EDU 360 - Technology in the
Classroom (1 credit)
Instructor: Catherine
Tannahill, Asst. Prof.
Class Location: Webb Hall
307
Office: 176 High Street, Rm
17
Office Hours: TBA
Please contact Prof.
Tannahill at (860) 465-0076 or through her email address – tannahillc@easternct.edu
Website for the course is http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/360syl.htm
A WORD version of this
site http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/360syl.doc
Section 1 - Wednesday, (September 4, September11, September 18, September 25,
October 2, 2002
Section 2 - Wednesday, (October 9, October16, October 23, October 30, November
6)
Section 3 - Wednesday, (November 13, November20, December 4, December 11)
All Sections meet at ECSU,
Webb Hall Room 307
If you are a student in this class with a
disability and believe you will need accommodations for this class, it is your
responsibility to contact the Office of AccessAbility Services at 465-5573. To
avoid any delay in the receipt of accommodations, you should contact the Office
of AccessAbility Services as soon as possible. Please note that I cannot
provide accommodations based upon disability until I have received and
accommodation letter from the Office of AccessAbility Services. Your cooperation
is appreciated.
Any suggestions that would
lead to enhancing this course's learning experiences are welcome. Please feel
free to talk with me before or after class, or during my office hours.
Catalog Description: Designed to introduce teachers to the microcomputer
as a multi-faceted tool. Students will evaluate educational software from the
perspectives of instructional design and curriculum integration. They will
learn the potential for enhancing the learning environment using databases,
wordprocessors, teacher utilities, and telecommunication packages. (1 credit)
Goal 1.0 To evaluate selected software and web sites as tools appropriate to
subject area and grade level. Objectives: Students
will: 1.1 Evaluate software and web sites by intended audience, subject matter,
and curricular use. 1.2 Identify the strengths and weaknesses of selected
software and web sites. 1.3 Integrate software and the Internet in the planning
of a lesson on a specific topic for a specific student.
Goal 2.0 To analyze how educational technology applications and tools may
assist student learning and instructional management. Objectives: Students
will: 2.1 Review journal articles and/or selections from texts on
educational technology applications for increasing student learning for
specific educational settings. 2.2 Apply a specific educational technology
application to a teaching challenge.2.3 Practice tools for curriculum
development and evaluation, including word-processing, on-line databases, programming
tools, and Internet applications.
Goal 3.0 To characterize the possible futures of technology in the classroom.
Objectives: Students will: 3.1 Identify issues involved in the access and use
of educational technologies.3.2 Describe how educational technology is being
used in local classrooms.3.3 Predict the influences of
telecommunications, networking, the World Wide Web (WWW), and video
technologies on instruction. 3.4 Develop their own goals for the use of
technology in their education and teaching.
Recommended Texts and Materials
Required text: None
An ECSU email account and a
Yahoo email account
Tentative agendas for the
class sessions, with in-class assignments
Section 1 – Class One
Wednesday, September
4, 2002
Assignment One:
1. Review syllabus and preview all of the assignments for this course. Assignments do not have to be completed in order. Please go to the Grading Rubric to determine which are INDIVIDUAL assignments and which are to be completed as a GROUP.
Note: GROUP assignments require only one copy of the assignment to be
submitted to the instructor with a cover sheet bearing the signatures of all
group members.
Note: PARTNER assignments require only one copy of the assignment
to be submitted to the instructor with a cover sheet bearing both signatures.
Assignment Two:
1.
If
you don't already have a Yahoo email account, please go to Yahoo.com click on
MAIL and then NEW and follow the directions and fill out the form. You do not
have to sign up for any newsletters.
2.
Send
me an email just to say hello so I will have your new Yahoo email address.
Include your mailing address and a working phone number please. Attach your
digital picture to the email.
3.
You will also need to activate your ECSU email account. Go to the
computer lab on the 4th floor of Web Hall if you need help logging on for the
first time, or if you have trouble with your password.
Assignment Three:
1.
Send
an email to your Texas contact. Include some general information about yourself
including name, where you are in your certification program, your anticipated
teaching field and why you want to be a teacher (one or two sentences only
please). Ask your contact for a brief biography including name, teaching
assignment, and experience. Ask them to briefly describe their students and
community. Bring to the next class to share with others.
Assignment Four:
1.
Visit
the Connecticut State
Department of Education web pages and send an100 word email to
the instructor discussing three items (links) that interested you while you
visited the site, and why they were of interest to you
2.
Spell
check.
3.
In
the subject line of the email type: CTSDE-your
name Visit.
4.
Print
a hard copy of your email message for your files.
Assignment Five:
1.
Visit
the ISTE web
site. Send me an email telling me what ISTE stands for and what's the purpose
of the organization. Click on the link Standards Projects. In the purple box
click on NCATE Standards. What does NCATE stand for? Describe the relationship
between NCATE and ISTE. Select NETS. Under NETS for Students, search Lessons
and Units. Locate one lesson plan. Email it to the instructor as an attachment.
Assignment Six:
1.
On
the ISTE toolbar, click on TEACHER RESOURCES. Then choose the Curriculum link.
On the page that opens, click on K-12.
2.
Choose
a subject area of interest and click on the link. Visit one of the web
sites within the subject area. Send an email to me describing the link you
visited including its address. Compete the web evaluation rubric for this site.
Assignment Seven:
1.
Students
will email to the instructor an annotated bibliography of 3 articles/book
chapters either related to computer uses in their educational area or that
complement their lesson plan. Due by the end of class Oct. 2.
