Due Dates (CST) |
Assignments |
Wed Feb 3
6:00 PM |
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Sun Feb 7
Midnight |
- Submit Technical
Self Evaluation Form.
- Submit Engaged
Learning Evaluation Form.
- Submit Participant
Information Form.
- Subscribe to course electronic mailing list by sending mail to
mailserv@fnal.gov
with blank subject and message body of
subscribe ed-lincon4
AOL users must fill in something for subject. It doesn't matter what. Use
these Listserv
Instructions if you need help.
- Read the Using
COW web pages.
- Post a message in the Topic: Administrivia, Conversation: Getting
to Know You using the Web
Conferencing program (COW),
Change your COW password, and
Fill in your User Profile.
- Post a message in the Topic: Adminstrivia, Conversation:
Your Spring Break Dates using the COW
- Post a message in the Topic: Administrivia, Conversation: Individual
and Group Work Times using the COW
- Post a message in the Topic: Reflections, Conversation: Best Hopes using the COW
- Browse through the existing topics and conversations in COW. (You do not need to read all the Spring Break and Work Time postings).
- Read about the
Education and Technology project simulation you will be participating
in over the next week.
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Sun Feb 14
Midnight |
- Post your presentation on your selected issue for the
Education and Technology project in the
COW Topic:
Ed / Tech Project Presentations. Include a few links (URLs)
for useful related resources. Also include first-hand information
about how the issue is handled in your district and how it is handled in
one or more of your colleagues' districts.
Start a new conversation for your presentation in COW.
You can work with
your team or with other partners in the course. One posting per
project group is all that is needed. We suggest you write your post in a
text editor first and then copy and paste it into the COW.
As you are working, post in the COW Topic:
Ed / Tech Project Collaboration to get input from participants
in other districts or to get partners who are interested in the same issue
you are interested in. Also, if you like, you can schedule to chat with other
participants to get their input. Use the Internet to find out recent information
about your issue and/or to contact an expert for an opinion.
- Respond to two other groups in COW
in the Topic: Ed / Tech Project Collaboration during the week to give them
input for their projects.
- After the chat, read the first 20 pages of Plugging In.
This is the yellow booklet you received in the U.S. mail.
The first 20 pages is the first 2 sections which are
- Introduction
- New Times Demand
New Ways of Learning.
- Read these three web pages before the next chat.
These will be discussed during the chat.
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Proposal Activity 1
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Proposal Activity 2
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Proposal Activity 3
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Sun Feb 21
Midnight |
- Post a message in the COW
Topic: Reflections,
Conversation: Technology-Supported Engaged Learning 1.
- Read these three web pages. (You can read these pages straight through.
It is not assigned to follow and read the links.)
- Post a first draft of two project proposals in the
COW
Topic: Proposals. Create one new conversation and post both of your
project proposals to that one new conversation.
The proposals should be about different topics.
The proposals should be short: about one half page in length.
We suggest you write your post in a text editor first
and then copy and paste it into the COW.
One posting per group working on the same project is all that is needed.
You do not need to include rationale or state goals in your proposals.
Please do provide the learner outcomes though. Be ready to share your
proposals and provide feedback for your colleagues proposals in the next chat.
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Sun Feb 28
Midnight |
- Post a message in the COW
Topic: Reflections,
Conversation: Proposals - WOWs.
- Post a second draft of your two project proposals or new proposals
in the COW based on
feedback and ideas from your colleagues and your facilitator. Post in
Topic: Proposals. Use the same conversation you created last week
and post both of your new draft project proposals to that one conversation.
- Read the
Project Design Guide. (You can read the page straight through.
It is not assigned to follow and read the links.)
- Browse through the hard copy of the
100% Recycling project you received
in the U.S. mail to get a better feel for what a LInC project might look like.
You don't need to read every page. Just browse to get an idea of the different
project components (presentation page, scenario for teachers, web pages for
students, and rubric for students).
- Post a message in the COW
Topic: Chat Break-Out Sessions,
Conversation: Suggest Topics for March 3 Online Chat.
Please suggest topics that will help you make progress on your project.
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Guidance for March and April Assignments
Please see the
Guidance for March and April Assignments page. This has been put on a
it's own page to shorten this assignment page.
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Sun Mar 7
Midnight |
- Turn in a proposal draft in
COW Topic: Proposals if you are working on your proposal.
Use the same conversation you have used before.
- If not, start working on a draft of one project component.
You do not have to turn this in yet.
- Learn the technical skills needed to turn in your homework assignments
in future weeks. The following are items needed to learn file transfer
so you can transfer (publish!) your project pages on the web server.
Note - The following might look like a lot, but it boils down to reading
about 12 pages and downloading 2 pieces of software.
- Read the
Guidance for March and April Assignments page.
- Read the
Getting Started Writing Web Pages tutorial.
- Read the
File and Folder Naming Guidelines.
- Download
ShockWave.
- Download
FETCH (for Mac users) or
WS_FTP (for PC users) if you do not already have one of these.
- Watch the
FTP Animations for WS_FTP (for MAC users) or Fetch (For PC users).
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Sun Mar 14
Midnight |
- Turn in a draft of one project component by using FTP to transfer your project
folder and file to the web server. The component may be in plain text or a web page.
- Select your top 2 topic choices for March 17 chat (by Tuesday) in
COW Topic:
Chat Break-out Sessions, Conversation:
Sign up for March 17 chat topics.
- Before the chat, read the
Project Rubric that will be used for grading your projects.
Bring questions or comments if you have them to the chat.
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Sun Mar 21
Midnight |
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Sun Mar 28
Midnight |
- Turn in a draft of one project component. Use FTP to transfer your work
to the web server.
- Reply by e-mail to the LInC evaluation I e-mail message.
- Select your top 3 topic choices for March 31 chat (by Tuesday) in
COW Topic:
Chat Break-out Sessions, Conversation:
Sign up for March 31 chat topics.
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Sun Apr 4
Midnight |
- Turn in a draft of one project component using FTP.
Revise other components based on feedback received.
- Read the following web pages (about 25 pages total):
- Post a message in the COW
Topic: Staff Development,
Conversation: Comments/Questions on Readings.
- Select your top 3 topic choices for April 7 chat (by Tuesday) in
COW Topic:
Chat Break-out Sessions, Conversation:
Sign up for April 7 chat topics.
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Sun Apr 11
Midnight |
- Turn in a draft of one project component using FTP.
Revise other components based on feedback received.
Be ready to present a draft of your web pages for students
to your colleagues in the Wed April 14 chat.
Use the
Project Rubric for guidance as you are creating your web pages for students.
Use the
PageMill Animations to help you. These are movie clips
that demonstrate how to do each step - mouse-click by mouse-click.
It' s like having someone there show you each step!
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Sun Apr 18
Midnight |
- Turn in a draft of one project component using FTP.
Revise other components based on feedback received.
- Take a look at these examples of student pages (from this semester)
that have a great/clear task and hook for participants that sets the
stage right away for student-directed participation in the project.
Also, the different sections they decided were needed for students
work well for each of their projects, and the navigation bar provided
makes it easy to get from place to place.
- Select your top 3 topic choices for April 21 chat
by Sunday in
COW Topic:
Chat Break-out Sessions, Conversation:
Sign up for April 21 chat topics.
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Sun Apr 25
Midnight |
- Work Time! (1 week extension)
- Select your top 3 topic choices for April 28 chat
by Monday in
COW Topic:
Chat Break-out Sessions, Conversation:
Sign up for April 28 chat topics.
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Sun May 2
Midnight |
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Sun May 9
Midnight |
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