| #1 For one bonus point:
In our first class we did a Cooperative activity to get to know each
other.
It was the one where you wrote your name and 4 specific facts about
yourself on an index card. Then we did a "Swap and Stop" with those
cards followed by a "Loop". It was a fun way to get to know each other
but it had nothing to do with technology. Design a Cooperative activity
that could be used
early in CECS 4100 with the goal of helping students to get to know
each
other AND that integrates technology. This Bonus Point Opportunity expires at midnight, Wednesday, May 11, 2005. You may submit up to 2 activities. |
| #2 For half of a bonus point:
Correctly identify at least half of the people (yourself and the
instructor included) on the page of photos without names for your
class. If you correctly identify 100% of the people in the photos, you
get one whole bonus point. The photos will be on our class web page.
The list of all names will be handed out in class one day (you have to
be there on that day) and you will be given time in class to complete
the
page. This Bonus Point Opportunity expires on whatever day I hand out the list in class. You only get one attempt at this one. |
| #3 For one to three bonus points: Since
we won't be spending class time learning HyperStudio, but chances are
great it will be in the school that you teach in, I hope you'll take
the opportunity to "mess around" in HyperStudio. Go to the lab in
Matthews Hall 312 and
see what you can learn about HyperStudio. It's already loaded on most
of
the machines in that lab. Create a project with at least 3 pages and 2
buttons that link one page to another. Also put some graphics on each
of the pages that you created using the drawing tools. Save the project
to a floppy disk and either hand in the diskette or send the file as an
attachment to an email. If you do this bonus point, it would be okay to
count HyperStudio as one of
the software packages you review for the homework assignment. This Bonus Point Opportunity expires at midnight, Wednesday, May 11, 2005. |
| #4 For half of a bonus point: Keep
our class web page accurate and keep me honest. Be the first to point
out an error (typographical error, bad link, erroneous information,
etc.) in
our class web pages. Email me at theresa@unt.edu. Be sure to give the
URL
of the page, plus a thorough description of the problem, plus your
first
and last name and which section you're in. This Bonus Point Opportunity expires at midnight, Wednesday, May 11, 2005. (NOTE: You can accumulate as many of these as possible...I need all the help I can get.) |
| #5 For one-half to two
bonus points
per article: This bonus point will help you learn more about
the
Learning Theories in Chapter 3 of our text book. On page 53 it states
"Two
issues of Educational Technology (May 1991 and September 1991)
do
a good job of explaining these philosophical differences and the
instructional
approaches that sprang from them." On page 59, it states, "A special
issue
of Educational Technology (October 1993) gives additional
examples."
All of these issues are available in Willis Library. Make a copy of any
one
of the articles in these issues related to Learning Theory. Hand in the
copy
for half of a point. Write a summary (very brief) of what you learned
from reading
the article and you get an additional 2 bonus points. You may do as
many
of the articles as you like. This Bonus Point Opportunity expires at midnight, Wednesday, May 11, 2005. |
| #6 For two bonus points: The
abacus is considered one of the first "computers" created by humans.
Though it
has no mechanical parts, it is a device used by humans to make
computing
faster. Learn how to use an abacus to count, to add, and to subtract.
Make
a 5 minute appointment with Miss Overall to demonstrate how to solve
these
problems on an abacus: 3+4, 9+2, 21+5, 36+8, 159+63, 12-6, 89-4, and
477-68.
Miss Overall has a Chinese abacus in her office that you can use. A fun
website that can help you learn about all types of abacuses (abaci?) is
located at: http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus/
This Bonus Point Opportunity expires at midnight, Wednesday, May 11, 2005. |
| #7 For one bonus
point:
Chapters 2 or 7 in the Roblyer textbook are not assigned reading.
However, they are excellent chapters. Read one of the chapters, take
the online quiz, get 85% or more correct, email the quiz to yourself
and hand in a printout of the first page of the email (showing the
chapter name, your name, the percent
correct, etc.). You will get one point for chapter 2 and one point for
chapter
7. You can do one or the other or both. This Bonus Point Opportunity expires at midnight, Wednesday, May 11, 2005. |
| #8 For half of a bonus
point: Help keep our class resources pages up-to-date
and useful. If you find a valuable resource that should be added to any
of our pages, send an email with a 1-2 sentence description, the URL,
and
the web page (and category if appropriate) in which you think it
belongs (use the categories that
already exist on the pages). If I agree that it's valuable (this is
totally subjective), you will get the half point. This Bonus Point Opportunity expires at midnight, Wednesday, May 11, 2005. You may earn a maximum of 3 points (6 accepted resources) in this category. |