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Due Tuesday

 * **Blogging **
 * Please fill in the [|information] about your blog.
 * Submit your email address so we can share
 * Pick a template for your blog and finish all of the setup.
 * Choose the sidebar gadget that shows your labels.
 * **Edcafe **
 * Sign up for EdCafe times on our spreadsheet.
 * Watch the video below for tomorrow's EdCafe.
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 * More resources are here.
 * Be ready for Tueday's EdCafe discussion. If you are a leader, please be prepared with your session topic.
 * **Google Docs **
 * Make notes about key points of the video in your Own document

Due Wednesday

 * **Blogging **
 * Blog your takeaways from the EdCafe discussion. Title the post EdCafe 1.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Use the Labels "edcafe" and "usmepc512" for your post. Use any other labels you want to use to help organize your work.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">Reading **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">Read pages 17-18 in Teaching the iGeneration Book
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Read pages 22-24 in Teaching the iGeneration Book
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Look over and familiarize yourself with with the documents on pages 38 - 43 in Teaching the iGeneration
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">EdCafe **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">Prepare for tomorrow's EdCafe discussion by reading the Chapter on What is User Generated Learning? (in your USMEPC512 Google Drive folder) from [|Professional Learning in the Digital Age]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">If you are a leader, please be prepared with your session topic.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">Google Docs **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">Make notes about key points of the reading in your Google Docs: EdCafe 2 Notes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">(in your USMEPC512 Google Drive folder).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Share it with me alicebarr [at] gmail.com with editing privileges.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Due Thursday
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 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">Blogging **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">Blog your takeaways from the EdCafe discussion. Title the post EdCafe 2.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">Use the Labels "edcafe" and "usmepc512" for your post. Use any other labels you want to use to help organize your work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Embed the Tony Wagner video in the post EdCafe 1
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Add the tag usmepc512 at the bottom of each post that you have made so far. (labels aren't searchable anymore!).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Look at 2 other classmates blogs. Leave a comment on one post for each classmate. Help and suggestions for leaving good comments is [|here]. The list of all class blogs is here:
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Go to the Blogs for Learning page. Choose 1 site from the Blogger section and 1 site from the Ideas section. In a blog post explain why you chose them and how you might use them for your personal learning. Use the Labels "assignment" and "usmepc512" for your post.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">(By the end of class Thursday) Write a brief summary of your final project. Use the labels "project" and "usmepc512" for your post.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Explain the purpose of the project, the grade level, why you chose the tool you are using, and how you will implement it. (Why, What, How?)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Clarify what the student directed activities will be.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">It should include a collaborative component
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Describe the student centered activities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Include a sample of what the project might look like
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Be sure to add any links to sources outside of the blog.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Look at the [|NETS for Teachers Standards]. Choose two areas that you will be working towards in your project. On your blog, write up how those 2 standards will be used in your work. Use the labels "NETS" and "usmepc512" for your post.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">EdCafe **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Prepare for tomorrow's EdCafe discussion by reading pages 1 - 11 in Teaching the iGeneration
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">If you are a leader, please be prepared with your session topic.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Google Docs **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Make notes about key points of the reading in your Google Docs: EdCafe 3 Notes
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Diigo ===
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Set up your [|diigo] account. As you tag your work, be sure to add the tag usmepc512
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">** [|Teaching the iGeneration]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Due Friday
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 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 20.909090042114258px;">Blogging **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Blog your takeaways from the EdCafe discussions on Thursday. Title the post EdCafe 3.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Use the Labels "edcafe" and "usmepc512" for your post. Use any other labels you want to use to help organize your work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">After exploring the sites on the Blogs for Learning Page, add them to your blog roll.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Write a post on your blog about the tool you explored in Speed Geeking or fill out the form
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Use the Labels "speedgeek" and "usmepc512" for your post.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">tell what you liked/didn't like about the tool
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">how you would use it in your classroom
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">whether you would recommend it for teachers and/or students to use
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">link to the tool and any resources it had
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">tag the tool in your diigo account and label it usmepc512
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Edcafe **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Prepare for tomorrow's EdCafe discussion by watching:
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">If you are a leader, please be prepared with your session topic.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Google Docs **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Make notes about key points of the reading in your Google Docs: EdCafe 3 Notes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Make a folder in Google Drive called "USMEPC512 - Your Name" and share it with me with editing privileges. Put all of the edcafe documents inside the folder.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Other **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Be prepared to present your final project next class.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">it should include a collaborative component
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">describe the student centered activities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">please share a write up of your project on your blog (you might want to use the same format as in the form below.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">be sure to include a link to any parts of the project you are sharing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">include a sample of what the project might look like
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">[|Fill out the Final Project Form]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Due by the end of the week

 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">Blogging **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">Blog your takeaways from the EdCafe discussions on Friday. Title the post EdCafe 4.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">Use the Labels "edcafe" and "usmepc512" for your post. Use any other labels you want to use to help organize your work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">Write a final reflection about your learning from this course. Use the Labels "reflection" and "usmepc512" for your post.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">Catch up on all the reading and reflection. If you need more time, please see me.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">Make sure you have done your commenting (a total of four comments on your classmates' blogs)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**OPTIONAL:** But well worth it
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Building your Personal Learning Network
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">Digital Media - New Learners of the 21st Century: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 1.5;">(Note: if the video gadget doesn't load on the page the video can be watched at: []. (about one hour). <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;">Write a blog post titled (PBS Video) that is a reflection on 4 key ideas you heard described in this video. Select one and describe how you might use it to expand the way you currently do things in your classroom.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">[|Making the Implicit Explicit]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px;">Read Mustacchi, Johanna. "What's Relevant for YouTubers?." Educational Leadership March, 2008: pp.67-70. Web. 7 Jul 2010. <[]>. (you'll need the log in from me)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 1.5;">Ohler, Jason, . "Orchestrating the Media Collage." //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 1.5;">Educational Leadership //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.555556297302246px; line-height: 1.5;"> March, 2009: 8 - 13. Web. 30 Sept 2009. <[]>.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">Read Prensky, Marc. "Turning on the Lights." //Educational Leadership// March, 2008: 40-45. Web. 12 Oct 2009. <[]>.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">In "Turning On the Lights," Marc Prensky argues that many students today learn more from their technological devices than from teachers who rely on traditional methods. He encourages schools to use technology to engage students in learning and to help them connect with the world. Speak to the following prompts in a blog post.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">Do you agree with Prensky's notion that requiring students to "power down" in school actually impedes their learning? How might allowing students to use technological devices in class help or hinder their learning?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">What place do you see in the classroom for laptops, cell phones, mp3 players, social networking sites, Wikipedia, and other technologies?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">What is your school's policy regarding technology in school? Do you believe your policy meets the needs of your students? If so, why? If not, what changes would you make?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">How can teachers and administrators balance the desire to stay up-to-date with the need to always make sure that teachers can use the techniques and technologies that best suit their students? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10px;">(1)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 80%;">(1) Preston, Teresa. "EL Study Guide." //Educational Leadership// March, 2008: n. pag. Web. 30 Oct 2009. <[]>.