EDT 545:
Internet and Communications Technology

Day 2: The Internet and Email

All students skim the following article:

• Hobbes' Internet Timeline

All students read the following article:

• The World at Your Fingertips

Collaborative Reading Teams share reading the following articles:

• Beyond Technology: The End of the Job and the Beginning of Digital Work by Alan November
• An Interview with Jamie McKenzie
• Technology Integration as a Transforming Teaching Strategy by Jerry Woodbridge

Day 3: Searching the Internet

All students read the following articles:

• Step Zero: What to Do Before Searching
• Four NETS for Better Searching
  

Collaborative Reading Teams share reading the following articles:

• Milliken University Library: Using Search Engines Effectively
• How to Search the Internet Effectively
• Three Basic "Families" or Types of Search Tools

More information on searching for those wishing deeper understanding:

• Specialized Search Engines and Directories
• Basic Internet Searching
• Search Engine Features Chart
• Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Search the Web

Day 4: Web Quests AND Copyright and Ethics Issues

All students read the following article:

• WebQuests by Alice Christie
  

Collaborative Reading Teams share reading the following articles:

• Locating and Evaluating WebQuests by Annette Lamb
• A Checklist for Evaluating WebQuests
• Kathy Schrock's WebQuest Page - Follow all the links
  

Setting the Stage for the articles on copyright and ethical issues:

TEACHING BY EXAMPLE: The Los Angeles Unified School District faces $5 million in fines for illegally copying computer software. Acting on a tip, the Business Software Alliance audited the school's computers and found 1,400 pirated copies of applications such as Microsoft Word and Adobe Photoshop. School Board member David Tukofsky whined that the software companies should leave the giant California district alone, ignore the copyright violations and instead give the district "an offer of training, reconciliation and understanding." (New York Times) ...People who wonder "Why can't Johnny read?" may now wonder instead "Why doesn't David know it's wrong to steal?"

All students read:

• The New Plagiarism: Seven Antidotes to Prevent Highway Robbery in an Electronic Age (old, but still good for anyone wishing more understanding of the plagiarism issue).

Collaborative Reading Teams share reading the following articles:

• Apple Learning Interchange: Plagiarism Advice for Lessons
• Copyright 101 for Educators
• Talking to Students About Cyber-Ethics
  
  

Day 5: Technology Transforming Education

All students read the following article:

• Language Arts Comes Alive as Middle School Learners Become Information Producers by Alice Christie, Valerie Naish, Jayme Kelter, Joey Wycoff, Jason Gender, and Cory Pearman. Be sure to read all six sections!

Collaborative Reading Teams share reading the following articles:

• A Remarkable Transformation It took time, teacher buy-in, and technology, but this urban school district in New Jersey has gone from dismal to dazzling.
• A Passion for Projects Transforming Education through Project-based learning.
  
  
• Broad and Deep: Creating Change Through Technology
• Start with a Pyramid An article on Seymour Papert and his work with kids.
  
  
• Counting on Computers: In Chicago, technology is an integral part of school reform
• The Next Step Now That Schools Have Technology, It's Time to Let Technology Transform Schooling

More information on transforming education for those wishing deeper understanding:

• Wired Schools: It Takes a Village
• Learning Together Teachers and Students Tackle new Technologies Side by Side
• Learning With Confidence: Encouraging Risk and Failure in Learning
• Rural Washington Students Connect with the World

Day 6: The Internet: Surfing Safety

All students read the following article:

• Safe Passage: Teaching Kids to be Safe and Responsible Online

Collaborative Reading Teams share reading the following articles:

• The CyberPilot's License -Ethical use of Web and online learning environments
• To Filter or Not to Filter: The Role of Public Librarians in Determining Internet Access Read all eight sections
• Child Safety on the Information Highway by Lawrence J. Magid

Day 7: Information Literacy

All students skim the following article:

• Teaching Information Literacy: Tips and Resources
• Media Literacy Check out this Lesson by Valerie Naish starring our former Cactus Interns!!!!

Collaborative Reading Teams share reading the following articles:

• The Web -- Teaching Zack to Think A Great Article by Alan November
• Fact or Folly: Authenticating Online Information
• Building Information Literacy: Strategies for Developing Informed Decision Makers and Independent Lifelong Learners. Read through all six sections.
  

Day 8: Equity Issues

All students skim the following article:

• Caught in the Digital Divide
  As record numbers of Americans go online, the gap between those who have access to technology and those who don't may be widening. Education World looks at the digital divide and what it means to educators.
  

Collaborative Reading Teams share reading the following articles:

• The Digital Divide: Where We Are Today
• Recent Reports on the Digital Divide
• Community Technology Centers: A National Movement to Close the Digital Divide
  

Day 9: Building Global Learning Communities AND School Web Sites

All students skim the following article:

• An Internet Tour of Your School by Rosemary Shaw. Be sure to view the tours! (You MUST create an account to see this article. It's free. Write down your logon and password for future use!) Click on Printable Version for easier readability!

Collaborative Reading Teams share reading the following articles on Global Learning Communities:  

• The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education Collaborative Projects Read through several projects to get a flavor for global learning communities
• A Collaborative Intergenerational Project
• TERC Projects Read through several projects to get a flavor for global learning communities

Collaborative Reading Teams share reading the following articles on School Web Sites:  

• Share the Pride: Create a School Web Site
• Creating School Web Pages
  
  
  
• Building a School Web Site. If you're serious about creating an effective web site, read this book online!
• Making a School Web Site - Read the seven steps one school went through in the creating and posting of their Web site
  
  
  
• Designing School Web Sites to Deliver
• How to Plan Your School's Web Site
  

Day 10: Evaluating Web Sites AND Standards

Collaborative Reading Teams share reading the following articles on Evaluating Web Sites:  

• Yahoolagan's Evaluating Web Sites: Are Sites Accessible, Accurate, Appropriate, and Appealing.
• Kathy Schrock: The ABCs of Web Site Evaluation - A PDF document
• John Hopkins University: Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
  

All students read the following article on Standards:

• Implementing the Standards into Projects

All students use the following links to Standards as needed:

• Arizona Technology Standards for K-12 Students
• ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Students
• ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers

Day 11: Evaluating the Impact of Technology on Teaching and Learning

All students read the following articles:

• Lead, Don't Lecture
• Transforming Learning with Technology
  Follow the link to Teacher, then read each of the six subsections entitled "Things You Can Do."

Collaborative Reading Teams share reading the following articles:

• Laptops on Expedition
• Raising Student Achievement with Technology
• Making Good Change Happen

Day 12: Final Thoughts

All students read the following article:

• How Do Teachers Become Tech Wizards? by Rosemary Shaw

Optional Readings

• Technology and Social Change
  
  
• Email Activities in a Bilingual Writing Class
  
  
• School Renewal Online One-Stop-Shopping for School Improvement
  
  
• Being Digital Learners What happens when MIT and Boston school kids get together. Old, but still appropriate.
  
  
• Simple Methods of Integrating Technology into Primary Classrooms
  
  
• Mainstreaming Exceptional Students into Technology Classrooms
  
  
• The Bilingual Technologist
  
  
• Myths and Realities about Technology in K-12 Schools
  
  
• K-12 Videoconferencing
  
  
• Online Education
  
  
• Practices Evident in Good Models of Teaching with Technology (GMOTT)
  
  
• Learning and Teaching Information Technology--Computer Skills in Context
  
  
• One Laptop Per Child
  
  
• Strategies and Applications for the One Computer Classroom