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Monday, April 30, 2012

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Reminder: May 2, Wed. 7:30-8:30 pm: Master of Education in Educational Technology Information Session

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When: May 2, 2012, 7:30-8-30, Arizona Time

Who should attend: Prospective students, Existing Students, Alumni

The reasons to attend:
• To learn about Master in Educational Technology
• To learn about its 30 credit hours curriculum
• To learn about new 7-week course format
• To learn about learning strategies for 7-week course format

If you have questions that would like to be answered during the open house, you can submit your question before the open house here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFNEVzdVek1aeVFIOGk3ZnVlMkx3OFE6MQ
To avoid any duplication of questions asked, you can view the questions been submitted. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewanalytics?formkey=dFNEVzdVek1aeVFIOGk3ZnVlMkx3OFE6MQ

If you know anyone who is interested in Master in Educational Technology program, please feel free to forward this message to them.

Elluminate Technical Support Questions:
For NAU folks, students can contact the STC and faculty can contact the Solution Center.
For non-NAU folks, they can start on the Blackboard Collaborate Support page.  (This is true even though we are using Elluminate.)

First Time Users or System Configuration:
Of all four steps, Step 2 is the main one that users will need in order to configure or test their audio.

ETC Graduate Selected as Outstanding Alumni

Congratulations to Dllas McPheeters was selecte by NAU's Graduate College as an Outstanding Alumni. See: http://www2.nau.edu/gradcol/enews/2012April/McPh.html

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

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Are you a gamification wizard? Play the game.
http://theelearningcoach.com/reviews/gamification-of-learning/

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Friday, April 27, 2012

Free Registration: National Rural Education Technology Summit 2.0

Registration for the National Rural Education Technology Summit 2.0 is now open!

The U.S. Department of Education is sponsoring this virtual conference designed to provide examples of how technology is being used to overcome the challenges of distance to increase learning for students and educators. Come and see demonstrations of technology that can be used in the classroom and ideas for professional development. Log-in with a group of your students or individually to join classroom activities that can be done at your school, find out more about broadband Internet availability, and participate in professional development sessions.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

New Ebook - Mobile Learning : A Quick Start Guide


Mobile Learning : A Quick Start Guide
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This is a quick alert to inform you that a new eBook called 'Mobile Learning:A Quick Start Guide' has been uploaded on our website. This eBook is meant for training departments still unsure about when to use‚ how to design‚ develop and implement mLearning in a way that works for their organizations. Please find below the direct link of the study:



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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

UPDATE: Unit Presentation on Nabble

We will move our unit presentations to Nabble rather than on Diigo, sue to ETC647 Diigo was compromised. Each receive 3 questions from the instructor. Be sure to respond them comprehensively. 

Master of Education in Educational Technology Information Session

When: May 2, 2012, 7:30-8-30, Arizona Time

Who should attend: Prospective students, Existing Students, Alumni

The reasons to attend:
• To learn about Master in Educational Technology
• To learn about its 30 credit hours curriculum
• To learn about new 7-week course format
• To learn about learning strategies for 7-week course format

If you have questions that would like to be answered during the open house, you can submit your question before the open house here:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFNEVzdVek1aeVFIOGk3ZnVlMkx3OFE6MQ
To avoid any duplication of questions asked, you can view the questions been submitted. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewanalytics?formkey=dFNEVzdVek1aeVFIOGk3ZnVlMkx3OFE6MQ

If you know anyone who is interested in Master in Educational Technology program, please feel free to forward this message to them.

Elluminate Technical Support Questions:
For NAU folks, students can contact the STC and faculty can contact the Solution Center.
For non-NAU folks, they can start on the Blackboard Collaborate Support page.  (This is true even though we are using Elluminate.)

First Time Users or System Configuration:
Of all four steps, Step 2 is the main one that users will need in order to configure or test their audio.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Lesson 7 Highlight 4/23-05/06

Lesson Discussions (2 points)
  • NabbleVista discussion board.
  • Moderator: Group 7

Participate course evaluations.
04/25, Wednesday
  • Google Docs-32Due: Group 6's Lesson 6 discussion grade sheet
05/06, Sunday
  • Due: Lesson 7 discussions : At least four postings to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. Respond to ALL Key questions.
  • Diigo-32 Google Docs-32Assignment 9: Peer Evaluation on Network Learning Unit
  • Diigo-32 Assignment 10: Unit Discussions

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Grade Book Consolidation

It is a good time to check your BBLearn grade book to ensure the grades you received are correct. So far the grades for the Lesson Discussion 1-5 & Assignment 1-6 are posted. Questions? Contact me my Sunday 4/22; otherwise, it is assumed you agree the grades you received. 

