Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" - Due Date to be Announced

Professor Randy Pausch, Professor of Computer Science at Canegie Mellon, gave his "last lecture" on September 18, 2007. You will receive a CD with this video on it if you cannot watch the video on your computer.

I want you to watch (or listen to) the entire lecture. It lasts almost 1 1/2 hours). It is a magnificent commentary about teaching and learning. Click here for Randy Pauch's "Last Lecture" entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams."

An assignment will follow.

In addition, you may be interested in watching two videos produced by the Wall Street Journal about this lecture. The two links blow will take you to the Wall Street Journal videos. Just click the link and WAIT! You may or may not encounter a brief advertisement. Should you want to replay the videos, they can be found on the Wall Street Journal video site under the Most Popular Tab.

Click here to hear the see the first Wall Street Journal video.

Click here to hear the see the second Wall Street Journal video.

Randy Pauch's web site can be found by clicking here.

Assignment For 10/3

Practice Using Google Calendar
1. Create a Calendar for your use in this class.
2. Add two public calendars to your list of calendars.
3. Uncheck the public calendar so that it will not show.
4. Add two events to your calendar and send an invitation to these events to this email address: strange.johnedm310@gmail.com Both of these events should have a map to the location of the event.
5. Share your calendar with your partner. (Your partner has been asked to share her calendar with you).
6. Email or call me if you encounter any problems in creating and using your calendar. Here are some things to include in the email (or to be able to tell me if I talk with you).
Recheck the public calendars so the events on them are visible on the combined calendar which is what is visible on your computer screen. The following information should be kept: a)What browser were you using. If you were not using Firefox, can you repeat the problem in Firefox? b) What application (Calendar, Docs, etc.)were you using? c) What were you doing when the problem occurred? d) Did you get an error message and if so, what was it? e) What happened? f) How would you describe the problem you encountered?

A New Assignment Week 5 (9/26)

Read this article by clicking here.

In addition to the previous assignment posting to your blog for Week 5, also read this article and post your reactions to it. Do you agree with the author's position on this topic? Why or why not? How does the author's argument apply to your personal reading habits? Are you more of a watcher or listener than a reader? Is it important for students to read or do you think listening and watching are more important? What about being a teacher in which students read very little and watch and listen a lot?

Coming Events

As we continue to explore Google and its implications for and uses in education our syllabus schedule will be constantly changing. Here are some expected dates (BUT subject to change!):

Mon 9/25 - Google Search (I) Google book will be optional, not required. Google pdf book will be required (<$10)
Wed 9/27 - Google Calendar
Mon 10/1 - Foliotek, Google Talk, Google Notebook, Wikipedia cuations
Wed 10/3 - Picasa (II)- Bring Your Photos (on CD or better on USB Drive)
Mon 10/8 - Trifold Brochure (I). You must bring your storyboard. Some more on Word and DOCS
Wed 10/10 - Picasa (II) and Google Earth
Mon 10/15 - Trifold Brochures - Questions; Google Page Creator and Web Site Project Explained
Wed 10/17 - Trifold Brochure (II) DRAFT of Trifold due at end of class
Mon 10/22 - FINAL Trifold due at start of class. Record for You Tube and Podcast
Wed 10/24 - Uploading to You Tube. Using You Tube. Opportunities, Pitfalls and cautions
Mon 10/29 - Google Website (I)
Wed 10/31 - Google Website (II), Google Page Creator
Mon 11/7 - Google Spreadsheets (I)
Wed 11/9 - Google Spreadsheets (II) and Google Website
Mon 10/14 - More Website Development
Wed 11/16 - Draft Website Due at end of class
Mon 11/21 - More on Word
Wed 11/23 - Thanksgiving Holiday
Mon 11/28, Wed 11/30 and Mon 12/5 To Be Announced

Practicing DOCS - A New Assignment Due By Noon 9/26

Before 9/26 do the following:
1. Create a new document of at least three paragraphs. A SPECIAL NOTE about naming your document. Google takes your title (or the first few words of your document) as the name of your new document. We want you to RENAME your document after you have created it. To do this, under the File Tab, RENAME. use your First Name, Last Initial, DOCS Assignment for the name of your document. For example, my document would be named johnsDOCSassignment. You can rename your document BEFORE you save it or you can reopen it and Rename it at that time.
2. Make your partner a collaborator.
3. Make Mrs. Griffin and Dr. Strange viewers (use ONLY THIS SINGLE ADDRESS: strange.johnedm310@gmail.com)
4. Send an email notification to the collaborator and to the viewer.

As a Collaborator, review the document sent by your partner and make some changes.
Save changes.

Practice these things with DOCS.

1. Change font, font style (Bold, Underline, Italics), font size, font (text) color
2. Align your title as Center, one paragraph as left justified, one paragraph as right justified.
3. Use strikeout, subscript and superscript
4. Add a link to your blog.
5. Indent your first paragraph on the LEFT
6. Indent your second paragraph on the RIGHT. Make this paragraph Double Spaced You Do this Under the Style Menu / Page Settings
7. Add an image from your computer or pen drive Align LEFT
8. Add your picture from the class web site ALIGN RIGHT (http://www.johnstrange.com/edm310fall07mw Now add 2 or 4 after mw depending on the class you are in. Then /YOURLASTNAME.jpg) For example http://www.johnstrange.com/edm310fall07mw4strange.jpg
9. Create a table designed as you wish.
10. Add this sentence: The British monetary system is based on the pound. It is written with this symbol £
11. Add a Horizontal Rule at the bottom of your document (Special Character Tab)


Later you will do a table and find and replace. Click HERE for HELP with Google DOCS

OR send an email to strange.johnedm310@gmail.com OR call Dr. Strange at 251-716-3153

Writing With Multimedia

Twelve years ago I predicted that students of the future would turn from reading and writing to creating with multimedia (if they did not become just observer couch potatoes). Here is an example of what is happening today.

Are you prepared to teach in the new multimedia world?

Creating Links and Adding Pictures to A Blog

To add a link to a page we can either write the html code or use the tools that Blogger has built in. The tool to add a link looks like a link of a chain. This is a link to The Fischbowl , a blog used in training teachers in technology at the Arapahoe CO High School in Littleton, CO.

Here is a picture of the Arapahoe High School.

ACCESS

To learn about ACCESS, CLICK HERE.

ALEX

Another Blog Assignment is to review the material related to ALEX. Click Here!

Watch the Video!

One of your blog assignments is to watch the video about the growth of technology. You can find the video by CLICKING HERE