Week 6 (16 February – 22 February)

Agenda for February 16, 2016

Class will be held in Davis 326

4:30-5:00:  (1) Check out MIDL321’s students’ voicethreads. (2) Email Dr. M a Picture that we can use to create a Voicethread together (b)  Understanding the SAMR Model

–  Which levels of the SAMR model have we reached with the different technologies we have explored (WordPress, Pinterest, Timetoast, Zoom)

– If we haven’t reached the highest level, what can we do to get there?

5:00-5:45: Book Talk  based on assigned readings/ evaluating the different technologies we have explored so far (Pinterest, Timetoast, Zoom, WordPress, VoiceThread)

5:45-6:00: Break/ Dr. M will start putting the VT together.

6:00-7:00: Tag Team Teaching

                    (a) Emailing Dr. Machado a really great picture for your VoiceThread page and your oral text

(b)   Following others’ WordPress and Improving your own (Abdul)/ Go to Dr. M’s office in

Davis 121 one by one to finish your VT page

                    (c)    Viewing and Responding to the Finished VoiceThread.

Due Next Week:

(1)  Watch the slide show from slide share titled: The Globally Connected Educator- Beyond Plugging In Towards Global Pedagogy and Solomon and Schrum’s chapter 8 on wikis and chapter 9 on the future of the web – bring two discussion questions to class.

(2) Add video or audio to the picture you contributed for our VoiceThread and then visit some of the other countries and comment/learn/interact.