschool
Fall, 2006
Monday
Sept. 11
18
23
25
Oct. 2
9
16
23
30
Nov. 6
13
20

27
Dec. 4
11
Friday
Sept. 8
15
23
22
Sept. 29
Oct. 6

20
27
Nov. 3
10
17
25
1
Dec. 8
15
 Course Topics
Students, Thinking, Technology & NETS-T
Creating a Web Site (Nvu, Composer, GoLive)
Please Attend Conference
Open lab for website work, NO Formal Class
Evaluating Websites & designing WebQuests
Documenting & Creating with Video (iMovie)
Creating with Graphic software
Working with Graphics and Video
Desktop Publishing – (Word and Publisher)
Developing Hypermedia projects (HyperStudio & PPT)
Building the Intellectual/technology Toolbox
Lessons and learning (Inspiration)
Thanksgiving Break
Reflecting on and with Technology (digital portfolios)
Communities of Learning (Online learning tools)
Student final project Presentations (extra long class?)
Students, Thinking, Technology & NETS-T

The purpose of this initial class is to introduce you to the course, discuss the technical details of structure of computers and of the World Wide Web, and to explore the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers.

The NETS standards - http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_stands.html
Technology and Young Children - http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/PSTECH98.asp
Educator Resources -http://www.iste.org/Template.cfm?Section=Educator_Resources&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=22&ContentID=13462
ISTE Article: Copyright, technology and the law: http://www.iste.org/Template.cfm?Section=April_No_7_1&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=2466
UC Glossary on Web Searching and Netscape Jargon http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Glossary.html
Internet 101 - http://www.internet101.org/
Introduction to the Internet - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/WhatIs.html
Internet Basics - http://www.netc.org/basics/index.html
Technology and ECE - http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/
Technology and ECE - http://www.nwrel.org/request/june01/index.html
Web-based Learning - http://www.netc.org/digitalbridges/online/index.html
Librarian's Index to the Internet - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ 
Netscape index to Search Engines - http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/lboyer/search/index.htm
Mr. C's Bookmarked Resources - http://www.mybookmarks.com/public/coops
Evaluating for accessibility - http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/
Rubrics for Tech Competency - http://www.edtech.sandi.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=284&Itemid=1
Web Jargon - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Glossary.html#TPC/IP
Citing Web resources - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Style.html
Tutorial on finding info on the Web - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
Past issues of Leading and Learning with Technology - http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications/LL/LLIssues/Past_Issues.htm

Please Read
Helping Teachers Embrace Standards - http://www.iste.org/Template.cfm?Section=October_No_2_1&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=2549

Creating a Web Site

For this class the objective will be to design a professional website that can be used for the collection of materials that you will create throughout the rest of your time in the program. You are welcome to begin with a simple personal webpage and built to the construction of a larger site. Before we begin constructing the pages please read the following resources on applications of the Web to learning, then please browse the remaining sites detailing the design and construction of Web pages and sites.

Please Read
Teacher vision in the New Media Classroom - http://www.iste.org/Template.cfm?Section=November6&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=1560
Design considerations for web pages - http://fg.ed.pacificu.edu/bailey/resources/teachnology/websites
If you will be using your own laptop in class please download Nvu before class at - http://www.nvu.com/download.php

There are four basic cross-platform programs that can be used for this work (in order of difficulty and power)
Microsoft Word
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010547801033.aspx
http://www.nd.edu/~alweb/word-html/
http://www.powertolearn.com/articles/teaching_with_technology/creating_a_web_page_with_microsoft_word.shtml

Mozilla Composer
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/webdev/mozilla/mozillastart3.html
http://www.thesitewizard.com/gettingstarted/mozillacomposer1.shtml

Nvu
Getting started with Nvu - http://nvudev.com/guide/1.0PR/ugs02.htm
How to Design and Publish Your Website with Nvu - http://www.thesitewizard.com/gettingstarted/nvu1.shtml

Adobe GoLive
http://studio.adobe.com/us/search/content.jsp?lang=en&item=golcs2ttL01 (not viewable with Safari)
http://www.golivein24.com/tips/

