Thursday, July 9, 2009

EDM 310 assignments for Monday July 13th

Class,

Here are the Podcasting Groups

Education and the Military: Robert Mounsey and Mark Collins

Games and Education: Courtney Parker, Amanda Norwood and Jonathan Orr

Burpback Education: Jessica Miller, Ashleigh Hill and Ashley Ryals

Youtube and Education: Lindsey Parker, Keith King, Jeremy Evans and Brandee Moore

Itunes and Education: Anjel Clark, Owen Gates and Rosa Howard

Assignments for Monday July 13th:

1. Complete your group outline and turn in a copy to me
2. Do some research on your topic and bring it with you
3. We are going to start recording our podcasts on Monday
4. Make sure you are signed up for Foliotek

We only have 3 class meetings left and we need to get our Podcasts done, Do our Foliotek, and Do a Final.

See you Monday!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

EDM 310 assignments for Wednesday July 8th

Class,

Today, we will do the following:

1. Talk about the Podcasts you listened to from the Technology Technology Blog.
2. Get together in groups.
3. Start making an outline for the podcasts.

I apologize for the time crunch but we only have 3 class meeting left after today and we have to get the podcasts done, do Foliotek and do a final.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Current Podcasting Groups

Education and the Military: Robert Mounsey and Mark Collins

Games and Education: Courtney Parker, Amanda Norwood and Jonathan Orr

Burpback Education: Jessica Miller, Ashleigh Hill and Ashley Ryals

Youtube and Education: Lindsey Parker, Keith King, Jeremy Evans and Brandee Moore

Itunes and Education: Anjel Clark

I need the following students to pick a topic listed above and join one these groups:

Owen Gates
Rosa Howard

I want to keep the topics at 5 so try and fit in with the ones above. One group is going to have 4 because the Education and the Military group is only going to have two members. We need 2 for the Itunes group and 1 for the games group for sure and the last person can be the 4th in one of the groups. Think about it and let me know Wednesday.

Monday, July 6, 2009

WORK DAY - MONDAY JULY 6th

Class,

I am going to be out due to a family matter today.

Today, Monday July 12th, will be a work day for you to finish any assignments that you have not completed. This includes any blogs you may have not done yet, the Professional Blog, submitting podcast topics, etc. or you can work on the blog assignment for this Wednesday. IF YOU HAVE NOT SENT YOUR BLOG TOPIC PREFERENCES PLEASE SEND IT BY TOMORROW.

BLOG ASSIGNMENT DUE WEDNESDAY July 8th

I want everyone to listen to 2 podcasts from previous EDM 310 classes found at the following link EDM310 PODCAST BLOG. Write a paragraph about each one that you listen to and discuss what you think about the podcast in general and give pros and cons about each one. I think this will help us before we make our own podcasts.

Thanks again,
Mr. Tashbin

Sunday, July 5, 2009

EDM 310 Assignments for Monday July 6th

Class,

Due to leaving Thursday for the 4th of July weekend, I did not post a blog assignment for Monday July 6th.

On Monday July 6th we will do the following:

1. Finish our Professional blogs.
2. Start putting us in our Podcasting groups.
3. Begin work on our Podcasting outlines.


See you then.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

EDM 310 assignments for Wednesday July 1st

Class,

For Wednesday,

1. Read this article Txting away ur education and post a paragraph about your reaction to the article.

2. We will talk about this blog and the one that was due Monday.

3. We will do our professional blogs.

4. We will pick our podcasting topics.

5. We need to start picking our podcasting topics. Look at the following list and choose three that you like in order of preference. If you need more information on anyone of them let me know. I want all of you to email me gtashbin@usouthal.edu
with your top three choices. I will assign groups for the podcasting project. We will begin working on them next week.

