Some Inspiration.....
What part of this video
resonates with you? Which of these teachers tells part
of *your* story as a future teacher?
BEGINNING OF CLASS ROUTINE/PROCEDURES:
Put your phones out of sight and stowed for the duration of the flight class.
Pick up a Chromebook and a wipe to disinfect your workspace and the Chromebook in this order:
Table in front of you
Tops of your chair
Chromebook lid,
Chromebook screen
Last, Chromebook keyboard.
Follow the printed directions you have been given (also here) to log in to the Chromebook
First, with your WCU login and password (called "credentials")
Next, with your Class Gmail account you set up prior to coming to class
Open the Chrome browser and type in bit.ly/digilit to go to our web agenda for the day/week/semester
Once you have gone to the web ("bitly") agenda, click on While You Are Waiting and do the activities for that day's class. The first activity will always be to sign in for attendance using the Google Form link presented. After that, you'll explore what is offered for that day - WYAW (While You Are Waiting).
Let's hear the fabulous insights from our remaining Vintage/Digital groups!
SyllabusGame: go to www.kahoot.it and type in the game code your instructor shares with you.
Let's talk about the standards for Technology!? Yes - both at the national level and in our state.
Setting up your Google Site for the Web 2.0 Assignment Profiles You'll do this semester. We'll do this together to set up the "Shell" for your pages. Search on Google for Google Sites.
Start a new site using the plus sign, name your website something to do with this class (e.g., technology, digital literacy, tech 'n' learning, star tech, tech it out.......)
Explore the options for changing the image on the homepage
Add a text box to the homepage and tell who you are and one interesting thing about you
Add pages to your site called Web 2.0 #1, Web 2.0 #2, Web 2.0 #3, Web 2.0 #4, and Web 2.0 #5
Publish your site
WANT A CHALLENGE? Try out these options
Scroll down the options in the Insert menu and add an image carousel
Go to the Themes menu and create your own theme with custom colors and fonts you choose
When creating your pages from the Pages menu, use the submenus option to create dropdown menus