Week6

= Week 6: Blended & Distance Learning = toc =Part I: Watch Videos= media type="custom" key="24149350"

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= Part II: Read = Read the following Blended Learning articles:
 * Benefits of Synchronous and Asynchronous eLearning
 * Read at least one article from the ASCD Express: Blended Learning
 * (Skim) K-8 Blended Learning
 * (Skim) iNACOL Standards

After completing the readings and watching the videos, fill out the Blended & Distance Learning Assessment Form (due on **Friday, Nov. 1** by 9 a.m.).
 * Part II: Assessment **

= Part III: Tech Tools of the Week =
 * Skype: **
 * Skype in the Classroom
 * Mystery Skype & Exploring Oceans
 * Skype an Author
 * 50 Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom

**Google Hangouts:**
 * Google Hangouts
 * Google Hangouts: Education on Air

**Screencasting:**
 * Quicktime Screen Recording
 * Screencast-O-Matic

In groups of 3-4 **create a technology integration plan** for using Skype or Google Hangouts as a learning tool (see example). Think about how you could use these tools for blended/distance learning.
 * Part III: Assignment **

Link/upload your tech integration plan on your ED 325 wiki profile page (if you use Google Docs, make sure the privacy settings are changed so that I can add comments to your document). The technology integration plan is due **Friday, Nov. 1** by 9 a.m.

= Part IV: Distance Learning Activity = In subject groups of 3-4 **create an online learning module** that covers one topic, learning objective, or standard (e.g., photosynthesis or writing arguments). Post your finished learning module on your ED 325 wiki profile page (due: **Friday, Nov. 1** by 9 a.m.)

You can use this course site (add a new page), Google Sites, or any other tool to host your online learning module. The learning module can be any length as long as you feel that it provides enough information and a sufficient amount of tasks that your students would understand the content upon completing it. The course should include, at minimum, the following:
 * A video introdu cing the content (you can create the video or find a video about the content online)
 * Online resources to help students learn the content
 * Learning activities/tasks (think about asynchronous/synchronous activities)
 * Assessment (see: formative assessment ppt).


 * Resources: **
 * 10 ways to yawnproof eLearning
 * Developing Online Research Modules


 * Examples: **
 * Marine Science
 * ED PLN e-Course: Twitter
 * Publish, Not Perish: Module 1

=Homework=
 * **No blog post this week**. Instead, watch the class digital citizenship videos.
 * Read: Consumption, Creation, Curation, & Connection
 * Skim: iFiasco in LA's Schools: Why Technology Alone is Never the Answer