To do by June 2

Welcome:

Post information about yourself into Welcome conference of WebBoard. In this posting, link to your ePortfolio. Put the URL for the posting into C-Base. You can use the ePortfolio template as a starting point for your ePortfolio.

Respond to at least two others' "Welcome" postings, indicating shared interests or situations.

To do by June 8

An overview of educational technology:

Read Bruce & Levin "Taxonomy of Education Uses of Technology"

Read Bruce & Levin "Roles for New Technologies in Language Arts: Inquiry, Communication, Construction, and Expression" (login as "guest" with password "guest")
Enter at least one comment on at least one part of this "interactive paper".

Optionally: Go through this audio-narrated Powerpoint, to hear Chip Bruce's perspective on the taxonomy.

In WebBoard, respond to these papers, especially focusing on the potential of the taxonomy to provide guidance for generating innovative uses of technology (the section titled "Using the Taxonomy to Look Ahead" in the 2nd paper). Are the kinds of uses generated there (Language Construction Set and Language Workbench) plausible? Can you generate other innovative uses using the taxonomy? Respond to at least two other classmembers' postings in this "Bruce & Levin" conference.

Major project proposal:

Submit your proposal for a major project to WebBoard, and put the URL to that posting into C-Base.

Respond to two other proposals that don't already have two responses, giving useful feedback.

To do throughout the semester

Trouble shooting log:

Keep a log of technical problems you encounter. You can use this MS Word file to keep track on paper or you can enter them directly into the Trouble Shooting web site.

For each problem, note the date, a description of the problem, and what you did to deal with it.