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TED 506 Foundations of Educational Technology


Course Outline

Course Description

This course addresses the social and historical development of the use of technology in education within the context of public education foundations. The evolution of technology and its applications to education will be examined. Computer ethics, etiquette, the digital divide, equity regarding students with special needs, English as a second language, and socio-economic factors are main themes in this course. Students will identify research related to equity issues concerning access and use of computers and related technologies.

Objectives

  • Have an understanding of the social and historical development of the use of technology within K-12 education.
  • Examine the evolution of technologies and their applications in learning settings.
  • Be familiar with the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Students, Teachers, and Administrators
  • Be familiar with the ISTE Technology Facilitator standards
  • Be familiar with the AECT Educational Technology Specialist Standards
  • Be familiar with the AECT Library Media Specialist Standards
  • Understand the core value differences in AECT, ISTE and SITE.
  • Analyze the impact of the digital divide from a multicultural perspective for underprivileged groups.
  • Understand ethical use of computers and applications.
  • Explore applications for use of technology with English as a Second Language students.
  • Understand a variety of communication modes using technology and etiquette involved in communication interactions.
  • Understand responsibility involved in digital citizenship.
  • Identify hazards faced in online environments and develop safe online practices.
  • Analyze personal computing needs, including personal computing system protection applications (firewalls, spyware, antivirus, sidejacking)

Curriculum Design & Time Requirements

Forum discussion will be a deciding factor in whether a course grade should be rounded up to the higher letter or down to the lower letter. The online course weeks begin on Tuesdays and end on Monday night at midnight. This is an online three credit graduate level course that is completed over a thirteen-week period.

Hardware & Computer Skill Requirements

Students may use either a Macintosh computer or a PC with Windows 2000 or higher. Students should possess basic word processing skills and have internet access with an active e-mail account. Students also are expected to have a basic knowledge of how to use a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Safari, Mozilla Firefox etc.

Course Materials

Session Outline

Session 1: Facility Needs Assessment
Contents:
  1. Create a poster complete with images, text, and sound that will tell us about yourself.
  2. Locate School's Technology Plan, Mission and Goals Statement, Strategic Plan and Objectives and other documents that are pertinent to the school's computer lab and use of technology.
  3. Create a photo essay of computer lab.

Session 2: Planning for Structure and Organization in Computer Labs
Contents:
  1. Lesson Plan Synopsis
  2. Computer lab safety, security, policies, rules, and procedures.

Session 3: Planning for Instruction in the Computer Lab
Contents:
  1. Launch page for teachers
  2. NTeQ Lesson Plan
  3. Respondents & Sampling Technique

Session 4: Planning for Curriculum Integration in the Computer Lab Week 4 Planning for Curriculum Integration in the Computer Lab
Contents:
  1. Subject Sampler
  2. NTeQ Lesson Plan - Graphing

Session 5: Planning for Collaborative Activities in the Computer Lab Week 5 Planning for Collaborative Activities in the Computer Lab
Contents:
  1. Computer Lab Policies & Procedures
  2. Scavanger Hunt

Session 6: Planning for Web-Based Activities in the Computer Lab
Contents:
  1. Needs assessment instrument

Session 7: Planning for Evaluation of Teaching and Learning & Keyboarding in the Computer Lab
Contents:
  1. Subject Sampler
  2. Keyboarding WebQuest

Session 8: Testing in a Computer Lab Environment
Contents:
  1. Needs assessment charts & graphs
  2. Analysis of data

Session 9: Productivity Software and Tools in the Computer Lab
Contents:
  1. Computer Lab Diagram
  2. Storyboard webpage(s) as the school's computer lab leader and educational technologist.

Session 10: Audio & Video Projects in the Computer Lab
Contents:
  1. Scavanger Hunt

Session 11: Preventative Maintenance & Troubleshooting in the Computer Lab
Contents:
  1. Needs assessment final report

Session 12: Interactive Whiteboards in the Computer Lab
Contents:
  1. Keyboarding WebQuest

Session 13: PDAs, Cellphones, CRS in the Computer Lab & Mobile Carts and Wireless Labs
Contents:
  1. Checklist for preventative maintenance
  2. Role & responsibilities of Educational Technologist

Grading

  Assignment Points
  Participation      5
  Discussion Forums    20
  Timeline      5
  Ed Tech Foundations Blog      5
  Technology Group Blog        15
  Technology Adoption and Change Wiki    10
  Knowledge Communities Wiki      5
  Digital Citizenship project    10
  Philosophy of Educational Technology Essay      5
  Mid-Term Exam    10
  Final Exam    10
  Total Points  100

Discussion Forum Expectations:

Posts should be substantive and reflect reading and understanding of the week's assignments. Avoid "me toos" and "I agree". Your first post in each forum will be graded for your discussion forum grade based on the Rubric provided.

Class Participation Expectations:

Class participation consists of replying to someone else's post and should be done in a 2 plus 1 manner. Make an attempt to compliment or contribute 2 positive comments in reply to the post you are responding to, and to contribute one beneficial suggestion or one new idea; thus following a 2+1 posting strategy.

Educational Technology Blog:

Create a blog focusing on integrating technology into the classroom or your workplace setting. Begin by becoming aware of the technology that is around you every day. This might be a vacuum cleaner, a webcam attached to an intersection red light, or a motion sensor light switch. Begin by simply becoming aware of the "technological roses" that are surrounding you each day. Then transition your blog to focus on how these technologies can be integrated into the learning experience for your students or into your workplace. Invite your classmates to join your blog and comment and interact on each other's blog posts.

Philosophy of Educational Technology Essay:

Write a 2-4 page double spaced philosophy of educational technology essay. A good beginning place is to take your philosophy of education essay (most of us have written these in other 'foundations' courses or for teacher applications) and to embed in it your philosophy of educational technology. The essay should focus the way you view technology and its importance to your students in the learning process in the digital age. Or begin fresh and write a completely new essay of your digital teaching belief system.

Digital Citizenship Project

Create a product that will promote digital citizenship within your school setting. This product may take any of the following formats:

  • PowerPoint
  • Podcast
  • Webpage
  • Electronic Posters
  • A Digital Compact (word .doc) between school, students, parents
  • A Video (Workshop) for Teachers and Students
  • An Annotated Bibliography of Internet Resources and Readings

Student Academic Integrity

Participants guarantee that all academic class work is original. Any academic dishonesty or plagiarism (to take ideas, writings, etc. from another and offer them as one's own), is a violation of student academic behavior standards as outlined by our partnering colleges and universities and is subject to academic disciplinary action.