Course+Syllabus

** Information about Your Professor  ** A. Nadine Davis, Professor of English Delta College http://nadinedavis.wikispaces.com Office S-33 Office Phone (989) 686-9015 Cell Phone: Please call between 9 AM and 5 PM on weekdays only or text message any time: 989-385-0041 On-Campus Office Hours: Only by appointment in the spring // Outcomes and Objectives: //[| http://www.delta.edu/catalog/outcomes.asp?CourseActionID=2795] //Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms// (2nd Edition) by Will Richardson. ISBN 978-1-4129-5972-8 (Available in the Delta Bookstore; however, it may be cheaper from Amazon.com)
 * ED 392X Advanced Internet Techniques **** Syllabus **
 * Outcomes/Objectives of the Course **
 * Required Texts **

Please download from [], // Educating the Net //// Generation // by Oblinger and Oblinger. You will need to save this to your hard drive and back it up! It is a 5.7MG file so please use the Delta network or broadband to download. **Do not try to print. It is 264 pages.** We wil be reading a number of the selections in the text, but not the entire book.

Please download //Mobile Learning Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training// by Ally. We will read the first two chapters.

Also, please download: "Boomers Gen-Xers & Millennials: Understanding the New Students" by Diane Oblinger[| http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM0342.pdf]

Occasionally, I will ask you to download other articles from the Internet. They will be listed within the course modules. The course will take place at wiki found at http://ed392x2009.wikispaces.com. To join the class, you must have an account at Wikispaces.com. To join the wiki, please go to: 1. Please go to http://www.wikispaces.com and join. **The site will send you an e-mail message that you must reply to for your membership to be approved.** 2. Please go to http://ed392X2009.wikispaces.com and request membership. I will approve your membership the next time I am online and see your request. 3. Please have your account by May 15, 2009 so we can begin immediately. If you have problems with obtaining an account, please contact me immediately at (989) 385-0041.
 * Required Technology/Accounts **
 * Joining the Wiki **


 * Joining Google **

You may already have a Google account. If you do not, you need to join Google to be able to create a Blogger account, use Gmail, and Google documents, all Web 2.0 applications that we will be using. (If you have an account you use for private correspondence, you may wish to create a separate account for this course!) To do so, please go to:

1. Please go to []. In the upper right hand corner, it will say "Sign In.''Click on that link. You will be taken to a page that says in the right hand column, Sign In toYour Account. Below that box, it says Create Your Account. 2. Choose Create Your Account and click on that password. 3. Please remember id and password; have the account by May 15, 2009 • to find assignments • to post your work • to receive personal feedback from your instructor • to discuss articles and ideas from the readings at the discussion board Each week, except for the first and last, we will explore a different type of Web 2.0 technology. You will choose one of the technologies and write a review of how you would use (or would not use) that technology category in your courses. Each week there will be ongoing discussions about the readings and the technology in order understand the implications of using Web 2.0 technology. // ** The first module will ask you to define your course goal (10 points of the 50). What is it your would like to accomplish in the course? From this module, you will design, with my guidance, your course project. Suggestions for course projects (the other 40 points) are, but not limited to: 89-95 points=A 86-88 points=A- 83-85 points=B+ 80-82 points=B 76-79 points=B- 73-75 points=C+ 70-72 points=C 67-71 points=C- 57-66 points=D 0-56 points=E
 * Where Things Are in the Course Wiki ** http://ed392x2009.wikispaces.com/
 * Home: ** On the opening page to the course,[| http://ed392x2009.wikispaces.com], you will also find all the announcements for the week. Check this page frequently throughout the course.
 * Grading **
 * I will ask each of you to please consider taking this course as a Pass/Fail option. Even as a Pass/Fail option there will specific requirements for the course. **
 * Assignments: You will use the wiki: **
 * Feedback: You will use Educator **
 * Requirements: **
 * // Technology Reviews (5 points each=15 points) //**
 * // Discussion Board (5 points for each discussion=30 points) //**
 * // Creation of Course Goal Project (50 points)
 * 1) Design a new interface for your course that does not use Educator. (wikis, blogs, social networking sites)
 * 2) Create a series of video enhancements for your course.
 * 3) Create a series of assignments that use different technologies used in the course.
 * 4) Redesign a unit or portion of an existing course to incorporate the new technologies learned.
 * 5) Keep an e-portfolio of what you are learning and how technology will affect your teaching.

=Course Policies=

Student Responsibilities
• You are expected to be an active participant in the wiki and discussion board. By active, I am expecting you check into the wiki at least three times a week to read my updated announcements, access assignments, and work on your technology reviews. You will need to post your discussion board posts on time at Educator. • You are expected to notify me of concerns, questions, and problems. • You are responsible to keep copies of your assignments. • You are responsible to obtain the course materials and textbooks. • You are expected to be punctual in posting to the discussion board and submitting assignments. The first assignment of the week is due at 11:59 PM on Tuesday; the second is due at 11:59 PM on Thursday; and the third is due at 11:59 PM on Sunday. • Late work is not accepted. The semester is much too short to extend deadlines. • You are responsible to check the course due dates. Just because I do not remind or mention to you in class a due date does not mean that something isn’t due. Just remember—Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays at 11:59 PM • You are responsible to keep copies of your assignments. • Any paper or assignment should be saved on a flash/thumb drive and backed up! • Save copies of e-mail messages sent to me or that I send you. • Save assignments I return to you. • Save copies of your notes and other drafts of your papers. • You are responsible to contact me by phone, e-mail, or during my office hours, if you have personal questions and concerns. I cannot know if you are having difficulty if you do not let me know. My cell phone number is (989) 385-0041. You may call my cell phone between 9AM and 5PM on weekdays only.

Instructor Responsibilities
• check the wiki at least three times a week to monitor student concerns. • check my e-mail at least three times a week to respond to student e-mail. I will return your e-mail messages within 24-36 hours. • provide clear explanations to students' concerns and questions. • hold every student responsible to the same rules--no exceptions for anyone as it would not be fair to others in the class to give an exception to one and not all. • return feedback on graded assignments within seven days.
 * I must **