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6 -19-09 Okay everybody, I have the assignment template filled out and ready for you guys to look at....please know that this is just a jumping off point. Please look at this very carefully and check each frame. I want to make sure that everyone's name is right and that you agree with quotes and shots. I am not sure what we want our last phrase to be, I uput like four in there and you guys can decide if you like any of those and if not, stick some others in. Dawn, could you please site where you got thohe quotes that I used in the script and we can go from here. We all need to turn in the assignemnt in the Brighten format so once we are done making changes we can all submit the final draft! Thanks ~Jenn 6-19-09 Jenn it loooks great! Thanks for typing all that in. You may have just freed up the weekend. Do you think our info we're showing shows enough math and science to support that as our main topic? Or do we need to put in some more quotes specific to math and science? Or do we just want to go with the 21st century learner route? It doesn't matter to me. I just want to make sure we support our topic. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks! -Meredith

Jenn, thanks for all the hard work in getting that started. I'm attaching a copy that I made a couple of changes. It's sort of confusing but I like to be called by my middle name but I left everything for Lamar with my first name so I changed that and I also added my son's name. I'm good with everything so I'll go ahead and start working on the editing aspect of it and we'll just add the video and narration and other items as we collect them. Thanks! - Chris

Okay everyone. I added citations at the bottom. The book citation is duplicated for two of the quotations you picked and I couldn't locate a journal issue for the one article I found online but I think their okay. Jenn your so awesome. Thanks for your work. I'm attaching the file below for everyone. - Dawn

It looks great. I just changed a couple of grammatical things. Meredith

WOW! Thanks y'all for putting your info in! Dawn the quotes were great and just what we needed. Chris, thanks for changing your son's name, I knew we could use him but didn't know his name! Meredith, thanks for the storyboard and the jumping off point! It worked well! Do you think we could start a new page on your wiki for week two? Thanks! ~Jenn

PSA Ideas** cyber bullying web 2.0 the more you know

After reading Meredith's e-mail I like the idea her and Jenifer came up with about web 2.0 the more you know. There might be more material for this and it hasn't necessarily been done over and over like my idea of cyber bullying. I'm good with what everyone thinks. - Dawn

First of all, thank you all for allowing me to join your group. I've been thinking about what type of PSA to do all week even without a group. I'll go ahead and throw what I was thinking out to you. I had thought about doing something similar to the Math & Science PSA's we've seen lately but this one would be related to the advantages students gain from integrated technology instruction in the classroom. Just a thought, but I do love the Web 2.0 direction. - Chris (sorry, forgot to add my name)

We should come up with times that work for everyone to discuss and decide on jobs. Are there specific times that you all are available?-Meredith

We could do one about how using web 2.0 tools can or should be intergrated into all classroom disciplines?-Meredith

Chris, I really like the idea of the math and science too, could we do something with integrating technology specifically in those two areas since the United States seems to be lagging behind in both of those subject areas? Do you think we could do something that incorporated both in under 60 seconds? I say we run with that if everyone is on board? Just another thing, I will be leaving for Mexico NEXT Saturday so I will need to do my part of next weeks ASAP and sunbmit it so that I can relax on my vacation ;-) I'm ready to get this started! Thanks y'all! What do we do next???- Jennifer P.S. I have two children so it's tough to be on line before 8 p.m., can we set something up for this evening? And how do we do a storyboard on line?

 Okay here is what I'm thinking. I'll just throw out what I've been brainstorming. I'm thinking since we have 60 seconds we could just give an overall picture about where technology is headed or is already in education.

Storyboard thoughts: Shot 1: Did you know? Shot 2: Give some sort of fact about 21st century learners. There are several good quotes we could take from the book Web 2.0 New tools, New schools by Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum Shot 3: Video clip or shot of student listening or playing with ipod. Shot 3: Another fact Shot 4: Video or shot of student blogging on lap top. Shot 5: Another fact Shot 6: Another video clip or shot of student using some sort of technology Shot 7: End with some sort of cheesey saying. Now you know and knowing is half the battle. Okay maybe not that cheesey, but you get the idea.

