1. Ben Goodman ben@bgoodman.com 602.625.6630 Kirkland Elementary

2. Friday, December 9 1. Introduction: 20 min a. Intro all b. Review Kirkland specifics 2. Review goals of the class: 20 min 3. Review what has been done so far for KESD: 5 min 4. CyberSafety: 20 min 5. Introduce Blogs: 20 min 6. Take Literacy Test: 60 minReview goals of the classCyberSafetyIntroduce BlogsTake Literacy Test: 60 min 7. Complete blog assignment: 30 min 8. Create class blogs: 30 minComplete blog assignment 9. Introduction to wikis: 10 min 10. Create new wiki pages and fill with content: 60 min 11. Create class wikis 12. Digital Storytelling 13. Ending blog entry 14. EvaluationIntroduction to wikisDigital Storytelling

3. Class Goals In the Instructional Technology class participants will: 1. learn to use technology in new ways to teach 21 st Century skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, analysis of information and communicating about content. 2. learn to incorporate digital storytelling, blogs, wikis, podcasts and Web 2.0 tools to instruct within an instructional unit. 3. develop an instructional unit lesson plan featuring these new skills for use immediately following this class.

4. Computer Literacy Test 1. Go to http://arizonaitts.flinnovates.org 2. Select your district: Kirkland Elementary School District 3. Select your school: Kirkland Elementary School 4. Under email address, click “crate an account”. The password is “arizona”. 5. Fill in First Name, Last Name, Email and password. Click “verify”. 6. When finished and you are really logged in, proceed to “complete the inventory of Teacher Technology Skills”. 7. When finished, print a copy of your results and hand it to Ben. Would this test be appropriate for 5/6 th grades? If so, you can follow the onscreen prompts to create a class and then get students logged in to take the test.http://arizonaitts.flinnovates.org

5. December 9 January 20 Monday 1/23 February 17 ½ day Friday 2/24 March 30 Monday 4/2 April 27

6. Meeting 2: January 20, 2012 Review Wikis Blogs Web 2.0 Digital Story Telling Your Instructional Unit