Example Web Projects
http://www.iste.org/inhouse/publications/ll/pdfs/display.cfm?sku=30646h&Section=LL_Search
http://education.ed.pacificu.edu/Quinn/MarcoPolo/index.html
http://education.ed.pacificu.edu/sweb/reneesite/index.html

Further Web Design and Application Resources
The World Wide Web history project - http://www.webhistory.org/home.html
Yale Style Manual - http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html
"Web Pages that Suck" - http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/index.html
School Web site Design - http://www.fno.org/webdesign.html
Cool Home Pages - http://www.coolhomepages.com/newstatic/Educational/1.html
Adding Animation to your websites - http://www.ISTE.org/LL/pdfs/index.cfm?sku=29542b
The World Wide Web FAQ - http://www.unimelb.edu.au/public/www-faq/
Adding Streaming Video to your website - http://www.iste.org/Template.cfm?Section=September9&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentID=10806
Using the Internet as a Research Tool - http://www.iste.org/Template.cfm?Section=March6&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=1769
Using the Web as an instructional tool - http://www.iste.org/Template.cfm?Section=March6&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=1770
Fostering a School-to-home Web-based connection - http://www.iste.org/inhouse/publications/ll/pdfs/display.cfm?sku=29206h&Section=LL_Search
Trash or Treasure - http://www.iste.org//Template.cfm?Section=December_January_No_4_1&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=2576
Using Metaphors to design a website - http://www.iste.org/inhouse/publications/ll/pdfs/display.cfm?sku=29246h&Section=LL_Search
Taking the Website Reins -http://www.iste.org/inhouse/publications/ll/pdfs/display.cfm?sku=31154b&Section=LL_Search
HTML Basics, Webmonkey - http://www.webmonkey.com/teachingtool/

The archive project and wayback machine - http://www.archive.org/
Translation tools - http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

Evaluating websites & designing WebQuests

For this class the objectives will be to learn what a webquest is, how to design one, and to help you design and construct a webquest that you can use with your classes. To reach these objectives you will need to access only a few sites that I have listed below. Please explore these sites fully and come to class with a topic and beginning description of the webquest that you will design. It is suggested that you bring in an organizational tree with your topic and the subtopics that you want your class to explore. The more you have planned your topic and the kinds of activities in which your studens will engage, the better prepared you will be to write a thoughtful WebQuest. In class we will discuss the nature of this pedagogical approach, we will review some sites and then begin the process of assisting you to build your quest.
Here are the Student Template and Teacher Template.
View My traditional WebQuest (still in process) on this approach and compare it to the Webgarden Version.

Evaluating Web resources
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html
http://www.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/659/
http://www.lesley.edu/library/guides/research/evaluating_web.html
http://www.unc.edu/cit/guides/irg-49.html

Documenting & Creating with Video (iMovie)

This class will introduce you to the concept and process of creating digital learning stories and other video projects. We will review the process of creating and editing digital video using iMovie and Movie Maker. We will discuss in detail the Project Team assignment and give you practice filming and editing video.

Project TEAM Assignment - Cross Curricular Assignment
Promoting Equity with Digital Video - http://www.iste.org/inhouse/publications/ll/pdfs/display.cfm?sku=31416y&Section=LL_31_4
Digital Video Goes to School - http://www.iste.org/inhouse/publications/ll/pdfs/display.cfm?sku=29210h&Section=LL_29_2
Digital Video in the Classroom FAQ - http://www.mediaed.org.uk/posted_documents/DigvidFAQ.html
Digital Video, a guide for the perplexed - http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~kmiller/dvguide/

Digital Learning Stories - http://education.ed.pacificu.edu/bailey/resources/papers/Lstories/lstories.html

iMovie Materials
iMovie materials from Apple - http://www.apple.com/imovie/
iMovie Tutorial for Children (PDF)- http://www.dbaugh.dircon.co.uk/dvineducation/iMovietutorial3.pdf
iMovie Workshop (PDF) - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~cc/videoprojects/iMovie_workshop.pdf
iMovie3&4 Tutorial atomic learning- http://www.atomiclearning.com/imovie3x
iMovie FAQs and issues - http://www.DanSlagle.com/mac/iMovie/index.shtml
iMovie and Digital Media Resources - http://www.stager.org/imovie/
Videoediting with iMovie - http://www.rice.edu/fondren/dmc/howto/imovie.html
Videoediting with iMovie - http://academictech.doit.wisc.edu/ORFI/avs/Modules/imovie.htm
Multimedia reporting and convergance - http://journalism.berkeley.edu/multimedia/tutorials/imovie/starting.html
Simple video editing using iMovie - http://faculty.rmwc.edu/itc/tutorials/imovie.htm

