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  1. Post Beginning Reflection, to your LiveJournal blog by Jan 27, 29 at midnight:
    Review the
    Technology Applications for All Teachers. How do you feel your skills rate according to what the state says you should know and be able to do with technology? What do you hope to work on this semester?
  2. Email an introduction to Judy Meyers at jameyers17@comcast.net with your name in the subject line. (Due Jan 27, 29) Include:
    • best contact information
    • portfolio URL
    • LiveJournal username
    • any other information you want me to know
  3. Familiarize yourself with the TEKS for your content and for technology: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/teks/index.html

  4. Identify 4 content TEKS you will use this semester to develop your technology-enhanced supports (for this purpose, one individual TEKS equals the smallest level of information, usually a number and letter, so 5A for example.) Know that later you may change your mind about these TEKS as you find lesson plans! State these 4 TEKS in your LiveJournal posting and label the posting "Content TEKS for Tech Lesson Support Projects." Be sure to explain in your own words what each TEKS is. (Due Feb 3, 5)

  5. Online Resource Collection, due Feb 3, 5. See example. (I will have a tutorial next week on how to link it to your portfolio.)
  6. Review 2-3 lesson plan examples from each of the following sites. Find two good lesson plans for your targeted content area and grade level that you would use as is or with modifications. (At least one of the two must be technology-rich.) Add them with detailed annotations to your Online Resource Collection. (Due Feb 3, 5)
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    Generic: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
    - Technology-rich:
    http://cnets.iste.org/search/s_search.html

    - or use the Marco polo Teacher Site
    http://www.marcopolo-education.org/teacher/content_index.aspx
  7. Begin working on your Website Support, due Feb 10, 12. See examples. Select an educational site and provide instructions for your students on what they will do when they access that site. Are they to read information on that site to answer questions? Are they to complete an activity? What kind of feedback will you receive from the students to show that they completed the assignment? Will they have an outline or chart to complete or written questions to answer? Will they raise their hand to let you see their results, or will they print out the results? (The educational site should not be a WebQuest. It also should not be a site where students simply print out worksheets or check answers to a homework assignment. Students should be engaged, somehow. Screen shots in the instructions are often helpful to students.)

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