Let me know your thoughts. -Meredith

Meredith, that sounds perfect. I think it will capture exactly what we need to portray. - CJ

Meredith, love this set up! Okay so here is my skill set...I have an okay narration voice, I can film, I can help do just about anything else...I do not edit things very well. So I guess we need to fond some stats, decide how we what to have each shot and then come up with our saying... Lets see, ideas for sayings: Technology, the road that's going (we could have backgrounds of a road on the back of each fact shot) Web 2.0, is Web you must know Technology, the wave of the future (have waves in the background)...okkay just thoughts... anyone, anyone? Meredith, Dawn, Chris...what do you guys like to do in the grand scheme of talents? Do we have someone who does eac h thing well? Jenn Great! I can find the quotes and write anything we need. Taking pictures and filming are not my best qualities, but I am teaching summer school and could film or take pictures of some of my kiddos if need be. I like the traveling with the roads idea.

Lets get this thing done! Meredith Sounds like a plan, I teach middle school science so this fits in my area. I like the storyboard, it seems to hit all the highlights and it does say we can adjust as we go if we find we need to. I think I'm a lot like Meredith. I don't mind narration, I've never done any filming and don't have much access to equipment here. Most of the technology we are doing is pretty new to me but I don't mind finding stats, writing scripts...researching facts etc. I'm good at finding things on the web not always so good at getting them into the technology (pictures, videos, etc...) but don't mind trying anything. I'm spending the summer in Florida so my days are free. Really all I have access to here is my laptop but I'm not working so I'm with you guys lets finish this. Tell me what you'd like me to start with and I can start tomorrow..... - Dawn

I'm out of school at 10:45 on most mornings. I think this week's assignment is just a basic plan. So we should be able to complete the project proposal pretty easily.  I'm fine doing the editing and filming if I need to. I have access to the equipment but we are out for summer although I have a 4th grader here at home that I could use to do some filming. I have Adobe Premiere Elements and I'm pretty comfortable with it. I can add any of the elements we need such as photos, video, and so on. I'm done with assessment writing for this week but I'll soon have to put the tests together but that really shouldn't interfere with the project. - Chris

Here's a few quotes I noted this morning. I'm not including citations yet unless we decide to use one of these. They are wordy but we could use parts if you like any. Let me know if I'm on the right track and I'll keep looking. Or I'll look in a different direction if not. Don't feel obligated, they just caught my eye when I was pocking around. Some are from the book, some are from the internet.....

"Opportunity to create a classroom without walls'

"To be literate today involves acquiring new skills, including those of using technology, understanding science, having global awareness, and most important, having the ability to keep learning."

"American households 71% have web access, Americans 13-24 spend more time online than in front of the TV. 70% of youtube users are American; roughly 50% are under 20. They communcate with friends through instant messaging, download music to their ipods & MP3 players, hang out on MySpace, surf the web, and meet friends online."

"According to NetDay 2006 American Students - 50% of Grade 12 students use the web weekly for news, sports, weather and entertainment, 51% use praphic, design, photo, video editing, music editing software; 47% conduct personal research; 43% shop" This was from the book there might be more current stats on-line I can locate.

"Preschool children are some of the fastest growing groups online"

"A 2006 American Digital Schools Survey of the top 2500 US School Districts showed 87% of schools offering one to one computing reported substantial academic imp rovement, and the districts and statesthat have one to one programs reported higher attendance rates, fewer discipline problems, and improved student writing skills.

In science, "Educators can choose to utilize web 2.0 tools and other online programs, to match students with other students around the world. Communicating and collaborating with their peers on a worldwide level helps to transition students into digital citizens, ultimately preparing them for working in a global marketplace" and become more aware of global issues/concerns." - Dawn

Great quotes! We just need to decide what we want to use and plug it into the assign  ment template. Meredith

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