• Carefully read through all the content and links on this page. Then, as you need clarification, please email me.

• Revisions to Plan to use a Technology Tool and the Website Support due by midnight this Thursday.

• Organizer for technology supported teaching and learning [download the diagram in PDF] Always begin with the TEKS objective, and then start thinking about who is using the technology, where, when, how, and why--as well as how the technology component is to be developed.

• Portfolio development in NVU (linking) (See tutorials at the bottom of this page, under Resources.

• I will be in R. 327 from 3:00 until 4:50 Tuesday and Thursday. Classes will meet as scheduled, but I am there early for additional assistance to anyone who might need it.

Helpful tutorials and programs to explore:

• Take the PhotoStory Self-Tour. You'll need to download PhotoStory 3. (Free download)
•  PhotoStory tutorials
• Windows MovieMaker is also free and is automatically included in the Windows platform.

View Dr.Pierson's videos on teaching with technology:

• technology for whole group teaching (23 min.) [download the PowerPoint file]
• technology for small group teaching (23 min.) [download the PowerPoint file]
• technology for individual learning (15 min.) [download the PowerPoint file]
• technology for various locations (21 min.) [download the PowerPoint file]
• technology throughout the lesson (14 min.) [download the PowerPoint file]

1. Complete Week 8 discussion in Wikispaces. Due by midnight on Thursday, March 26.
2. You should have signed up for a group within Wikispaces for peer reviews. Check for instructions on your Wikispaces course page.
3. Peer reviews of teaching supports due through Wikispaces by midnight of Thursday, March 12 for all classes. Revised drafts due by midnight on Thursday, March 26. (These are revised dates.) Provide peer reviews in the discussion forum provided--not through email.
4. Student Learning Support draft is to be completed by March 24, 26 and uploaded to your portfolio with a  live link. Revised draft is due April 7, 9. Student Learning Support cannot be just a worksheet. See rubric and examples
5. Midterm reflection posted to Livejournal due by midnight on March 10, 12. Refer to rubric.
6. Revised Plan to Use a Technology Tool and revised Website Support due March 12. Refer to rubric.

1. Organizer for Technology Support.

2. View and use portfolio homepage templates at http://www.coe.uh.edu/courses/cuin3111/middleschool/resources-templates.htm

   OR

   view and use the sample Quest 4-8 Portfolio Example Layout.

   1. Notice the link for Quest 2 under the heading "Working Portfolio."

   2. Click on "Quest 2" and see the link to CUIN 3112.

   3. Click on "CUIN 3112." See the links for the products you will create for this course. The grayed-out text tells you what kind of information to supply. The blue links would lead the viewer straight to your product. The link to the product is what needs to be provided for your peers through email. (Peer groups will be assigned next week.)

3. Linking an external site to a web page using NVU.
4. Using WebDAV and setting up Homepage folders (7 minutes)
5. Linking portfolio files in NVU