Updated+Pilot+Course

pilot course outline

Introduction to Telecommunications and Educational Uses Skype Voki
 * First Friday of Class**

Google classroom - split items up in to groups to explore and share back - SketchUp - Google Docs - Calendar

- Scholar - Translate - Labs - Earth - Wave - Sites - Groups

Demonstrate for entire group: Google Reader, RSS Feeds, and Custom Search-mention connection with Internet Safety - create your own age-appropriate search engine

Call in Voki for Saturday morning What do yo mean by call in voki? Create a call in Voki on Friday night after class? Call in Skype?

Opening with call in Vokis Second Life (Professional Networking)-we can reference the ISTE network within second life Wix or Weebly - Introduce how to use and create an account, show tutorial videos. Explain wiki project and have groups pick topics
 * First Saturday of Class**

WIKI technology Research Project - (change this to Web 2.0 tools research project?) Use this or something different? - Internet Safety - Yes, We need to do Internet Safety - We can have students find a lesson on [] there are lessons for k-12 they could download the [|CyberSmart Educator toolbar]
 * Between The Weekends**

- Social Networking - We could have students read articles on social networking and make a lesson and a case for using a SN tool in their classrooms, they could create a proposal for their technology person or principal to allow them to use a SN tool in the classroom. So many of our students tell us they are not allowed to use these tools-here is an opportunity for them to propose allowing a tool with a lesson and reasonable defense. They could also look at [|NetSmartz] there are videos and lessons for Teens and for Kids so it would cover our K-12 audience.

- Online Learning- We could have the teachers create a Ning and or explore other K-12 Nings and write about how they could use it in their classroom.

- Accessibility

Articles and Discussion Questions

Wix/Weebly Project-if the wix was primarily created in-between classes we wouldn't have to worry so much about slow hotel wifi

Summary/discussion of midterm projects - Wix/Weebly & Wiki Project Intro to Moodle - Building a basic online course
 * Second Friday of Class**

Advanced Moodle topics – online assignments, forums, quizzes, chats, glossary, feedback/survey, gradebook, etc. Create Moodle course.
 * Second Saturday of Class**