Daniel C. Moos, Ph.D.

 

Gustavus Adolphus College, Department of Education

  


 
Educational Technology:Spring 2015 Syllabus

Note: Syllabus Subject To Change

 

Class #1 (Tu):

Feb 10

 

Class (First Class):

  • Introductions & class expectations

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Assignments Due Today:

None

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Homework:

None

Class #2 (Th):

Feb 12

 

Class (Create your website!):

  • Introduce Google Pages
  • Introduce Homepage
  • Worktime for Homepage

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Assignments Due Today:

None

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Homework:

  • Complete rough draft of Homepage (final draft, online due Class #5)

Class #3 (Tu):

Feb 17

 

 

Class (Add to your website!):

  • Editing digital images with Photoshop lesson (see "cheat sheet")
  • Introduce Majors Page
  • Worktime for Homepage & Majors page

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Homepage, rough draft

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Homework:

  • Majors Page, rough draft (final draft, online due Class #5)

Class #4 (Th):

Feb 19

 

 

Class (Introduction to SmartBoard):

  • Smartboard Introduction (identifying how to use Smartboard to enable learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities)
  • Clickers/SENTIOs
  • Discuss Smartboard Activity

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Majors page, rough draft (final draft, online due Class #5)

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Homework:

  • Majors page, final draft, online
  • Homepage, final draft, online
  • Watch introductory SmartBoard videos (located in "Assignments" webpage for this course. Scroll down to Smartboard and the links to these videos will be in "What additional resources are available?)

Class #5 (Tu):

Feb 24

 

Class (SmartBoard, continued):

  • Review SmartBoard introductory videos
  • Smartboard Overview and practice (with Notebook on individual computers)

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Majors page, final draft, online
  • Homepage, final draft, online
  • Watch introductory SmartBoard videos: located in "Assignments" webpage for this course. Scroll down to Smartboard and the links to these videos will be under "What additional resources are available?"

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Homework:

  • SmartBoard Presentation: (1) Identify if you would like to work with a partner; (2) Choose your topic for a 15 minute presentation

Class #6 (Th):

Feb 26

 

Class (Resumé):

  • Professional resumé discussion
  • Worktime for resumé

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Assignments Due Today:

  • SmartBoard presentation: (1) Identify if you would like to work with a partner; (2) Choose your topic for a 15 minute presentation

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Homework:

  • Resumé, rough draft
  • Smartboard presentation: Develop a plan for your 15 minute SmartBoard presenation

Class #7 (Tu):

March 3

 

 

Class (SmartBoard Presentation worktime)

  • Uploading and hyperlinking documents to a website; creating PDFs (for resumé)
  • Overview of domain-specific homework
  • SmartBoard worktime
  • SmartBoard Presentation signup

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Resumé, rough draft
  • Smartboard presentation: Start thinking about your plan for the SmartBoard presentation

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Homework:

  • Research domain specific technologies. Choose ONE of the below domains and complete the homework assignment, which is linked.
        1. Math: Click here.
        2. Social Studies: Click here.
        3. Music: Click here.
        4. Art: Click here.
        5. Science: Click here.
        6. English and Language Arts: Click here.
  • Work on SmartBoard Presentation

Class #8 (Th):

March 5

 

 

Class (Domain specific technologies)

  • Jigsaw approach to discussing domain-specific technologies
  • Professor feedback on resumé (ask questions about feedback during class)

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Research domain specific technologies. Choose ONE of the below domains and complete the homework assignment, which is linked.
        1. Math: Click here.
        2. Social Studies: Click here.
        3. Music: Click here.
        4. Art: Click here.
        5. Science: Click here.
        6. English and Language Arts: Click here.

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Homework:

  • Resumé, final draft: Due Class #10 (please bring a harcopy to next class AND upload/ hyperlink your resumé to your homepage)
  • Work on Smartboard Presentation

Class #9 (Tu):

March 10

Class (Assessment and Technology, I)

  • Continuous development in technology knowledge; discuss a variety of media and educational technology to enrich and assess learning: Concept Maps (Inspiration/Kidspiration)
      1. Example of step 1 in Concept Maps, click here
      2. Example of step 2 in Concept Maps, click here
      3. Example of step 3 in Concept Maps, click here
      4. Example of step 4 in Concept Maps, click here

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Assignments Due Today:

  • None

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Homework:

  • Resumé, final draft: Due Class #10 (please bring a harcopy to next class AND upload/ hyperlink your resumé to your homepage)
  • Work on Smartboard Presentation

Class #10 (Th):

March 12

 

Class (Assessment and Technology, II)

  • Electronic gradebooks (Managing technology resourses and self-assessing use of these resources, including collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results, and communicating these findings to improve instructional practice)

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Resumé, final draft (please bring a harcopy to class AND upload/ hyperlink your resumé to your homepage)

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Homework:

  • Smartboard presentations (presentations start in Class #12)

Class #11 (T):

March 17

 

Class (Technology and diverse learners):