Windows Movie Maker
Atomic Learning Tutorial - http://www.atomiclearning.com/moviemaker2
Microsoft help site - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx
Paul Thurrott's Super Site - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx
Movie Maker Forum - http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/Default.aspx

Sound
The World Wide Web Virtual Audio Library - http://archive.museophile.sbu.ac.uk/audio/
Sound America Sound Effects and audio clips - http://www.soundamerica.com/sounds/sound_fx/
sound dogs - http://www.sounddogs.com/start.asp
Wav. Central - http://www.wavcentral.com/
Sound Clips - http://www.webplaces.com/html/sounds.htm
Sound Central downloads - http://www.soundcentral.com/

Using Still and Video Photography in Science - http://www.ISTE.org/LL/pdfs/index.cfm?sku=27436s
Turn your students into documentary film makers - http://www.apple.com/education/documentary/
Apple Learning Exchange: Digital Documentaries - http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/dd.php
ISTE: Constructing Digital Sories - http://www.iste.org/Template.cfm?Section=February2&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentFileID=1052
Video Production for Students - http://kidsvid.altec.org/

Creating with Graphic software

For this class the objectives will be to learn how to create a new graphic, and how to manipulate already created graphics and photos. For this class we will be using programs such as GraphicConverter, Photoshop, and Windows paint programs. To help us prepare for this work, please take the time to begin an exploration of graphics programs before class.

Articles and Info
Image Formats on the Web - http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutors/image_formats.html
Understanding Graphic File Formats - http://www.why-not.com/articles/formats.htm
Image File Formats - http://www.cs.sfu.ca/CourseCentral/365/li/material/notes/Chap3/Chap3.2/Chap3.2.html
Understanding Digital Images (PDF) - http://www.iste.org/inhouse/publications/ll/pdfs/display.cfm?sku=29618b&Section=LL_Search
Virtual Art (PDF) - http://www.iste.org/inhouse/publications/ll/pdfs/display.cfm?sku=29354b&Section=LL_Search
Awesome Graphics Using Photoshop (PDF) - http://www.iste.org/inhouse/publications/ll/pdfs/display.cfm?sku=26554o&Section=LL_Search
What's wrong with this Picture (altering photos w/ photoshop) (PDF) - http://www.iste.org/inhouse/publications/ll/pdfs/display.cfm?sku=25258c&Section=LL_Search

Tips & Ideas:
Photoshop, Professional Tips and Tricks - http://www.tema.ru/p/h/o/t/o/s/h/o/p/
Photoshop Foundry - http://www.digital-foundry.com/index_photoshop.html
Selecting a new Digital Camera -

Free Images
Smithsonian Office of Imaging - http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/siphoto.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=home
Free Images, NASA - http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/
NASA multimedia gallery - http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/highlights/index.html
NASA image exchange - http://nix.nasa.gov/
NOAA photo library - http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/
NASA images of Animals, weather - http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/NOAA/page1.html
Free Photographs - http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
Copyright-friendly images for Education - http://www.pics4learning.com/
Image Collections - http://scc.pinehurst.net/graphics.html
The Amazing Picture Machine - http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
Microsoft's Free CLip Art and Media - http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?cag=1
Clip Art Review - http://www.webplaces.com/html/clipart.htm
Free Clip art - http://www.free-graphics.com/
Free Clip art - http://www.1clipart.com/
Free Clip art - http://www.free-clip-art.com/
Free Gifs and Animation -http://www.fg-a.com/gifs.html
Free Gifs and Animation - http://www.wilsoninfo.com/gifs.html
Free Architectural Gifs and Animation -http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/aegsa/freegifs.html
Free Animated Gifs - http://www.animatedgif.net/

Images as Format and Information base for Exploration
--The Visible Human Project - http://www.dhpc.adelaide.edu.au/projects/vishuman2/
--Native American Women - http://www.cla.purdue.edu/WAAW/palmquist/Essay2.htm
--Panoramic Photographs and History - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/panoramic_photo/pnhist1.html

Desktop Publishing – (Word and Publisher)

The purpose of today's class is to help you become familiar with using Word, Publisher, Pages or other simple word processing programs to help you use them for creating class newsletters, brochures or other documents for distribution.

