Resource list 1.2

Hi again

This is the resource list 1.2

Sorry I could not add links here, but the websites are there in the document.

Have a nice week!!

NETS-T1b

Hello class

This is the document (readings) for this week

NETS-T1b

Engage students in exploring real-world issuesand solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.

Tasks for the week March 14th to April 5th 2016

Hello class

These are the task for this Month. (until april 5th)

Overview:

• Portfolio reflections
• Participation on the forum
• Bookmarking (forum)
• List of tools
• Chart or drawing about Bloom's digital taxonomy.

Porfolio Reflections

Please list all the resources you have discovered this week, as well as your personal thoughts for this week's activities, remember you can add images, videos, links,etc...

Deadline: Every week!!! (if you ant to include your holyday adventures its ok)

Participation on the forum

"Identify one collaborative tool you have used, was it for educational purpose? if you have never used a colaborative tool, what one tool would you like to investigate further for educational purposes (e.g., digital story telling)?"

1. You may want to check your previous portfolio (from the previous course)
2. After you have decided which of the tools that you have recorded (perhaps the one you used in your final project) on your portfalio has helped you you will describe that one tool and also the way in which this tool have helped you or your learners.
3. Go to the class forum (nicenet) and post your notes
4. You may want to add a copy of it on your blog.

Deadline April 6th (602) and 8th for 601

Bookmarking

After visiting one or more of the websites presented in the resources section (from this blog), learners will bookmark any that they may want to use for future reference, and share it in our class forum with a brief description and review.

1. Go to this section. and visit the websites listed there under resources for Unit 1.2
2. Bookmark the websites that you think you may use in the future
3. You may use one of the following tools for bookmarking: here's a list of top 10 bookmarking tools  
4. Take some screenshots of the bookmarks you have made and post them on your personal blog.
5. Comment your choices on our class forum.

Deadline April 6th (602) and 8th for 601

List of tools

After carefully revising the resources that students have discovered, learners will make a list of

digital and non digital tools that they can use in their classroom to help facilitate face to face and virtual learning for students, teachers and other in a learning community in a chart that will include: the name of the tool, the description of the tool and the way this tool can help you whether is face to face or virtual learning, learners will include at least 5 tools.

1. Check the resources you have kept on your blogs (from this course and the previous)
2. Select at least 5 tool (they could be digital or non digital)
3. Create a chart of three columns, one for "tool", another for a brief "description" and the last one for "how can it help me"
4. Print it and bring it  to our next class
   Deadline April 6th (602) and 8th for 601
   
   

Chart or drawing about Bloom's digital taxonomy.

After searching for information about bloom's digital taxonomy, learners will create a chart or drawing that depicts it, including images, and information about each level of thinking.

1. Search for bloom's digital taxonomy
2. Create a chart or drawing about it (include images and information, use your creativity)
3. Print it and/or bring it 
   
   Deadline April 6th (602) and 8th for 601
   
   

Resource list 1.1

Resources for...

• Inspiration for kids: http://www.inspiration.com/kidspiration
• Microsoft Visio: http://office.microsoft.com/visio
• Scribus: www.scribus.net 
• TeAch-nology: www.teach-nology.com

I hope you all take the time to visit and explore these websites.

NETS-T1a

Hello everybody

This is the first part of this chapter, NETS-T1a Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
enjoy your reading.

Tasks for the week of February 29th to March 6th

This is a brief description of the task for this week.

1. Portfolio reflection (on your personal blog)
2. Participation on the forum: in your own experience, how can teachers foster our students inventiveness and creativity.
3. Create a graphic organizer that represent your understanding of creativity and the creative process. You may wish to use one of the graphic organizer generators available online (e.g., www.teach-nology.com) or a software tool such as microsoft publisher, open office, or inspiration.
4. Add to the table 1.1 a column and add there an activity per intelligence.
5. Interview to a person we consider to be creative.

A more detailed description of the tasks

Portfolio reflection (on your personal blog)

By now you all know what to do here, however I still have not seen some of your blogs, please do make sure that your blog is listed in our Padlet under the section tasks, if you have not done it please do it and if you still do not know how to, please ask.

I have also noticed that some of you are just taking pictures and posting "comments", I do not want just "comments" I want reflections about the activities done during the week, please add links, and ideas on how to innovate with the tools you see. I will take it into account.

Participation on the forum: in your own experience, how can teachers foster our students inventiveness and creativity?.

