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 1. Tech Topic Presentations
10 am: Videogames, Live Cameras 11 am: Videogames, Tech in PE

 2. Upload projects on TaskStream
=** Week 13: April 26/29, 2011 ** =

**1. Tech Topic Presentations**
10 am: Assistive Technology 11 am: Assistive Technology

2. Discussion on Assistive Technology - led by Ms. Jamie Morningstar
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4. Finish unfinished projects (Glogster, Brochure, PowerPoint/Prezi)
media type="custom" key="9140668" = Week 12: April 20/23, 2011 =

1. Tech Topic Presentations
10 am: Cyberbullying, Digital Citizenship 11 am: Cyberbullying Friday: Cyberbullying

2. Uploading projects to TaskStream
Next Week: Assistive Technology with Ms. Jamie Morningstar

= Week 11: April 12/15, 2011 =

1. Tech Topic Presentations 10 am: History of Computers, Emerging Technologies 11 am Class: Emerging Technologies Friday Class: iPads in Schools

2. Blog on Forum: Technology in your Future Classrooms

3. Work on Polishing Projects

= = = = =** Week 10: April 5 / 8, 2011 **=

Tasks:

** 1. Embed your prezi on your group wiki page. **
a. Go to your prezi on your Prezi home page. Make sure you are on not on edit mode. b. Below your prezi, you will find the word "EMBED." Click on this and copy the embed code. c. Go to your group wiki page. (You need to log in to edit the page.) Click on EDIT, WIDGET, Other HTML, paste the embed code. d. Save the embed code, then Save the changes on your page. You will see your prezi after you have saved.



** 2. Embed your PowerPoint: ** If you created a PowerPoint and not a prezi, upload your work on Slideshare and embed your ppt on your group wiki page.
a. Go to http://www.slideshare.net/ b. Log in using your Facebook account or sign up using your FSU email. c. Upload your PowerPoint. d. Once uploaded, above your ppt, you will find the word, "EMBED" Click on the embed button, then copy. e. Go to your group wiki page. (You need to log in to edit the page.) Click on EDIT, WIDGET, Other HTML, paste the embed code. f. Save the embed code, then Save the changes on your page. You will see your ppt after you have saved.

(Class example for demo: http://www.slideshare.net/edtechprof/assistive-technology-basics )



3. Introduction to Glogster
a. Go to http://edu.glogster.com b. LOG IN using the username (nickname) and password to be provided during class. Edit your profile. Add your name and photo. c. Click on **CREATE A GLOG.** This will launch the program. Add graphics, photos, and text on your topic. We will use this as your poster to accompany your presentation. d. When done, print a copy of your glog as PDF. You will post this on your TaskStream eventually. (I will tell you where.) e. Just like Prezi, you can embed your glog on your wiki. See if you can figure this out all by yourself =) before I show the class.

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Learn More using Atomic Learning Videos: What is Glogster? http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/movie/84241/play_window Getting Started: @http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/movie/84254/play_window Saving your Glog: http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/movie/84256/play_window Printing your Glog: @http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/movie/84257/play_window

5. FYI, Just for Fun: Tools for Creating Avatars
http://www.doppelme.com/ http://www.myavatareditor.com/ http://www.voki.com/


 * DUE DATES: Prezi, brochure and glog are due on your presentation date. These projects will be graded then. **


 * WHERE to submit your projects: **
 * Assignment 5 - Prezi/PowerPoint - Embed on your wiki, but also on TaskStream (MTTS 1) **
 * Assignment 6 - Brochure - submit a hard copy; upload PDF on TaskStream (MTTS 2) **
 * Assignment 7 - Glogster - embed on your wiki; upload PDF on TaskStream (MTTS 2) **


 * Next Week: We will start posting projects on your TaskStream. **

**Week 9: March 29 / April 2**

1. Course Review: Where are we now and what's next?

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 * April 12 || History of Computers

Emerging Technologies || Emerging Technologies || iPads in Schools || Digital Citizenship || Cyberbullying || Cyberbullying || Live Cameras || Videogames Tech in PE || Videogames ||
 * April 19 || Cyberbullying
 * April 26 || Assistive Technology || Assistive Technology ||  ||
 * May 3 || Videogames

2. Take a look at this video. As you watch, pay special attention to what they are learning and doing in technology. Take note of their beliefs on the role of technology. Also put your self in the role of a student in this school, a teacher, a parent, or the principal. Is this a good school? What makes it so?

