Thursday, February 9, 2012
class 2 assignment
Technology Fundraising Blog
SCENARIO: Your school's Faculty Technology Committee wants to recruit the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) to help with fundraising efforts for more computers and technology in the classrooms. However, not all the parents believe that technology enhances learning; many parents see their children "goofing" around with technology and feel that school should focus on more traditional methods of teaching.
The Faculty Technology Committee has decided to use blogs to get the parents involved in an on-going dialogue about technology integration in the classrooms. Since parents can read and respond to the teachers' blogs, it is hoped that a discussion about this topic will encourage parents to get involved in the fundraising activities as well as understand how technology can enhance learning.
Each teacher in the school must create a fundraising blog for the parents of his/her students. This is not a blog from the Faculty Technology Committee or from the school in general; it is a blog from each teacher to his/her students' parents. This is a blog from your classroom.
View this quick video about blogs: Blogs in Plain English
Assignment Instructions
1. Write a "fundraising blog" from you to your students' parents. See "Instructions for the Blog Contents" below.
2. Cite any information you use from your textbook or other sources in quotations, paraphrases or summaries with APA in-text citations and list the source(s) in an APA Reference list at the end of your blog.
3. Set up your blog on Blogger and post your "fundraising blog" on Blogger.
4. Once you post your blog, copy/paste it into a Word document, and submit it as an attachment in the drop box for this assignment. (Note: We must have a copy of all assignments in the drop box, especially for assignments that are completed on websites outside of the e-College classroom.)
5. Post the URL for your blog on the "Post Blog URL" discussion board. (See How to Copy/Paste URL into Discussion Board Message Tutorial.)
6. Note: Viewers tend not to read large chunks of text, so use small paragraphs, subtitles and bullet points to create a more visually appealing read.
7. All URL (web links) should be the name of the website or article, not the URL itself. See the Hyperlinking Tutorial.
Instructions for the Blog Contents
1. Paragraph 1: Introductory paragraph welcomes parents to the blog and informs them about the PTA's fundraising efforts and encourages parents to get involved. Do not ask the parents for money; ask them to get involved in the fundraising efforts.
2. Paragraph 2: Acknowledge the parents' concerns about technology use in the classroom (they don't think technology has validity because they only see their kids playing games on the computer, etc.). Briefly explain why students need technology in school to enhance learning and to be prepared for their future careers.
3. Paragraph 3: Choose two types of technology you want to get for your classroom (wish list) and provide a web link to information about them. Briefly explain one lesson activity for each technology that your students would do in your classroom if they had these technologies. Explain how the use of these technologies enhances student learning.
4. Paragraph 4: Concluding paragraph sums up the blog's message and encourages parents to get involved. Let them know they can post comments and questions on the blog to encourage discussion about this topic.
5. References should be listed at the bottom of your post.
6. Post this disclaimer at the bottom of your blog: DISCLAIMER: This blog is an assignment for an educational technology course at National University. It is not a real fundraising blog.
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