Marymount University ED554 A Summer 2009 Knight 1 COURSE SYLLABUS Course Number ED 554 A2 Course Title Computers & Technology in the Classroom Fall Spring Summer X Year 2009 Name of Instructor Office and Extension Steven Knight Electronic Mail knights@fccps.org Meeting Day and Time: July 13 – 24, 9:00 – 3:00, M - F. Ballston 508 Office Hours: By appointment Final: Integrated Lesson Plan due July 24, 2009 EVALUATION SENTENCE: During summer 2009, course evaluations will be administered online. Students will receive an email from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness to complete the form. For more information go to: www.marymount.edu/irap ACADEMIC INTEGRITY By accepting this syllabus, you pledge to uphold the principles of Academic Integrity expressed by the Marymount University Community. You agree to observe these principles yourself and to defend them against abuse by others. Marymount University ED554 A Summer 2009 Knight 2 ATTENDANCE POLICY Due to the intensive nature of this course; Students are expected to attend all sessions for six hours each day, M – F. Any absence for any reason will necessarily require a re-assessment of your continued participation in the class. Your job, this semester, is to complete this course successfully. SPECIAL NEEDS AND ACCOMMODATIONS Special Needs and Accommodations: Please address with the instructor any special problems or needs at the beginning of the semester. Those seeking accommodations based on disabilities should provide a Faculty Contact Sheet obtained through Disability Support Services (DSS), 284-1615, located on Main Campus in Gerard Hall. ACCESS TO STUDENT WORK Copies of your work in this course including copies of any submitted papers and your portfolios may be kept on file for institutional research, assessment and accreditation purposes. All work used for these purposes will be submitted anonymously. WEATHER AND EMERGENCY INFORMATION LINE 703-526-6888 If you have not already done so, please sign up for the Marymount University Alerts Emergency Notification System at the MU main website: http://www.marymount.edu/mualerts/ 1. BROAD PURPOSE OF COURSE 1a. Conceptual Framework: Marymount University’s professional education programs are dedicated to our mission of “Preparing Educational Leaders for Diverse Learning Communities,” The three strands comprising the conceptual framework model include critical thinker, effective practitioner, and caring professional that synergistically interact with one another. Knowledge of content, human growth and development, and pedagogy, along with current research and learning theory, provide the foundation for our professional programs. All courses and experiences are designed to achieve this mission. 1b. Critical Assignment: Marymount’s teacher education program has identified key or critical assignments for your program as part of our formative assessment system. These critical assignments are part of your normal course work and are considered in the evaluation for your course grade. Additionally, these assessments are evaluated a second time by your professor in the following five areas: 1) Knowledge of Subject Matter; 2) Knowledge of Human Growth and Development; 3) Adapting for Individual Needs; 4) Instructional Planning Skills; and 5) Assessment of Student Learning. The scores from these five areas are not part of your course grade, but are reported to the department and your advisor. At the end of the semester you may inquire about the critical assignment score for this course or you may ask your advisor about the scores for all of your critical assignments at any time. The Education Department uses the scores for program Marymount University ED554 A Summer 2009 Knight 3 evaluation and your advisor will view your scores as a means of formative assessment. The critical assignment for this course is the Technologically Integrated Lesson Plan Project. 2. COURSE OBJECTIVES Students will be expected to: a. Establish criteria for selecting and evaluating educational hardware and software; b. Describe appropriate applications of selected educational technologies, including computers; c. Demonstrate effective use of the computer as a productivity tool for teaching and learning; d. Apply selected multimedia tools; e. Describe research findings and theory bases which underpin the application of electronic technologies in schools; f. Develop a lesson plan which appropriately integrates educational technology. g. Describe implications of education computing on such issues as equity, ethics, privacy, viruses, and copyright infringements; h. Describe the role advanced technologies (e.g. robotics, telecommunications, interactive video, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence) currently play in education and will likely play in the future; i. Establish criteria for assessing the accuracy and reliability of online resources; j. Use electronic technologies to access and exchange information; k. Employ appropriate technologies to support the Virginia Standards of Learning and other instructional objectives, in addition to the NETS standards. l. Compile a portfolio of prescribed variety of resources from the Internet, This course has no field experience. 3. TEACHING METHOD Discussions (online and face to face), modeling, demonstrations, group activities, readings, software evaluations, multimedia and class projects will be utilized in order to help students develop a working knowledge of instructional technologies that can be applied in the classroom. 