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AFTER VIEWING DISCUSSION: Comments on the video. Is it a good school? Why? What beliefs did they share about technology? Did the projects reflect these beliefs? How? Reflect on your own beliefs about technology. Will holding such beliefs benefit you and your students?

3. Lab Time

Assignment 6 - Brochure - See Blackboard Assignment Guidelines for details. Let's discuss key Word features to use for your brochure assignment.

Finish up on your prezi and get started with your brochure.

= = = Week 7: March 11/14, 2011 =

Item 1: What's a Prezi?
Prezi Homepage: http://prezi.com/index/ Atomic Learning: @http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/movie/83182/play_window

Item 2: Review of Design Principles and Sample Prezi for Workshop
https://prezi.com/secure/88d97402385362f86e4a1cd6b5c539434acdb7d9/

Item 3: Step-by-Step Tutorial
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Item 4: Atomic Learning Tutorials
@http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/movie/83183/play_window Click on the link for the first of a series of 38 quick video tutorials.

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 * What's Next? Creating Your Brochure **
 * Reminder: You should have a TaskStream Account when you return from Spring Break. **
 * https://www.taskstream.com/pub/ **

= =Week 6: March 4/7, 2011=

Item 1: Design Principles: Garr Reynolds on //Presentation Zen//

Item 2: PowerPoint (Assignment 5, Individual Work)

Title Page Introductory Statement One idea/slide - one big photo, one sentence Closing Statement References

Note: For assignment #5, you have a choice between PowerPoint and Prezi. If you decide to go for a PowerPoint, be sure to polish your work :) We're uploading this to your ePortfolio.

Reminder: We will be needing your TaskStream account soon!

**Week 5: February 25/28, 2011**

** More Photos **
Item 1: Video for the Week: Put on Your Teacher Hat

**Maryland Schools: http://media.msde.state.md.us/2010/MPT/INSPIRE.mov**

** Item 2: Photos **
= = Have you taken your original photo yet? Have you edited it?

Video Tutorial on how to edit your photo: For a video tutorial, go to @http://screencast.com/t/NGY3NTk4O

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** For next week: **
= = PowerPoint basics - Share what you know Demonstrate by creating a PowerPoint based on your topic

Title Page Introductory Statement One idea/slide - one big photo, one sentence Closing Statement References

= = = = =NOTE TO TUESDAY 10 am CLASS:﻿= =﻿We were not able to meet due to the weather-related University delayed opening. Here's what you need to do:=

1. Take a look at the items we're supposed to cover for Week 4.

2. Finalize your paper. Remember to add an alphabetized List of References in APA format.

3. Take a picture related to your topic. E.g. If your paper is on Smartboards, take a photo of a Smartboard. Bring your digital copy next week. We will be editing this photo using Photoshop Express Online. (There's a tutorial below if you want to have a headstart.)

==**Week 4: February 18 / 22, 2011 ** ==

Item 1. Editing
The Art of Giving Feedback ====Providing feedback is one major task that teachers need to do. Excellent teachers keep working to hone their skills in providing feedback. For this part of the assignment, you will be practicing your skill in giving feedback on someone else's work. ====

Here are some tips provided by previous EDUC 346 students. Consider each one and give suggestions on improving these tips:

1. Comment on one good thing and one bad thing about the paper.

<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">2. Be professional about your comments. Avoid rude comments (e.g. "This paper stinks.") and use tactful language (e.g. "A better word could be...") Give ways to improve it.

<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">3. Be specific. Don't just say, "Hey, this is good." Write what you liked about it. Or if there's anything that needs to be changed, write what it is.

