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Southwestern College
2625 E. Cactus Road, Phoenix,
AZ 85032
Phone:
602-489-5300 Educational Technology
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Course Information:
Course Name –
Educational Technology
Course Number –
ED 420
Semester Offered - Fall 2009
Instructor Information:
Name - Dr. Warren Pettitt
Office location – Second floor of
Doerksen Administration building
Office phone – 602 489 5300 ext 119
email address – warren.pettitt@swcaz.edu
Office hours – Daily 8:30 to 9:10
and 3:00 to 3:45
Course meeting Days – August 20th to December 11th
Tuesday and Thursday
Course meeting Time – 10:30-11:45 A.M.
Course meeting Place – Computer Lab
Course Description: The purpose of this class is to explore the uses of
technology in the curriculum in K-12 classrooms. The focus will be on
developing theoretical and practical tools to evaluate, adapt, and use
technology in the classroom. The class will be taught from the point of view of
the teacher, considering what the teacher needs to know and do to be able to
teach effectively with various technologies. We will also consider how students
learn through the use of technology, tying major theories of learning to
characteristics of technologies in schools
It is obviously
impossible to "cover" everything a teacher might want to know about
teaching and learning with technology. This class will not try to be
comprehensive. Rather, we will identify theoretical issues that apply across
technologies, grade levels, and subject areas; and we will look in depth at
particular technologies in the various disciplines. With this approach, you
should leave the class with some usable skills, and, perhaps more importantly,
with an understanding of and approach to teaching with technology which will
enable you to expand your own repertoire of technological tools.
Prerequisites: Education major
Course Student Learning Outcomes:
1.
Know the basic
technology terminology as outlined in the Arizona standards for technology.
2.
List the Arizona
State Standards for Technology listed under Glossary (found at http://www.ade.state.az.us/standards/technology/default.asp.)
3.
Use Word
processing, Spreadsheet, and Database software to improve teacher productivity.
4.
Access and use www.ideal.azed.gov for planning and
implementing lessons.
5.
Discuss how basic
learning theories view technology and learning.
6.
Integrate using
grading programs and other software tools into teaching and learning.
7.
Integrate
multimedia and hypermedia into teaching and learning (Power-point being one of
the main vehicles used).
8.
Integrate the
Internet into teaching and learning
9.
Develop grade
specific lessons that integrate technology into the plan.
10.
Develop grade
specific lessons that can be accomplished over the Internet.
11.
Develop a
personal web site.
12.
Evaluate web
sites and course software
Texts and Resources:
The Internet will be the source for our readings.
Mr. Pettitt’s website – www.swcit.org/warren.
Arizona’s IDEAL website – go to www.ideal.azed.gov and register as a guest.
Course Schedule (including assignments and activities):
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Date |
Class |
Assignment |
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8/20 |
Introduction Ideal registration |
Website familiarization Continue on html code |
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8/25 |
Work on html Begin website tutorial |
Work on html assignment |
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8/27 |
Presentation on computer
hardware Quiz #1 and video on wikis
(video found at www.swcit.org/warren/ed_tech_videos.htm. |
Html assignment due |
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9/1 |
Website production |
Blog entry #1 due found at www.warrenpettitt.wordpress.com.
Reading #1 – found at www.swcit.org/warren/ed_tech.htm. |
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9/3 |
Personal website work Quiz # 2 and video on
twitter found at |
Training through technology
#1 due |
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9/8 |
Personal website work |
Blog response #1 due Reading #2 – found at: |
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9/10 |
Quiz # 3 and video on
social bookmarking found at www.swcit.org/warren/ed_tech_videos.htm. Introduction to 21st
Century Project |
FTP website to school
server |
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9/15 |
Digital movie making |
Reading #3 due |
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9/17 |
Movie making Quiz #4 and video on google
docs at: |
Blog entry #2 due |
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9/22 |
Presentation on using
Microsoft programs |
Reading #4 due |
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9/24 |
Quiz #5 and video on RSS
feeds at: www.swcit.org/warren/ed_tech_videos.htm.
