Syllabus

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**Prerequisite Knowledge:**

 * Basic computer skills
 * Presentation Software
 * Internet knowledge
 * Wikis
 * Blogs
 * Digital Storytelling
 * Audacity
 * Voicethread
 * Discovery Education

**Materials Needed:**

 * Computer
 * Internet
 * Headphones

**Workshop Goals & Objectives:**
Course participants will use wikis and blogs in their classroom in ways that advance thinking, decision-making, communication, and learning by:
 * 1) Developing a clear understanding of what are wiki’s and blog’s
 * 2) Exploring the use of wiki’s and blog’s in physical education
 * 3) Creating a wiki and blog to support physical education instruction
 * 4) Developing a clear understanding of digital storytelling
 * 5) Examine the use of digital storytelling physical education
 * 6) Identify and develop a digital storytelling tool that can be used during a physical education lesson.
 * 7) Identifying several of the many available online presentation tools
 * 8) Practice using various online presentation tools
 * 9) Planning and incorporating an online presentation tool into physical education and reflect on the implementation
 * 10) Practice using Audacity and Voicethread
 * 11) Planning and incorporating Audacity and Voicethread into physical education and reflect on the implementation
 * 12) Identifying Web 2.0 acceptable use polices
 * 13) Examining the use of Discovery Education into physical education

**Day 1: Wikis and Blogs**

 * 1) Introduction
 * 2) What is a wiki? What is the blog? Differences of the two?
 * 3) Sharing examples of a wiki and blog
 * 4) Setting up a Wikispaces account
 * 5) Setting up and creating wiki
 * 6) Wiki welcome page
 * 7) Establish wiki guidelines (respect, appropriate comments, proper grammar)
 * 8) How you will engage students using a wiki?
 * 9) Video & questions
 * 10) Interactive content
 * 11) Summer exercise wiki
 * 12) Discuss physical education curriculum connections
 * 13) Sharing of ideas
 * 14) Setting up blog accounts on Edmodo
 * 15) Setting up and creating class or school blog
 * 16) Discuss physical education curriculum connections
 * 17) Sharing of Ideas
 * 18) Closure/questions
 * 19) Workshop evaluation

**Day 2: Digital Storytelling**

 * 1) Introduction
 * 2) What is digital storytelling? Example of digital story
 * 3) Website exploration and account set up on Storybird, Story Jumper, Animoto
 * 4) Discuss steps of creating a digital story
 * 5) Brainstorm and discussion of curricular connections
 * 6) Creation of digital stories from each website
 * 7) Sharing of digital stories and curriculum connections
 * 8) Closure/questions
 * 9) Workshop Evaluation

**Day 3: Presentation Tools**

 * 1) Introduction
 * 2) Exploration of Prezi and Glogster EDU
 * 3) Brainstorm and discussion of curricular connections
 * 4) Show samples of educational Prezi’s
 * 5) Account set up of Prezi
 * 6) Creating a Prezi for a physical education lesson
 * 7) Sharing of Prezi’s and curriculum connections
 * 8) Account set up of Glogster EDU
 * 9) Curricular connections for Glogster EDU
 * 10) Creating a Glogster for physical education
 * 11) Sharing of Glog’s and curriculum connections
 * 12) Closure/questions
 * 13) Workshop Evaluation

**Day 4: Discovery Education**

 * 1) Introduction
 * 2) Exploration Discovery Education
 * 3) Brainstorm and discussion of curricular connections
 * 4) Examples of Discovery Ed videos
 * 5) Account set up
 * 6) Locate videos and save in files for upcoming lessons
 * 7) Learn how to embed into a PowerPoint presentation
 * 8) Quiz Builder
 * 9) Sharing of resources
 * 10) Closure/questions
 * 11) Workshop Evaluation

**Day 5: Audacity, Voicethread, Web 2.0 Acceptable Use Policies**

 * 1) Introduction
 * 2) What is Audacity?
 * 3) Exploration of Audacity website
 * 4) Creation of a recording for physical education
 * 5) Brainstorm and class discussion of curricular connections
 * 6) What is Voicethread?
 * 7) Sharing of what is voice thread video []
 * 8) Account set up for Voicethread
 * 9) Curriculum Examples of Voicethread
 * 10) Brainstorm and class discussion of curricular connections
 * 11) Creation of a Voicethread
 * 12) Sharing of Voicethread and curriculum connections
 * 13) What are Web 2.0 acceptable policies?
 * 14) Why do the policies matter?
 * 15) Digital Safety and Responsibility
 * 16) Closure/questions
 * 17) Workshop Evaluation

**Questions or Comments**
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