After reading this (see the resources section) and visiting some blogs and websites about creativity, learners will reply to the post "How can we as teachers foster our students creativity?" in at least one paragraph lenght.

1. Read this, and visit the websites listed on the resource list 1.1
2. Take some notes, you can create mind maps or brainstorm ideas.
3. Think of different audiences, kids, teens, adults etc
4. Go to the forum section and post your ideas, you may also comment on other replies.

Deadline for this is sunday 8th, 11:59 pm, please do not leave this for the last minute of sunday, internet situations may occur, and excuses will not be valid.

Create a graphic organizer that represent your understanding of creativity and the creative process. 

After reading this and visiting the websites suggested in our resource section, learners will create a one-page graphic organizer that represents their understanding of creativity and the creative process, using images and key words. 

1. Read the NETS-T1a document, search for more information about creativity and its process.
2. you can see how, what, why here
3. Print it, or create it as you wish in the material you wish and bring it to our class next wednesday 601 or thursday 602.

Deadline is Friday 11th for 601 and Wednesday 9th for 602

You can have more resources for this here:

Teach-nology.com

worksheetsworks

how to do it with word

Add to the table 1.1 a column and add there an activity per intelligence.

After reading the table 1.1, learners will add a column to it and one activity per each intelligence, using the abcd model in each set of instructions.

1. Go to this link
2. Copy the table to a word document or excel and add a column 
3. Add an activity per intelligence using the abcd model
4. Print your document and bring it to our second class during the week

 Deadline is Wednesday 4th for 601 and Thursday 5th for 602

Interview a person (and record it) whom you consider to be creative. 

After preparing at least 5 questions about creativeness, learners will interview a person whom they consider to be creative, in a shor video clip of no more than 10 minutes lenght. 

1. Prepare questions at least 5
2. Think of the person whom you consider to be creative and ask him or her to help you with this inerview, set day, time place etc...
3. Prepare recording device, Camera, cellphone etc. 
4. Have the interview (it can be done in Spanish)
5. Post the interview on tour blog. Visit other peoples blog and make some comments there.

Deadline: Sunday March 13th, 11:59 pm.

I hope you all have a great week, I know jejeje it is going to be a bit busy. 

Greetings

Tasks for the Month of March

Hello everyone

Let's welcome this wonderful month, full of new adventures, and tasks, this month we start a new chapter: NETS-T1 (Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity).

In the previous month we went through NETS-T4, this time we start a new Unit, I hope you all find this information useful.

Here I add a copy of the tasks for this month and unit, so you all can keep track of your advancement.

Have a wonderful month everyone!!!

Tasks for week February 23rd to March 1st

Hello everybody

These are the tasks for the week February 22nd to 28th.

1. Portfolio reflections (on your personal blog)
2. Participation in our class forum (nicenet.org): "have you ever experienced a time when you misinterpret another person's email message?" Have you ever been misinterpreted in the online enviroment?
3. Write one-page guide to common internet terms that would be helpful for new or inexperience internet users.
4. Write a blog entry that is either informational or educational in nature. Exchange (share) your blog with a classmate and determine whether the blog entry portrays your classmate in a positive, negative, or neutral light. have him or her do the same for you.
5. Visit a virtual world website and note any projects that pertain to education. Describe how, if in any way, you might use the virtual world in your classroom to promote global awareness and understanding. Explain your answer in the class forum.
6. Exam!!! (no explanation is required here)

  Here they are more detailed:

Portfolio Reflections

After reflecting on the tasks acomplished during this week and after visiting other classmates blogs, learners will compose an entry to express the ideas, thoughts and reflections they have had for this week, including links, pictures and/or videos and evidences of the activities done during this week.

Participation in our class forum (nicenet.org)

After reading the document NETS-Tc and searching on the web for more information about it, learners will reply to the post on the class forum under the topic: "have you ever experienced a time when you misinterpret another person's email message? Have you ever been misinterpreted in the online enviroment?", in two paragraphs lenght.

Deadline:  Sunday February 28th 11:59 pm. (please do not leave this for the last minute, sometimes technological problems arise, I know it is not your fault however this time I will not accept any excusses) 

 Write one-page guide to common internet terms

After reading the document NETS-T4c and searching on the web for more information about netiquette and other civil beahviors, learners will write one-page guide that would be helpful for new or inexperience internet users.

1. Read the document NETS-T4c and surf the net for more information about netiquette and internet civil behavior, take notes, links etc...

