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3 February 2010: Tell A Story in 5 Photos and Integrated Unit Plan

Attendance for today: Section 62 (9 am) - Section 63 (11 am)

If you are planning to attend part of our OPEN LAB on Fri Feb 5th (9 am to 10:50 am) please RSVP during class today using this 3 question web form.

1- Overview

One of the most important literacy skills we need to model, practice, and require of our students today is TALKING WITH PICTURES. Building with our introduction last week to digital storytelling, we will explore and complete a "tell a story in 5 photos" activity in class. We will introduce the process of designing and creating an integrated unit plan using the provided Intel CD. This integrated unit plan will included in your electronic portfolio for UCO. This week we want to start thinking about project based learning, potential topics for our integrated unit plan, and the ways we can use different technology tools effectively in the design of this digitally-infused lesson. Opportunities to evaluate our course and your learning to date this semester in T4T will also be provided via an anonymous survey, as well as a survey to choose dates/times for upcoming "open lab" sessions.

2- Lesson

    1. View our introductory lesson video. (above)

    2. Class Activity: Explore the "Digital Native Map" from the PBS Frontline Project: Digital Nation

      1. Find at least three facts about "digital natives" you did not know previously.

      2. Share these with a neighbor (when prompted by your instructor)

      3. Share these with our class (when prompted)

    3. Updates from last week:

      1. The VoiceThread mini-project due date has been moved BACK one week, to Week 6. (17 February)

      2. 7 screencasts demonstrating the steps to follow in creating a VoiceThread account, finding copyright friendly images, and creating a VoiceThread digital story have been added to our T4T FAQ blog.

      3. Since UCO was closed on Friday for our open lab Q&A, it was held online via Ustream. A video archive for this session is available on our shared learning blog.

      4. Remember we will have another open lab opportunity this Friday, February 5 from 9 - 10:50 am in room 110. (our regular classroom)

      5. Grades for last week's "Quarterly Checkup Quiz 1" in WebCT/Blackboard will be available in the Gradebook of WebCT/Blackboard by Friday, February 5th.

    1. In class, discuss how T4T is going so far for you.

    2. Complete the following in-class surveys:

    1. Tell a Story in 5 Photos

    1. Unit Plan

      1. Discuss the UCO College of Education ePortfolio artifact requirement.

      2. Explore the Intel Teach Program (Essentials Course) CD, and specifically the Integrated Unit Plan section.

      3. Discuss:

        1. Unit Plan Template (Shared as a downloadable Google Doc)

        2. IME 3312 Portfolio Artifact Rubric (Shared as a downloadable Google Doc)

      4. Brainstorm ideas for possible unit plan lesson topics.

3- Assignments

4- Resources

  1. Chris Smith's outstanding links for visual literacy

  2. Frontline's Digital Nation Project

    1. Intel Teach Program (Essentials Course) CD

    2. Screencast: How to use Compfight to find Copyright-friendly images (also on YouTube)

  1. "Tell a Story in 5 Photos for Educators" Flickr Group

5- Review

What is the direct URL / link to your blog post, "My Story in 5 Photos?"

What is the direct URL / link to your blog reflection about the EduTopia "Project Learning: An Overview" video?

What is the direct URL / link to your blog reflection about the K-12 Online Conference "Digiteens: Digital Citizenship by Digital Teenagers" video?

What is the direct URL / link to the first blog post written by one of your T4T classmates on which you left a thoughtful and constructive comment this week, following our "Constructive Commenting with Social Media" guidelines?

What is the direct URL / link to the second blog post written by one of your T4T classmates on which you left a thoughtful and constructive comment this week, following our "Constructive Commenting with Social Media" guidelines?

Note you are NOT required to comment on two K-12 classroom blogs this week. We will be alternating required blog comments each week between K-12 blogs (odd weeks) and classmate blogs (even weeks.)

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