Agenda for Saturday

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Tim Pettine

Here is the agenda for Saturday’s last face to face meeting for Course 1. Remember that I am asking that final project posts be finished by May 12, 2013. Altogether, your grade sheet needs a minimum of four blog posts, four comments, and your final project post. I sent the lunch order information Tuesday and so please make sure all Au Bon Pain orders are in by 12:30 pm today so I can have our PD assistant order lunch. We will be meeting in AD 209 for our final class – not the Thai Language and Culture Room.

AGENDA

9 -10am: Final Project Q & A with UbD overview — includes exemplars. Embedding your project into the blog.

Examples: Ivan Admin, Paige HS, Oscar HS, Isaac MS, Ben ES

10 -10:30: Google Plus w/ Dan

BREAK

10:45 – 12pm: Horizon Report Group Task

11:30-12:30: Working Lunch

12:30 – 1:15: Presentations

1:15 – 2:30: Advanced Blog Design

BREAK

2:45 – 3:15 Slap Downs…Share one tool or integration idea with the class.

3:15 – 4pm Individual Work Time (Evaluate/Clean Up PLN)

Agenda for Wednesday, April 24

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Tim Pettine

We will be having our third meeting Wednesday at 4:00pm in the Thai Language and Culture center. We will be discussing some of the blog entries posted by members of the cohort as well as participating in an activity that will utilize twitter.

AGENDA

4:00 – 4:30 Creativity in Coetail – Blogging Descriptors

4:30 – 5:00 What have you been reading? Thoughts & Discussion Google Doc activity

5:10 – 5:25 Activity — Please create a twitter account for this particular activity.

Consider this video on how one specific tool is being used in a classroom? How is technology being utilized? At what level of the SAMR Model would you identify this example of integration? What knowledge is required of the student, teacher, & parent in order to effectively leverage this technology?

Read this article, then in groups of 4-5, tweet to your other group members your thoughts, experiences, or found knowledge on the assigned trend. You will have ten minutes to read and gather your thoughts. Then 12-14 minutes to share your ideas. This can be done in conversation format. (NOTE: you must use the hashtag (#) in your tweet.

1. #socialmedia

2. #mooc

3. #onlineclass

4. #21jobs

5. #edugame

5:25 – 5:45 Final Project Ideas/Example

5:45 – 6:00pm 1:1 support and individual/group time

CHALLENGE PROBLEM: I watched two very interesting videos last night. One was about Arnold Schwarzenegger and the other had to do with an idea called Big History. The two videos are below:

My challenge: How do the experiences and main ideas of the videos compliment one another? Can you synthesize the learning from both?

Wednesday’s Agenda

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Tim Pettine

I have been reading the blog posts coming from some of you and I am quite impressed with the high level of reflection and critical thinking you are demonstrating. I am hoping to update grade sheets this week and also get around to commenting on your ideas. I wish to remind everyone in the group that there is a rubric for scoring your blogs that involves not only the content/ideas of the post, but also the use of visuals and other multimedia forms, and of course hyper links which serve as the method of attribution and as a courtesy for the readers.

Here is the agenda for Wednesday’s two hour session for Course 1:

4:00-4:30 — Discussion: What have you been reading?

4:30-4:50 — Twitter Search & Information Literacy

4:50-5:25 — Technical support for Blogs

5:25-5:35 — Final Project

5:40-6:00 — Individual Support & Creating a Twitter PLN

Updates: Google Reader Expires and now what?

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Tim Pettine

The most important update I have is that Google Reader, the RSS reader provided through Google Apps, will expire July 1, 2013. I shared a Netvibes tab with cohort blogs (we are still missing four member blogs) but for those who are looking for a way to move from Google Reader to another RSS service, I recommend using Feedly. Feedly is pretty clean, easy to manage, and free. It will access you Google Reader and sync to it. If you want some assistance, then I will make myself available to you at your convenience.

Screenshot by T. Pettine

(Thanks to Eric Jacklich for recommending Feedly as an alternative to Google Reader.)

In the same vein, here is a great idea class: Turn your RSS reader into a discussion/topic generator. Because you are always looking for great questions to drive your student’s learning, consider creating specific RSS readers for your subject area for a specific theme. Twitter lets you do this very easily, however, if you are Twitter-averse (real word by the way) then RSS is great to bring you rich, authentic articles to discuss.

I wanted to share this little gem as well. If you are having problems getting started blogging, you may want to read some different blogs and consider expanding your PLN to include any interesting blogs that inspire you.

Continue reading →

RIS Group in the COETAIL Site is Ready

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Tim Pettine

I created a group on the Coetail site that everyone can join. We can use it as discussion board and as place to share resources and skills. I left membership open to encourage others from outside the cohort to participate.

The link is here and I encourage everyone to join. Please get your registration forms in ASAP.

Course One Agenda for March 9, 2013

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Tim Pettine

Here is the tentative agenda for Saturday’s class. I will always try and post these agendas (with links and media) prior to meeting.

9am-10am Welcome, introductions, course paperwork, Coetail registration, Google Apps, & questions.

10am – 10:30 SAMR Model & discussion of the teaching craft in the framework (thoughts, concerns, & obstacles)

http://www.dg58.org/domain/596

BREAK

10:45 – 11:45 Create blogs. Introduce blogging as a 21st century tool; demonstrate how to enhance blogs, discuss the relevance and scholarship of hyper-linking. Explore the dashboard features of wordpress along with customizations.

