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American University – Prof. Alex Hodges EDU 416616: The Uses of Technology in Education 1 WEEKLY SCHEDULE – SPRING 2016 – EDU 416.001 & EDU 616.001 Note: These details are subject to change. Be aware of inclass & online announcements. Date Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities Assignments/Readings Due Jan. 14 Class 1 Introduction to the Course Review syllabus & schedule InClass Assignments: PBworks account set up & bio Jan. 21 Class 2 Online Safety & Privacy Activities: View & debate PBS Frontline, “digital_nation” Examine PBS teaching materials Share & explore favorite Web sites Vote for favorites with Poll Everywhere Reading Due: (Bb) When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web, Shapira, Washington Post Homework #1: Post by 1/21, 4pm Post to PBworks your favorite educational Web site Jan. 28 Class 3 Web 2.0 Lecture/Class Discussion: Explore Web 2.0 vocabulary Discuss potential uses of 2.0 in elementary and secondary education Reading Due: (Bb) Web 2.0 and Emergent Multiliteracies, Alexander, Theory into Practice (Bb) Supporting Dialogic Literacy Through Mashing and Moddling of Places and Spaces, Hedberg & Brudvik, Theory Into Practice Homework #2: Post by 1/28, 4pm Post to PBworks & comment on favorite sites Feb. 4 Class 4 Communities of Practice (CoP) Lecture/Class Discussion: Continue Web 2.0 discussion Introduce CoP principles Activities: Learning style inventory CoPInTASC standards exercise Reading Due: (Bb) “A conceptual perspective: theory and practice,” Wenger, Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity (Bb) InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards Homework #3: Post by 2/4, 4pm Post to individual PBworks page

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Page 1: EDU 416-616 2016 Spring Weekly Schedule

American  University  –  Prof.  Alex  Hodges  EDU  416-­‐616:  The  Uses  of  Technology  in  Education  

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WEEKLY  SCHEDULE  –  SPRING  2016  –  EDU  416.001  &  EDU  616.001  Note:  These  details  are  subject  to  change.  Be  aware  of  in-­‐class  &  online  announcements.  Date    

Lecture/Discussion  Topics  &  Activities    

Assignments/Readings  Due  

Jan.  14  Class  1    

Introduction  to  the  Course  • Review  syllabus  &  schedule  

 

In-­‐Class  Assignments:  PBworks  account  set  up  &  bio      

Jan.  21  Class  2    

Online  Safety  &  Privacy  Activities:    

• View  &  debate    PBS  Frontline,  “digital_nation”  

• Examine  PBS  teaching  materials  • Share  &  explore  favorite  Web  sites  • Vote  for  favorites  with  Poll  Everywhere  

 

Reading  Due:  (Bb)  When  Young  Teachers  Go  Wild  on  the  Web,  Shapira,  Washington  Post      Homework  #1:  Post  by  1/21,  4pm  

1) Post  to  PBworks  your  favorite  educational  Web  site    

Jan.  28  Class  3      

Web  2.0  Lecture/Class  Discussion:    

• Explore  Web  2.0  vocabulary  • Discuss  potential  uses  of  2.0  in  

elementary  and  secondary  education    

Reading  Due:  (Bb)  Web  2.0  and  Emergent  Multiliteracies,  Alexander,  Theory  into  Practice  (Bb)  Supporting  Dialogic  Literacy  Through  Mashing  and  Moddling  of  Places  and  Spaces,  Hedberg  &  Brudvik,  Theory  Into  Practice      Homework  #2:  Post  by  1/28,  4pm  Post  to  PBworks  &  comment  on  favorite  sites      

Feb.  4  Class  4  

Communities  of  Practice  (CoP)  Lecture/Class  Discussion:    

• Continue  Web  2.0  discussion  • Introduce  CoP  principles  

 Activities:    

• Learning  style  inventory  • CoP-­‐InTASC  standards  exercise  

 

Reading  Due:  (Bb)  “A  conceptual  perspective:  theory  and  practice,”  Wenger,  Communities  of  Practice:  Learning,  Meaning,  and  Identity  (Bb)  InTASC  Model  Core  Teaching  Standards    Homework  #3:  Post  by  2/4,  4pm  Post  to  individual  PBworks  page    

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American  University  –  Prof.  Alex  Hodges  EDU  416-­‐616:  The  Uses  of  Technology  in  Education  

