Activities for the week of November 19th…

Quite a few interesting presentations and literatures to read and comment on. From Trish’s, to Carol, Becky’s, Ali’s and then Michael’s presentation. I have also completed the quizzes in blackboard, continued to work on my technology project for Bangor high. I am looking forward to reviewing what has been done to date with the classroom teacher and hopefully be able to present a summary on the project to the class on December 3rd. I am not sure this is going to happen anyway since a number of people beat me to the request. Let us wait and see…

Week of November 12th…

A very busy week for me in many areas of life. To my utmost surprise, I received the evaluation copy of the textbook I had requested from the publisher. This is the textbook I intended to incorporate in my technology design for high school students at Bangor High. I am excited about the book but I have to figure out how to filter the information so as to benefit the audience the most and because I have already detailed my content prior the book’s arrival, it is important that I carefully make modifications to accommodate the textbook. This is keeping me busy for the week.

Week of November 5th…

I completed quizzes on Blackboard. I read most of the literature and or tools presentatation while I commented on two of them. I was fascinated with the Quia presented in class and curious to know why the classroom teacher has to pay out of pocket for such a useful tool that is been used for her class management. I did not do too much with my technology project this week since I was still waiting to hear back from the publisher of the textbook I was looking at as a reference for the course. I will be requesting that my in-class teacher bring me her current textbook as an alternate reference for the course.

Week of October 29th..

My focus was on fine tunning my technology portfolio to refllect some of the discussions I had with the classroom teacher. I was finally able to define all the details of hands-on activities to be covered for the project which is based on Word 2003. This is the actual learning that takes place during class sessions which requires that students complete some steps and thereby learn by doing. I am in the process of also creating assessments and projects that will validate learning of the material. I decided to consult a textbook: Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2003 as a reference for my design. I contacted the publisher for an evaluation copy of the book and they needed authorization from department chair or dean. I have since contacted Dr. Hammond for this approval but I am yet to hear back from the publisher about approval or denial of the request.

Activities for week of 25th to October 1st.

The week started rather slowly but was full of activites, I have been working on fine tunning my project work which is focused on identifying, addressing, and evaluating a problem-based learning experience in a high school. Details such as objectives, activities, and goals are in advanced stage. I created my podcast assignment which demonstrates a  completing a few common tasks using Microsoft Office – Word 2007. The work will be located in my webspace at http://www.lehigh.edu/~odo206/podcast1. I also completed the quizzes on blackboard for TPCK and “digital divide and disconnect”. I plan to comment on some of my course mate’s blog as they become available.