EdPsy 387:
Computer Uses in Education

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Day Activity Description
June 8-9
Welcome

Post information about yourself into Welcome conference of WebBoard. Include something memorable about your teaching. 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.

Participate in the TAPPED IN tour, and describe in WebBoard an interesting use of TAPPED IN in your teaching and learning. Describe why this use of TAPPED IN differs from other ways to teach or learn the same thing. Put the URL in C-Base

Discuss your philosophy of teaching and learning with a group of your fellow students who have a similar philosophy. Post in Webboard a brief statement of your philosophy. Put the URL for the posting in C-Base.

Read the Memorable CTER Stories http://cternt1.ed.uiuc.edu/cterstories/ and choose one you find memorable. Post a short description of the story in WebBoard along with your analysis of why you found it memorable. Put the URL for the posting in C-Base.

June 11
An Overview of Educational Technology

Read Bruce & Levin "Educational Technology: Media for Inquiry, Communication, Construction, and Expression"

Read Bruce & Levin "Roles for New Technologies in Language Arts: Inquiry, Communication, Construction, and Expression". Read it initially with the comments "linked". Then you can switch to "inline" comments when deciding what comments you'd like to make. Enter at least one comment on at least one part of this "interactive paper".

Read Levin & Bruce Technology as Media: A Learner Centered Perspective

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? Put the URL for this posting in C-Base.

Respond to at least two other classmembers' postings in this "Bruce & Levin" conference.

June 14
Web Design

Go through the Gestalt Principles and Web Design http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/j-levin/gp/ web site.

Read Michelle Hinn's Alternative Web Design Guide

Skim through the Yale Web Style Guide (treat it like a reference book - focus on what's there so you can come back to it later).

 

Find an exemplary educational web site (a web site with the goal of helping somebody learn something).

Post in WebBoard the name, URL, short description, and why you think it is exemplary (support your argument based on the readings or other sources).

 

Look at the "CTER4 ePortfolio Makeover" page showing the initial eportfolio of CTER4 students and their eportfolios at the end of their CTER program.

Look at your own ePortfolio, and improve it, based on the readings and based on your analysis of the CTER4 eportfolios. Post in WebBoard the changes you made and why you made them. Respond to other postings. Put the URL for your posting in C-Base.

 

Look at the College of Education web site http://www.ed.uiuc.edu, and post in Webboard your analysis of its strengths, its weaknesses, and any improvements you'd suggest. Respond to other postings.

June 15
Major Project Proposal

Submit your proposal for a major project to WebBoard, and put the URL to that posting into C-Base. If you want, use the Major Project Proposal Prompter to help you include the key elements. Look at the CTER5 Edpsy 387 major projects from last summer to see the range and depth of major projects.

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

June 8 - July 2
Troubleshooting 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 Troubleshooting Knowledgebase web site.

For each problem, note the date, a description of the problem, and what you did to deal with it. Post your initial log entries by June 21st and then post the rest of them by July 2nd.

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