Brad Belbas's List: Undergraduate Educational Technology Courses

• Activities & Grades
• Resource Sharing - (8 assignments, each worth 10 points)
• EtherPad Discussion - (8 assignments, each worth 0 points)
• Group Project (150 points, 50 points for collaborative work during process, 50 points for individual work during process, 50 points for final product)
• Digital Narrative - (100 points)
• Weekly bPortfolio Reflection - (10 assignments, each worth 10 points)
• •  After the course work for each week has been completed, you will write a post in your WordPress.com bPortfolio* blog, reflecting on what you have learned during that week. (*bPortfolio is how we refer to the use of the WordPress.com blog as a a reflective journal and online portfolio - a more elegant term than "blog-folio")
    
  • A link to your blog should be posted on the Google Group during the first week of the course.  If you do not have a bPortfolio, you should go to http://bportfoliofaq.wordpress.com/, watch the tutorial videos, and create your blog during the first week of the course. Go to wordpress.com.
    
  • Your final blog post will be a meta-reflection where you summarize key thoughts related to course content and related program standards. This reflection should be of a similar length
  • Each week's reflection is worth 10 points and will be self-graded by students using the following rubric:

• Timely Post	You published your blog post for the week within the date parameters listed in the course schedule.	1 point
  Reference & Citation	You made reference to an assigned reading in your blog post using basic APA citation criteria.	1 point
  Spelling & Grammar	You verified that your blog post has correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar.	1 point
  Relates to Instruction	You reflected on how the week's topic relates to your current or future instructional practices.	1 point
  Demonstrate Understanding	You demonstrated your understanding of the main concepts by including commentary on educational implications, issues, and ideas in the reading.	1 point
  Organization	You organized your thoughts in a manner that is concise and easy to follow.	1 point
  Artifact	You included an artifact related to the topic of your blog post. Possible artifacts include: documents, images, web links, video clips, and audio files.	1 point
  Heading	You included a meaningful heading that will help others know which week you are reflecting on and the topic.	1 point
  Tags, Categories & Standards	You tagged your post with meaningful key words And you categorized your post with one or more program standards.	1 point
  Interaction	You wrote a thoughtful comment on a least one other classmate's blog post for the current week.	1 point

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