Learning Activities (Coursework Due)

InsT 4010/3500:

Why Is Instructional Technology Important?
Read the Prensky article about Digital Immigrants/Digital Natives by then write a reflection paper that you submit by email to tom.rathke@usu.edu or upload to Blackboard by noon on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 (and be ready to discuss it in class).

I'm Inserting Myself Into Your Life:
Place a digital image of yourself or of something else into an image you found on the Internet, already had possession of, or scanned, by the end of class on Monday, September 15, 2009, email it to me or bring it to class on a flash drive. (It MUST be in a layered format like .psd or .xcf!)

How Can I Put My Stuff On The Web?
Create a web page describing yourself then email it to me (as a .zip file) or upload it to Blackboard as a .zip file by Tuesday, September 22, 2009. or bring it to class on a flash drive.

Got an opinion? Blog about it!
You should have received an invitation to join my blog as an author in your email. Be sure to post an opinion/observation to the blog and to make at least two comments to other posts by Tuesday, September 29, 2009.

Hello? Is this thing on?
Create an audio file according to the assignment sheet by Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Email to me as an .mp3 file or as an .ogg file (NOTE: Do NOT email the Audacity file, which has the .aup extention).

And, finally, let's tie all this electronic stuff back into teaching!
Create a lesson that you will submit and that you will teach to the class according to the assignment sheet by Tuesday, November 17, 2009. NOTE: You will be teaching this lesson to the class on either Tuesday, November 17th or Tuesday, December 1st.