Jennifer Lewis 7 13 066 27 PM SED 514 1 Sharing files Email provides an effective means of sharing many types of files note required file extension names with colleagues or students You may access your CSUN email through any web browser using www csun edu webmail Send an email message with a bcc to yourself incorporating an 1 active link 2 embedded graphic and 3 attached file lesson plan handout etc relevant to theme of your portfolio Include a screen shot of the bcc when it arrives 2 Communicating with groups Teachers must often communicate with groups of individuals e g department student club administration etc via email Using an email address book you may establish groups for quick addressing and mailing Each individual can be in be in one or more groups Using your email program s address book construct two or more groups from the master directory Provide a screen shot showing the composition of your email groups 1 Jennifer Lewis 7 13 066 27 PM SED 514 3 Communicating with colleagues via e groups Electronic newsgroups discussion groups e groups provide an asynchronous forum for teacher student discussion Discussions should be organized into clearly understood threads and moderated by the instructor The root directory should be reserved for topic headings and comments should be made in response to these topics as shown in this sample Make meaningful contributions to the newsgroup threads posted by your professor 4 Communicating with students via e groups Electronic discussion groups offer great opportunities for extended asynchronous dialog between students and teachers A teacher may start a discussion thread and require students to post their thoughts as well as comments on the postings of others Electronic discussion groups should always be moderated by the teacher TPE tip TPE 5 states that teachers ensure the active and equitable participation of all students You may wish to develop an electronic discussion group that accomplishes this TPE 5 Develop a discussion group for your class with one or more threaded discussions Include the URL of the discussion group and passcode if necessary Include a screen capture of your threaded discussion Discuss the potential benefits and concerns of electronic discussion groups in the secondary school environment http www nicenet org ICA class conf topic show cfm topic id 378631 1 Jennifer Lewis 7 13 066 27 PM SED 514 The use of electronic discussion groups in secondary classrooms can have many potential benefits It allows students to chat about daily lessons and share ideas If students have a group project to complete they can communicate with their group members in a discussion group Also if a student is having trouble completing or understanding a homework assignment someone on the discussion group might be able to assist the student Even though a discussion group has potential benefits there are some concerns For example students using the discussion group might use it to cheat or use the discussion group to chat with friends 1 Jennifer Lewis 7 13 066 27 PM SED 514 5 Synchronous group discussion Chat rooms allow multiple users to communicate at the same time This can provide teachers with data to make formative assessments For example a teacher can pose a question and give students time to form their responses When given the signal students enter their comments and instantly the teacher can receive their replies and assess their understanding TPE tip TPE 2 states that teachers use progress monitoring at key points during instruction to determine whether students are progressing adequately toward achieving the state adopted academic content standards for students You may wish to develop a moderated chat and save the log of a discussion showing how you used it to assess progress TPE 5 Log on to the class chat room and respond to questions posed by the instructor Include a screen capture of an academic question answer video or text chat session Discuss how an academic chat room can be used to achieve full participation in an interactive class discussion An academic chat room can increase class participation for multiple reasons One reason is if there are some students who do not feel comfortable talking in the classroom a chat room allows them to share their opinion without actually speaking Second during class there might be some rude students who talk while someone is speaking and a chat room allows them to avoid being interrupted Another reason is the teacher could require all students to write about the daily lesson and discuss it with classmates This allows the teacher to see who is participating and learning the curriculum 1 Jennifer Lewis 7 13 066 27 PM SED 514 6 Develop a course website Teachers develop websites to keep students and parents informed of projects homework and other assignments Develop a website by placing files in your public html folder of your U Drive Your home page should be an html document in the root directory of your public html directory and should be titled index html If you are denied access when addressing you web page from a browser you will need to change permissions TPE tip Teachers have a professional obligation to communicate with parents about their course Teachers may chose to develop course websites to foster student and parent awareness of goals assignments and schedules TPE 12 Develop a website from which students and parents can access basic information regarding you and your class Include links to all 514 assignments from this page Unless you are experienced in website development use the sample file as a template Save it as a source file html file as index html in your public html directory Open it in Dreamweaver or other html editor and make the appropriate changes Place all of your assignments in an assignment folder within your public html folder Include the following Links to all 514 assignments this is your electronic portfolio Photographs of you or your school Phone address street map and an aerial or satellite photograph of your campus Calendar showing assignments and due dates or a link to a commercial site where such information is posted Assignment descriptions Link to your electronic discussion group Start this project now and add to it as you develop resources in this course 1 Jennifer Lewis 7 13 066 27 PM SED 514 1