February+10


 * Sharing**
 * New Math Mini-Movies for Your SMARTBoard Lessons (Britt)
 * Lincoln Memorial Interactive (Randy)
 * Science Animation Gallery (Randy)
 * Administrative software (Julian)
 * Online Archive of Historical Documents (Julian)
 * What Are The Negative Effects of Homeschooling? (Denise)
 * Effects of Technology on Classrooms and Students (Erica)
 * Student Perceptions of Technology: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Melissa)
 * iPads Provide Needed Tool for Conn. Autism Students (Danielle)
 * Homepage High(Lauren)
 * Technology and Home Schooling(Kyle)

The best 90 seconds of video about teaching you’re going to see in a long time.
 * Team Maker
 * What are the new qualities of a 21st century teacher? OUR IDEAS (ISTE Standards for Teachers -NETS*T)


 * Book Discussion**
 * Discussion Forum . For today, you were to pull from each chapter a passage, paragraph, sentence, etc. that provoked your thinking and write a short reflection on how it engaged your thinking in general.
 * Choose a Mind Mapping Tool
 * Create a concept map/mind map for one of the chapters - 5 or 6 - while collaboratively learning the tool.
 * [|Three Eras of Education] (Kyle and Erica)
 * Wolves Chapter 5 Mind Mapping
 * [|Tigers Chapter 5 Mind Map]
 * Jaguars 4th Place

//As a reminder, here are our guiding questions when experiencing a new technology tool.// The // **BIG QUESTIONS** // to answer as we learn about each new technology:
 * New Topic: New Technology Tools**
 * 1) What are the "affordances" and "constraints" of the technology? In other words, what does the technology allow us to do or prevent us from doing? The answers to this question might be "messy." This fundamental understanding is important to answer the next questions...
 * 2) What new skills do we need to teach students?
 * 3) What will I need to do differently in terms of how I teach in the classroom? How will teaching and learning look different?
 * 4) How does the technology help me to foster creativity, innovation and some of the other 21st century skills?
 * 5) What are some ways I can use this technology in my classroom?

In groups of 2-3, choose a technology/tool to investigate for the week. On your blog answer your REFLECTIONS to the question above and be prepared to share your learning about the tool with the rest of the class on **TUESDAY**. If you've "tried it out," you might want to share your experiences. If you've found new resources, you may want to add them to the wiki pages below.
 * Blogs
 * RSS
 * Wiki
 * Social Bookmarking
 * Google Docs
 * Twitter
 * Professional Resources
 * Digital Citizenship
 * Podcasting
 * Multiple Intelligences and Technology
 * Creative Commons
 * Gaming
 * Thinkfinity
 * Prezi
 * Skype
 * Wikipedia
 * iTunesU
 * Webquests
 * Other? Create a page and go at it....

While you are working on your new technology tool, I plan to speak with everyone about your digital textbook chapter assignment. How to Grow A Textbook
 * Start with an outline
 * Grab a virtual binding
 * Unpack and publish your traditional documents
 * Grab a few solid updating tools
 * Grab books for solid, more stable content
 * Grab databases and database essays, articles and chapters
 * Grab the right search tools
 * Grab your own presentations and shop for the best of others
 * Grab a couple of pathfinders
 * Grab some film
 * Grab some open source curriculum
 * Grab some student work
 * Grab some other stuff - see below


 * Tuesday, February 15 - No Class **
 * For Thursday, February 17**


 * Post** your group/technology tool to the February 17 wiki page. //Collaborate// with your class mates to learn about the tool for the remainder of tonight's class and over the course of the week. Maintain links, additional information about your technology tool on its wiki page or create another one as needed.


 * Blog:** As outlined above and related to your chosen technology tool for the week, create a new blog post. Please complete this by **Sunday evening** so we can //read them before Tuesday's class.// Here is a [|rubric] for blogging. REFLECTION is key. Good writing is important, too. Length is whatever works best for you and the story you want to tell. Between Sunday and Thursday, plan to read and offer feedback/thoughts on the blog posts of all your classmates. We will not have the opportunity to share the technology tools face-to-face this week, so please plan to share via your blog and comment.


 * Read:** Chapters 7 & 8 in //Rethinking Education...// post a quote that you find intriguing and an accompanying reflection to the Discussion Forum. Please plan to visit the discussion forum prior to Thursday and engage in virtual conversation since we will not have the opportunity to discuss the chapters next week face-to-face. If there are topics you are interested in discussing further, we can bring them up the week of February 22.


 * Sharing:** Post any interesting articles, videos, findings on the Internet, etc for next week to the February 17 page.


 * Virtual Textbook Chapter**: Continue as per our conversation.

** Next Meeting: Thursday, February 17 - PPHAC Room 302** ** New Topic: Presenter: Interactive Whiteboards (SMARTBoard)**