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Mandatory Activities

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Each student is considered a member of a team. You are to be a contributing member because team work and collaboration are important components of this class.

Participation in this course is broken down into several requirements for successful completion of the course:

• Have Fun.
• Fill out the Questionnaire and submit it before the first week of class. (See A Community) Failure to submit a questionnaire by the first week of class may result in your being dropped from the course to make room for others.
• Check your E-mail and Blackboard (Bb) at least once a day.
• Regularly participate and share material with the class.
• Activate your SUNYSB E-mail address and web page on the University server for your work. We have established new E-mail accounts and a default password for all students enrolled in this course by the first week of the course - see the roster page for your status. Work can be posted to your own (Please send me the url if you choose this option.)or school server but you cannot use the services of commercially available servers. i.e., AOL, Homestead, etc.
• Purchase the required text and consider the recommended texts:

• Required:
  Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., Cocking, R.R. (Eds.). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School. Washington D.C. National Academy Press. [ISBN 0-309-07036-8]. Available online at http://www.nap.edu/books/0309070368/html/index.html

Subscribe to the following free publications ASAP:

Syllabus - New Dimensions in Educational Technology - free subscription at http://www.syllabus.com.

The Journal - Technological Horizons In Education - free subscription at http://www.thejournal.com

• Recommended:

Gee, Paul James. What Video Games Have To Teach Us About Learning And Literacy. [ISBN 1-40396-169-7]Palgrave Macmillan. N.Y. 2003.

Jonassen, Peck, Wilson. Learning to Solve Problems with Technol.ogy. A Constructivist Perspective. Prentice Hall, 2003.

Stilgoe, John. Outside Lies Magic. [ISBN 0802713408] Walker & Co., 2003

• Review weekly Blackboard (Bb) postings and comment on the work (projects) of others in the class
• Read the required text.
• Collaborate with colleagues: review each other's projects both in and out of your respective teams.
• Notify class when posting a project to your webfolio
• Four (4) Practical Assignemnts employing the constructivist principles posited in the required text.
• Thirteen (13) Discussion responses
• Regularly upload projects your web site reflecting your travels and knowledge acquisition in cyberspace.
• Throughout the semester you must demonstrate, through your practical projects and threaded discussion, a mastery of the material covered in the required text.
• Participation in weekly threaded E-mail discussion in Blackboard (Bb)
• Did I mention fun?