Podcast Topics
EDM 310

Each student will participate in the production of a 15 minute (approximate) Podcast with two or three other students. These Podcasts will be conversations among the participants covering one of the following topics:

1. My experiences with Blogging and how it could be useful to me as a teacher
2. Interesting Blogs I have located and reviewed from International Schools
3. Interesting Blogs I have located and reviewed from schools in the United States
4. A review of some of the educational support materials for Elementary Teachers found on iTunes
5. A review of some of the educational support materials for High School teachers found on iTunes
6. Pick of the Day: Source Materials for Elementary Teachers on the web
7. Pick of the Day: Source Materials for High School Teachers on the world wide web
8. Can Facebook be used as an educational tool? A discussion.
9. Can YouTube be used as an educational tube? A discussion.
10. Examining the Strange thesis that students now are listener/watchers and not reader/writers. How accurate is that claim? Can include an interview with Dr. Strange if desired.
11. Strange also argues that teachers must teach students to contribute to the development of materials that are listened to and watched. How realistic is that in the schools in which I will teach? Can include an interview with Dr. Strange if desired.
12. Alabama has begun a program to provide distant learning to high school students called ACCESS. How does it work? How useful is it likely to be?
13. Dr. Strange says he is against “burp back education.” How can it be eliminated in my classes when I begin to teach?
14. Pick of the Day: Useful internet sites for Elementary Teachers.
15. Pick of the Day: Useful internet sites for High School Teachers.
16. My classes at South: How is technology used in them?
17. My classes in the College of Education. How is technology used in them?
18. What I learned from “Shift Happens” and how it affects me as a teacher.
19. What I learned from “The Last Lecture of Randy Pausch.”
20. Can podcasts be useful in the classes that I will teach?
21. Can or is teachertube (http://www.teachertube.com) useful to teachers. Give examples.
22. Interview Dean Richard Hayes on a mutually agreed upon topic relating to education and/or educational technology (TT11 only).
23. Interview Dr. Philip Feldman (early technology adopter) about educational technology. Can include snippets of a 1988 interview of him about educational technology. Can focus on past, present or future. (TT 9 only).
24. Interview Dr. Charles Guest (Chair of Professional Studies Department) on mutually agreed upon topic. TT 2 only.
25. Our crystal ball: Speculations on the “future classroom.” Interview Dr. Strange before (or during) presentation. Emphasis should be on your ideas, however.
26. Interview of Mr. C of Nolo, MO –NOTE: planning and testing of chat audio and video capabilities (with assistance of Dr. Strange) will be required.
27. Interview Dr. Eddie Shaw about how he sees technology being introduced into the USA Department of Leadership and Teacher Education.
28. Interview with Gary Dauphin (Apple Representative) TT 9 only NOTE: planning and testing of chat audio and video capabilities (with assistance of Dr. Strange).
29. Interview with other Apple Representative - TT 9 only NOTE: planning and testing of chat audio and video capabilities (with assistance of Dr. Strange).
30. Interview with a faculty member not on this list that agrees to be interviewed during class time in the first week of March.
31. Other topics that I approve.
32. Other suggestions for your podcast that I approve.
33. Wikipedia. What are the positives and negatives of Wikipedia? Can Wikipedia be useful to students and educators? How and under what circumstances?

Friday, June 26, 2009

EDM 310 assignments for Monday June 29th

Class,

I appreciate your understanding on Wednesday. The problem has been fixed.

On Monday, we will do the following:

1. We will have a guest lecturer teach us how to use AUDACITY (Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.) We will use AUDACITY to develop our podcasts.

2. For the blog assignment, we will discuss the blog that we were going to do on Wednesday June 24th. If you have not done it yet go to this blog

http://attheteachersdesk.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-am-optimist.html

and read the "I am an optimist" by Mr. McClung, a sixth grade teacher and right a paragraph about your thoughts and reactions to his blog post.

2. We also have four students who need to present and we will try and do them on Monday as well.

MOVED TO WEDNESDAY JULY 1

We will work on our professional blogs. Here is an example of a professional blog. http://strangejpb.blogspot.com/