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Al
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Office Hours: T&R 11:30-12:30, M&T 2:30-3:30 & by appt. Office: Mattson 115Phone 933-7451
 apearson@gac.edu
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Spring Term 2006 Thursday 1:30-4:20 Computer Lab, Mattson106 Department
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Al
Pearson
Office Hours: T&R 11:30-12:30, M&T 2:30-3:30 & by appt. Office: Mattson 115Phone 933-7451
apearson@gac.edu
Al's
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| Course Teaching Assistants: <> Rachell Jakobs rjakobs@gustavus.edu Amy Larson alarson@gac.edu Justine Moses jmoses@gac.edu Rachell, Amy, & Justine successfully completed the course in prior terms; they will be joining us to assist you in finding answers to your questions and sharing with you what they did in the course. |
Additional help:Helpline (933-6111)Web Helpline (7072). Information Technology's homepage Of course, a little luck also helps. |
| Lab Availability:
Some of the software used in the course is available on lab computers across the campus. The custom educational software used in the course is available via the computers in the Education Department's Computer Lab (Mattson 106). Campus Computer Labs
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Special Needs:
If you have any special needs requiring instructional accommodation, please talk to talk to me after the first class. |
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Catalog Description:This course provides practical learning experiences addressing skills and understandings necessary for evaluating, selecting, accessing, and using educational media and instructional materials. It addresses the innovative use of computers and other technologies in classrooms. Students develop technology-supported learning activities they can use in their own teaching of K-12 students. |
Course Goals:This course is designed to help you become more comfortable using technologies to support student learning in your classroom. You will increase your technology skills by using them in your own learning and by creating learning experiences for your future students. If you have not already discovered that using technology can, at times, be very frustrating and time consuming, you will in this course. During those times, we will learn together how to problem solve and overcome the problems you may be encountering. |
Standards:This course addresses specific standards from the Minnesota Board of Teaching Standards of Effective Practice as well as the International Society for Technology Education (see "Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for All Teachers" ). |
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Grading: See below.Readings: There is no required text for this class. Reading assignments are linked to this syllabus. As the syllabus will be periodically updated, you should check it on a regular basis. Other readings may be assigned in class as needed.Projects: The technology-based projects will be described in more
detail later. Quizzes: There will 3 computer iteracy quizzes and 2 content quizzes. Assignments, Reflections, & Class Contributions: These will be scored and included in your semester grade. Attendance:
The expectations for this class are identical to those of your future school employers. Class will start on time, and your on-time attendance is expected. Absences should be minimal, if any, have a very strong justification, and receive prior approval of the instructor. |
Academic Honesty: You are
entering
a profession in which you will serve as a model for children's beliefs
and
behaviors. Parents are going to trust their children's safety,
health,
education, and happiness to you each school year. You must,
therefore,
hold yourself to the highest standards of academic and personal
integrity.
Please review the Academic
Honesty Policy and the Honor
Code in the General Catalog. The honor code includes the
following pledge: "On my
honor, I pledge that I have not given, received, or tolerated others'
use of unauthorized aid in completing this work."
In this class, we are encouraged to assist one another with problem solving; however, unless otherwise indicated for a given assignment, there is an expectation that the work you complete is your own and that you will always give credit when using material created by others. Academic dishonesty in any form will result in severe penalty (e.g., 0 points on given assignment or, in serious cases, failure for the course). You must pay special attention to copyright laws as you will be creating multimedia materials that will often include the work of others. Please read the following copyright warning and GAC Technology Acceptable Use Policy |
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| For each major project, as well as
for
assignments, quizzes, reflections, in-class tasks, etc., you will earn
points
toward your final grade. In each of the 5 categories
below,
the total points you earn will be expressed as a percentage of the
total
possible for that category. The percentage/letter grade
conversion
for this course is as follows:
A 93-100% B+ 87-89 C+ 77-79 D+ 67-69 F Below 63% |
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| QUIZZES: 3 Computer literacy quizzes (18.75%) & 2 Topics Quizzes (6.25%) |
25% |
| MISC: classroom
contributions, tutorials, assignments, in-class presentations, etc. |
30% |
| Tech
Article Topics Directions Rubric |
10% |
| Web Quest Plan Rubric |
15% |
| Multimedia
Project Directions Plan Rubric |
15% |
| iMOVIE Directions and Criteria |
5% |
| Rubrics will be provided prior to each major project detailing expectations. Being on time with your assignments will be reflected in your grade for the assignment. Incomplete grades are granted only in extreme cases (e.g., extended illness, personal crises, server meltdown) and must be negotiated individually with the instructor as soon as the need is identified and at least two weeks prior to the last class. |
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Last Updated 04/11/06