Best practices for teaching with technology
Presentations for the Technology for Teaching Seminars at ECSU
organized by the Center for Educational Excellence, March and April, 2001

found at http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/textbooks/bestpractices.html on the WWW

I.      First best practice - know the ambitions and motivations of the learners
            Introductions - who are you?, what do you want to get out of this session?

II.    Structuring the learning environment

           Variety of styles - constructivism - scaffolding, learner complete the structure
         http://www.sedl.org/pubs/tec27/flash.html
               events of instruction - statement of objectives, guided practice, transfer of learning

         http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/idmodels.html - collection of current models
                of instruction

III.    Getting started with technology

        A.    Remember that there are other forms of technology other than computers -
                radio, television, videotapes, student productions, video analysis

        B.    Uses of email for consulting outside classrooms

        C.    Threaded discussions - http://www.virtualcommunity.intranets.com/

        D.    Mining resources for your lessons - electronic textbooks -
              http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/textbooks.html

        E.    Incorporating our software productivity tools into curricular units
              http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/units.html

                powerpoint - http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/powerpoint.html

         F.    Online coursework - http://onlinecsu.ctstateu.edu/