2. Open a word processor document and write down your notes in an organized way, you can even create a "do and don'ts" or kind of rules or tips for new internet user, you can use some pictures, illustrations, you can describe experiences, etc...

3. Make sure this is a one-page document, use at least from 700 to 1000 (seven hundred to a thousand) words.

4. Print your document and bring it to your second class this week either Wednesday (601) or Thursday (602)

Write a blog entry

After visiting some educational or informational websites so as to have a better idea on what to write, learners will write an entry on their personal blogs (the one they use for personal reflections/portfolio) that is either informative or educational in nature and share with another classmate in order to determine whether your classmate's blog entry portrays him or her in a positive, negative or neutral light.

1. You may visit some websites that have informative or educational content (this is just to have an idea on what to write not to copy and paste, beware of plagarism and copyright issues involved here)

2. Set up your blog to receive replies from other users (public)

3. Write an entry on your blog that is either educational or informative.

4. Open this word document (601) (602) and decide who will you be sharing and commenting your entry.

5. Share your blog with the person you selected (step 3) and also comment on that person's blog. Your comment should include your conclusion about whether the entry portrays your classmate in a possitive, negative or neutral light, and why you have come to this conclusion.

Deadline:  Sunday February 28th 11:59 pm. (please do not leave this for the last minute, sometimes technological problems arise, I know it is not your fault however this time I will not accept any excusses) 

Virtual world website

After reading this pdf document about a virtual world project and searching and visiting some virtual world websites, learners will (on the class forum) write a review and a reflection about the virtual world and projects they found on the web, the reflection should describe: "how, if in any way, you might use the virtual world in your classroom to promote global awareness and understanding".

1. Read this document and explore virtual worlds.

2. Write a reflection about the project and a review of one of the several virtual worlds availables online. Think: How can I as a teacher implement this tool? is it posible to teach English with this, how? etc... formulate as many questions about this as possible.

3. Write donw your thoughts.

4. Go to our class forum and post under the topic Virtual worlds your review and reflection. You may add links, pictures etc.

Deadline:  Sunday February 28th 11:59 pm. (please do not leave this for the last minute, sometimes technological problems arise, I know it is not your fault however this time I will not accept any excusses) 

Questions? comments? clarifications? frustrations? jokes? XV años invitations? in class please :)

Have a great week ALL of you.

With love.

VLM.

Tasks for the week 15th to 21st

Hello everybody.

This is the content for this week:

NETS-T 4 c) Promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information.

NETS-T 4 d) develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools. 

The readings are ready, you can access now to take some notes.

This weeks tasks are the following:

• Portfolio Reflections (on your personal blog)
• Create a timeline about the cultural diversity in our country.
• Create a brochure about the cultural diversity in our state.
• Design a calendar about cultural diversity (for two months only)

Create a timeline about the cultural diversity in our country (Like a history timeline but more Cultural-oriented)

After searching on the web about our country in terms of culture, learners will create a timeline depicting the cultural diversity in our country, using reliable information with valid source quotation.

1. Go to this article and select one of the ten free tools for creating free timelines

2. You can use noodletools to find a search engine that meets your requirements for this task.

3. Create a timeline that depicts the cultural diversity of our country. Here is how you can do it too.

4. Print it and bring it to our class (deadline: second class during this week: either wednesday-601- or thursday -602- )

5. Post the evidence to your personal blog.

Create a brochure about the cultural diversity in our state

After searching on the web about our state in terms of culture, learners will create a brochure depicting the cultural diversity in our state, using pictures and reliable information with valid source quotation.

1. Search for information about our state in terms of culture,

2. once you have gathered enough information

3. create a brochure with that information. Here is how

4. Bring your brochure to our class (deadline: second class during this week: either wednesday-601- or thursday -602- )

5. Post the evidence to your personal blog.

Design a calendar about cultural diversity (for two months only)

Using (if applicable) the information presented in both the timeline and the brochure, and looking for important dates (culturally speaking) in our country, learners will design and present (in class) a two-month calendar about cultural diversity in our country.

1. Use the previous information from the brochure and the timeline

2. You can use google clendars or the templates in microsoft office. Here is how 

3. You can highligh important celebrations in our country or state in that calendar.

4. Print it and bring it to our class (deadline: second class during this week: either wednesday-601- or thursday -602- )

5. Upload the evidence to your personal blog

Affirming diversity in the technology-enriched enviroment

These pages might help you for your reflection and your posts in our class forum

Summary and Notes

This is a summary of the chapter and some notes too..

