Agenda,+Handouts,+and+Pre-Training+Activity

** Using Web 2.0 Technologies to Improve Students' New Literacy Skills in Grade 6-12 Classrooms: A 6-Hour Workshop **
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 * ** Time ** ||  ** Activity/Topic **  ||  ** Outcomes **  ||
 * 15 Minutes || Overview of the workshop and pre-assessment in Google Forms || Participants understand the scope of the workshop and assess their current level of understanding of course content. ||
 * 90 minutes || Timeline review and discussion: A short history of educational technology; the emergence of Web 2.0 technologies, and the ISTE Standards (International Society for Technology in Education, 2002, 2008). || Participants will gain background knowledge to inform their work creating online learning materials. ||
 * 60 minutes || Creating videos and screen casts: making videos for your students. Demonstration and practice in using digital video and screen casting applications || Participants will be introduced to Windows Movie Maker (Microsoft, 2013) and Jing (TechSmith, 2013) and begin to create a video using either technology. ||
 * 60 minutes || Using Voicethread to create interactive lessons. || Students will be introduced to Voicethread, view examples and practice using the site. ||
 * 60 minutes || Guided practice with student commentary || Students will have time, guided by the instructor, to create their video and Voicethread and upload them to their wiki sites. As students work, they will also comment on each other’s artifacts. ||
 * 60 minutes || Via Wikispaces, students will present their artifacts to the class and receive feedback from other students and the instructor. || Participants will engage in interactive, collaborative learning, and receive feedback on their artifacts. ||
 * 15 minutes || Students will complete the workshop evaluation. || Participants will assess the workshop and self-assess their own learning. ||

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The ISTE Technology Standards for Teachers and Students:



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= = = = = Pre-Training Activity = Please take a short pre-assessment for this course. Be sure to scroll down to answer all the questions.

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