Presentation on software |
Training through technology
#2 due |
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9/29 |
Introduction to 21st
Century Teaching project |
Reading #5 due Blog response #2 due |
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10/1 |
Work on Project Quiz #6 |
Work on project |
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10/6 |
Work on project |
Reading #6 due |
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10/8 |
Project presentation in
class Quiz #7 |
Study for midterm |
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10/13 |
MIDTERM |
Blog entry #3 due |
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10/15 |
Quiz #8 Presentation Evaluating
Websites |
Reading #7 due |
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10/20 |
Introduction to Webquests |
Training through technology
#3 due |
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10/22 |
Quiz #9 Work on WebQuests |
Work on webquest |
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10/27 |
Presentation on
Collaborative projects |
Reading #9 due |
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10/29 |
Quiz #10 Presentation on computer
security |
Blog entry #4 due |
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11/3 |
Presentation on Tapped In
website |
Reading #10 due |
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11/5 |
Quiz #11 Presentation on Elluminate
website |
Training through technology
#4 due |
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11/10 |
Presentation on IDEAL
website |
Blog response #4 due Reading #11 due |
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11/12 |
Quiz #12 Presentation on Voicethread
website |
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11/17 |
Presentation on InTime and
Digital Edge websites |
Summary 2 videos on “One
laptop per child” found at: www.swcit.org/warren/ed_tech_videos.htm. |
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11/19 |
Quiz #13 Presentation on Thinkfinity
website |
Training through technology
#5 due |
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11/24 |
Presentation on Thinkquest
and Webplay websites |
Blog entry #5 due |
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11/26 |
Thanksgiving vacation |
YAAAA!!!!! |
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12/1 |
Presentation on Moodle |
Blog response #5 due |
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12/3 |
Review for final |
Study for final |
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12/8 |
Final (10:30-12:30 A.M.) |
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Types of assignments
a. Blog entry – pre-assigned questions concerning technology. The blog site can be accessed by going to my website and clicking on the appropriate link on the educational technology page. This will take you to the page with the assignments. The link is www.warrenpettitt.wordpress.com.
b. Blog response – your response to other students entries.
c. Readings – These are found on my ed tech homepage (http://www.swcit.org/warren/ed_tech.htm. ). Each summary should be one page in length.
1. Reading 1: Summary of the introductory chapter of the Horizon report.
2. Readings 2-7: Summary of each chapter with the addition of a half page critique for one of the websites mentioned at the back of each chapter.
3. Reading 8 – Summary of one of the chapters of this report.
4. Reading 9 – Summary of this article and please include a short summary of the video also.
5. Reading 10 – Summary of one of the first 4 chapters of this report.
6. Reading 11 – Summary of a second chapter of this report.
d. Your basic web site will contain the following pages:
1. Home page
2. Arizona Technology Standards page with a link
3. Digital Movie project
4. WebQuest project
5. Annotated List of 10 Internet Resources
e. “Training through Technology” – Acceptable website for completing the assignments:
1. http://www.paec.org/teacher2teacher/index.asp.
This is the website for training sponsored by the U.S. Education Department for the No Child Left Behind legislation. What I would like you to do for this site is to enroll, take one of the courses and become certified in that training. The assignment will be completed when you hand in the certificate of completion. I have completed a few of the certifications, one that I thought was helpful to me was under “Additional Subjects” and titled “NCLB basics for teachers and principals” (it explained what No Child Left Behind was all about).
2. http://www.learner.org/resources/browse.html.
This is the website from the Annenberg foundation which has placed many teacher training series free on the web. You need to enroll (it is free) and then select one of the series to watch. You do not have to watch the whole series just 1 hour of it (this could be one-one hour program or 2-1/2 hour programs). When you are finished watching the program write a 1 to 2 page summary with a critique of what you thought of it. Would you watch the rest if you had time?
3. http://www.intime.uni.edu/.
This is a wonderful website from the University of Northern Iowa. What I want you to do is to click on “Find a video” and then on “content area”. Now pick an element from the dropdown menu and click on Activity Overview and watch the video. Write a short summary of this activity. Click on “Download Lesson Plan” and print out a copy of the lesson plan. Include in your summary a critique of the lesson plan that you downloaded.
