Welcome to the Touro Masters in Education Classes

Welcome to the Touro Masters in Education Classes – Benicia Cohort An overview

Which I like to refer to as… • Benicia del Touro

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Hours of Operation • Carnegie hours are. 50 minutes • 45 Carnegie hours = one sanctioned college course • Homework doesn’t count; lunch breaks don’t count • If I’m on the job, even if you’re on a break, that counts • If we do class-centric online work from home, that counts. That is the definition of HYBRID

Prototype of non-hybrid class • 250 minutes per class meeting; 4 hours, 10 minutes for 9 weeks. • 4 p. m. to 8: 10 p. m. PLUS mandatory ½ hour lunch = 4 p. m. to 8: 40 p. m. • Plus 2 15 -minute breaks = 9: 10

Our hybrid class • Hybrid time will be approximately 1 hour per class, (end 8: 10 p. m. ) • however… • We are going to meet for only 8 weeks, not nine • Thus we have 1 class period (250 minutes, or 5 Carnegie hours) to add to HYBRID TIME to pay off wk 9

Our hybrid class • 250 min x 8 = 2, 000 minutes / 180 hybrid min. = 11. 11 min per class • 8: 10 + 11. 11 min = Now we’re at 8: 21 p. m. • So…. . How can we structure our time to leave at 8 p. m. ? ?

Our 4 p. m. to 8 p. m. class • All breaks are informal and individual. You stop when you need bathroom or phone call or whatever, while I keep teaching • Thirty-minute lunch is mandatory, but I can break informally while continuing to teach. Touro says instructors’ mandatory lunch comes after 5 consecutive hours on the job. • If I take a 15 -minute lunch, and talk tech the other 15 minutes, we shave 15 minutes and we’re back to 8: 06 p. m. • Lunch is 6: 30 – 7 p. m. • 8 p. m. will mark the time when those of you who are caught up, comfortable with technology, able to work at home can leave • Those needing extra help can stay. I will stay after class to offer help.

Final Note • One excused absence is OK • Tardy arrivals and early departures are supposed to cost you points • Two missed classes is a Touro no-no • I have the prerogative to drop a grade after two absences, or you must do something very special and extra to appease me – And if possible make special arrangements

The Food Thing • Math lounge across the hall has tables, some utensils, and microwave if you bring your lunch • You can also go off campus and buy food

The Buddy System • Find a partner or two and agree to support each other throughout this program • Be the one to call on if a class is missed, you fall behind, you don’t understand something • Share your work, do peer reviews, collaborate on projects, team teach, and so on

Sharing email addresses • I want to post everyone’s email on a sub unlinked page of our website for us to access – NOT BUSD official email. Touro email OK • Please provide an email address you check frequently and are willing to share • Please add everyone in class to your email address book • We may do some project sharing and correspondence with the other cohorts in Vallejo, Vacaville, Fairfield – thus trading emails

Initial Skill Deficits • The intent is that this program focuses on pedagogy, learning goals, student needs, and educational research • The preference is that it does not turn into a How to Use Power. Point, Excel, Word etc. course • We WILL learn how to use much software, but in the context of building content for students or classroom management • Semester 2 class, EDU 740, is deep into software

If you have skill deficits • It is strongly advised that you seek additional workshop and training support outside of this course • I strongly, strongly recommend you buy a subscription to www. lynda. com • If several of us pooled our $$ we could get one account and take turns using it • Perhaps you can get PAR funding for workshops • You can turn to a buddy, or call on me when you need special help

This semester • EDU 710. B – Introduction to Research for Educators – Read six chapters of the textbook: take notes, turn 4 chapters of notes into presentable forms using multiple apps and websites – Read research articles; write two analysis papers – Write a Problem and Project Identification Paper • EDU 741. B – Survey of Educational Technology Understanding the 21 st Century student View and write a review of available online case studies Present to the class on a Web 2. 0 site of your choice Develop a technology-infused lesson linked to all standards and include assessment plans and rubrics – Keep a blog – Participate in online community; online collaboration – Maintain a Wiki portfolio – –

Second Semester • EDU 716. B Reading and Writing Educational Research: Special Topics – You find your own research articles that address a topic of interest – masters project focused – Write a meta-analysis of research focused on your project • EDU 740. B – Computer Applications in Education – – – – Focus on the apps and Web 2. 0 services; multimedia elements Try everything You present on some new-age tech Continued online participation Take our tech lesson plans to our classroom Address anything that didn’t fit into the fall elective Maintain portfolio

Fall 2009 Semester • EDU 795. B Seminar for MA Project/Thesis Work on thesis/project – Workshop focused toward completing masters thesis paper and project – Formal presentation to class on masters project • EDU 745. B – Creating a Web Presence and Interaction Network with Students, Parents, Peers – Create a multifaceted online presence – Introduce year-long tech-integration elements into our classes – class email, online quizzes, discussions, access to teacher – Continue with online communication – Complete our course portfolios for disk and for online sharing – Address anything that got missed, bumped, overlooked in previous classes

Moving work between school and home • HIGHLY RECOMMENDED… • GET A FLASH DRIVE AND USE IT ALWAYS. Backup everything frequently!!!!! Keep an exact backup on your home computer and also on your school Z drive if you wish. Just don’t forget which files are most recent. Also, consider an online backup service. More on that…

Touro Blackboard • If we are all set up, let’s take a tour. • If not, let’s at least see and hear about it.

Two class websites • Our home site for this course is www. mrgibbs. com/tu – This is my personal domain. This is where I will post files and links to be used in each class meeting. • Our class Wiki is http: //tubenicias. pbwiki. com • We will use the Wiki for online discussions more often than Blackboard because Wikis are free • We will upload all assignments to our own individual pages on the Wiki.

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