Undergraduate/Graduate Research Symposium, Thursday 4/26, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Upper Lobby

We are preparing for the spring COE Research Symposium next Thursday, April 26, 2012, 10am-2pm. Students are welcome to present on research they are conducting or have completed. We will set tables up in the hallway and invite you all to come visit the tables. We will serve refreshments at 11:30. Students, if they are interested to present, can plan to come any time between 10am-2pm. They will have a table for their presentation (encourage them to bring computers or posters, if they have them). If you have students that are interested to participate, please have them write me with a title and how they would like their name to appear on the program.  If your students cannot participate as presenters, please encourage them to attend. We hope to see you all there!

 

Larry Gallagher

Associate Dean

College of Education

Northern Arizona University

(928) 523-5083
Lawrence.Gallagher@nau.edu

 

Tonight: 1-1 Elluminate with Chih, 4/18, 7-8 pm (Optional)

Need any support from the instructor?  Please come to Elluminate with Chih's session. Be sure to sign up since it is 1-1 session.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Thursday, April 12, 2012

A6 Networking Training Grades & Feedback Posted

See Google Docs & BBLearn grade book for the details.

Teachers Needed in Benson, Arizona

The Benson School District is now accepting applications for the 2012-13 school year. The following areas are in demand and teachers will be hired for:

 

·         High school Graphic/Art/CTE Teachers.

·         Middle School/High School Band & Choir teachers.

·         Special Education Teachers.

·         Grades K-6 Teachers.

·         High School Math & Science Teachers.

·         High School English Teachers.

 

Arizona Teacher Certification Required.

Start Date is:   July 18, 2012.

Applications Available At:  www.bensonsd.k12.az.us  .

 

 

Benson, Arizona is located in Cochise County, with an elevation of 3,575 feet. It is a thriving community approximately 45 miles east of Tucson. It its early history, Benson was an important shipping point for mines to the south. It was founded as a rail terminal for the area, and still serves as such. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,934. The city was founded in 1880 when the Southern Pacific Railroad came through. It was named after Judge William B. Benson, a friend of Charles Crocker, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Southern Pacific, coming overland from California, chose the Benson site to cross the San Pedro River. Benson then served as a rail junction point to obtain ore and refined metal by wagon, in turn shipping rail freight back to the mines at Tombstone, Fairbank, Contention and Bisbee. For example, the railhead in Benson was about 25 miles from Tombstone, and was the closest rail connection to it until 1882, when a feeder line was laid from Benson to Contention City.

The railhead in Benson was founded about a mile from an older traditional wagon depot, the San Pedro River Station, run since 1871 by William Ohnesorgen. In 1878 he had erected a toll bridge over which mining supplies were transported to the new mining camps such as Fairbank and Tombstone. Two years later this bridge marked the location of the railroad bridge that became the terminal site of Benson. The city today is perhaps best known as the gateway to Kartchner Caverns State Park.

 

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,711 people, 2,084 households, and 1,346 families residing in the city. The population density was 131.9 people per square mile (50.9/km²). There were 2,822 housing units at an average density of 79.0 per square mile (30.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 89.32% White, 1.29%Native American, 0.72% Black or African American, 0.47% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 5.69% from other races, and 2.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 19.85% of the population.

There were 2,084 households out of which 18.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.72.

In the city the population was 19.5% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 18.0% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 29.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,289, and the median income for a family was $36,364. Males had a median income of $34,013 versus $18,964 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,315. About 6.2% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.1% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.

 

Transportation

Benson Airport is located 3 miles north west of the city.

Benson is served by Interstate 10 to the north, which travels directly to downtown Tucson.

It is also served by State Route 80, which has its western terminus at Interstate 10. It heads south east from the city.

Amtrak provides passenger rail service at 105 E. 4th Street; freight railroads serving Benson are the Union Pacific Railroad and the San Pedro and Southwestern Railroad.

 

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Dr. Christine Marin,  Professor Emeritus .

Grant Consultant. Chicana/o Research Collection & Archives.

Department of Archives & Special Collections.

Hayden Library.   Arizona State University.

PO Box 871006.    Tempe, AZ. 85287-1006.  (mail)

300 E. Orange Mall.  Tempe,  AZ.  85281. (delivered packages)

Christine.Marin@asu.edu 

http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives

 

Monday, April 9, 2012

Attending Spring 2012 Graduation?

Lesson 6 Highlight (04/09-04/22)

Lesson Discussions (2 points)
  • Lesson 6 Multi-dimensional Network Discussion Instructions
    Lesson 6 - ETC647Lesson 6 - ETC647 Lesson 6 - ETC647Lesson 6 - ETC647
  • Moderator: Group 6
04/11, Wednesday
  • GoogleDocsDue: Group 5's Lesson 5 discussion grade sheet
04/15, Sunday
  • Due: 1st posting period for Lesson 6 discussions : TWO or more posting, Respond to TWO KEY questions at least.Each posting should at least two tags.
  • Lesson 6 Moderators post Lesson 6 discussion question on discussion board.
04/22, Sunday
  • Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 6 discussions : TWO ore more postings: Respond to all KEY questions; Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings.
  • Assignment 7: Network Learning Unit
  • Elluminate Assignment 8: Unit Presentations
  • Wetpaint Submission Due Assignment 11: Lesson 6 Content Development (Group 6 Only)
  • Lesson 7 readings

Friday, April 6, 2012

Doctoral student's study

Dan Becker, one of C & I doctoral students, is studying Web 2.0 learning.  Please participate his questionnaire. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Miss Web 2.0 tool training sessions? See the recordings.

