INTC 3610: Technology for Educators Fall 2012 Section 002 Class: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday, J-202

9:55-11:10 AM (4 Credit Course) Instructor: Douglas M. Harvey, D.Ed. Office: J-221 Office Hours: By appointment Phone: 609-652-4770 (O) E-mail: [email protected] Course Description According to the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21): Learning and innovation skills increasingly are being recognized as the skills that separate students who are prepared for increasingly complex life and work environments in the 21st century, and those who are not. A focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration is essential to prepare students for the future. Groups such as P21 and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), as well as the major stakeholders in the education system (administrators, teachers unions, state departments of education) all agree that technology integration is a key tool to meeting the goals we have for the 21st century student. It is with this in mind that the Technology for Educators course has been designed. This class is designed for prospective schoolteachers to integrate a wide variety of technologies into their curriculum. This course provides hands-on experiences with the possibilities and potentials of technology for education. Instead of teaching about the technology, it focuses on how teachers can apply technology effectively to promote students problem solving, communication and critical thinking skills. Through projects, prospective teachers develop lesson plans that they will include in an electronic portfolio demonstrating their understanding of effective technology infusion. They can then take this portfolio out into their own classrooms.

Course Objectives After completing this course, you will be better able to meet the ISTE NETS*T standards for teachers: 1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation 2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETSS as necessary for the 21st Century. 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. 4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Copyright 2008, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education), Resources and Required Textbook/ Materials There is no required textbook for this class. However, based on your needs, you may want to use guides and tutorials found on the World Wide Web or in books. You will need to purchase the book for your Online Book Club assignment. Readings will be assigned as needed, as will web sites. Each class when you arrive you will pull a numbered notebook computer off the storage cart for use during class. You are to put the computer back and plug it in at the end of each class. Storage devices (flash drives) for storing your work if you plan to work on files at home. Stockton computing account active. If you haven't activated this account, or have forgotten your account number and/or password, contact Computer Services at 609-652-4335. Throughout the course we will be using quite a few Web 2.0 tools several of these will require you to create login accounts be prepared to make these by having your email account information readily available. All INTC 3610 students have available to them the use of the School of Education computer lab located in H-101. The lab is only accessible by using your ID card, and has 4 computers (4 Dell and 2 Macintosh), an interactive whiteboard, a color printer and a laser printer, and WiFi access. You are strongly encouraged to use the lab in completing your assignments for this course.

Class Format Classes consist of instructors presentations, discussion, hands-on activities, and field experience. Active participation in the class is the most important thing for your success. You are expected to have access to computing resources including software outside of class in order to complete assignments. Special Needs If you need accommodations for any sort of documented physical or learning disability, please speak to the instructor by the second week of class. Grading Throughout the course, you will create a portfolio consisting of a series of projects that are meant to fit together and showcase your ability to integrate technology in to your teaching. Your final grade will be based on the totality of your work, so make sure to always keep a current back up copy of your work as you go. Failure to provide a completed portfolio at the end of the course will result in a drop of at least one letter grade.
A 100-94 A90-93 B+ 89-87 B 86-84 B83-80 C+ 79-77 C 76-74 C73-70 D 69-65 F 64-0

Attendance and Class Participation Attendance is extremely important if you are to learn the variety of material being covered. If you must be absent, it is your responsibility to notify the instructor prior to class starting, and to catch up on the missed class content (hand-outs, class exercise, assignment, etc.). Also note that there are absolutely no extensions for late assignments, and no incompletes or extensions will be given for the course. However, assignments may be resubmitted for possible grade changes up until the final day of class, provided the original assignment is turned in on time. You are also expected to participate in class discussion and activities, and communicate with the instructor as needed. Professionalism is expected at all times in your treatment of others in the class, and especially on site visits to schools and conferences. You are asked to dress in casual yet professional attire for such visits, out of respect for our hosts and to make a good impression (never know who might be interviewing you someday!). As per strict college policy, no food or drink is allowed in the computer lab. SPECIAL NOTE: It is expected that while in class, you will be using the computers and any other devices (such as cell phones, laptops, or iPods/MP3 Players) for INTC 3610 coursework. That means that you are not to be utilizing these devices for personal reasons or for other courses during class time unless the instructor has said otherwise. This same courtesy is also to be provided during the presentations of other class members, such as during their whiteboard lessons and tech tips. Anyone found to be not providing such courtesy will be asked to stop, and will have 5 percentage points removed from their final course grade for each time they are asked, including the first time.

