EED 467.4 Feb. 12, 2009

We started out by covering the PowerPoint-- Assessment Using Technology

What and why they are assessing? To let students understand where they are and what they need to work on. Checking you own performance. Don't teach poorly, or your students will perform poorly. Types of assessments--
-Pre-Assessment, find out what they know(prior knowledge), what you need to teach, ect.
-Formative Assessment--checklist-being able to check what they know and learned in the assessment, feedback. Examples, observation, guided practice, quizzes, rough draft, peer, self assessments,
-Post/Summative Assessment--conclusion, evaluation at the endpoint, ect.
-Performance Based Assessments-- authentic-real world.
-CHECK OUT the Assessment Tools on the "Assessment Using Technology" PowerPoint.

Due Today by MIDNIGHT: Organizational Database-- Competency Statement should be turned into BB under Organizational Database Competency Statement.

Check out "Say Now" under LaPrairie's Bookmarks--If you cannot access her bookmarks go to http://www.saynow.com/ : )

We discussed assignment--Technology Facilitator

-grouped by your school

-you will do a needs analysis, then you match those needs with the technology we have learned.

-Create and present Proposal

-Implement what they need and show them how to use it and how to get started.

PBwiki (Class Webpage) Grades Posted

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Obama plan would create 286,000 jobs in Texas

Includes tax credits, unemployment help, local government aid

The proposed federal economic stimulus package has ballooned to more than $900 billion as it is being debated in the U.S. Senate this week. The U.S. House last week passed its version of a stimulus bill that carried an $819 billion price tag.

The stimulus plan being touted by President Barack Obama has a goal of creating 3-4 million jobs nationwide over the next two years, nearly 286,000 of which would be in Texas. This week, the president said the plan will deliver "immediate, tangible impacts," and outlined the impact his plan would have on Texas.

In addition to creating nearly 286,000 jobs in Texas, the White House reports that the plan would:

• Provide a work pay tax cut of up to $1,000 for more than 8.1 million Texas workers and their families.
• Provide eligibility for 346,000 Texas families in the new American Opportunity Tax Credit to help make college affordable by creating a new $2,500 partially refundable tax credit for four years of college for some 346,000 Texas families.
• Provide an additional $100 per month in unemployment benefits to 677,000 Texans who have lost their jobs during the current recession and extend unemployment benefits for an additional 125,000 Texans who have been laid off from their jobs.
• Provide adequate funding for the modernization to 21st century classrooms, laboratories and libraries in nearly 1,000 Texas public schools.
• Provide funding for Texas and the remainder of the states for the largest investment increase in the country's roads, bridges and mass transit systems since the creation of the national highway system in the 1950s.

Obama has urged quick passage of the act so that more American businesses do not close and more Americans do not lose their jobs.

Source: eNewsletter: Texas Government Insider

EED 467.04 Feb. 5, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. LAPRAIRIE!!!

We talked about how to use Diigo (which is DUE: Feb 12, 2009) If you have any questions let her know.

There is a survey that you should have gotten from Dr. LaPrairie on your gmail account which needs to be completed by Sunday Feb. 8, 2009. It would be best if you can finish it before than. : )

We discussed Blooms Taxonomy from the article read for today's class. We discussed how and why you could use these in your classroom with your students.

Quick Fact: We watched a video about how to find shortcuts to search terms, and phrases on the web. For example, if you are looking for mullet it has multiple meanings, a hairstyle and a fish so if you type in the search engine mullet -hair which will take away the searches for hairstyles. If you are looking for a certain topic, put " " around it to search it directly and not each word.

We continued through the PowerPoint on-Meeting students needs: assistive technology. Check out the links on the slides; for example, Screen-o-Matic, stickam, WorldLingo, awsomehighlighter, and A.nnotate.

FINISH TECHNOLOGY SURVEY ON YOUR GMAIL!!!

Website Investigator: Will be with your partner in the feild, you will meet with your mentor and talk about how this can be used in the classroom. Then you will implement it. Look at PowerPoint and instructions on BlackBoard.

Have a wonderful day!!!