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Date    

Lecture/Discussion  Topics  &  Activities    

Assignments/Readings  Due  

Feb.  11  Class  5  

Evaluating  Web  Sources  &  Software  Lecture/Class  Discussion:  

• Introduce  information  literacies  • Discuss  the  critical  evaluation  of  Web-­‐

based  curriculum  materials  • Critique  Web  Quests  

 Midterm  –  Web  Evaluation  Project  assigned    

In-­‐Class  Quiz  #1    Reading  Due:  (Bb)  Chapter  7,  “Literacy,”  boyd,  It’s  Complicated  (Bb)  Digital  natives,  yet  strangers  to  the  Web,  Wong,  The  Atlantic  

Feb.  18  Class  6    

Writing  Online  &  Future  Predictions  Class  Blackboard  Discussion:    

• React  to  the  Pew  and  NMC  reports  • Review  learning  theory:  objectivism,  

constructivism,  critical  literacy      

Reading  Due:  (Bb)  Pew  Internet  &  American  Life  –  Writing,  Technology  and  Teens  (Bb)  NMC  Horizon  Report,  Johnson  et  al.      Read  for  Midterm  Project:  (Bb)  Standards  for  the  21st  Century  Learner,  AASL    

Feb.  25  Class  7    

Information  Literacy  in  Action  Lecture  &  Activity:    

• Use  information  literacy  to  critique  information  literacy  

Watch:  Truth  in  Numbers,  Glosserman  (2010)  –  DVD  8798    

Activity  Due:  Complete  the  Library  Research  Tutorial    http://subjectguides.library.american.edu/infolit    

Mar.  3  Class  8  

Learning  Theory  &  Instructional  Design  (1)  Lecture:    

• Define  instructional  design      

Midterm:  Web  Evaluation  Project  Due,  Post  by  3/3,  4pm  on  PBworks  individual  page      

Mar.  10   SPRING  BREAK  –  NO  CLASS    

 

Mar.  17  Class  9    

Learning  Theory  &  Instructional  Design  (2)  Lecture  &  Activity:    

• Introduce  Clark  &  Mayer’s  instructional  design  principles          

Reading  Due:  (Bb)  Clark  &  Mayer,  Ch.  1-­‐4  

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Date    

Lecture/Discussion  Topics  &  Activities    

Assignments/Readings  Due  

Mar.  24  Class  10  Online  

Universal  Design  for  Learning  (UDL)  • Overview  of  UDL  • Discuss  UDL  &  ed  tech  integration  

 

Reading  Due:  Complete  CAST  UDL  Module  1:  Introduction  to  UDL  http://udlonline.cast.org/page/module1/l3/  

 Homework  #4:  Post  to  individual  PBworks  page  by  3/24,  11:59pm    

Mar.  31  Class  11    

Learning  Theory  &  Instructional  Design  (3)  Lecture  &  Activity:      

• Groups  introduce  instructional  design  principles,  part  2  

• Explore  Prezi      

Reading  Due:  (Bb)  Clark  &  Mayer,  Ch.  5-­‐8      

Apr.  7  Class  12  

Educational  Technology  Policy  in  the  U.S.  Activity:    

• Discuss  and  debate  policy    • Explore  Google  Sites,  Wix,  &  Weebly  

Reading  Due:  (Bb)  National  Educational  Technology  Plan  2016    In-­‐Class  Quiz  #2    

Apr.  14  Class  13  

Final  Project  –  Preparations  Final  Project  Instructions  &  Conferences  

• Review  how  to  create  final  report    • Learn  how  to  screencast  

Activity:    • Explore  Jing      

 

Homework  #5  Due:  Final  Project  Proposal:  Print  out  and  hand  in  at  the  beginning  of  class    Individual  Conferences  

Apr.  21  Class  14    

Final  Project  –  Presentations  Student  In-­‐Class  Presentations    Activity:    

• Peer  Evaluations  of  Final  Projects  Course  Evaluations  

 

Final  Project  Presentation  Due:  • Presentation  to  the  class  • Students  provide  feedback  to  

one  another    

Apr.  28  Class  15  ONLINE  

Final  Project  –  ALL  parts  due  online  Project  Report,  Screencasts  &  Websites  are  viewable  online  linked  from  PBworks.  

Final  Project  Report,  Screencast  &  Website  Due:  Email  report,  screencast  &  website  to  [email protected]  and  post  all  to  individual  wiki  page  by  Thurs,  4/28,  11:59pm