Lab Orientation
EDUC W200
Fall 2008
Goals
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Introductions for instructor and students
Familiarize students with the course syllabus
Familiarize students with the structure of labs
Create and submit online accounts required
for the course
• Complete Technology Integration Survey
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Create and submit online accounts
Profile class activity
Syllabus presentation
Syllabus activity
Syllabus class discussion
Complete Technology Integration Survey
Technology Integration Survey discussion
What’s due before next lecture?
Create and submit online accounts
Create the following and submit them via the
online survey:
– Google account
– Blogging website
– Delicious account
Links to account creation pages and where to
submit accounts available through lesson plan
webpage
RSS Yourself
• RSS = Real Simple Syndication
– Update information as soon as it’s available
– Channel, subscription
– RSS Aggregater
It’s all about the Google
1. Get a Google Account
2. iGoogle
1. Blogs
(http://www.blogged.com/directory/education/k
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2. Podcasts
3. Google Pages
Five Questions
1. Where are you from?
2. What brought you to IU?
3. What content area are you interested in
teaching and why?
4. What does education technology mean to
you?
5. How do you feel about using technology?
Introduction Profile Activity
Answer the 5 questions in one or more of the
following places:
• Completely Public: Online Public Profile
(Blogger, Delicious, Google Page)
• Public to IU: Oncourse Profile
• Public to Class: Oncourse Wiki Page
• For your Instructor’s Eyes Only: Email
Link from private to public to connect the places
Syllabus Hotspots
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Course Information
Course Description
Course Goals
Expectations
Lecture & Lab Times
Instructors
Grading
Course Methods
Procedures for Course &
Instructor Evaluation
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Class Schedule
Participation
Lecture Worksheets
Lab Workouts
Artifact Proposals
Unit Tests
Final Exam
Electronic Portfolio
Teaching Technology Lab
Syllabus Workout
1. Get into pairs
2. 10 minutes: Create a syllabus quiz that:
1. Contains at least 10 short answer questions
2. Covers material from 5 different sections of the
syllabus
3. Includes your names
3. Trade quizzes with another group
4. 10 minutes: Complete the other group’s quiz
5. Submit your quiz and the quiz you completed as
an Oncourse assignment
Syllabus Discussion
• What are the top five most confusing things
about the syllabus?
• What part of the course are you the least &
most worried about?
• What do you think are the key things that a
student needs to do in order to do well in the
class?
• Where can students go to get help?
Complete Technology Integration Survey
• 30 minutes to complete survey
• If you complete survey early then start lecture
readings and worksheet
Technology Integration Discussion
1. What were the most surprising questions on
the survey?
2. What was done well on the survey?
3. What should be changed on the survey?
4. Do you think your answer to survey
questions reflects your current abilities with
respect to educational technology?