assignments

=Assignments=

**//Assignment 1 (due by session 2)//** Create an account at PDE's Standards Aligned Systems site.
 * Create a folder in your ePortfolio and entitle it IT1161 for all documents you create for this course
 * Set up an bio page that gives teacher-focused information about you (education, employment, organizational memberships, hobbies or interests)
 * Create a current events page with an introduction and table that includes at least 2 news sites
 * Organize your pages that suits the order in what you wish to present

When you have completed the web page, email the link of your page to brm@pitt.edu

Create a survey using Google docs OR survey monkey (or another site if you know it) with 10 questions related to your the favorite course selection from the survey you took today. Assume this is the first day of class and that you have the student's phone number, year of graduation, and sex. You may ask questions which you believe can help you both in the subject area as well as connecting with the student.
 * //Assignment 2 (due by session 3 - we will present session 3 and discuss)//**

When you have completed the survey, email the link to brm@pitt.edu

Select and article which you can use in a current events discussion for your class. Copy and past the article into a Word document and add 4 discussion questions for the students to answer. Find a link to a web page which gives a good overview of fair use and copyright law as it pertains to articles, books, videos, essay/prose, poem, artwork/graphic image, broadcast program. In addition, find out under copyright law under what conditions can a movie be shown in school without obtaining permission from the copyright owner.
 * //Assignment 3//** **//(due by session 5)//**

Send and email with 1) the article, 2) the link, and 3) the complete answer to the copyright regulations regarding showing movies in class.

**//Article reading and response due by Session 4://** · Identify and describe at least two points raised which you buy into as valid or important ways to integrate technology into education. · Identify and describe at least two points of concern raised (either by the authors and/or you) regarding the methods or approach presented in the article. · Explain how you may use the information in the article to help you as a teacher.

Schrum, L., Thompson, A., Maddux, C., Sprague, D., Bull, G., & Bell, L. (2007). Editorial: Research on the effectiveness of technology in schools: The roles of pedagogy and content Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], 7(1). Available:[]

Article due for session 4: Link for response

Get data for a current event that can be placed in a spreadsheet for either 1) calculating or 2) graphing. Include an assignment page with directions and either data or link to data. Please note you may have the assignment page posted as a web page online.
 * //Assignment 4//** **//(due by session 5)//**

Send an email with the spreadsheet and assignment page.

Create a web page link on your SAS site with sources for students to research an issue or topic covered in the class which you are likely to teach next year. Include with sites a brief description of each site as well as a description of a current events assignment which you could use in a classroom.
 * //Session 5 assignment (//** optional use either 4 or 5 //**assignment and due by presentation in your presentation in session 7 or 8)**//

Submit the web page(s) or link via email.

Each student will create a lesson presentation on a favorite course (or one which you know you will be teaching) that includes 3 of the following 6 items. Your classmates will play the role of students in your class. spreadsheet activity survey article web page with activity
 * //Sessions 7 or 8 PROJECT//**

//PLEASE NOTE: I will not be evaluating your alignment to standards or lesson plans, but how you incorporate technology into a lesson. Some sort of informal plan should be included with the lesson. Be prepared with any materials at the start of class (such as handouts, statistics). As each lesson presentation should be no more than 15 minutes, you are not expected to have an entire lesson completed from start- to finish. Parts of the lesson presentation may not be directly performed in your presentation but are in support of it. Please have those parts available as reference/supplement to the lesson (for example, articles, podcast link).//

**//Article reading and response due for Session 9: (required)//** · Identify and describe at least two points raised which you buy into as valid or important ways to integrate technology into education. · Identify and describe at least two points of concern raised (either by the authors and/or you) regarding the methods or approach presented in the article. · Explain how you may use the information in the article to help you as a teacher.

Hammond, T. C., & Manfra, M. M. (2009). Giving, prompting, making: Aligning technology and pedagogy within TPACK for social studies instruction. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], 9(2). Available:[]

Article due for session 9: Link for response

**//Session 9 assignment//** **//(//** optional submit either assignment 9, 10, or 11 by session 13 - you must submit one of these and notify instructor via email //**)**// Share two podcast finds that will help you keep up on current events and one which would help you teach one of your top choices of courses you'd like to teach or an actual course which you are teaching.

Link your podcast choices on an SAS page with a brief description and personal rating.

This is the last day to submit a presentation plan for sessions 13 and 14. See the note prior to session 1 and the session description below for more information.
 * //Session 12 note for project//**

//*please note that sessions 13 and 14 are individual, student-created presentations on technology which was not covered in the other parts of this course. Each student is required to present the hardware or software during one of those sessions and either show or explain how it can be used in a social studies education setting. Presentation topics will be made on a first-come, first-serve basis and are subject to prior approval by the instructor.//

Present something not covered in this course that could/would be useful in social studies education and uses computer technology. It can be a hardware or software. The presentations are designed to help expose you to more technology options as well as with in-service/IU style peer training which you may either utilize or instruct at some point in your career.
 * //Session 13 or 14 PROJECT//**