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Blog groups: group members, post & comment due dates, and prompts

• NEW: All posts are due by 5 pm Sunday evening
• Comments due by class on Monday

Red: Adam, Cathy, Amanda D., Rebecca, Renee

Blue: Hannah, Karina, Melissa, Chrysta, Brian

Green: Michael, Philip, Sara, Danielle, Tiffani

Yellow: Samantha, Ashley, Devin, Constancia, Laura

All groups (red, blue, green, yellow)

Sept. 15

Your views on classroom technology use.  Drawing on your own experience learning with technology, briefly discuss a classroom situation in which technology was used to help you, the student, learn.  Describe the classroom situation, the subject being taught, the other students, the technology/ies (for example, computer/computer software, weblogs, SmartBoard, etc.) being used, and how the technology was integrated within the instruction.  Tell us whether you felt this was a good way to integrate technology into the classroom to improve your learning, and your rationale for why you felt it was worthwhile or not.

Things to consider: 

• Classroom description – students, subject, computers, grade level 

• Technology – description of capabilities as they apply to classroom use  

• Classroom integration – what the students/teacher did with the technology, what were the benefits of using this technology in the classroom.

Red

Sept. 22: Looking back at your post about technology in the classroom, what do you think has influenced what you think about as good/bad (or, as I would like us to start thinking about, appropriate/inappropriate) uses of technology in the classroom?  Was your reaction to the technology integration sceanrio influenced by personal experiences with technology (are there similarities between your technobio and your classroom post?), your previous teachers, professors, the media, your family, or something else?  Why do you think so?

Nov. 3: In the technology integration scenarios that you’ve worked on in class, I haven’t seen many examples that incorporate technologies that you probably use every day – cell phones, video games, You Tube, social network sites, maybe Twitter, blogs… (what else am I missing?).  Why do you think that you don’t tend to think of those technologies when you’re asked to incorporate technology?  Do you think they might in fact be useful, or do you see a disconnect between your personal technology use, and technologies you’d consider using in your teaching?   If so, why?

Blue

Sept. 29: Looking back at your post about technology in the classroom, what do you think has influenced what you think about as good/bad (or, as I would like us to start thinking about, appropriate/inappropriate) uses of technology in the classroom?  Was your reaction to the technology integration sceanrio influenced by personal experiences with technology (are there similarities between your technobio and your classroom post?), your previous teachers, professors, the media, your family, or something else?  Why do you think so?

Nov. 10: In the technology integration scenarios that you’ve worked on in class, I haven’t seen many examples that incorporate technologies that you probably use every day – cell phones, video games, You Tube, social network sites, maybe Twitter, blogs… (what else am I missing?).  Why do you think that you don’t tend to think of those technologies when you’re asked to incorporate technology?  Do you think they might in fact be useful, or do you see a disconnect between your personal technology use, and technologies you’d consider using in your teaching?   If so, why?

Green

Oct. 6: Looking back at your post about technology in the classroom, what do you think has influenced what you think about as good/bad (or, as I would like us to start thinking about, appropriate/inappropriate) uses of technology in the classroom?  Was your reaction to the technology integration sceanrio influenced by personal experiences with technology (are there similarities between your technobio and your classroom post?), your previous teachers, professors, the media, your family, or something else?  Why do you think so?

Nov. 17: In the technology integration scenarios that you’ve worked on in class, I haven’t seen many examples that incorporate technologies that you probably use every day – cell phones, video games, You Tube, social network sites, maybe Twitter, blogs… (what else am I missing?).  Why do you think that you don’t tend to think of those technologies when you’re asked to incorporate technology?  Do you think they might in fact be useful, or do you see a disconnect between your personal technology use, and technologies you’d consider using in your teaching?   If so, why?

Yellow

Oct. 13: Looking back at your post about technology in the classroom, what do you think has influenced what you think about as good/bad (or, as I would like us to start thinking about, appropriate/inappropriate) uses of technology in the classroom?  Was your reaction to the technology integration sceanrio influenced by personal experiences with technology (are there similarities between your technobio and your classroom post?), your previous teachers, professors, the media, your family, or something else?  Why do you think so?

Nov. 24: In the technology integration scenarios that you’ve worked on in class, I haven’t seen many examples that incorporate technologies that you probably use every day – cell phones, video games, You Tube, social network sites, maybe Twitter, blogs… (what else am I missing?).  Why do you think that you don’t tend to think of those technologies when you’re asked to incorporate technology?  Do you think they might in fact be useful, or do you see a disconnect between your personal technology use, and technologies you’d consider using in your teaching?   If so, why?

All groups (red, blue, green, yellow)

Dec. 15

Reflection on the semester. What are you taking away from the course?  What would you like to learn more about going forward?