<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">4. Complement them on what they are doing. "I really like what you've written, but I think if you add this, it will make it better."

<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">5. Good to ask questions. They may understand what they are writing, but the reader may not. Asking questions will help them clarify their thoughts.

<span style="color: #008080; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Now, let's get down to business: Edit a group wiki.
Take a look at the work of the group next to you on the navigation bar. If you're the last group on the list, then please edit the work of the first group. On the group's Discussion Page (not at our Home Discussion Page), type in comments and suggestions for their work. You may work individually or as a group. Write which parts are good with commendations. Write suggestions for improvement. You have 15 minutes to do this.

<span style="color: #008080; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Receiving Feedback
It is not easy to accept feedback. Some individuals take it as a personal affront. However, in our professions, we need to learn to use feedback to improve our work. This way, we will grow in our profession. Read through the feedback written about your work. Address the suggestions. Leave a thank you note for the individuals who reviewed your work and put effort in providing you good feedback. An attitude of gratitude will also help you get ahead in our profession.

= = ====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Adding images and photographs on your written work will help your audience understand your message better. Images and photographs will also help your audience remember your message, especially if your image has a strong impact or stimulates a strong emotional reaction from your audience. We cannot, however, just use any image we find online. Copyright law protects the intellectual rights of creators. Teachers and students in the classroom are provided some leeway so long as we follow Fair Use guidelines. There are also sources of images and photographs that are provided for teachers and students. ====
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Item 2. Photos, Images and Copyright **

<span style="color: #008080; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines
====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Fair Use defined: http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.pdf ====

<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines Chart: http://www.halldavidson.net/copyright_chart.pdf

<span style="color: #008080; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Creative Commons
====<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Creative Commons is an organization that supports the sharing of original work. You can search for work that creators are willing to share using the search engine. You can also share and license your own work through the Creative Commons. ====

<span style="font-size: 1.066em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Creative Commons: @http://creativecommons.org/

Creative Commons Licenses: @http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

How to Attribute a Creative Commons Work: http://www.wikihow.com/Attribute-a-Creative-Commons-Licensed-Work

If you want to know more about Creative Commons, you can do the online workshop at Atomic Learning, beginning with this training video: @http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/movie/74162/play_window?type=Workshop&sid=2180

<span style="color: #008080; font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Sources of Copyright Free Images
**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Pics4Learning ** is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. Unlike many Internet sites, permission has been granted for teachers and students to use all of the images donated to the Pics4Learning collection. You may also want to donate your own photos to this site for other teachers and students to use.


 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">Flickr Creative Commons **- Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.

Photobucket - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">@http://photobucket.com/ Photos from Photobucket may also be shared. Double check on the license.

Item 3: Photo Editing
Since photographs are great instructional tools, teachers should be skillful in manipulating digital images. In this activity, you will take an original photograph. Then you will edit this photo using an online photo-editing tool. Examples of finished work are posted in our classroom.

Prepare the photograph you took. Go to Photoshop.com <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">@http://www.photoshop.com/ Create an Account (follow the prompts). Go to ONLINE TOOLS. Select Photoshop Express Editor Upload a photo you can edit. Try out EDIT and DECORATE tools. **Add: Text** to support the photo, Photo taken by (your name), and the date today. Save your work onto your computer. Upload your edited photograph on your group wiki page.

For a video tutorial, go to <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">http://screencast.com/t/NGY3NTk4O

PLAN B: If Photoshop is not working, go to Picnik: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">@http://www.picnik.com/

Student Work Samples: http://techtoysforteachers.wikispaces.com/Flash+Drive

= = = What's next? = We will be moving on to creating presentations using PowerPoint and Prezi. Check Atomic Learning for training videos on these two programs.



NOTE: We are meeting face-to-face this week.
NOTE: Please submit hard copies of your Assignment 1 Search Log.

