Agenda


 * July 19 **

Why use technology in the classroom?


 * Complete technology survey
 * View YouTube videos and participate in online discussion
 * View //Wikis in Plain English// and begin to build classroom wikis
 * Homework: Read //Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants// by Marc Prensky and participate in the online discussion

** July 20 **

Using Technology to Collaborate


 * Discuss //Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants//
 * Continue building classroom wikis
 * Word clouds
 * Embedding
 * YouTube
 * Google Calendar
 * Scribd


 * Homework: Find an online article that discusses digital writing and post the link to the Milwaukee Writing Project wiki. Include a brief summary with your post.

**July 21**

Using Technology to Discuss
 * Discuss articles posted to site
 * Explore Google Docs
 * Learn about blogging in the writing classroom
 * Set up classroom blogs
 * Homework: Find a video that explores the use of blogs in the classroom and post it to the Milwaukee Writing Project wiki. Include a brief summary with your post.

** July 22 **

What's out there for me? Links to helpful Internet resources. This is just the tip of the iceberg - never stop exploring.