ED2255 Effective Use of Instructional Technology in the Classroom: Fall 08

SYLLABUS: ED2255 EFFECTIVE USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN CLASSROOMS

INSTRUCTOR: Donna Boling CREDITS: 3 SEMESTER/YEAR: Fall 08

PHONE: 215-713-4169 OFFICE Hours: Wednesday 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 pm EMAIL: [email protected] CLASS MEETING: M/W 10:10- 11:30 AM RH310B

I. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This 3 semester-hour undergraduate course will provide pre-service teachers with computer skills and experiences necessary for incorporating technology into classrooms. The course will provide hands-on experiences to examine, interact with, and evaluate educational software. Students will learn to develop classroom applications for use by both teachers and students, and to develop instructional materials for use in the classroom.

PLEASE NOTE:

Education 2255 focuses on integrating technology into the educational repertoire of pre-service teachers. Pre-service teachers must be capable of using technology seamlessly in their classroom instruction. Therefore, all students enrolling in Education 2255 do so with the understanding that they already have a basic set of computer technology skills. Students enrolling in Education 2255 should already know how to use the following technology tools:

1. Microsoft WORD

2. Microsoft EXCEL

3. Microsoft PowerPoint

4. Internet Search Strategies

This course is NOT about learning how to use computers, but how to infuse computers into teaching and learning activities. The instructor will NOT provide basic computer instruction. If you are not comfortable with the above software applications, you may want to drop this course until you have acquired those skills. ED2255 Effective Use of Instructional Technology in the Classroom: Fall 08

II. COURSE OBJECTIVES:

At the completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Develop and articulate a personal understanding and philosophy of the advantages and disadvantages of technology used in specific educational situations,

2. Understand, be able to explain, and take reasoned positions on important issues and problems facing educators as they apply educational technology to the support of teaching and learning,

3. Demonstrate knowledge about and competency with operating systems and disk/file management skills

4. Develop a professional educational portfolio/website, which includes all projects from this course,

5. Demonstrate competency in the use of technology to actively engage students in the classroom through development of technology lesson plans,

6. Demonstrate understanding of ethical issues with respect to use and misuse of instructional technologies,

7. Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate assistive technology devices and services for input, processing and output for different disabilities, including the ability to apply IDEA principles to technology in classrooms,

8. Demonstrate knowledge of distance learning and distance learning methodologies,

9. Create presentation materials using presentation authoring software, and

10. Be familiar with digital imaging and integrating images into other applications.

COURSE POLICIES

Attendance: This class moves very fast and covers a huge amount of information. Missing class can be very detrimental to your success in this class. If you miss more than one class session, contact me to see whether you can complete the work for the course or whether you should drop and take the course when you have more time.

Excused absences include personal tragedies, injuries and illness requiring a doctor’s note, jury duty, official college competition, and religious holidays. At least 24 hours advanced notice of your absence is expected in most cases. You may inform me by contacting my office and leaving a voice mail or emailing me: [email protected] I am the ONLY one who can tell you whether an absence is excused or not.

Excused or Unexcused: You are responsible for missed assignments. I typically make announcements regarding due dates and assignments EACH CLASS. If you are not in class for any reason, you are responsible for finding out from another student what you missed.

Participation and Homework: Courses in the Teacher Certification Program are intended to develop professional understandings, habits and attitudes. Webinars, discussion boards, and group participation activities are of critical importance and will be observed in this course.

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Late Assignment Policy: Another quality of critical importance in professional persons is punctuality of assignments. All assignments are to be turned in on time. Any assignment turned in late will not be eligible for re-grade. If you are going to turn in an assignment late, you MUST contact the instructor by phone or e-mail in advance with an explanation that will be taken into consideration in the grading process. Assignments turned in more than one class period late, without notification to the instructor, will result in a grade no higher than a B. Assignments turned in 4 weeks late or after December 15, 2008(whichever is sooner) will receive a grade of F.

