Lesson+Plan+Book

//Computer Lab Days (x3) Oct 18th, Oct 26th, Dec 6th //

//Intro to Guided Study//

//Memory// (Frequency not Duration) //Organization// (Time and your mind's eye) //Study Spaces// (Ergonomics of Individual Needs...surface, light, sound, setting, etc) //Note taking// - two lessons (developing a personal shorthand and indent notation)

//Learning Styles// (Five Senses for Learning) //Multiple Intelligences// - three lessons (IQ and Education, Howard Gardner & the 8 Intelligences, Ken Robinson video and discussion of "boxes" for intelligence.)

//Intro to Ed Tech// (The Internet R Belong to Us? What do you do with technology?) //Introduction to the Class Wiki// //Copyright, Educational Fair Use, and Creative Commons// (Intellectual Property and the "Free" Web) //Websites, Blogs, and Wikis (//How the internet has evolved and purposes for each.)

Curating the Web //RSS Feeds and Readers// //Social Bookmarking//

Web 2.0 = Social Collaboration //Social Networking (Nov 10th) // //Social Media and Marketing...//(from grass roots to corporate mainstay)

Web 2.0 = Apps //Online Word Processors// (Nov 17th) // Whiteboards and Graphic Organizers // (Nov 29th) //File Sharing// (Ways, means, apps, and file sizes.) (Dec 1st) //Screen Casting// (Screen Capture goes Video) (Dec 6th) //The Open Source Movement// (Free apps and software for every occasion)

++Holiday Break Prep++
Review of Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences for Profile Creation. (Dec 13th) Game Day! (Dec 16th) ++

Web 2.0 = Multimedia
//Multimedia Creation and Sharing// (Presentation Software Online) Jan 5th //Photo and Image Editing Jan 10th // //Podcasting & Vodcasting// (Creation, Editing, and Distribution) Jan 12th, Jan 17th //Audio and Video Streaming// (Live Streaming Media -Public Services) Jan 19th //VOIP and Video Conferencing// (Live and "Private") Jan 23rd

SECOND SEMESTER Review Basics.... Memory Feb 2nd , Multiple Intelligences Feb 7th , Copyright and Creative Commons Feb 9th , Intro to Tech in Study Skills & Web 2.0 Defined Feb 16th

//Privacy and Digital Footprints// (Identity on the Web) Feb 14th //Web 3.0// (Augmented Reality and Digital Worlds) Feb 23rd (Web 3.0 & Virtual Worlds) Feb 28th (Augmented Reality) Introduction to Writing in Second Semester Study Skills March 1 ACT and MME March 6, 8, and 13th Pre-writing: Organizers, Outlines, and Brainstorms, oh my. March 15th Freewriting (to music)....pre-writing and writer's block buster. March 20th Deconstructing the 5-paragraph Essay March 22nd The Cube: Self Reflection and Symbolism (3 levels) March 27th SPRING BREAK Rives, A Story of Mixed Emoticons Writing as Communication, and Intro to Poetry Month. April 12th Proofreading helps. Cool down, Read out loud, Peer Edit.....(the tricks the brain plays to tell us it says what we think we wrote) April 17th Proofreading/Editing Marks April 25 (Apr 24 had half day sub) Word Processing Tips (SpellCheck and drop in dictionaries, GrammarCheck and Passive Voice, and "save" gremlins.) April 26th Grammar Books, Dictionaries, and Style Guides; Tools of the Trade (SnappyWords, OWLs, Strunk and White, APA and MLA, Grammar Grrl) Research Tips (Search helps, Google Scholar, the "right" way to use Wikipedia, vetting sources) - 2 Days. College Survival Resources.....collect them now. (Creating a "digital domain"...from open source software to cloud computing with mobile devices.)

Male and Female Communication in Co-ed Classrooms. May 15th and 17th Gender and Tech??? Never got to it. Seniors Leaving...Insanity Week May 22 and 24th Social Media and Social Causes (Kiva and Microfinancing, Apopo Rats and Landmines, etc) Social Networking/ Social Gaming - Time sinks and oceans of peeps. Social Bookmarking/Curating the Web - Choose your tools.