This is the website from the George Lukas Foundation. Click on Videos and from the dropdown menu pick a topic you would like to choose from. I have watched a few from the Technology Integration page and found them to be very enlightening. Watch the video and then write a 1 to 2 page summary of what it was about and what you thought of it.
f. 21st Century Project –
Go to www.swcit.org/warren/ed_tech_project.htm for the explanation.
g. Miscellaneous assignments: any assignments deemed necessary as we proceed through the semester
Major sources of points
a. Personal website
b. Midterm and final
c. Weekly quiz – over words from the glossary of Arizona Technology Standards
d. Blog entries and responses
e. Projects and tutorials
f. Summaries
Helpful Information
a. https://www.dreamspark.com/Products/Product.aspx?productid=24. This is a great site from Microsoft that
allows you to download for free Expression Web (and other software) – a value
of about $300.00.
Assessment and
Grading:
Assignments and their weight –
Midterm – 150 points
Final – 200 points
Quizzes – 15 – 25 points each
Reading – 25 points per summary
Projects – These will vary from 25 points to 150 points.
Absence – Absence from 5 or more classes is sufficient reason for the instructor to drop the student from the course with a failing grade.
Late Work – Work will not be accepted
after the due date. Please communicate
with me as soon as possible if circumstances arise that necessitate extensions
be granted.
Class email address – If you want to
send your homework to me by email please send it to edtechhomework@swcaz.edu.
Letter Grades:
A – 90% to 100%
B – 80% to 89.5%
C – 70% to 79.5%
D – 60% to 69.5%
F - < 60%
Expectations for
Students:
A. Attendance
· Students are responsible to arrive for lectures and computer lab classes at the scheduled time. Tardiness is an interruption to instruction.
· It is the student’s responsibility to obtain pertinent information from other students or the instructor in the event of tardiness or absence.
· In anticipation of absence from a scheduled quiz, test, or lab it is the students
responsibility to make arrangements in advance to take a quiz, test or perform a lab exercise at an alternate time that is mutually convenient and agreeable. Missed assignments will be averaged in as a zero on the course grade unless prior arrangements have been made. There is no makeup for these. Excused missed tests must be made up within 1 week of the scheduled time they were taken. Arrangements to make up the test must be made as soon as the student returns to class.
· There is no late work, if you have an emergency concerning any assignment please contact me as soon as possible.
B. Reading
1. Most benefit will be derived from the course if the assigned reading is done prior to
arrival at the lectures. You will find scanning the text to be insufficient in your
preparation.
2. The instructor may assign additional reading.
C. Cell Phones and other electronic devices should not be on during class.
Accommodation and
Special Needs - Include the following statement: Your instructor is willing to make any reasonable adaptations for
limitations due to any disability, including learning disability, in keeping
with SWC policies and the Student Handbook.
Any student with documented certifiable special needs should contact the
office of the Dean of Student Services on campus and they will inform me of the
proper accommodations you require. If
you have a special need, including a learning disability, it is your
responsibility to contact this office as soon as possible to discuss your
accommodation needs.
Retention of Examinations and
Assignments: Instructors will retain copies of student examinations and assignments
not returned to students for one semester in case of dispute between a faculty
member and a student in assigning or recording a grade. After that time, instructors
may discard course materials in a manner that preserves student
confidentiality.
E-mail Policy – Include the following statement: Students are issued an official Southwestern College student email address when they are admitted to the College. These addresses all have the same form: firstname.lastname@swcaz.edu. This is the only electronic mailing address recognized by the college. Students are responsible for all official college communications, including attachments, transmitted to this address. SWC faculty and staff are not responsible for forwarding email to personal email accounts that are not assigned by the college. Students are required to check their SWC email on a daily basis.
Withdrawal:
Last
day for withdrawal without instructor signature – September 4th
Last day for withdrawal with
instructor signature – October 30th
Disclaimer note - Include: This syllabus is subject to modification. The instructor will communicate with students any changes.