Your TELE project

A few reminders:

1. Please remember that Tuesday, March 7 is the midpoint withdrawal deadline.
2. At this point I should have everyone's ASSURE Model Practice Activity -- all graded items turned in this semester will be returned to you by Thursday, March 11.
3. Your group's Digital Media Resource Packet is due Tuesday, March 7 unless you have discussed other arrangements with me.
4. A printed copy of your TELE project proposal is due Thursday, March 9 at the beginning of class. It should be typed using the format in the TELE Project handout distributed in class last Thursday.
5. You will be working on your TELE projects independently on the following dates: 3/21, 3/28, 3/30, 3/4, and 3/6. I will be available for individual appointments should you have any questions about your project during this time.

Field Trip Update
We are scheduled to go on our field trip on Thursday, March 23. You will be given a detailed agenda with driving and parking directions on Thursday, March 9. This is the tentative agenda as of this morning:

• 9:30: Arrive at Imagine It! Children's Museum of Atlanta
• 9:45: Meet with Beth Thomson - Museum Education Coordinator
• 10:30: Watch performance by Museum Imaginators
• 11:00: Tour museum
• 12:00: Lunch at CNN Center
• 2:00: Tour Georgia Aquarium
• 5:00: On your own

If you do not have an annual pass, you will need to reserve a space/purchase a ticket for the Georgia Aquarium as an individual. (We do not have enough people to purchase group tickets). Please visit the Georgia Aquarium website and purchase tickets for March 23 with an entrance reservation of 2:00-3:00. You must do this by the end of this week in order to make sure you will have a spot. If you do not have a credit card to purchase your tickets online - please let me know today and I can assist you. After purchasing your ticket online you will receive an email attachment with a barcoded ticket - you must bring this with you on March 23 in order to enter. You will also need a picture ID.

If you already have an annual pass and you are unable to make a reservation online (i.e. if you purchased your pass at the aquarium rather than online) you will be able to walk up to the ticket booth upon arrival at the aquarium to get your barcode. Please make sure to bring your annual pass with you. (This is what I was told by Guest Services - I'm going to test this out next week to make sure!)

TELE Project Proposal
Where will you be conducting your TELE project? What is the instructional problem you have identified? What technology tool(s) will you be using to solve the instructional problem?

For example: I am working with a group of 5 third graders who are having trouble remembering the components of the life cycle of a butterfly. I am going to create a set of 3 center activities related to life cycles.

1. I will be creating an introductory activity using Kidspiration where students will drag the different components into the template I've created. They will then use the Writing view to write a sentence about what is happening in each component. They will print a copy of the completed diagram to turn in.
2. I will create an online scavenger hunt using websites I found from the Marco Polo site. I'll make sure to include several sites that include interactive Flash activities. Students will complete an investigation sheet as they view websites with more information about the life cycle of a butterfly. A portion of investigation sheet will require them to draw the life cycle (they can draw it by hand or use KidPix).
3. I will create a very short PPT game (10 questions or less) that allows them to play the role of a butterfly, answering different questions related to butterflies (taken from the Kidspiration and scavenger hunt activities) in order to "win" the game.

I'll create all of the online and offline components of the learning center so that it will be visually pleasing to the 5 3rd grade students. (i.e. print out copies of the investigation sheet, decorate the area with butterfly cutouts, print out all of the game components, etc.).

I'll provide the materials to the classroom teacher and she will make them available to the 5 targeted students, as well as any other students who will be interested in working with the materials. I will leave the materials in the classroom for 7 school days and I will pick up samples of student work on the 8th day. I'll also take a few pictures of the setup of the center so I can include this in my final TELE project report.

We'll view some examples from EDIT 7500 (the graduate version of our course) during today's class.

Coming up:
Tuesday, March 7: Denise Domizi will be here to talk about informal learning environments to prepare us for our field trip
Thursday, March 9: TELE Project proposal due today. Field Trip preparation today.