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 * June 2 (online meeting): A-Team: Alan and Andrew**

**Agenda**
1. Questions 2. Review of Assignments 3. Discussion of e-Learning Principles 4. Activity (WallWisher "Post-its" website)

We began the meeting with getting online, taking care of audio, questions and comments. Dr. Sponder then reviewed the syllabus and course assignments. We discussed the responses due this Sunday (see class moodle: Assignments, EDT 598 Activity Forum, or Reflective Essay posted in Week One). Each week there will be questions to answer on the moodle. We will also use the Wiki to take turns creating pages about our online meetings. We can edit each others pages, and we will "pretty up" the home page. At the end of the course there will be an Action Research assignment due, and for full credit in the course we will use the research to inform our instruction and implement an action plan in our classes we teach (non-educator positions will implement an alternative plan).

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 * Questions**
 * What is the Intranet**? A: //Intranet is two or more computers hooked up together.//
 * What is meant by scrolling screens** (separating text and graphics)? A: //Screens that have information below the “fold”//
 * What does PIA stand for?** PIA stands for Pencil Assisted Instruction
 * What does Synchronous mean?** Having something happen at the same time. An example would be a live chat.
 * What does Asynchronous mean?**Having something happen at different times. An example would be a message board or a forum.

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> - See how you would make a summary of the research. > - Choose something you can use in your classroom. > - What would you use the the technology for in your classroom?
 * About Inquiry/Action Plan**
 * Think about the research we look at during the course, and create an action plan.
 * If you put it into action (in the fall) and write a report summarizing the data collected, and reflecting on the experience, you will up to 10 points for as high as an A in the course.
 * If you are NOT teaching, there will be an alternate assignment

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Content Types: Facts, Concepts, Processes, Procedures and Principles (any discussion?)
 * e-Learning Principles**

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 * Activity (WallWisher)**

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/EDT598 Using WallWisher, each participant posted at least three key ideas, questions, or comments they had based on the assigned reading: " Six Principles of Effective e-Learning: What Works and Why" by Ruth Clark. This reading can be downloaded by clicking on the link below.

Dr. Sponder asked the class what we thought the most violated rule from the article was. > > > The overall consensus on //Wall Wisher// was that it was a great educational tool! People thought it would be great for: > media type="custom" key="9666626"
 * The coherence principle was discussed as being one, and the ideas of throwing flashy bells and whistles was brought up, as well as having more facts than one person can handle in a given area. We touched upon research that the average person can only remember between 5 to 7 facts at once (less is more!) (Where does that come from? Can you link to research about this?)
 * The Redundancy principle was also seen as a popular rule which is often violated, as many people repeat information in their educational materials.
 * (For example?)
 * Exit Reviews
 * For students to ask questions
 * For students to post what they have learned
 * For teacher/parent communication

[|Ideas to Inspire - Ways to use Wallwisher]

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**Week 1 Chat Transcript**


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**Homework**
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 * Create a personal website using either [|www.yolasite.com] or [|www.wix.com] and send domains (web address) to Dr. Sponder
 * Add a feedback form (use Goggle Docs) *COMING SOON* Scroll down to the bottom to download a tutorial on how to create a google docs feedback form
 * Leave emails on your wiki pages (for contact)

**Contacts**
Alan kagan@my.ccsu.edu Andrew acucinella@wlps.org

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For future Wiki Editors, it's a good idea to write the name of the person who verbally asks a question into your notes, otherwise it's easy to forget the question and the person who asked it. I know that there were many questions that I failed to discuss in this page. I also think that it would more beneficial to summarize the meeting right away. I waited a day or two, and it became much harder to remember smaller details.
 * Recommendations**

Hopefully this will help the next editors.

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Feel free to e-mail me if any changes should be made, or if you have any comments @ kagan@my.ccsu.edu (Alan) || Top
 * ===**Google Docs Tutorial**===

**Wallwisher Embed Code**
Copy and paste this embed code into a HTML widget to add it to your Yola or Wix webpage! Top
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 * 105 classroom ideas for using Wallwisher:**

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