EDM 310 Class for 11/24

Class,

Today, we will do the last assignment for Foliotek. On eCollege, I posted a word document that you need to download and fill in the required information. We will do it in class and upload it to Foliotek [290-3-3-.03 (5)(c)5.(ii) Knowledge of safe, responsible, legal and ethical uses of technologies including fair-use and copyright guidelines and internet-user protection policies.]

Make sure that you have all five Foliotek standards in before we finish class next Monday. I cannot give you a grade in the course without all of the Foliotek standards loaded.

I will also give you a Final Review sheet that we will go over and make sure that you can complete.

The Final for this class will be next Monday December 2nd during our normal class period.

Thanks

EDM 310 Class for 11/17 and 11/19 - Microsoft Access

We will work on the Access project this week and we will put it into Foliotek.

EDM 310 Class for 11/10 and 11/12 - Microsoft Access

Good Monday Class!

I appreciate everyone for being so understanding last week. It was a great conference and Knoxville this time of year was absolutely beautiful. We are in the home stretch for this course and I know you all are busy and looking forward to the end of the semester.

This week we will talk about Microsoft Access. Microsoft Access is a powerful program to create and manage your databases. A computer database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system. It has many built in features to assist you in constructing and viewing your information.

Google Documents does not have a database program yet. Database will round out our knowledge of software that can assist us in our classrooms. The others being Google Docs (similar to Microsoft Word), Google Presentation (similar to Microsoft PowerPoint) and Google Spreadsheet (similar to Microsoft Excel).

EDM 310 CLASSES 11/3 and 11/5

Everyone, Today (11/3) and Wednesday (11/5) there will not be an official class meeting. I am going out of town early tomorrow morning for a conference in Knoxville, Tennessee where I will be presenting two papers. I am going to be working on my presentations today and will be taking care of business throughout the building in preparation for me being gone all week. The room will be available to you to finish up any of the assignments that you have not completed today and Wednesday. If you are finished with all assignments and don't have any questions then enjoy your week off. If you have any questions or need to see me I will be around until about 4:30 today.

Also, please take time tomorrow to go vote and have your voice heard!

Thanks and I will see everyone next week.

EDM 310 Class for 10/29

Today, we will complete our professional blog assignment. If you have completed it please send me the link by email so I can view it. Just a reminder try and make sure that you spend some time using the internet to back up some of your points. For example, if you say that you like google documents then list some of the pros like 1. it is free 2. it is web based 3. it can be shared etc.

Also, next week I will be out from Tuesday through Friday presenting two papers at MSERA's conference in Knoxville, Tennessee. Here is the link to the conference program with my listings on page 4 under Mathematics Education and on page 8 under Constructivism (http://www.msera.org/download/2008program.pdf).

We will have class on Monday 11/3 but I will be out of town on 11/5.

EDM 310 Classes for 10/28 and 10/30 - Professional Blog Assignment

1. Everyone, thank you for your understanding last week. I missed a couple of days of work due to a stomach virus that my youngest daughter, Jill (4), and I suffered from.

2. This week we will develop a professional blog that will take the place of the The Web Site Project. It is now a Blog Assignment with specific parameters. The blog is to be created in such a way that it will provide a PROFESSIONAL description of you as a teacher and at least 5 tools, attitudes approaches that you will bring to your classroom. There are two links to the instructions for completeing this assignment and an example of this assignment at the top right hand corner of this blog. We will spend the next two meetings completing this assignment.

3. I have graded all of your assignments up to the Google Spreadsheet. Please check to make sure you are not missing any grades and if you are please complete them and let me know through email.

Class for Today 10/20 - Finish Google Spreadsheet Assignment

Class,

I have a number of class members who have not finished their google spreadsheet assignment. Today, you will have the class period to finish the assignment and turn it in to me using the share feature. If you have finished the assignment, then you may look it over and make sure everything is correct. Otherwise, you are excused from class today if you have turned it in and are satisfied with the end product.

Thanks,
Mr. Tashbin

EDM 310 Classes for 10/13 and 10/15

Today, we will begin looking at Google Spreadsheet. Google Spreadsheet is a spreadsheet program similar to Microsoft Excel. Just like Google Docs was like Microsoft Office and Google Presentation was like Microsoft Powerpoint. There will be a small Powerpoint Presentation on spreadsheets and we will dive right into working with Google spreadsheet. There will be an assignment due for Google spreadsheet as well as a blog. We will work on Google spreadsheet for the next two class meetings 10/13 and 10/15.

Assignment for 10/8

Today, will be an independent research day on Podcasting. I will be in and out of the building today so if you need me please email me or drop by the office.

You will begin learning about podcasting by researching it using the internet. I have put a link on the right side of our class blog with a very informative article about podcasting. After, you read it answer the following questions:

1. What is a podcast?
2. How does podcasting work?
3. How can teachers use podcasting?
4. Examples of how podcasting is being used?
5. What are your thoughts on podcasting and its benefit for teachers and students?

Finally, go on the web and look at a podcast that might interest you and let us know

1. the URL
2. Why you chose that particular podcast
3. What you thought about it in general.

We will discuss podcasts and your posts on Monday 10/13 and we will have a guest speaker come in and talk about how to make a podcast later in the semester. We are going to try and have everyone make their own podcast by the end of the semester.

Thanks,
Mr. Tashbin

BLOG ASSIGNMENTS FOR 10/8

Blog Assignments:

1. For the blog post due Wednesday October 8th, write two or more paragraphs in which you describe the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) and the resources available to teachers well enough so that someone unfamiliar with AVL would understand what it is and how it works. Then provide the reader with your thoughts as to the usefulness of AVL to you when you begin teaching.

2. Post your comments on the the ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL presentation you saw in person or looked at online and describe what you learned and how the information can help you as an educator in the future.

