Week+1

toc

**•May 29 @CCSU **
**Last update:** May 31

1. Course Introductions

2. Class wiki

3. Personal pages, pairs and social media

4. What is "research?"

5. What is action research? Teacher Action Research

6. Practice with online meeting system Webex (Tentative) and tech basics

7. Course readings, research studies, course text

8. CCSU Library -­‐ Join it. Get a PIN. Excellent for researching from home. Apps available for Smartphones, Tablets

9. Assignments and readings for week 2

... a. //Read// Clark & Mayer (2011) //eLearning and the Science of Instruction//, Chapter 3 Evidence Based Practice (posted on the resource page) ... b. //Read// Hew & Cheung (2009) //Use of Wikis in Higher Education// (posted on the resource page) ... c. //Read// Johnson (2011) //Physical and Virtual Math Manipulatives and Their Effectiveness in a Fourth Grade Classroom// (Text) ... d. Create your own wiki page with a picture and a short bio. Add your Ed Tech experience. A paragraph for each works ... e. Reflective Essay (Due June 7 on your own wiki page) See Syllabus for details ... f. Join //Facebook// or //Linkedin// (work in pairs)

**•May 31 Online **
Tech Survey

7:00-9:00 PM [] (Meeting number to be posted by 6:45)

**Note:**  If there are any glitches or problems let's just work through them and not get stuck. ......................................................

AGENDA
 * 1) Start
 * 2) Make sure everyone is on, can hear and speak
 * 3) Questions about the Syllabus, Wiki or anything else in the course
 * 4) How to work with your wiki page and social media this week. Make sure to note your partner's name on your page.
 * 5) Tech survey
 * 6) Course text related to your assignments
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Wiki research preview
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Virtual manipulatives
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Wrap up

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">•What to do for the paired assignment: **
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Join Linkedin or Facebook <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. arrange to be online with your partner once or twice and search for any of the following: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a. People doing the kind of technology you'd like to learn about <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">b. People who have written research studies that you find in the research you're reading. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Have they done any more research in that area? Any new findings. Tell them you liked their work. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tell them you really don't understand it. The purpose is to make connections and discover what is going on in the field of educational technology. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Read the research reports and be prepared to share your screens next week as we work out the bugs in the system.

**•<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">On-Campus Recordings **
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">1. Using Webex <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">media type="custom" key="18931370"

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">2. Using the wiki <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">media type="custom" key="18931410"

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">3. How the class works and the Syllabus <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">media type="custom" key="18931460"

**•<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Online Recordings **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">(substitutes for the Webex Meeting)
1. Introduction to the Wiki media type="custom" key="18967078"

2. About the Wiki Content media type="custom" key="18967088"

3. The Readings media type="custom" key="18967094"

.