ALTERNATIVES TO the CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE ASSIGNMENT

TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Select a technology journal for which you will be resonsible by reviewing February - November 1999 issues. Once the journal has
  been selected, you will be required to subscribe to this journal for the year. During the course of the semester, you should:

         Create a list of topics, issues, product types, examples of classroom activities/projects, etc. that seem to be the "hot topics" currently.
          Read articles to identify primary issues being addresses. Scan advertisements.
Identify what's new. Write up two reviews of interesting articles from your journal.
 

  Your Powerpoint presentation will include a review of your chosen journal along with some interesting articles for your peers.
Turn in reviews.

You will be evaluated as follows:

Two reviews (content) = 50%
Wirte a 1-2 page paper describing your findings and how this journal can help your professional development

 

WORLD of LISTSERVS

In order to help funnel important information about technology and education to your
 classmates, you are going to enter the world of listservs. Using your best research skills
   you are going to explore information about listservs, join some listservs, manage the
  information in a listserv, and keep classmates informed of the "important" information
   that you find. You need to accomplish the following for the professional development activity:

        Using whatever sources you need to use, you will read and become an expert on
                      how listservs work and what they can be used for.
        Find a comprehensive list of listservs that focus on education and/or technology
        and/or both subjects and from that list choose two listservs to subscribe to and
                             complete a subscription to them.
        Follow the traffic of the listservs for approximately one week and determine which
                             listserv to follow for the semester.
             Monitor the information on that listserv and report your findings in your
                    professional development Powerpoint presentation.

You will be evaluated as follows:

Choice of the listserv  =  10%
                             Gathering and synthesizing the information on the listserv =  5
Write a 1-2 page paper describing your findings and how the listserv can help your professional development