June+9

toc **June 9th (Ellen & Luisa)**

=** Class Agenda **= 1. Questions 2. Discussion of Class Wiki Home and June 2 pages 3. Discussion of Wiki research article 4. How to reorder pages in a Wiki 5. Activity (screen-o-matic.com) 6. Using the Library first 7. Choose your research topic on [|Forum]

=**Wiki Research Article Comments**=
 * Amy** - It taught about Wiki while teaching about steps of research
 * Greg** - Info used in appropriate manner - beneficial if instructor uses it correctly - it can be a powerful teaching tool - good way to open up lines of communication and generate more interest in subject matter
 * Glenn** - Wiki seems to be more effective than forum... wonders why that is
 * Andrew** - Wiki promotes higher order thinking- it allows for synthesis, creation, and evaluation of information
 * Dr. Sponder** - You can post to discussions on pages - Wiki are group collaberative projects - it isa cognitive level deeper, not just reading and responding also changing and editing
 * Ellen** - Wiki would work well with accountability
 * Andrew** - Could be used for Science Lab accountability
 * Glenn** - Students who are introverts have a chance to express perspective
 * Andrew** - It talks about results of research - it is pointless to have research without control group
 * Gerry** - It seems to be a socially desirable essay - essays try to persuade you
 * Luisa** - Conclusions state use of Wiki improving learning outcomes is still under advisement
 * Charlotte** - Future studies should be done in countries other than the US - also a study using rural and urban schools

=**Organizing a Wiki**= How to reorganize pages on the Wiki - June 9th class [|Screencapture] Additional information about reorganizing pages on the Wiki [] Strategies for Organizing a Wiki - [|Click Here]

Effective WIKI (used by a few major corporations): Glenn
= **Screencast-o-matic links:** =

[|Alan] [|Amy B.] Andrew [|Charlotte] Dan [|Ellen] Gerry [|Gina] [|Glenn] Greg [|Kara] [|Luisa] Rose Dr. Sponder's overview


 * Tutorial video clip on how to use screencast-o-matic:**

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Greg

=[|Glitch Screencast-o-matic]= RE: Andrew and Kara's glitch that we are having. Please view the screencast-o-matic that I made to reorganize pages to show the problem that we are having, and maybe someone can help us figure it out.

Andrew, when that happens there are a couple of ways to alleviate that. First, reboot the computer and start again. Sometimes when you don't have enough free memory you won't get a good copy and paste response. Next, go to a different page and try to copy and paste a URL there. Sometimes a page will be edited at the same time and that will the pasting activity. As a rule, if you have a problem isolate it by going to a vanilla context and trying it there.

=ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center=
 * Important Information:**
 * free
 * online digital library of education research and information
 * sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education
 * provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research

**Final Project Question**
 * Amy**: Do you want us to use self-recorded data, objective data or both for our final project?
 * Dr. Sponder**: I perfer self-recorded.

=**Homework**= [|• Interactive White Board (SMART) Study (week 3]) [|• Interactive Whiteboard: Boon or Bandwagon (Week 3])
 * Read:**
 * Watch:**
 * [[image:http://moodle.ccsu.edu/moodle/pix/f/web.gif link="http://moodle.ccsu.edu/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?id=15794"]] [|(Screen-o-Matic Tutorial) Interactive Whiteboard Study of Student Motivation in Math Classes] [| file]
 * [[image:http://moodle.ccsu.edu/moodle/pix/f/web.gif link="http://moodle.ccsu.edu/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?id=15795"]] [|(Screen-o-Matic Tutorial) Interactive Whiteboard Boon or Boondoggle] [| file]

- an activity for you own class or subject either using the SMART Notebook (previously downloaded) or create a lesson plan using the SMART Board. Link your activity to one or more of the research studies cited in either of the studies. Post that to a new IWB page you will make for your website.
 * Create: **

- a research review topic and post it to the EDT 598 Activity Forum under that topic. Don't choose anything we are studying in class. Don't choose anything someone else is writing about. However, if one person chooses XYZ in Math then someone can choose XYZ is Language Arts and that will be okay.
 * Choose:**

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=Class Recording=

=**Additional Resources**= [|PowerPoint Presentation Tips] I found this to be a great site for tips on how to create a good PowerPoint for educators from the University of Central Florida. (Luisa)

ellenmcadam@yahoo.com lwilson@essex.k12.ct.us