Here:

This is all for this week, Cheers!!

NETS-Td

This is the fourth and last performance indicator of this chapter four.

NETS-Td

Develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools. 

Communicating and collaborating in the global enviroment

• Communicating through exchange of text (and resources)
• Using Graphics, audio, and video

Learning managment systems

Virtual worlds

Collaboration tools and projects

• wikis
• History project collaboration
• Science Project collaboration
• Modeling global collaboration

NETS-T4c

This is the reading for the third part of this chapter.

NETS-T4c
Promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interaction related to the use of technology and information.

• Netiquette and other civil behaviors
• Table 4.10
• Podcast, videos, and virtual meetings
• Blogging and other personal outlets
• Chat groups, discussion forums, and blog replies
• The principle: ''Do no harm''.

Enjoy :)

By the way, just in case you wonder what all this readings are for, well, the first partial exam will be taken from these readings, so, my recommendation for your is to: study them all.

Resources for Unit 4

Resources for Unit 4. NETS-T 4

  ISTE standars for teachers

  Essential Conditions NETS

NETS-T and performance indicators

Open Source Software (OSS)

The wiki Open Hub (https://www.openhub.net/) is a free public directory of open source software.

In addition, open source alternatives to commercial products can be located at osalt (http://osalt.com/)

The Free Open Software Fundation (FSF, at http://www.fsf.org/) is also working to advance software freedom.

In an effort to make it easier for individuals to use, modify,  and share their work, the non profit corporation Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/) has work to provide creative common licenses that allows copyright holders to specify how their wok can be used.

See resources list 4.3 in this same section

Resource list 4.1  -Online resources for copyright information-

Copyright Clearence Center 

The Digital Milenium Copyright Act (DMCA)

(The DMCA addreses a number of copyright-related issues, includinig the rights to intelectual property, downloading music, and the use of intrnet.)

PBS SoCal Education, Copyright for Educators, Fair Use (video)

The legal information Institute of the Cornell University Law School

Library of Congress: Taking the mystery out of copyright

SU LAIR: copyright & fair use -Chapter 9: fair use

Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act.

Resource list 4.2 Links to legislation about ethics and technology.

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA): www.ftc.gov/privacy/coppafaqs.shtm

The Digital Milennium Copyright Act (DMCA): www.copyright.gov/onlinesp

Family Educational Rights and Policy Act (FERPA): www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa

Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act.

Resource list 4.3 Software tools for creating original art.

Adobe InDesign: (www.adobe.com/products/indesign)

GIMP: www.gimp.org

Gliffy: www.gliffy.com

Draw: www.openoffice.org/product/draw.html

Tasks for the week February 8th to 14th 2016

Tasks for the week 8th to 14th of February.

Wordle

After visiting this page (wordle.net), learners will create a wordcloud about the topic they want or like, by adding at least 15 words.

1. Think of a topic (select one word for this)

2. Brainstorm that topic (write the words related that come to your mind)

3. Visit this page (wordle.net) and select create your own.

4. Type the words you had in mind.

5. share your wordle with the class here (print it, bring it to class, and upload a copy to your blog)

Open Source Review

After exploring the resources for open source tools in this section, learners will select one tool, download it, install it, and use it to share a review in our class forum, the lenght of the review should be from 50 to 150 words, one or two paragraphs maximun.

1. Go to this section and visit the websites listed there.

2. Explore the tools, and select one tool to download.

3. Download it.

4. Install it on you PC.

5. Use it (explore the features, etc...)

6. Take some notes, think: How might this tool help you in your personal life? school? work? relationships? etc...

7. Go to our class padlet on this blog and share your toughts.

Design of a document that highlights principle of copyright and fair use

After exploring the webpages listed in the resource section (4.1 and 4.2), learners will create a document (brochure, poster, bullenting, letter...) that highlights the principles of copyright and fair use, a minimun of then plinciples is required for this task.

1. Go to this section and find the resources list 4.1 and 4.2 as well as the tables 4.1 to 4.4.

2. Download the documents and explore the websites

3. Create an original document (brochure, poster, bullenting, letter...) to present it in class next week (February 16th)

Readings...

Please go to the reading section...

Readings

Readings for this week. (Feb. 8th to 14th)

Open Source Software

Legal Issues in Technology

Copyright, fair use, and authors' work.

Technology and Society

Tables for this unit

Table 4.1

Table 4.2

Table 4.3

Table 4.4