Monday, September 10, 2007

Monday, September 10

Agenda: Loti Level Discussion and Introduction to Productivity Tools Assignment

Today we will discuss Friday's Loti Level handout and correlate it with the video we reviewed. Levels of Technology Implementation is used to quantify what is going on in a classroom. You'll be referring to these levels, along with standards, in all facets of your project work.

Today we will begin working with templates that can be used to create a professional classroom. Now that you have begun to build a foundation in learning theories, teaching strategies, state and national content standards, and levels of technology implementation, it is time to begin putting together your classroom. You'll use various productivity tools: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to prepare materials for your class.

Use the link to the Productivity Tools Description to get the specifics on the deliverables you will be expected to create.Before you begin working on your materials, you'll sit in on a short lesson on using templates to streamline your work. On Wednesday, you'll have a short seminar on analyzing survey data in Excel and using drawing tools to create classroom layouts. With these sessions, you'll have all of the tools and resources you need to complete your task by the due date.

Any questions on the assignment?

Blog posting for this week due by Monday, September 17th. Loti Level - what is its purpose and how would you use it in your future classroom.

See you Wednesday.

To do:
1. Foundation and Autobiography page assignment is due
2. Late Pass Quiz -
3. By Wednesday, have explored and downloaded your template (Newsletter and Calendar)
4. Bring our Learning Puzzle organizer so I can take a look at it.
5. Remember that a Blog posting is due on Monday, the 17th.