Microsoft's Office help site - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX010857991033.aspx
Microsoft's Word Help site - http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/topcategory.aspx?TopLevelCat=CH790018161033&CTT=4&Origin=ES790000201033
Mactopia's How to Articles - http://www.microsoft.com/mac/resources/resources.aspx?pid=howtos
Using Word X on an Apple - http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/officex/using.aspx?pid=usingofficex
Using Word to create a newsletter - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/msword_newsletter.htm
Creating a newsletter with Publisher - http://training.peoriaud.k12.az.us/inoutclassms/content/pub98/newsltr.htm

Developing Hypermedia projects (HyperStudio & PPT)

Hypermedia tools have long been a staple of multimedia technology use in elementary and middle school classrooms. Lately the use of these tools has waned as video and web-based applications have gained in popularity and become easier to use. This class will provide you with an opportunity to experience Hyperstudio and other hypermedia programs as a means of helping you understand what instrumentality they offer your students for constructing and displaying understanding.

HyperStudio Home Page - http://www.hyperstudio.com/
Using HyperStudio on the Internet (PDF) - http://www.iste.org/LL/pdfs/index.cfm?sku=25857d
HyperStudio Tutorial - http://www.learningspace.org/prof_growth/training/Exploratory/Hyperstudio/HS.html
HyperStudio Tutorial - http://www.education.umd.edu/blt/hyperstudio/
HyperStudio Showcase - http://www.hyperstudio.com/showcase/index.html
Teacher Ed Student Stacks - http://www.utc.edu/~tpa/mcallister/hsstacks.html
HyperStudio Learning Links - http://www.csus.edu/indiv/m/mcvickerb/multimedia/weeklysessions/weeks_10_11_12.htm

Building the Intellectual/technology Toolbox

With not so much a technological as a pedagogical focus, this class will provide us with an opportunity to explore a variety of virtual tours and original source materials. We will discuss the manner in which these tools can empower students and transform the learning environment of our classrooms.

Teaching with Electronic Technology - http://www.wam.umd.edu/~mlhall/teaching.html
Marco Polo - http://www.marcopolo-education.org/
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html
Integrating Technology and Pedagogy - http://education.ed.pacificu.edu/sj/workshop/webquest2.html

Virtual Tours
Virtual tours - http://www.iste.org//Template.cfm?Section=March5&Template=/MembersOnly.cfm&ContentID=7885
Apple's Virtual Field Trips - http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/vft.php
American Museum of Natural History - http://www.amnh.org/
 Ellis Island, NY 1900-1920 Photographic Exhibit - http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/070_immi.html
Exploratorium, Berkeley - http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Holocaust Museum Tour -http://www.flholocaustmuseum.org/index.cfm
Metropolitan Museum of Art - http://www.metmuseum.org/special/index.asp
National Museum of Women's History - http://www.nmwh.org/
National Museum of Women in the Arts - http://www.nmwa.org/
Smithsonian - The World's Largest Museum - http://www.si.edu/
Teacher Pages, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - http://www.mmfa.qc.ca/en/activites/enseignants.html
U.C. Berkeley Museum of Paleontology - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
Virtual Egyptian Museum - http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/museum.htm
Virtual Tour of Knossos - http://www.bsa.gla.ac.uk/knosos/index.htm?vrtour
Volcanoworld field trips - http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/kids/vrtrips.html
Virtual fied trip links: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htm
World Art Treasures - http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/