ETC647 Training Sessions are sponsored by ETC Community. These sessions are open for all to attend.  Fellfree to share these events with others.

Access previous recorded training sessions at: http://delicious.com/chihtu/Elluminate

1.   April 4, 2012, Wednesday 6-7 pm: Web Sharing Tools (Glogster, Museum Box, Voice Thread); Recording

2.   April 4, 2012, Wednesday 7:15-8:15 pm: iTunes University for mobile learning Recording

3.    April 5, 2012, Thursday 6-7 pm: Google Docs/Forms/Sites for network collaboration; Recording

4.     April 5, 2012, Thursday 7:15-8:15 pm: Diigo a Social Annotation Tool; Recording

An introductory guide to iPads... (whiteboardblog.co.uk)

An introductory guide to iPads for Teachers
http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2012/04/an-introductory-guide-to-ipads-for-teachers/

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Sloan's 5 Pillars of Quality Online Education
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Reminder: Tonight Network Learning Training Sessions

All training sessions can be accessed at ETC Community's virtual space on Elluminate at: ETC Virtual Space.

 

ETC647 Training Sessions are sponsored by ETC Community. These sessions are open for all to attend.  Fell free to share these events with others.

Access previous recorded training sessions at: http://delicious.com/chihtu/ETCNAU+Elluminate+recording

    • April 5, 2012, Thursday 6-7 pm: Google Docs/Forms/Sites for network collaboration
    • April 5, 2012, Thursday 7:15-8:15 pm: Diigo a Social Annotation Tool

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Congratulations! Lesson 4 Discussions TOP 3

1.     Dennis Olson

2.     Eldon Ferguson; Jimmy Hernandez

3.     Sarah Gagliardi; Michael Wolfe

Congratulations to Lesson 3 Discussion TOP 3

  1. Eldon Ferguson; Dennis Olson
  2. Laura Randolph
  3. Ty Coulter; Sarah Gagliardi; Michael Wolfe

Lesson 3 Week 2 Badges Posted

See your E-mail!

Lesson 3 Discussion Grades & Feedback Posted

See E-mail & BBLearn for the details! Questions? Contact me within 2 days!

Lesson 5 Week 2 Discussions

What is the best way to participate Diigo discussions? Log in Diigo account & visit Google Sites. You will see the comments made on the page.

Reminder: Tonight Network Learning Training Sessions

All training sessions can be accessed at ETC Community's virtual space on Elluminate at: ETC Virtual Space.

 

ETC647 Training Sessions are sponsored by ETC Community. These sessions are open for all to attend.  Fell free to share these events with others.

Access previous recorded training sessions at: http://delicious.com/chihtu/ETCNAU+Elluminate+recording

  1. April 4, 2012, Wednesday 6-7 pm: Web Sharing Tools (Glogster, Museum Box, Voice Thread)
  2. April 4, 2012, Wednesday 7:15-8:15 pm: iTunes University for mobile learning 

Monday, April 2, 2012

Unit Proposal Common Feedback

After reviewing your unit proposals, I noticed that many were unclear with ONLE/PLE instructional strategies. Below are a few notes to help you to clarify your understanding to apply right ONLE instructional strategies to support your unit

When integrating social tagging to support your ONLE, it is necessary to design an effective social tagging architecture to guide your learners to tag their learning resources.  See ETC647 Social Tagging Architecture at: http://etc647.wetpaint.com/page/Tagging+Architecture
UGC: It is more than just to have students to create learning content.  We should require other students or future students to apply these content as required or recommended readings; otherwise, it is not learning content.  It would be just learning resources since we do not engage other learners in more interactive learning with these learning content created by the peers. Simply saying that requiring students to apply wiki to create content is considered as weak UGC design.
Community-Community Interaction: Generally, it is referred to at least two different communities that have opportunities to interact with one another across time ad space, particularly time.  Typical community-community interaction can be coordinated with UGC to enhance network learning, such as ETC647's Content Development or apply social tagging architecture to share learning resources with future students or using social tagging to share current students' assignment products with future students.
Social network linkage: It is more than just using social network sites, such as Facebook, Twitter etc.  The social network linkage actually refers to become friends, follow friends, or become fans etc.  Be sure your social network linkage design has right linkage design (friends, follow, and fan etc.)


You can use these common feedback to improve your final units.