Technical Problems

I haven't been able to open our Joomla site for two days from the front end. I did find a workaround and we can enter through the backend using

http://adventuresinclasstech.adventurelearning.info/administrator

I am going to investigate and correct the problem...think there may be too many modules loading on the Frontpage...

Artifacts for the project

I talked with some of the business teachers in the high school where I frequently sub. They said that they would be willing to show student work and discuss the process of the students using power point as a presentation and learning tool.

I will set up CamStudio (freeware), so I can record both the sound and screen as they discuss the power points. I do also have a back-up plan for gathering the artifacts. There are many possibilities for what we can both the sound and the video for.

I will also talk with people at the junior high as well.

Group Meeting Notes

Here are some of the things we talked about in class tonight. These are just rough notes...

Curriculum: Follow syllabus - pull out two technologies to build lessons around, perhaps Power Point and digital cameras

Collaboration: students can upload projects, expert chats, possibly have students form groups to chat, media available

Internet: video player with expert videos, chats, everything delivered this way!

Adventure-based: classroom management! have interviews with experts, follow the syllabus timeline for release of materials

Theoretical grounding: TPCK

Update for Feb. 18

I added a plug-in for the administrative side, but I don't think it is working too well. It is called "Joomaps" and it is supposed to provide a site map for the website, but I don't think it is what I was looking for. I am having the hardest time in visualizing how all of the administrative tools fit together with the actual site output. I guess I might actually have to get the book.

Martin has been experimenting with the layout and adding little pieces here and there. A question was brought up of which polling tool to use. I think we should try and use the Joomla tools, but if we go for outside tools, I am partial to using some of the products that Zoho has available for free. I have used the Creator for making surveys and Zoho polls for quick polling. It embeds pretty nicely.

I turned off the poll.

Content Resources...

Found some YouTube videos that might fit with our AL. If nothing else they might supplement our content. A few examples:
The perils of the teacher centered classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz2B1nNNUeY
Also, there are many videos showing innovative ways for teachers to use technology tools such as how to put powerpoint presentations on an ipod.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoqpPTeDsD4

Some site ideas

I found an interesting site that offers professional development to teachers and thought it might contain some content, media, resource possibilities for developing our AL. See Annenberg Media's Learner.org. They offer real-time classes via satellite TV and simulcast via broadband.
http://www.learner.org/index.html (home page) Check under the "channel" tab to get connected via broadand for a look at their live programming.

Getting started....

The information has been given to Aaron about the over all topic of our project through his Survey monkey link.

Our domain name will be adventuresinclasstech.adventurelearning.info.

I have some ideas for the lessons that we could present, but I will post more when they are more formulated with more of the AL parts.