Section 1 – Class Two
Wednesday, September
11, 2002
Assignment One:
1. Introduction to PowerPoint. Development of a PowerPoint presentation that can be used the first day of school to introduce you and/or your class. It should include at least 5 slides. Be prepared to share this during the last class
Assignment Two:
1. Introduction to EXCEL. Development of a survey and resulting graph/chart; notes on creating spreadsheets will be distributed. Print a hard copy of your spreadsheet and graph and save it in your files. Send the completed spreadsheet as an email attachment to the instructor. In the subject line of the email message type: Spreadsheet-your name. In the body of the message, explain how you might use a spreadsheet in your anticipated teaching assignment.
Assignment Three:
1. Send an email to your contact.
Ask what their favorite productivity tool is and why?
Section 1 – Class Three
Wednesday, September
18, 2002
Assignment One:
1. Ask your email contact
one way they use technology with their students. Bring to the next class to
share with others.
This will be an in-class
small group assignment.
1.
Go
the ECSU Education Dept home page and select Special Projects. Select
ThinkQuest for Tomorrow’s Teachers and go to T3P-ECSU Projects Developed. Review
several of the projects. You will be working in small groups to create a
ThinkQuest Project. Each group assignment will include:
a.
A
title page including the names of the participants, a group picture and an
overview of the topic.
b.
Each
student will then do a lesson plan related to the group topic including:
(1)
Learning
context including expected outcomes and state standards. Also include the
appropriate NETS student standards from ISTE.
(2)
Materials
and procedures including approximate timeline
(3)
Modifications
and enrichment including links to other web sites and instructional materials
(4)
Assessment
(5)
Each
lesson plan must have at least three embedded links.
Be sure to include
appropriate documentation and bibliographic information.
When completed the
ThinkQuest will be submitted to the instructor for posting. Print individual
hard copies for your records.
Section 1 – Class Four
Wednesday, September
25, 2002
1.
Students
will continue ThinkQuest project
2.
Students
will use the scanner and digital camera to add materials to either their
PowerPoint presentation or their ThinkQuest project.
Assignment Two:
1. Ask your email contact
how they use the Internet and what is their favorite site. Bring to the next
class to share with others.
Section 1 – Class Five
Wednesday, October 2, 2002
Partner Assignment:
This assignment should be
completed with a partner.
1.
Students
will select and review three Internet sites for appropriate inclusion in their
intended teaching assignment. Use the linked rubric to evaluate the sites.
2.
Students
will select and review three software applications. These programs should be
identified as appropriate to their intended teaching assignment. Be sure to
include as part of the evaluation the appropriateness and efficacy of the software
for meeting state standards. Software catalogs will be provided in class.
1. Students will present PowerPoint presentation not to exceed 5 minutes each.
Assignment Three:
1.
Students
individually will evaluate the use of email as a professional networking tool.
Assignment Four:
1.
Student
will submit the three reviewed articles.
Final Exam
All assignments are due by
Friday, October 4, 2002
1.
Students
will email to the instructor a description of at least three ways they will
infuse educational technology in their classrooms. Title your email 360 Exam-your name.
2.
Course
evaluation form will be completed.
All assignments are due by
Friday, October 4, 2002. If more time is need, please develop with the
instructor an incomplete contract prior to this due date.
If more time is need, please
develop with the instructor an incomplete contract prior to this due date.
Please see grading policy* below.
Course Assignments:
TIPS:
1.
Always
send a copy of your completed assignments to yourself.
2.
Do
not delete assignments until you have received a final grade for this class.
3.
Turn
in a hard copy of assignments at the end of each class.
Assignments:
1.
Students
will develop a PowerPoint presentation appropriate for the first day of school.
Included will be a brief biography, an introduction to the course content,
behavioral expectations and grading policies. This will require at least 5
slides.
2.
Students
will develop a ThinkQuest project.
3.
Students
will participate in a peer ‘networking’ assignment. This will include
establishing an email account if the student does not have one, emailing that
information to the instructor plus assigned exchange of email with a non-class
recipient.
4.
Students
will participate in creating a spreadsheet and chart/graph demonstrating the
results of a group survey. They will create the spreadsheet in Excel and email
the assignment as an attachment to the instructor.
5.
Students
will:
a.
Send
an 100 word email to the instructor discussing three items of interest that you
found while visiting the Connecticut State Department of Education web pages
and why they were of particular interest to you.
b.
After
visiting the ISTE Recommended Foundations in Technology for All Teachers web
site, students will complete a related assignment.
6.
Students
will complete and email to the instructor software reviews for at least 3
software packages. Software catalogs will be provided in class. Web addresses
of software companies and sources of additional reviews will also be provided.
Submit the review form(s) to the instructor (This is a small group assignment).
7.
Students
must locate and evaluate at least three web sites using an evaluation rubric.
Two sites must complement their ThinkQuest lesson plan. Submit the
evaluation(s) to the instructor (This is a small group assignment).
8.
Students
will email to the instructor an annotated bibliography of 3 articles/book
chapters either related to computer uses in their educational area or that
complement their lesson plan. (This will be a small group project.)
9.
Students
will use a scanner and digital camera to enhance either their PowerPoint
presentation or their ThinkQuest project.
10. Students will email to the
instructor a plan for at least three ways they will infuse educational
technology in their classrooms
Grades
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A score of 90 and above =A,
80 - 89 = B,
70 - 79 = C,
65 - 69 = D,
below 65 - F - Please
discuss your work with the instructor.
This is a revised syllabus
that was originally developed by Dr. David Stoloff, Dept. Chair, ECSU.