<span style="color: #000080; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Item 2: Why APA?
Basic APA Style Tutorial: http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm

Atomic Learning APA Workshop: **<span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: #075185; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px; color: #0000ff !important; font-family: serif !important; font-size: 14px !important; font-weight: normal !important; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline !important; zoom: 1;">APA (6th Ed.) Research Paper Basics **

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #000080; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Item 3 ** **<span style="color: #000080; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">: Creating a Banner for your Wiki page **

**1. Create your Banner on PowerPoint**

 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Launch PowerPoint.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">GALLERY - Look for a style you like. You want one with high contrast so it is readable.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Go to FILE, PAGE SETUP, scroll down to BANNER. OK.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Type in your title. Type in your names on the sub title. Make the text as large as possible.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">SAVE AS PICTURE, type in a name you will remember. Save on your document folder.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Atomic Learning Video: @http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/movie/41030/play_window

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**2. Rename your slide**

 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Launch FINDER. Look for your slide. Click on it two times slowly and edit the name. Or click on File, rename. Put a name that will be unique for your topic. Remember, wiki only saves one copy of a document. In case different documents with similar names were saved, wiki will only save the last one with the name given.

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**3. Post your banner on top of your wiki page.**

 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Go to your page.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Click on Edit.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Insert File. Browse for your slide.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Insert.

<span style="color: #000080; font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Item 4: Uploading and Inserting Photos in Wikispaces
We will take a group photo. 1. Pick one computer and sit together as a group in front of it. 2. Launch Photo Booth. Compose your picture. 3. Click on the red button to take a group photo. There will be a count down 3-2-1. 4. Save your picture. 5. Go to FINDER and locate your picture. Right click to rename (or click on the file twice slowly). Give it a unique name. 6. Go to our Class Wiki. Click on your group page. Upload your photo and insert into your group page. 7. Save

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #000080; font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">I tem 5: Group Meeting ** ==

Meet as a group and take a look at the materials you have gathered. Look at possible ways of grouping similar information and determine the sub-topics for your paper. Assign one person per sub-topic. Each member will use the information you have gathered to create a section discussing the sub-topic assigned to him/her. Assign someone to write the Introduction and Conclusion/Recommendations sections of your paper. The finished paragraphs, with proper in-text citations are due next week. You should also have a reference list, in APA format.

TUESDAY CLASS ONLY: NO FACE-TO-FACE MEETING NEXT WEEK, **February 15**.

1. By Tuesday, February 15, your sub-topic paragraphs should be on your page wiki. On Tuesday, take a look at your group wiki. Read through and make the necessary changes so your paper transitions logically from one paragraph to the next.

2. Take at least one appropriate photograph on your topic. Examples will be provided next week. We will edit this photograph in class on February 22.

We will meet again face to face as usual on February 22. By February 22, your group wiki paper should be ready for viewing.



<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** 1. Something Old: Finish Assignment #1 - The Search Log **
Read the following details on the performance task for Maryland Teacher Technology @http://www.mttsonline.org/standards/standard_I/tasks/taskInformation.html

The search log for MTTS 1 is your Assignment 1. The electronic product will be an assignment we will be working towards in the next few weeks. To accomplish assignment 1, download this form.

Formulate a research question on your topic. For example, “What is the current status of cyberbullying in schools?” “What technology tools do teachers use for teaching Physical Education?” Your intended audience is your peers. Use key words to guide an Internet search to collect information Do the Internet search on your topic. Copy/paste the URL of 10 web sites. Evaluate each site using the form below. Comment on at least 5 items on this list per site.

@http://www.mttsonline.org/standards/standard_I/tasks/webEval.html

Here are examples of finished work:

Sample 1:

Sample 2: []

Submit a hard copy in class next meeting. Keep an electronic copy. We will need this when we work on your TaskStream portfolio.

2. Something New: Diigo and Noodlebib
media type="custom" key="8223988" I have sent you email invitations for Diigo. Let us explore this new tool. This used to be known as "del.i.cious." For the more adventurous among you, try out the "diigolet" application which is supposed to be able to allow you to highlight and add sticky notes to your readings.

