use project as intro to unit--give short time perioduse projects as bell work--get kids to class on time/buy in to lesson

Recent Research: US Dept. of Education finding on blended classroom instruction Future of Teaching and Learning Study finds online learning beats the classroom K-12 Online Learning Report Online Learning Stays the Course
Four Stages of Technology Use: Substitution: the computer substitutes for another technological tool, without a significant change in the tool's function. Augmentation: the computer replaces another technological tool, with significant functionality increase. Modification: the computer allows for the redesign of significant portions of a task to be executed. Redefinition: the computer allows for the creation of new tasks, inconceivable without the computer.
Pedagogy: George Siemen’s Connectivism APA Bloom’s Taxonomy Revisited
Find your Container: Blogs (Wordpress) Moodle Netvibes Wiki
Tools to help create your online classroom: Diigo Delicious Google Docs, Calendar RSS Feedsual Data Analysis
Examples: Blog as Container Netvibes as Container Wiki

Scenarios

Assistant to CEO:
You are an assistant for a CEO of a large company. She has just approached you with the following task.
“I have a meeting in 15 minutes with a perspective new client named Mint.com. I know nothing about them! I need you to research the company for me and have an e-mail in my inbox in 10 minutes with the run down of who this company is and what they do, and the potential for growth in the market in which they operate.”

Broker:
You are a broker for a large financial initiation. Your boss has heard of a new company that will be launching an IPO next month and needs to know more about the company before he walks into a meeting in 10 minutes. He only has a stock symbol of ACOM.

Broker:
You are do in a meeting in 10 minutes and the firm you work for wants you to quickly come up with a recommendation on whether they should invest in Netflix.com.

Senator Assistant:
You are an assistant to a Senator Mike Crapo (Idaho) in Washington D.C. The senator has been away on a golfing trip for a week and has just landed back in D.C. and in 30 minutes is headed in to vote on the new Educational Policy. He’s asked you to research the bill and give him a recommendation for vote in 10 minutes. The bill is: The Early Education Act of 2009 (Introduced in Senate)[S.206.IS]