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= Lab work for March 23, 2011: =

Students in both labs please do the following activities...

1) Today we look have two goals: 2) Take chapter nine **http://webapps.tiu.edu/moodle/**
 * Read and create a Storybird about your Christian faith
 * Learn about digital storytelling and create your own digital story about your interdisiplinary unit on voicethread.com

3) Storybird: media type="custom" key="7352631"
 * Go to this [|link] to view my Storybird example which is a reflection about my Christian faith and the workplace
 * Read other Storybirds by clicking [|here]
 * Create your own Storybird account [|here]. Below is a video that explains what a Storybird is and how to make one.
 * Start your own Storybird about your Christian faith; it is due by next week.
 * IT MUST BE AT LEAST FIVE (5) SLIDES

4) Digital Storytelling Resources: media type="custom" key="7352845" media type="custom" key="7352851"
 * Click this [|link]for my voicethread.com example of digital storytelling. Please feel free to comment on it as you see it, which is one of the great examples of interaction that can take place when digital stories are published. Below is a video introducing voicethread and a brief video clip of how to use it in the classroom.
 * Introduction
 * Use in the classroom
 * Go to [|here] for a university website that is intended for the educational uses of digital storytelling. Explore the website for about five minutes, you will be responsible for its content indirectly through your posting at the end of the class on my blog.
 * In addition to the above website explore this [|webpage], where I want you to look at at least two examples of digital stories to reference in your posting on my blog.
 * Below are wikis that can assist you in your understanding of digital storytelling:
 * This wiki is the simplest wiki to read and provides a great overview for digital storytelling, links, and other information.
 * The next one, which is accessed here, is very practical for educators and includes lesson ideas, tools, and rubrics for digital storytelling.
 * The last helpful site that you are going to explore is here, and it contains a slideshow presentation and other resources to assist others in understanding digital storytelling and how it is implemented in the classroom.
 * Click on this [|link]to see examples of how to integrate digital storytelling in the different content areas to expand your ideas about how to apply digital storytelling in your future classroom situation.
 * Here is an example of my voicethread, the digital storytelling program that you will be using.

5) Go to voicethread.com and create an account. You will be creating a voicethread that will introduce the interdisciplinary unit.
 * You must have in your voicethread:
 * at least ten (10) slides
 * each slide must have written and/or oral comments,
 * at least seven (7) pictures, and
 * three (3) document (upload a word processing or PDF document)

6) Go to my teaching blog [|here], read the post, and respond to start our discussion about digital storytelling. Remember you must read the discussion directions, respond to them, and then respond to another classmate by next week's lab. (Remember: As always please write your response to the discussion posting and respond to another person substantively by either expanding on their discussion posting or asking a probing question.)

= Lecture for March 23, 2011: =

1) Greetings/Prayer (5 min)

2) Discussion from Jimmy Leiter: References Christianity and Technology (30 min)

3) Discussion about Christianity and Technology (15 min) 4) Wrap-up (5 min)
 * Click [|here] for a link to a blog that discusses the five pillars of Christianity that is similar to Technology for discussion.
 * This [|link] is a Christianity Today web article about technology and Christianity. It is dated (2008), but it can be used as a reference to the topic.
 * The final reference is titled "A Christian View of Technology" by Steve Bishop on scribd.com (a web 2.0 site), which can be accessed [|here] . This is an interesting article that has interesting points about technology within the context of Christianity, which is useful. His blog is also interesting, which can be accessed [|here].
 * Your midterm will be handed out at this point in the class.