Assignments

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For Tuesday

 * Set up your blog at [|Edublogs.org]
 * Set up the following categories: **Class work, project, and professional**. You can add any other categories you wish.
 * Choose 1 of the 5 goals from the [|NETS for Teachers.] Write a post about how you might use the goal in your teaching and how if fits in to what you want to learn in this class. **Categorize the post in class work.**
 * E-mail me the URL to your blog (alicebarr (at) gmail.com). **Please use the subject heading USM blog**
 * Set up a G-Mail account.
 * Request access to the class wiki.
 * Familiarize yourself with the terms in the toolbox in the book on pages 8 - 9.
 * Read pages vii - ix[[image:nets_t_graphic.jpg align="right" link="http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.htm"]]
 * Read pages 1 - 50.
 * **Optional:** Play around with Presentation

For Wednesday

 * Reading
 * p. 8
 * pp. 59 - 74
 * pp. 89 - 93
 * Put the widget to your del.icioi.us account on your blog
 * Read the article [|Tag, You're delicious].
 * On your blog, write a post about how you might use delicious in your classroom either personally or with your students. Put it in the category class work.
 * Read the article [|Blogs Are Not The Enemy] Pay attention to the section called How to Comment Like a King or Queen. Add the link to this article to your del.ici.ous bookmarks.

For Thursday

 * Look at the Must Read blogs. Subscribe to them in your Reader.
 * Good blogging, just like good writing begins with reading. After exploring and reading the Must Read blogs choose two. Write a post of your overview of what you found and your reactions. Be sure and hyperlink the blog URL as you discuss the author's work. Blog etiquette includes linking to a blog when you mention it in yours. Put it in the category class work.
 * Choose two other blog entries from [|our class] . Add your comments about their post. Use the information from How to Comment Like a King or Queen when adding the comment.
 * Read [|The Technology of Reading and Writing in the Digital Space: Why RSS is crucial for a Blogging Classroom][|.] Write a short post on how you will use RSS in your professional practice. Put it in the category Professional.
 * Read pp. 75 - 100
 * On your blog, write a post with ideas for your final project. Put it in the category Project.
 * Start on your final project

For Friday

 * 1) On your blog. write a final reflection about what you have learned this week. Look back at your goals from your first blog post. Will you continue to work on those same goals? Put the post in the category Class work.
 * 2) Read two more blogs (different from yesterday. Try to choose someone you don't know) from [|our class]. Add your comments about their post.
 * 3) On your blog, make a post for your Final Project. Add it to the category project. Explain the purpose of the project, the grade level, why you chose the tool to do it, and how you will do it. Clarify what you are going to change in your teaching practice and what is collaborative. Be sure to add any links to sources outside of the blog.
 * 4) Final Project presentation (approx. 10 - 15 minutes)