Mini-Projects (80%) There will be eight (8) mini-projects due. You are required to turn these projects in using your online portfolio and they are due on the date listed in the syllabus (no extensions). Note: Resubmissions are allowed in order to correct and earn more points for a project only if original submission on time, and may be resubmitted up until the final class meeting. These mini-projects are meant to show your grasp of the concepts covered in class, and assess your application of those concepts to educational settings. In each case the mini-projects should be relevant to the context to which you aspire to teach if you want to be a history teacher, the projects should relate to teaching history; if you want to be an elementary school teacher, the projects should be for that grade level. The mini-projects work best if they are inter-related, such as pertaining to a large theme-based instructional unit (such as the study of local ecology, or regional geography). You will be expected to share each project with your class colleagues through class presentations and lesson demos. Project 1 (10%): Blog or Wiki Using Edublogs or Wikispaces, you will begin and maintain a personal web site related to technology in teaching. You will be expected to post new entries on a regular basis (approximately once per week) that share a resource, such as useful tools and web sites related to your grade levels and subject areas. In total you will have 10 shared resource posts, plus you will also provide your 5 reflections for the video/guest presenter assignments as well. This web site will also serve as your digital portfolio for the full semester, where you will post each of your projects and tech tips information.

Project 2 (10%): Data build a lesson in which students take researched information collected and build a spreadsheet, database, presentation, or concept map. Provide a lesson plan as well as an example of what your students would produce as part of the assignment.

Project 3 (10%): Visual select from one of the following technologies to produce a set of visual materials for use in a lesson: Glogster, concept map, Flickr, or Google Earth. It is expected that you will create a lesson that incorporates those tools in such a way that your students will utilize the tools to gain knowledge about the topic. This lesson could be used as part of your Interactive Whiteboard project.

Project 4 (10%): Interactive Whiteboard You will be asked to create a short 15 minute learning activity that utilizes the interactive whiteboard and present it to the class as if we were your students. This means you need to teach us something as if we were students in the age-group you plan to teach.

Project 5 (10%) Google Tools Incorporate into a lesson the use of Google tools (such as a custom search engine) to support student learning on a topic relevant to your grade level and subject area.

Project 6 (10%): Tablet/Handheld Device You will be asked to create a short 15 minute learning activity that utilizes the the iPad. Be sure to demonstrate how the technology affords students new ways to learn content or interact with the world around them. Presentations will be done in a center format, meaning there will be

Project 7 (10%): Audio/Video Create a Voicethread, podcast or vodcast, or post a movie to your blog or a hosting site that should be done as part of a lesson and an example of what your students might create in response to your lesson

Project 8 (10%): Global Collaboration Create a lesson that utilizes communication tools (Skype, video conferencing, interactive chats) to bring the world to your students by connecting to experts or peers elsewhere in the world. Sites such as the following can help you with ideas and making connection: http://epals.com, http://echucaelearning.wikispaces.com/Skype, http://cybraryman.com/collaboration.html

Assessment of these projects will be based on how well the project extends key components of the P21 goals and the NETS*T standards. It is expected that for projects 2-8, you will provide a lesson plan that conforms to the style expected by the School of Education (see example). Assessment criteria will relate to what degree your projects support students in meeting the following standards: Learning and innovation Skills (50% of grade) Creativity and Innovation Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Communication and Collaboration Information, Media, and Technology Skills (50% of grade) Information Literacy Media Literacy ICT (Information, Communications & Technology) Literacy Tech Tips (5%): In groups of 3-4 people you will be responsible for examining and learning a technology tool from a list developed as a class, and creating a lesson (not a presentation) to teach the rest of your classmates how it could be used in the classroom. The lesson should be 15 minutes in length and be an engaging, hands-on experience for your colleagues.

