Week 1

Topics this week include:

Why use technology?

• PowerPoint: What NetGen Students Say [pdf]

Computer-Assisted Language Learning

Language Learning Methodologies [pdf]

Technology and Language Learning [pdf]

Standards and EdPsych Foundations

• ACTFL Standards
• ISTE Standards
• Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • Intro to Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Objectives
  • Applying Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction
  • Intro to Gagne
• Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory
  • Intro to Gardner
  • The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Technology for Class management

Office Suite

• MS Office Templates Online
• Tips for Making PPT presentations
• eTraining at GSU
• Open Office [Does not open in Internet Explorer! ;- ) ]

Free software for Class Management

• Nicenet
• Tools for Educators blog
• Neevia

uLearn

• Be sure to know your uLearn login and password prior to class.
• Moodle - an open source course management program.

Intro to blogging

• 7 Things about Blogging [pdf]
  
• Wikipedia Article: Blogs
• WordPress
• Blogger
• Edublogs
  • 10 Ways to use Blogs to Teach

Working with images

• Paint
• Picasa
• Flickr

Software evaluation

• Example 1
• Example 2
• BRIDGE
• Assignment for Software Evaluation

Your colleagues’ blog URLs student-blog-urls