Welcome to the Touro Masters in Education Classes –

Benicia CohortAn overview

Which I like to refer to as…

•Benicia del Touro

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 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 PowerPoint, 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• EDU710.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

• EDU741.B – Survey of Educational Technology– Understanding the 21st 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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