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  • 8/3/2019 EDU 519 Spring 2012 Weekly Schedule

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    Alex R. Hodges, Associate Librarian/Professor

    American University School of Education, Teaching & Health

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    EDU 519: The Uses of Technology in Education

    WEEKLY SCHEDULE SPRING 2012 - EDU519.001 & EDU519.901Note: These details are subject to change. Be aware of in-class & online announcements.

    Date Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities Assignments/Readings Due

    Jan. 17

    Class 1

    Introduction to the Course

    Review of syllabus

    Sorting 2.0 communications

    PBworks

    In-Class Assignments:

    Tell me about you.Set up PBworks accounts.

    Jan. 24

    Class 2

    ONLINE

    Online Safety & Privacy

    NO IN-PERSON CLASS WORK ONLINE

    Activities:

    Watch PBS Frontline, digital_nation

    Examine teaching materials

    Bb Discussion Assignment (all week):

    Frontline Bb Discussion:

    --part 1, due Tues, 1/24, 11:59pm

    --part 2, due Sun, 1/28, 11:59pm

    Jan. 31Class 3

    What is Web 2.0?Lecture/Class Discussion:

    Exploring Web 2.0 for Classroom Use

    EDU519 Web 2.0 Vocabulary:

    Social Networks Blogs Wikis

    Content Management Systems

    Learning Management Systems

    RSS IM/SMS/MMS

    Activities:

    Share favorite Web sites

    Discussion: Grades/TextbookSet up Diigo accounts

    Reading Due:(Bb) Web 2.0 and Emergent

    Multiliteracies, Alexander, Theory

    into Practice

    (Bb) When Young Teachers Go Wild

    on the Web, Shapira, Washington

    Post

    Homework #1 Due by 1/31, 4pm:

    Post favorite site to your individual

    PBworks page

    Feb. 7

    Class 4

    What is a Community of Practice (CoP)?

    Lecture/Class Discussion:

    Web 2.0 cont.; CoP lecture

    Activities:

    Learning style inventory

    CoP-INTASC standards exercise

    Reading Response to Hedberg &

    Brudvik (2008)

    Reading Due:

    (Bb) Supporting Dialogic Literacy

    Through Mashing and Moddling of

    Places and Spaces, Hedberg &

    Brudvik, Theory Into Practice

    (Bb) A conceptual perspective:

    theory and practice, Wenger,

    Communities of Practice: Learning,

    Meaning, and Identity

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    Alex R. Hodges, Associate Librarian/Professor

    American University School of Education, Teaching & Health

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    EDU 519: The Uses of Technology in Education

    Date Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities Assignments/Readings Due

    Feb. 14

    Class 5

    Evaluating Web Sources & Software

    Class Discussion/Activity:

    The Internet and the World Wide Web;

    Critical Evaluation of Web-based CurriculumMaterials; Web Quests; Information Literacy;

    Watch: Truth in Numbers, Glosserman (2010)

    Reading Due:

    Maloy, Ch. 5 & 6

    Homework #2 Due by 2/14, 4pm:Post to your individual PBworks

    page

    Feb. 21

    Class 6

    Learning Theory & Instructional Design (1)

    Lecture & Activity:

    Introduction to instructional design, part 1

    In-Class Quiz

    Reading Due:

    (Bb) Clark & Mayer, Ch. 2-4

    Feb. 28

    Class 7

    Learning Theory & Instructional Design (2)

    Lecture & Activity:

    Instructional design, part 2Explore Prezi

    Reading Due:

    (Bb) Clark & Mayer, Ch. 5-7

    Mar. 6

    Class 8

    ONLINE

    National Educational Technology Plan (U.S.)

    NO IN-PERSON CLASS WORK ONLINE

    Discussion: Building ed tech-rich classrooms

    Reading Due:

    (Bb) Natl Educational Tech Plan

    Out-of-Class Bb Discussion:

    --part 1, due Tues, 3/6, 11:59pm

    --part 2, due Fri, 3/9, 11:59pm

    Mid-term Project Due:

    Web Evaluation Project,

    Post on your individual PBworks

    page by Sun, 3/11, 11:59pmName attachment:

    lastname_edu519_webeval.doc

    Mar. 13

    No Class

    AU SPRING BREAK No Class

    Mar. 20

    Class 9

    Teaching Web-based Writing and Research (1)

    Class Discussion: Pew report

    Reading Due:

    (Bb) Pew Internet & American Life

    Writing, Technology and Teens

    Maloy, Ch. 4, 8

    Mar. 27

    Class 10

    Teaching Web-based Writing and Research (2)

    Lecture: How to do library-based research

    Activity: Searching education databases for

    scholarly content

    Homework #3 Due:

    Complete and critique information

    literacy tutorial

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    American University School of Education, Teaching & Health

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    EDU 519: The Uses of Technology in Education

    Date Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities Assignments/Readings Due

    Apr. 3

    Class 11

    Educational Technology and Special Education

    Guest Lecturer: TBA

    Activity: Using high and low educational

    technologies with exceptional students

    Reading Due:

    Maloy, Ch. 10

    Apr. 10

    Class 12

    Adventures in Multimedia

    Lecture: Incorporating multimedia and

    screencasting into instruction

    Activity: Explore Glogster & Jing

    Reading & Homework #4 Due:

    Maloy, Ch. 9

    Homework #4 (Final Project

    Proposal): Print out and hand in at

    the beginning of class

    Apr. 17

    Class 13

    Final Project - Preparations

    Final Project Instructions & Conferences

    Course Evaluations

    Lecture: Overview of how to create final reportActivity: Work time, peer support, and

    troubleshooting session for final project

    Individual Conferences:

    Discuss your final project plans with

    instructor and peer groups

    Due - PostDraft of Step 2:

    Article/Topic Review to your

    individual PBworks page

    Apr. 24

    Class 14

    Final Project Presentations

    Student In-Class Presentations

    Activity: Peer Evaluations of Final Projects

    Final Project Presentation Due:

    Presentation to the class

    Students provide feedback to

    one another

    May 1

    No Class

    READING DAY No Class

    May 8

    Class 15

    ONLINE

    Final Project ALL parts due online

    NO IN-PERSON CLASS WORK ONLINE

    Activity: Make your project report, screencast

    & website viewable online linked on your

    individual PBworks page.

    Final Project Report, Screencast &

    Website Due:

    Email report, screencast & website

    [email protected]

    and post all to individual PBworks

    page by Tues, 5/8, 8pmEmail Subject Line:

    EDU519: Final Project

    Name Attachment:

    lastname_edu519_final.doc

    mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]