explorationsfall2015 - Course Schedule

Tentative Schedule
Note: Readings may be changed (added/deleted) and additional resources may be added as the course progresses in response to what will serve us best.
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Date	Location	Topic	Readings	Assignments Due	POW	Hashtags Used
8/24	CCEE	n/a	Getting Started with Twitter (optional and can help you get your account set up)	Open a twitter account Link to your twitter account follow everyone in class follow five The above will be done in class	n/a	#exploreliteracy #edtech
8/31	CCEE	Digital Tools in Literacy Learning Getting Connected	Connected: xi-xxi and Chapter 1 Teaching Young Readers to Navigate a Digital Story When the rules keep changing Interesting ways to use ipads in the classroom The affordances of blogs and digital video A planning cycle for integrating digital technology into literacy instruction The Skills to Pay the Bills	Blogging Starts Comments Follow five Explore five	n/a	#exploreliteracy #edtech
9/14	Online	Take Control of Your Learning	Connected: Chapters 2-3	Blogging Comments B.C. Challenge Follow five Explore five	Leigh	#exploreliteracy
9/21	Online	Social Networking in Literacy Learning	Character journaling through social networks #SocialNetworks: Making nonfiction trend in your classroom Going public: An adolescent's networked writing on fanfiction.net	Blogging Comments Explore Project Set B.C. Challenge Follow five Explore five	#Matt	#exploreliteracy
9/28	CCEE	Be a Giver	Connected: Chapter 4	Blogging Comments Follow five Explore five	1. Whitney	#exploreliteracy #connect
10/5	Online	Literacy Learning Beyond the Classroom	Lunch is gross Tomatoes, cucumbers, and salad tag; A farmer goes to school Literacy as a translocal practice: Digital multimodal literacy practices among girls resettled as refugees	Blogging Comments B.C. Challenge Follow five Explore five	1. Anna	#exploreliteracy
10/12	Online	Make an Impact	Connected: Chapter 5	Blogging Comments B.C. Challenge Follow five Explore five
10/19	CCEE	What is "Good" Writing?	Talking about and teaching writing What makes writing good Principles of effective writing instruction	Blogging Comments Follow five Explore five	1. Cara
10/26	Online	Build Your Relationships	Connected: Chapter 6	Blogging Comments B.C. Challenge Follow five Explore five	#
11/2	Online	Writing Differently in School	First do no harm Four reasons to write list articles with middle school students Freshmen and Five Hundred Words	Blogging Comments B.C. Challenge Follow five Explore five	1. Jordan
11/9	CCEE	Learning to Love Difficult Readings	Scaffolding high school students' reading of complex texts using linked text sets Learning to choose: The hidden art of the enthusiastic reader	Blogging Comments Follow five Explore five	#
11/16	Online	Unplugging	Connected: Chapter 8 & Connecting the Dots	Blogging Comments B.C. Challenge Follow five Explore five	#
11/23	CCEE	n/a	n/a	Blogging (must be posted by 12/4) Comments (must be posted by 12/4) Explore Project Presentations	n/a