October 4 class session - We will be meeting in the Carrier Library - room 301 - with Clair Clemens, College of Education Librarian Liaison

• To do:
  • Read the Planning section of the textbook which encompasses chapters 4-8. Start adding your responses to the Planning section of this WIKI
  • update your personal page(s) and continue to focus your thoughts around your research topics! Bring these thoughts to our class session on October 4 so you can make good use of our time with Claire Clemens.

October 11 class session

Update your personal page(s) to reflect your more focused topic for research. Your page should include the following elements:

1. A clear statement regarding the topic you are planning to research during the remaining time in the semester.
2. Indicate why this particular topic has specific application or interest to you as a professional educator.
3. List at least 5 sources that you have discovered that relate to this topic.
4. Include any questions or requests you have that other class participants could respond to.

We also will be reviewing PowerPoint as a possible electronic portfolio creation tool. This will be the hands-on section of our class session. Here are files we will be using in class.

October 18 - BREAK

We will not be meeting during this week. End of semester is coming though - electronic portfolios and research papers are outcomes from this semester's work. Keep plugging away...

October 18 - BREAK

We will not be meeting during this week. End of semester is coming though - electronic portfolios and research papers are outcomes from this semester's work. Keep plugging away...

To do:

• Read section III in the text (chapters 9-11) - "Meaningful Integration of Technology"
  • Contribute your thoughts on this section of the textbook
• Continue with your research topic
  • Focusing your topic
  • Gathering resources that address your topic
• Electronic portfolio planning
  • Decide on an authoring platform
  • Start organizing the elements to go into the portfolio

October 25

Regular class session meeting in conference room in Memorial Hall at 4PM

November 1

• Talk with Dr. Purcell

• Videoconference with Jim West

• Elluminate?

• https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=1100&password=M.8D5B57AD78865F815769790D328A81

• APA style

• Here are some sources for reviewing APA style writing
  • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ is a source from Purdue University library.
  • http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.aspx?doc_id=796 a source from Vanguard University
  • http://www.lib.jmu.edu/quick/Subject.asp?SubjectID=17 is the location for the handout from JMU libraries