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Dowling College  School of Education

EDU 6633 Video and Telecommunications Spring 2012 Dr. George Maurer gmaurer22@gmail.com maurerg@dowling.edu 516-237-2501

Spring 2012

Welcome to our virtual class! We will be using this wiki in conjunction with our Blackboard page throughout the semester. Click below to find specific information pertinent to each week of online study.


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I believe I had the opportunity to meet some of you last summer at the program kickoff. At that time we shared some thought and ideas together about teaching and learning and we had conversations about the items listed below. I look forward to working with you this semester.

August 2, 2011


 * Welcome
 * Discussion of course syllabus
 * Preview of Web 2.0 / Video Technologies to be used in course


 * Essential Questions:**
 * 1. What is the difference between active and passive learning?**
 * 2. How do you learn best?**
 * 3. How were you taught in school?**

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An example of the modern workplace...does this reflect the work being done in a modern classroom?
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Changing the way we work...
Wikispaces

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Changing the way we learn...
Google Tools (Blogger, Gmail, Google Reader, Google+)

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Tools for the 21st century classroom...
iMovie / Garageband / Apple in Education Jing USTREAM Voicethread SKYPE Glogster

If you do not already have one, please create a gmail account for yourself and send me an email confirming your name and email address. Please be sure to have your required text by the start of class.