Accessibility For All Link

Here is the link to Mr. Steve Sullivan's Accessibility For All presentation on his blog. This is a good resource for accessibility issues and questions.

http://letstechtalk-sullivan.blogspot.com/

10/6 - EDM 310 Class

1. All of the your assignments are graded and up-to-date. Check your eCollege.

2. If you have not posted the disability blog, please do so by Wednesday. If you were absent, please look at the link to Mr. Sullivan's presentation and make comments based on the information in the presentation.

3. We will NOT be doing a website. I was informed by Dr. Strange on Friday that Google will no longer support "Google Page Creator", google's website builder, and that he has decided to drop it from the class due to the similarity to blogs. That assignment has been eliminated from the gradebook.

4. Today we will discuss the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL). It is another resource provided by the state of Alabama to assist you now and in the future.

5. The Foliotek objectives have been corrected. Check yours to make sure you have them in correctly.

Blob Assignment for 10/6

First, I wanted to say that I really appreciated Mr. Sullivan coming and talking to our classes here at U.S.A. Second, I also want to thank all of you for being so receptive and cordial to him while he was here with us.

BLOG ASSIGNMENT - I want everyone to comment on the presentation you saw and describe what you learned and how the information can help you as an educator in the future.

Have a great weekend and I will see all of you on Monday.

EDM 310 Class - Week of 9/29 and 10/1

Monday 9/29

We will work with Foliotek and upload some of our requirements.


Wednesday 10/1

We will have a guest speaker, Mr. Steve Sullivan, presenting and discussing accessibility issues from the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind (AIDB).

9/24 - EDM 310 Class

I want to thank everyone for their understanding on Monday 9/22.

Today we will discuss the following

1. The presentations
2. ALEX - The Alabama Learning Exchange
3. The Google Article

There will be nothing due for next Monday 9/29. But, if you have not completed an assignment please get it done by Monday 9/29. We will begin new material then. Have a great weekend.

By the way, ROLL TIDE! : )

9/17 - EDM 310 Class Activities

Today, we will finish giving our presentations.

Assignments due by Monday 9/22

1. ALEX Blog
2. Google Thinking Blog
3. Post comments to all other classmates blogs about their presentations

Google Presentations 9/15 and 9/17

We will be doing our Google Presentations this week. Half the class will go on Monday and the other half will go on Wednesday.

The assignment for this weeks blogs is to post a comment on all 20 of your classmates blogs about something that you have in common with them, something that interests you, or just something general that you liked about their presentation or its content. On Monday, post ONLY to your classmates who have given their presentations in class. On Wednesday, post to the rest of your classmates. Everyone should have a comment from their peers by Monday the 22nd. Let's keep the comments positive and constructive at all times.

Thanks,
Mr. Tashbin

Project 3 - IGoogle

Project Three – iGoogle

For this assignment you will create/update your iGoogle home page.

I will come around and look at each of your IGoogle pages in class due to the fact that it is based on your private password.

Project 2 - Criteria for Google Presentation

Project 2

You will learn how to use Google Documents (Presentation) to create a presentation about YOU! You will develop a presentation of moderate complexity for presentation in class during Week 4 (September 15 and 17).

Meets standard ATQS (3)(c) 1.(iii); (3)(c) 4.(i); (3)(c) 4.(ii)

The subject of your presentation will be YOU. Who are you? What are your interests? What do you do? Who are members of your family? What are your likes? Dislikes? adventures? aspirations? pets? favorite movies, songs or places? education? reasons for becoming a teacher? etc. The presentation must contain at least 12 slides about you and 1 title slide and 1 conclusion/wrap-up slide. It must also include at least eleven or more photographs or graphics (not exceeding two graphics). Since it is a presentation, emphasis will be on limiting the use of aspects of presentation software that are more suited to stand alone presentations or multimedia “events”. You will be required to make a FORMAL presentation. Your audience will evaluate you using instruments that will be provided to you in advance. This presentation is due in Week 4 (September 15 and 17)

BLOG ASSIGNMENTS FOR 9/10 and 9/15

I am posting the blog assignments that will be due on 9/10 and 9/15 early so that you can begin to look at them at your leisure. On Monday, we will talk more about these blog assignments as well as fully define the criteria for you Google Presentation about yourself. I appreciate everyone's patience and thank you for bearing with us this semester.

Here are the blog assignments that will be doing and their due dates.


BLOG ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS

Review the current and emerging state initiatives and programs including, but not limited to, Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX) and the Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide (ACCESS) program and their relationship to student achievement.

1. Research on the Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students
Statewide (ACCESS) program

Due by Wednesday September 10 [ATQS (5)(c) 3.(i)]: Search the web for information about the Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide (ACCESS) program. In addition, go to: http://accessdl.state.al.us/
Thoroughly review this entire site.

Download and review the PowerPoint presentation available at: http://accessdl.state.al.us/showaccess.php?lnk=aboutaccess
(The link is called ACCESS Presentation (ppt))

For the blog post due Wednesday September 10th, write two or more paragraphs in which you describe ACCESS and the resources available to teachers well enough so that someone unfamiliar with ACCESS would understand what it is and how it works. Then provide the reader with your thoughts as to the usefulness of ACCESS to you when you begin teaching.

2. Research on the Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX)

Due by Monday September 15 [ATQS (5)(c) 3.(i)]:
Start by doing a search in Google. Examine the material that is available at http://alex.state.al.us Read the materials provided.

For the blog post due Monday September 15th, write two or more paragraphs in which you describe ALEX and the resources available to teachers well enough so that someone unfamiliar with ALEX would understand what it is and how it works. Then provide the reader with your thoughts as to the usefulness of ALEX to you when you begin teaching.