4. GRADING POLICY a. Technologically Integrated Lesson Plan Project (35%) Students will create a one week unit which will use technology as part of the instruction. Students will need to refer to state standards as a focus of the unit. Objectives for each lesson should be present as well as an assessment tool that will be used to determine if students met the objectives in the lesson. In this project students will specifically outline how they will use the technology they have selected to teach the subject matter. Marymount University ED554 A Summer 2009 Knight 4 b. Reflections (15%): Students will write a reflection to their blog, on the knowledge gained from reading, class activity, and/or class discussion along with potential applications to future work each day. c. Technology Integration Projects (40%): Students will explore a wide variety of technology integrations assignments for student learning. Assignments include Electronic Portfolio and Multimedia Group Project. d. In class participation (10%): Students are required to be actively involved during class presentations and discussions. Evaluation: Since this is a graduate course, high quality work is expected on all assignments and in class. Grades will be based on the completion of course requirements and on the scope, quality, and creativity of the assignments. All assignments will be graded. All assignments are due at the beginning of classes. Late assignments will not be accepted without making arrangements with the instructor. Assignments may also be sent through email. Grade Points A 94-100 A- 90-93 B+ 88-89 B 82-87 B- 80-81 C+ 78-79 C 72-77 C- 70-71 F 59 – 0 Incomplete work and/or excessive absences Rubrics for individual class requirements will be distributed Assignment Description/Requirements Technologically Integrated Lesson Plan Project (35%) Due: 7/24 Students will create a one week unit which will use technology as part of the instruction. Students will need to refer to state standards as a focus of the unit. Objectives for each lesson should be present as well as an assessment tool that will be used to determine if students met the objectives in the lesson. In this project students will specifically outline how they will use the technology they have selected to teach the subject matter (to include elements of distance education). Marymount University ED554 A Summer 2009 Knight 5 Electronic Portfolio (25%) Due: 7/24 Demonstrate a level of familiarity with both technology and sound design principles during the development of an e-portfolio. • Front page will include daily class reflections and/or assigned reading, detailing how what is learned can be applied to your future classroom. • Professional 'bio' web page about you, the author of the site. Find a visual way of representing yourself (wordle, avatar, video). • A page featuring your philosophy of teaching, learning, and technology. • A page linking products that you created during the course • A page featuring your technology integrated lesson plan and other products created during the class. Group Multimedia Project (15%) Demonstrate effective use of the computer as a productive tool for teaching and learning, working in groups of 3. Students will select any of the technologies discussed/demonstrated and develop an interactive presentation to show its effective use in teaching and learning. Class Reflections (15%) After each class, write a reflection on your blog, on the knowledge gained from reading, class activity, and/or class discussion along with potential applications to future work. 5. CLASS SCHEDULE Date Class Topics Assignments Due Monday 13th Introduction to the Course; Video 1 – Did you know? Introduction to Technology; Video 2 – Pay Attention Blogging Activity 1 – Creating a Blog Tuesday 14th Office Tools Introduction to Word Processing Activity – Read-Write-Think Activity - MyWebspiration Text: read Chapters 2-3 Reflection of Day 1 Marymount University ED554 A Summer 2009 Knight 6 Date Class Topics Assignments Due Activity - Kidspiration/Inspiration Spreadsheets Activity 1 – Excel Activity 2- GoogleDocs Wednesday 15th Presentation Software Activity 1 - Interactive PowerPoint Activity 2 – Prezi Activity 3 – 280 Slides Text: read Chapters 5-6 Reflection of Day 2 Bring Photos for Thursday Thursday 16th Digital Image Basics Intro to Digital Storytelling Activity 2 – Photostory Activity 3 – Comic Life Activity 4 – GoAnimate Activity 5 – VoiceThread Audio/Visual Technologies Activity 1 – Exploring Web- based Activity 3 – Discovery Streaming Activity 2 – ACTION project Text: read Chapter 9 Reflection of Day 3 Friday 17th Communication Web 2.0 The Social Web Activity 1 – Social Bookmarking Activity 2 – Facebook Activity 3 – Twitter Digital Portfolios Standards Standards Activity – VA Tech Standards; NETS Standards Text: read Chapters 12 Reflection of Week & Bio page Marymount University ED554 A Summer 2009 Knight 7 Date Class Topics Assignments Due Monday 20th 21st Century Classroom Video 2 – A Vision of K-12 Students Today Video 3 – Learning to Change Multimedia Group Presentation #1 Text: read Chapters 7-8 Reflection of Day/Readings & Philosophy of teaching, learning, and technology page Tuesday 21st Intro to Distance Education Activity – Blackboard Exploration Multimedia Group Presentation #1 Text: read chapter 10 Reflection of Day/Readings Wednesday 22nd Internet Safety – i-Safe Multimedia Group Presentation #2 & #3 Text: read chapter 11 Reflection of Day/Readings Thursday 23rd Introduction to Podcasting Intro to Databases Multimedia Group Presentation #4 & #5 Reflection of Day/Readings Friday 24th Web 2.0 Information Sharing Video – Machine is us/ing Us Wiki RSS Reflection of Course Technologically Integrated Lesson Plan Project Due 6. REQUIRED TEXTS Teaching and Learning with Technology by Judy Lever-Duffy and Jean B. McDonald Recommended Equipment: USB Flash Drive 7. REQUIRED OR SUGGESTED READINGS OR AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS Marymount University ED554 A Summer 2009 Knight 8 • International Technology Education Association. http://www.iteaconnect.org/TAA/PDFs/xstnd.pdf • International Society for Technology in Education http://www.iste.org/ • National Educational Technology Standards http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS • Computer Technology Standards of Learning for Virginia’s Public Schools http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Superintendent/Sols/compteck12.pdf • The Digital Teaching Portfolio Handbook: A How-To Guide for Educators Clare R. Kilbane and Natalie B. Milman