If you did not receive my email, check diigo out and watch the introductory video at @http://www.diigo.com/

Learn more from: @http://www.diigo.com/learn_more (YAY! to Shanita Schrock - first to get to our diigo site: h@ttp://www.diigo.com/profile/sjschrock )

Another research tool is Noodletools. However, there is cost attached to it. Check it out at @http://www.noodletools.com/index.php

Both programs have a collaborative aspect to it. Explore both and share your comments next week.

Now, if you need a bit of help in doing your APA citations, try this out: @http://www.noodletools.com/login.php

It should look like this:



3. Something Borrowed: Do Assignment #2
From the websites you have evaluated, select the best ones that present quality information. Select at least 3 articles for you to read thoroughly. Write a summary for each article. The summary should cite the author of the article. Note: Remember to name the author. Say for example, “Smith (2008) described how iPods are being used in classrooms to support learning.” Avoid writing, “The article described how iPods….” Post your work on your wiki page. Remember to include a bibliographic entry in APA format.

To post on your wiki, click on your group wiki page. On the upper right hand corner of the page, you should see EDIT. Click on EDIT. Now you can add text on your page. Be careful not to erase your group mates' work. When done, click SAVE.

4. Something Blue: Atomic Learning
We have purchased Atomic Learning hoping this will be a valuable tool for you this semester. Atomic Learning provides tutorials on a variety of technologies. To get started, go to the Atomic Learning web site. Log in with your FSU email address (yourusername@frostburg.edu) and your password is your last name beginning with a capital letter. Remember to include "@frostburg.edu" when typing your username.

@http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/

Start exploring the site. Go to BROWSE AVAILABLE TRAINING and WORKSHOPS. Put a check mark on WORKSHOPS. Put a check mark on APA 6th Ed RESEARCH PAPER BASICS. View the training videos. View //General Overview of APA Guidelines//. Then click on the plus sign before section D, Reference List. Click on //Referencing a Web Page//. Here is the direct link to this particular video: @http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/apawkshp



Next Meeting:
1. Submit a hard copy of Assignment 1 Search Log 2. Make sure you have plenty of notes on your group wiki page. We will organize your notes into subcategories. 3. Be ready to share what you think of Diigo, Noodletools, and Atomic Learning.

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">1. Course Overview
Visit our Blackboard Course Site Go over syllabus Take a look at the MTTS Standards

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">2. Make friends with the Lab Macs
View tutorials at <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">@http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/

Select a technology topic to work on. A list will be shown on the board. Inform the professor which topic you have selected or if you have a different (but related) topic you would like to work on.
===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">4. Get started with the wiki ** ===
 * Add this site to your Bookmarks Bar. On Safari, click on the plus sign in front of the URL box. Click on the up/down arrows to get to "Bookmarks Bar." Click Add. You may want to add it to your Top Sites, too. This way, you can easily find the site whenever you log on the computer you are using now.
 * Click on Join this Wiki. The link is located on the left hand menu. You will be asked to sign up for Wikispaces. Follow the prompts.
 * Return to the Class Wiki by clicking on your bookmark.
 * Wait for your request to be approved. The professor will announce names as they get approved. Refresh your page after you have been approved.
 * Create your group page. Only one person in the group will need to do this. Click on NEW PAGE (on the left hand menu). For the page title, type in your section and a short form of your topic title. For example, 001 Digital Cameras. Click CREATE. Your page will come up in Edit mode. Write the names of the members of your group. Click SAVE. Return to the home page then click on your page to check that it is working.

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Assignment for Next Week: Search Log and Research Notes
Read the assignment details for Assignment 1 and 2 on Blackboard. Read the assignment details on the MTTS Web Site: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|http://mttsonline.org/standards/standard_I/tasks/]

Download the following document: [|Standard I Web Log.doc]

<span style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Open the Search Log on Microsoft Word. Start your web search. Evaluate each site using the web site evaluation form. Log the web sites you are finding on the search log. Post a comment of your evaluation on the comment column. Save an electronic copy of your work. Print and submit a hard copy. **﻿**


 * Read three of the best articles you found. Add notes on your group wiki along with the bibliographic entry for each article**