LUNCH

12:45 – 1:30 Million Dollar skill activity & group discussion

1:30 – 2:00 Critical thinking in the Age of Information

Craap on the internet from jessmiles04 also check this resource: CRAAP TEST

Break

2:30 – 3:15 Creating A Personal Learning Network

Set up your RSS Reader

Activity: Set up Google Reader (You should have already signed up for a Google Account) or a Netvibes. Watch the videos on the course site if you need help getting started or search for videos on YouTube.

Recommendation: Twitter as a personal learning network

3:15 – 4pm Troubleshooting, the Course One Calendar, Rubrics, & Final Thoughts

Proposed Course Meeting Schedule for Coetail RIS

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Tim Pettine

Schedule* for when the courses will be meeting:

Many have inquired about the timing of the courses. Please see below for the meeting schedule and direct your questions to me as they emerge.

Course 1 March 2 – May 4th 2013
Course 2 August 31 – Oct. 5 2013
Course 3 November 9 – December 14 2013
Course 4 Feb. 1 – March 8 2014
Course 5 March 31 – May 10 2014

*once we initially meet the group will contribute to a calendar that will meet the needs of the most people. We have some flexibility built in to accommodate our busy (and often conflicting) schedules.

Sign-up for the Bangkok Cohort offered at Ruamrudee Int’l School

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Tim Pettine

We will be offering this professional development opportunity at Ruamrudee starting March 2nd. The program (five course, carrying fifteen graduate credits) supports technology integration in learning. The entire program will take about 14 months and cost approximately $385 per course (this is based on a suitable cohort number of 25 people).Here is more information about the courses. Students may continue on after the 15 credit Coetail courses and earn a Masters Degree from Buffalo St. in Multi-Disciplinary Education.

Each course will require two face to face meeting days, usually on a Saturday from 9am to 5 pm. All meetings will be held at RIS. We will arrange lunch on premises or place orders to an outside service.

The assignments for all courses will be comprised of writing blog-based reflections, commenting on the posts of others, and the creation UbD style unit plans. The face to face meetings utilize sound teaching strategies (socratic methods, presentations, shared verbal fluency, and visual literacy tasks) that can be transferred to the classroom. Students must complete all five of the courses to be eligible for the CoETaIL Certificate. No courses can be transferred from other institutions or other Buffalo State, SUNY sites unless taught by Jeff Utecht, Kim Cofino and their approved faculty. Students must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (4.0 scale).

Sign up Here if you are interested in being a part of the cohort or contact me at timothyp@rism.ac.th if you have questions. All participants have until the end of the second course to complete an application to Buffalo St. University.

https://docs.google.com/a/rism.ac.th/document/d/1WsEG43xYkIelsn2knIQfx5EVh8w5XdyIQ_szhVkh1L4/edit

The five required courses are:

Course 1: Information Literacy and Ourselves as Learners

(Buffalo State, SUNY: EDC 607 NETWORKING FOR EDUCATORS)

A foundation course, introducing learners to the methods of information literacy in the 21st century. Independent learning requires that students and teachers are able to evaluate the authenticity, relevance and bias of information that inundates us. Tools and strategies for teachers and students for accessing, filtering, evaluating and applying information will be addressed. This course will address meta-cognition and an awareness of how we learn in a digital landscape. Students will be provided with strategies for reflective practice and using prior knowledge to build understanding and deal with new technology.

Course 2: 21st Century Literacy Ideas, Questions, and Issues

(Buffalo State, SUNY: EDC 606 INTERNET FOR EDUCATORS)

The 21st Century learner had been bombarded with new technology, access to wide ranging global communication, and a plethora of information. Accompanying this new world of learning are ethical, moral, social, and emotional considerations that are changing the way in which our students are interacting with the world. This course will explore current issues inherent in our technological world.

Course 3: Visual Literacy: Effective Communicators and Creators

(Buffalo State, SUNY: EDC 604 AUTHORING FOR EDUCATORS)

The curriculum of design and attention to aesthetic has always been the property of the visual arts, however as so much our media is now consumed and created electronically a new set of visual literacies have emerged. Awareness of how an audience interacts with that medium and how to take advantage of this to strengthen their message or purpose for communication will be addressed.

Course 4: Technology: A Catalyst for Learning

(Buffalo State, SUNY: EDC 603 INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND PROBLEM SOLVING WITH TECHNOLOGY)

Research based best practice for the embedded use of technology for learning will be shared and practiced. The focus will be on the habits that provide students with the ability to use technology for its greatest learning advantage. The best use of laptop computers, tablets, etc. will be addressed as embedded tools to foster optimum learning of the curriculum. The optimal use of communication tools such as podcasts, blogs, social-networks, Google Docs, and videos will be addressed with tips for management and strategies to promote maximum learning in classrooms.

Course 5: Alive in the Classroom: Applied Web 2.0 Technology for Learning

(Buffalo State, SUNY: EDC 601 INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES)

The course will be about the classroom application, and reflection on the use of web 2.0 technology in the classroom. Participants will be asked to create a plan for the embedded use of technology to foster learning, share with the group and offer feedback on their cohorts’ embedded use of technology for learning. Did the use of technology lead to deeper learning?

COETAIL@RIS

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