May+25


 * ​​Sharing**
 * Connectivism - Does this apply to the kind of learning you are doing in this course? - Randy
 * Obama's Mistake with Technology in Ed Reform - Randy
 * Globalaria - Randy
 * The New Computer Lab - Randy
 * 21st Century Education - Randy
 * 21st Century Fluencies- Cindy
 * Preventing Teachable Moments - Randy
 * Good RSS Site Free Technology for Teachers - Jen

Understanding the Digital Generation - Discussion of Chapter 4 and 5; sharing of "added value" resources

Small Action Research Assignment - What questions do you have? See next steps below in Assignments.

Discussion - How did your RSS feed search go this week? What did you learn? Reflect on your blog post and the posts of others in the class. You will have time to read the writing of your classmates and engage in virtual dialog (comments).

Time to expand your RSS reader - commenting on the blogs of others outside of our class network. You may want to use a post such as Preventing Teachable Moments jump in to this idea of commenting.

Google Reader tips and tricks (i.e. folders)

Adding wikipages to your wiki.

** Next Meeting: Tuesday, June 1 - 4:00-7:00 PM New Topic: Sharing, Discussion of Chapters 6 and 7** **//Understanding the Digital Generation//** **, Discussion of action research assignment, Social Bookmarking**
 * Assignments for Tuesday, June 1**
 * Small Action Research Assignment - Using the questions you generated for today, interview 2-3 students you teach or know (could be relatives). These conversations can be as short as 10 minutes. Reflect on your conversations (privately or on the wiki) through the lens of the material presented in the text, //Understanding the Digital Generation//. Once you have written your reflections on your interviews, look back through your writing and try to sort out some themes. What is the story your students are telling? Were there particular questions that provided you with interesting data? For Tuesday, June 1, develop a blog post in which you present evidence from your student interviews that supports or refutes the assertions made by the authors. In class on June 1, we will attempt to synthesize //all of your responses// (maybe a Wordle) in relation to the notion that our students' brains are "wired" differently. This activity addresses three areas: (1) the inquiry process; (2) challenge our assumptions about our students; (3) provide an opportunity to collect, analyze and synthesize data focused on a topic related to our course.
 * Read Chapters 6 and 7 in //Understanding the Digital Generation// and post "added value" content to the wiki as done previously. Please visit the Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 pages and investigate the links posted by your classmates.
 * Continue to add feeds to your reader. For our June 1 class, you should have at least 24 feeds, organized in folders if appropriate. Think about ways in which your RSS reader has expanded your personal learning network (PLN). Possible questions to think about: How have you learned from the information coming to you through your reader? How might your students benefit from using RSS? What would need to change if you were to incorporate RSS into your work with your students? What other questions are you asking yourself?
 * Make connections to at least two other bloggers (in your RSS feed and outside of our class network) by posting comments. Place links to your comments on your wiki page.