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Welcome To Mr. Hitchcock's wiki! This site was made for EDUC 538. First, here's a little about me. I am a Master's in Teaching student graduating in less than a month (hopefully). I will be endorsed to teach secondary English. Besides being required, there is another reason I am taking this class. My first career in business development and sales gave me a chance to work with some basic technology programs: PowerPoint, InDesign, etc. I used basic web tools to find information, but knew I was way behind the curve in terms of what was available out there. Fast forward to now. As a teacher I will be charged with integrating technology into my lessons. How does an English teacher do this? A bigger question I have come up with is how do I decide which tools are most applicable and useful to my language arts classroom? (There are so many web tools out there!) This class is helping me answer both of these questions. Hopefully this space will be able to serve as a prototype for a future Mr. Hitchcock classroom learning space. Oh, and here's a sweet video:
 * __Introduction__**

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__**Instructional Model**__- The Authoring Cycle I selected this instructional model based on its collaborative elements and connection with inquiry research. Communication from peers and teachers is important, which seems to be a large element in Web 2.0. Discussion is meaningful and different perspectives are important to the final product and the next actions/innovations (or inactions) that should take place. What will you create? Reflecting back on the process brings you to what conclusions? Learning is never finished, it is a constant flow of motion and of process.



Reference: Short, K., & And, O. (1996). //Creating Classrooms for Authors and Inquirers. Second Edition//.

__**Identification of a Framework for Anayzing & Evaluating Media**__ As referenced by de Lange (2000), Lasswell's communication model was formed from the statement "who says what in which channel to whom with what effect" (Lasswell, 1948). de Lange explains the model, "the 'who' signifies the sender or communicator, the 'says what' the message, the 'in which channel' the medium, the 'to whom' signifies the audience or receiver, and the 'with what effect' signifies the impact" (De Lange, 2000, p. 3). I think this model is the most universal for analyzing media in any discipline; thus, I'm going to use it and preach it. If you like pictures, here's one:



Reference: De Lange, R. (2000). //Culture: a filtration process during communication in education.// Lasswell, H.D. (1948). "The structure and function of communication in society". In "//The communication of ideas",// ed. Bryson, L. New York: Harper.