Welcome to EDT 3470

Technology for Elementary EducationCollege of Education and Human DevelopmentWestern Michigan University

Give you opportunities to try out innovative educational strategies and technology tools

Support your development of Project-Based Learning strategies

Create a supportive, collaborative, educational atmosphere

Goals

Dr. Brian HorvitzDr. Sharon PetersonConnie Halvorsen, DA

3470 Instructors

Lecture vs. Lab Attendance Grading Assignments Using Desire2Learn Collaboration NETS Standards Open Lab Project Based Learning

Getting Started

Lecture◦ A speaker series covering many topics that will

help you as a student and as a teacher◦ Expectations

Courteous to speaker Attentive to speaker

Lab◦ Hands on learning and practice focused on

learning teaching strategies◦ Group work based on Project-based Learning

Lecture vs. Lab

In lecture, be sure to bring your iClicker. You will be using them not only to show you are present, but also to answer questions during lectures. You will lose points off your final grade for missing lectures.

In lab, be sure to attend. You will lose points off your final grade for missing labs.

Attendance

Grading policies are spelled out in detail in the course syllabus

ASSIGNMENT REVISIONS: You have 2 weeks from the day your instructor has posted an assignment’s grade to hand in a revised assignment

You can track your course points and grades in Desire2Learn (elearning) (NOTE: Final grade is cumulative). Individual assignments grades will show under Grades. Lab and Lecture points are also cumulative.

If you have questions, please ask your instructor

If you put in the time, get assignments in on time, and get help when you need it, you will get a good grade.

Grading

Some of what you’ll be doing:◦ Blogging◦ Concept Maps◦ Web Evaluations◦ Google Maps◦ Digital Stories◦ Podcasting◦ Website Development◦ Online Lesson Planning

Assignments

Login at: http://elearning.wmich.edu. Or go through GoWMU and click on elearning.

This is where you’ll hand in some of your assignments.

This where you can track your grades. This is where you will register your iClicker.

Be sure to register under the Lecture section of EDT3470 and use your log in user name for WMU.NOTE: Your grade in the Gradebook is cumulative -- as points are added, the Final grade goes up.

Using Desire2Learn

For your lab assignments, you will work in a team all semester. Some will be handed in as individual work and some as group work.

It is expected and assumed that you will work professionally with your teammate(s)

Conflict is a common element of teamwork – you are expected to work through conflict professionally (just as you will when you are working as a teacher in a school)

IMPORTANT: Don’t be shy to ask your instructor for help

Collaboration

This course was designed to help you meet the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS T )

This will look good on your resume This will serve you well in your career

NETS Standards

EDT3470 holds open lab most Friday afternoons from 1-4pm in 2310 Sangren instructional computer lab

An EDT3470 Instructor will be available to help you with your assignments

Take advantage of this opportunity – students who do, get good grades in this course

Open Lab

Project-Based Learning◦ Explained◦ Supports student learning through

interdisciplinary projects◦ Can involve design, problem-solving,

investigations, research◦ Less traditional teacher role: guide on the side,

not sage on the stage◦ Often takes advantage of digital technologies,

which we will focus on

What is Project-Based Learning?

Your book focuses on this approach. Please let us know what think about the book

Edutopia Video Butterfly Migration Video

Your experiences w/PBL

More Project-Based Learning

You are building elements of a Project-Based unit that you could use in your teaching

Each of your lab assignments fit like pieces of a puzzle into the unit you are building

The team web site will pull together all of your assignments from the semester and include the project your group has been working towards all semester along.

Semester Long Project

Course questions should be directed to your lab instructor

Sharon Peterson has office hourson Tuesdays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. and

Wednesdays, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Brian Horvitz has office hours on Wednesdays

from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Unresolved issues should be directed to Sharon

Peterson sharon.peterson@wmich.edu or Brian Horvitz brian.horvitz@wmich.edu.

Questions?

Q & A

Today’s lecture 9/9/13 was:A. Interesting and relevant

B. Just interesting

C. Just relevant

D. Uninteresting and irrelevant