Incomplete Grade Policy: There are NO incomplete grades in this class. Students who have not completed all the requirements prior to the last day of class will need to talk with the instructor about how this will be rectified.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

LEARNING ACTIVITIES & ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES:

1. Participation: - 15% of course grade - Students are expected to participate in online discussions, in-class activities, Web 2.0 presentation, and complete homework assignments as directed.

2. Quizzes: 10% of course grade - Two quizzes will be given during the course to assess understanding of basic course concepts. All quizzes will be taken during online class-time, and may include one or more practical application items where students will have to create materials during the quiz to be submitted before the quiz is over.

3. Web 2.0 Presentation: 15% of course grade Prepare and present a 15-minute professional presentation on one topic to inform/educate your classmates on new and emerging technologies and their applications in the classroom. Be prepared to discuss the history of the application, how to sign up for the application, present your use of the application, and how it can or cannot be used in education.

4. Spreadsheet: 10 % of course grade - Students will demonstrate an understanding of using spreadsheet software to create a grade book for their class and then use that data for data driven decision making about their instruction. They will use the assignments for the course (participation, portfolio components, quizzes) to demonstrate the ability to use pre-installed formulas and weighted formulas, and to create tables and graphs from the data. Students will then analyze the data by assignment and individual and provide an explanation of how the data guides their practice for differentiated instruction and for assessing their own teaching.

5. Newsletter: 15 % of course grade - Students will demonstrate an understanding of creating computer-generated teacher made communication materials using the Newsletter option in Microsoft Word.

6. Lesson Plans Infused with Teacher made Materials: 15% of course grade - Students will demonstrate an understanding of developing technology enhanced or supported lesson plans that will include examples of computer generated teacher made materials.

7. Website: 20% of course grade - Students will further demonstrate understanding and knowledge of web-page design by creating an educational website.

3 ED2255 Effective Use of Instructional Technology in the Classroom: Fall 08 Grading policy: Course portfolio projects will be graded on an A, B, C basis. Grades will be translated to numerical grades as listed below. Quiz grades will be translated into comparable numerical grades using the following formula:

97.0 - 100 A 3.671 - 4.0 92.0 - 96.9 A- 3.331 - 3.67 88.0 - 91.9 B+ 3.001 - 3.33 83.0 - 87.9 B 2.671 - 3.00 79.0 - 82.9 B- 2.331 - 2.67 75.0 - 78.9 C+ 2.001 - 2.33 71.0 - 74.9 C 1.671 - 2.00 67.0 - 70.9 C- 1.331 - 1.67 63.0 - 66.9 D+ 1.001 - 1.33 59.0 - 62.9 D 0.671 - 1.00 55.0- 58.9 D- 0.331 - 0.67 00.0 - 55.4 F 0.00

REQUIRED TEXT AND RESOURCES:

1. No text is required for this course.

2. Buy a "thumb drive" (also called a flash drive or a jump drive) and bring it with you to every class meeting. These are small, USB memory sticks that you can use to save files for transporting between computers. For the thrifty, you can easily get by with 128Mb (if you can find one that small anymore -- the smallest I typically see is 256Mb). I suggest a 512mb or larger.

3. Due to the large amount of content we need to cover, there will be limited opportunities to work on projects during class time. You should plan on working at home on your personal computer, in the ECC lab, and/or in the TECH Center to complete the requirements. All required software is available in the labs in the ECC or TECH Center.

IX. SUGGESTED RESOURCES

All resources, assignments and readings will be posted on Blackboard

STATEMENT OF STUDENT RIGHTS

Any student with a documented disability who may require special accommodations should self-identify to the instructor as early in the semester as possible to receive effective and timely accommodations. Together we will work with the Disability Resources and Services office to identify appropriate accommodations.

ACADEMIC HONESTY:

4 ED2255 Effective Use of Instructional Technology in the Classroom: Fall 08 Temple University believes strongly in academic honesty and integrity. Plagiarism and academic cheating are, therefore, prohibited. Essential to intellectual growth is the development of independent thought and a respect for the thoughts of others. The prohibition against plagiarism and cheating is intended to foster this independence and respect.

Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of another person's labor, another person's ideas, another person's words, and/or another person's assistance. Normally, all work done for courses -- papers, examinations, homework exercises, laboratory reports, oral presentations -- is expected to be the individual effort of the student presenting the work. Any assistance must be reported to the instructor. If the work has entailed consulting other resources -- journals, books, or other media -- these resources must be cited in a manner appropriate to the course. It is the instructor's responsibility to indicate the appropriate manner of citation. Everything used from other sources -- suggestions for organization of ideas, ideas themselves, or actual language -- must be cited. Failure to cite borrowed material constitutes plagiarism. Undocumented use of materials from the World Wide Web is plagiarism.

Academic cheating is, generally, the thwarting or breaking of the general rules of academic work or the specific rules of the individual courses. It includes falsifying data; submitting, without the instructor's approval, work in one course which was done for another; helping others to plagiarize or cheat from one's own or another's work; or actually doing the work of another person.

The penalty for academic dishonesty can vary from receiving a reprimand and a failing grade for a particular assignment, to a failing grade in the course, to suspension or expulsion from the University. The penalty varies with the nature of the offense, the individual instructor, the department, and the school or college.

Students who believe that they have been unfairly accused may appeal through the School or College's academic grievance procedure. See Grievances under Student Rights in this section of the University Bulletin. (http://www.temple.edu/bulletin/Responsibilities_rights/rights/rights.shtm#ferpa_grievance)

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COURSE CALENDAR (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) Class Content Class 1 Introduction: Review of Syllabus and Blackboard Week 1 Cooperative Learning Strategy: Find Someone Who 09/03 21st Century Learning Introduction to ISTE, NETS-S, NETS-T, and TSSA Class 2 21st Century Learning Continued Week 2 Copyright for Teachers 09/08 Class 3 Using Data Analysis to Inform Instruction Week 2 Teaching with Spreadsheets 09/10 Class 4 Spreadsheets and Data Analysis (continued) Week 3 09/15 Class 5 Assistive Technology- introduction Week 3 09/17 Class 6 Assistive Technology- hands on lab Week 4 09/22 Spreadsheet assignment Due Class 7 Introduction to Web 2.0 in the Classroom Week 4 Google Earth and Google Maps 09/24 Class 8 Web 2.0 Continued Week 5 09/29 Class 9 Evaluating Websites- strategies for use, design and development Week 5 10/01 Class 10 Desktop Publishing: Classroom uses Week 6 10/06 Class 11 Desktop Publishing : Creating Newsletters and Brochures Week 6 10/08 Class 12 Effective Presentations- Creating and Presenting using Powerpoint Week 7 Prepare for Web 2.0 presentation 10/13 Class 13 Introduction to Creating Webpages Week 7 Newsletter/Brochure Assignment Due 10/15 Class 14 Open Lab- work on Webpages in class Week 8 10/20

6 ED2255 Effective Use of Instructional Technology in the Classroom: Fall 08 Class 15 Quiz #1- in class Week 8 10/22 Class 16 Creating Lessons Plans that Integrate Technology Week 9 Using ISTE, NETS-S, NETS-T, and TSSA 10/27 Class 17 Web 2.0 Presentations Week 9 10/29 Class 18 Finding and Evaluating Educational Tools Online Week 10 11/03 Class 19 Web 2.0 Presentations Week 10 11/05 Class 20 Evaluating Educational Software: Inspiration, Kidspiration, Timeliner and more Week 11 Gallery Walk 11/10 Class 21 Introduction to Interactive Whiteboards Week11 11/12 Class 22 Interactive Whiteboards continued Week 12 Web 2.0 presentations 11/17 Class 23 Web 2.0 presentations Week 12 11/19 Class 24 Open Lab Week 13 11/24 11/26 Note: Follow Special Schedule; No ED 2255 class Class 25 Podcasts in Education: Resources Week 14 12/01 Class 26 Podcasts in Education: Hands on Week 14 12/03 Class 27 Webquests in the Classroom Week 15 12/08 Class 28 Webquests continued Week 15 Review for Final 12/10 Class 29 Final Quiz in class 12/15 Websites due Lesson Plans due