Assignments

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Assignment 1

 * Due Monday by the end of class
 * Register to be part of the wiki.
 * Label your page with your name.

Assignment 2

 * Due Tuesday morning
 * Find 3 podcasts:
 * one that you could use with your students.
 * one that you would use for your own professional development.
 * one that you would listen to for pleasure or to support a hobby you have.
 * On your wiki page
 * Write a short description of each podcast
 * paste a link to each of the podcasts
 * As you find other podcasts that might be of interest to others in the class, please add them to the Finding Content Page

Assignment 3

 * Due Tuesday morning
 * Read pages 7 and 19 of the [|following article]
 * Be prepared for a group conversation.
 * Discussion**: Podcast Posted at Bit by Bit:[| LINK]

Assignment 4

 * Due Tuesday
 * Read: Dunbar, Folwell. " Teaching With Tunes: 21 Ideas for Incorporating Music Throughout the Curriculum." __TechLearning__ 1 Apr 2008 Retrieved 2 Jul 2008 
 * Write a summary on your wiki page of how one of these ideas might work in your classroom.

Optional Assignment

 * Join the webcast Women of the Web at 9PM EST
 * Go to http://edtechtalk.com/live
 * In the upper right hand corner is a channel box. Click the little speaker under Ed Tech A. This will launch iTunes so you can hear.
 * Make a user name and log into the chat room (no password required).

Assignment 5

 * Due Wednesday morning
 * Read: Prensky, Marc. "Young Minds, Fast Times: The Twenty-First-Century Digital Learner." __Edutopia Magazine__ June, 2008 Retrieved 2 Jul 2008 .
 * Be prepared for a group conversation.

Assignment 6

 * Due Wednesday
 * Create an audio file introducing yourself using one of the tools we looked at in class.
 * Put a link to it or embed it on your wiki page.

Assignment 7

 * Due Wednesday
 * Listen to the following from [|MBPN]
 * Be prepared for a group conversation.

Assignment 8

 * Due Thursday
 * Read and watch the video Ellis, Ken. "Visual Acuity: From Consumers to Critics and Creators." __Edutopia__ 13 July 2005 Retrieved 2 Jul 2008 .
 * Be prepared for a group conversation.

Assignment 9

 * Due Thursday
 * Write a summary of your idea for your final project.

Final Project

 * Due Friday
 * A lesson or small project idea that incorporates the use of podcasting or vodcating
 * it should include a collaborative component
 * Please include all the information on your wiki page (or create a new one that links from your page)
 * Include a sample of what the project might look like

Sample Projects

 * NYIT grad school projects
 * [|Sample lesson plan]
 * Other ideas
 * Book report
 * Persuasive Essay
 * Debate
 * Research Paper
 * Dramatic Reading
 * Narrative
 * News/Current events
 * Oral History
 * Critique