Online Book Club (5%): Each of you will be assigned to a one month long online book club along being run by graduate students in the MAIT program. Using a blog or wiki site provided by the graduate students, you must participate in weekly online discussions of one of four books: The Connected Educator by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter Hall: This book examines the nature of professional development for K-12 educators in the digital-age, and provides many practical ideas for how you may take advantage of this new model as you grow as an educator. Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real Learning by Marc Prensky: The author that coined the term digital natives explores what it means to teach students who have never known a world without the constancy of digital technology. Dont Bother Me Mom-Im Learning! by Marc Prensky: Prenskys other interest has been with serious gaming and the potential held by video gaming to not hurt but help students learn skills and habits that are needed for the 21st century. Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn by Larry Rosen: Similar to the Prensky book, Rosen examines the impact of digital tools on student learning and educational systems. Video and Guest Presentation Reflection (5%): Online outside of our face-to-face class meetings, you will be expected to watch four (4) videos on technology integration for the grade level you wish to teach at the following web site: http://www.edutopia.org/video In addition there may be a guest presenter or a trip to a local school district arranged for the course. You will be expected to reflect on that experience as a 5th reflection for this assignment. Final Portfolio Poster Session (5%): Each of your mini-project assignments is part of your digital portfolio, which you can take with you when you go for teaching jobs. The portfolio will be presented in an informal fashion in class, and when presented should use one of the technologies we learned as a way to present and connect all the projects. In presenting your portfolio, you should graphically show and link how your portfolio pieces meet the NETS*T standards. For example, you might make a PowerPoint page that uses the NETS*T graphic (see below) and by clicking on each of the standards takes you to a slide that shows each project that you feel relates to the standard. Failure to present will result in zero points being credited for the assignment.

Schedule Class Date 9/5 9/7 9/10 9/12 9/14 9/17 9/19 9/21 9/24 9/26 9/28 10/1 10/3 10/5 10/8 10/10 10/12 10/15 10/17 10/19 10/22 10/24 10/26 10/29 10/31 11/2 11/5 11/7 11/9 11/12 11/14 11/16 11/19 11/21 11/23 11/26 11/28

Topics Introduction: Why Use Technology? P21 Skills and the ISTE NETS*T Blogs and Wikis Work day for Blogs and Wikis Present Blogs and Wikis Data Work day for Data Present Data Visuals Work day for Visuals Present Visuals Interactive Whiteboards (IWB) Interactive Whiteboards Lessons Day 1 Interactive Whiteboards Lessons Day 2 Interactive Whiteboards Lessons Day 3 NO CLASS Advising Day Interactive Whiteboards Lessons Day 4 Interactive Whiteboards Lessons Day 5 Google Tools Present Google Tools Tablet/Handheld Devices NO CLASS Tablet/Handheld Device Lessons Day 1 Tablet/Handheld Device Lessons Day 2 School visit or guest speaker - TBA School visit or guest speaker - TBA Global Collaboration NO CLASS Advising Post Global Collaboration Lesson NO CLASS Audio/Video Work day for Audio/Video Present Audio/Video Finalize Lesson Plan for Tech Tips NO CLASS - Thanksgiving NO CLASS - Thanksgiving Tech Tips Presentations Tech Tips Presentations

Assignment Due Blog/Wiki Begun 1st Shared Resource 1st Video Reflection Data Lesson Due 2nd Shared Resource 2nd Video Reflection Visual Lesson Due 3rd Shared Resource IWB Lesson Due 3rdVideo Reflection 4th Shared Resource Online Book Club Week 1 4thVideo Reflection 5th Shared Resource Online Book Club Week 2 Google Tools Lesson Due Online Book Club Week 3 7th Shared Resource Tablet/Handheld Lesson Due Online Book Club Week 4 8th Shared Resource Online Book Club Week 5 9th Shared Resource Global Collaboration Due 5th Reflection based on school visit or guest speaker 10th Shared Resource Audio or Video Lesson Due

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Tech Tips Presentations Tech Tips Presentations Tech Tips Presentations Tech Tips Presentations Final Portfolio Poster Session