Project Resources and Digital Primary Source Materials
Library of Congress Resources - http://www.loc.gov/
American Treasures of the Library of Congress - http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/
National Geographic - http://nationalgeographic.com/
National Digital Library - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
Berkeley Digital Library - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Collections/
Duke University Special Digital Collections - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/
Today in History - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
Chronology of American Historical Documents - http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/
Archiving Early America - http://earlyamerica.com/
Historical Advertisements - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/
NARA The Digital Classroom - http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html
Valley of the Shadows, Civil War - http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
NASA Educator Resource Center - http://www.cotf.edu/erc/main.html
Native American Women - http://photoswest.org/exhib/gallery4/leadin.htm
Panoramic Photographs - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/pphoto/history.html
Interactive Fly - http://flybase.bio.indiana.edu/allied-data/lk/interactive-fly/aimain/1aahome.htm
Visible Human - http://www.dhpc.adelaide.edu.au/projects/vishuman2/
Virtual Human Project - http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~hudson/htmlbase/vhuman.html

High Quality Lesson Plan Sites
Blue Webb'n - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
New York Times Lesson Plans -http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html
Educator's Reference Desk - http://www.eduref.org/


Lessons and learning (Inspiration)

Using mind mapping tools to construct and represent understanding has been made considerably more powerful with the development of inspiration, kidspiration and similar programs. This class will take a fresh look at the use of these tools and explore ways that you can apply them in your classrooms.

Reflecting on and with technology (digital portfolios)

This class brings the course full circle. Having begun with the NETS.T Standards, we return to the standards as foundational elements of the reflective portfolio. Today we will review the concept of electronic portfolios, discuss the elements that should be in your portfolio, and explore the look and feel of professional portfolios.

Developing your end of the course reflections. - Portfolio
NETS Resources
NETS for Teachers Home page - http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/index.shtml
Essential Conditions for a teacher preparation Program - http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_esscond.html
Standards for Teachers - http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_stands.html
Curriculum Standards - http://cnets.iste.org/currstands/

Communities of Learning (Collaborative and Online learning tools)

One of the great new frontiers in educational technologies is the use of these tools to bring learners and teachers of all ages together to communicate and work together. Collaborative projects, collective data bases, synchronous and asynchronous communication are all current and effective approaches for engaging students in authentic constructions of understanding.

Articles:
Judy Harris' Virtual Architecture: http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu/index.html
Professional Development Through Learning Communities - http://www.glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_481&key=238
ISTE Article: Empowering your Learning Community - http://www.iste.org/inhouse/publications/ll/pdfs/index.cfm?Section=LL_32_8&sku=32825c

Communities that include discussion groups:
Tapped In: a community of professional educators - http://tappedin.org/tappedin/
Victoria Australia: School of the Future - http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/
TeachersNet (a bit commercial) - http://www.teachers.net/
Saxophone - http://www.fgse.nova.edu/saxophone/

Links of community resources:
Educators for Social Responsibility - http://www.esrnational.org/home.htm
National Coalition of Education Activists - http://www.nceaonline.org/
Coalition of Essential Schools - http://www.essentialschools.org/
Rethinking Schools - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/
Teaching for Change - http://www.teachingforchange.org/
American Federation of Teachers - http://www.aft.org/
ERIC Educators reference Desk - http://www.eduref.org/
Apple Learning Interchange - http://ali.apple.com/
George Lucas Educational Foundation - http://www.glef.org/
Center for Children and Technology - http://www2.edc.org/CCT/index.asp
National Educational Foundation - http://www.nfie.org/
Online Internet Institute - http://oii.org/
Community Learning Network - http://www.cln.org/home.html
Microsoft’s Global SchoolNet - http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html

Commercial Sites
A to Z Teacher Stuff - http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/
Kathy Schrock’s guide for educators - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Educational Technology in Early Childhood Education

NAEYC, Technology and Young Children - http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v1n2/forman.html
Technology in ECE, Finding the balance - http://www.nwrel.org/request/june01/
What Early Childhood Educators Need to Know About Computers - http://www.cjlt.ca/content/vol28.1/specht_etal.html
Technology in ECE - http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/index.html
Early Years, Tech in ECE Programs - http://www.naeyc.org/resources/eyly/1996/09a.htm
George Forman - Video Camera as tool for the mind - http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v1n2/forman.html
Fool's Gold - http://www.allianceforchildhood.net/projects/computers/computers_reports_fools_gold_intro.htm
Response to Fool's Gold - http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/foolsgold.html
Response to Fool's Gold - http://www.wiu.edu/users/mimacp/wiu/articles/gold.html
Mark Bailey's Home -
http://fg.ed.pacificu.edu/bailey/resources/index
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