  • Technology resources to enable and empower learners with diverse backgrounds (powerpoint), characteristics, and abilities
  • Discuss Garageband: Sample Garageband (Emotions and Character Development in Harry Potter), click here.; Music in content areas such as Math, click here.
  • Resources for diverse learners (Reading tools such as Kurzwil text-to-speach reading system)
  • Midsemester evaluations

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Assignments Due Today:

  • None

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Homework:

  • SmartBoard Presentation and paper

Clas #12 (Th):

March 19

 

 

Class (SmartBoard presentations, I):

  • SmartBoard presentations

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Assignments Due Today:

  • SmartBoard Presentation and paper

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Homework:

  • SmartBoard Presentation and paper

Class #13 (T):

March 24

 

 

 

Class (SmartBoard presentations, II):

  • SmartBoard presentations

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Assignments Due Today:

  • SmartBoard Presentation and paper

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Homework:

  • SmartBoard Presentation and paper

Class #14 (Th):

March 26

 

 

 

 

Class (Emerging Technology I & II):

  • Emerging Technologies I: Powerpoints and prezi: Designing effective powerpoints and prezi presentations based on cognitive theories (see powerpoint)
  • Emerging Technologies II: Second Life

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Assignments Due Today:

None

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Homework:

  • Write a 1 - 2 page double-spaced paper on possible applications of Second Life that address the following questions: (1) Do you think Second Life is more appropriate for different age groups? Why?; (2) Identify and describe one application of Second Life. In your description, please identify why you think this application would assist learning; (3) What challenges do you foresee in using Second Life in a K-12 classroom setting?
March 31 No Clas: Spring break
April 2 No Class: Spring break

Class #15 (T):

April 7

 

 

 

Class (Emergining Technology III):

  • Small group discussions: Share applications of Second Life
  • Emerging Technologies III: "Adventure Learning" (recent research with Brian Honkomp)

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Write a 1 - 2 page double-spaced paper on possible applications of Second Life that address the following questions: (1) Do you think Second Life is more appropriate for different age groups? Why?; (2) Identify and describe one application of Second Life. In your description, please identify why you think this application would assist learning; (3) What challenges do you foresee in using Second Life in a K-12 classroom setting?

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Homework:

  • Twitter and Blog, and Wiki activity (Jigsaw approach): Assigned to one group (Twitter, Blog, or Wiki), research and be prepared to answer the following questions: 1. What is a twitter/blog/wikis? 2. How is a twitter/blog/wiki created? 3. How can twitter/blog/wiki be used in the classroom? 4. What are some challenges in intergrating twitter/blog/wikis in the classroom?
  • See below for some resources to begin your research:

Twitter resources: Article #1, Article #2, Article #3, Article #4

Blog resources: Article #1, Article #2, Article #3

Wiki resources: Article #1, Article #2, Article #3

Class #16 (Th):

April 9

 

 

 

Class (Bloom's Taxonomy and emerging technologies I):

  • Introduction to Bloom's Taxonomy and its relationship to thinking about educational technology
  • Small group discussions for emerging technologies (III): Twitter, Blog, and Wiki activities

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Assignments Due

  • Twitter and Blog, and Wiki activity (Jigsaw approach): Assigned to one group (Twitter, Blog, or Wiki), research and be prepared to answer the following questions: 1. What is a twitter/blog/wikis? 2. How is a twitter/blog/wiki created? 3. How can twitter/blog/wiki be used in the classroom? 4. What are some challenges in intergrating twitter/blog/wikis in the classroom?
  • See below for some resources to begin your research:

Twitter resources: Article #1, Article #2, Article #3, Article #4

Blog resources: Article #1, Article #2, Article #3

Wiki resources: Article #1, Article #2, Article #3

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Homework:

  • Watch introductory iPad in education video (click here) and Child trying to read a magazine like an iPad (click here)

Haven't used an iPad before (or use one infrequently):

  • iPad User Guide: The Basics, short video (click here)
  • iPad User Guide: The Basics, longer video (click here)
  • Google Classrooms: Watch short video (click here)
 

Class #17 (T):

April 14

 

 

Class (Emerging technologies II):

  • Emerging Technologies IV: iPads and iBooks (YouTube Video: Apple Education-Event iBooks); iPad Video from Elementary school ("Using iPads in Elementary School"); iPad from Secondary school ("New School: iPads and iPods in the classroom"); Child trying to read a magazine like an iPad (click here)
  • Overview of iPads
  • Overview of Google Classrooms

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Watch introductory iPad in education video (click here) and Child trying to read a magazine like an iPad (click here)

Haven't used an iPad before (or use one infrequently):

  • iPad User Guide: The Basics, short video (click here)
  • iPad User Guide: The Basics, longer video (click here)
  • Google Classrooms: Watch short video (click here)

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Homework:

  • Prepare for discussion on Flipped Classrooms:
      1. Read these three short articles: Article #1, Article #2, Article #3.
      2. Watch these two short YouTube Videos (less than 5 minutues) on why teachers use flipped classrooms: Video #1, Video #2
      3. Think flipped classrooms won't work for younger elementary students? Think again! Watch these two short videos (less than 5 minutes): Video #1, Video #2

Class #18 (Th):

April 16

 

 

Class (Flipping classrooms I):

  • Introduction to Flipped Classrooms
  • Overview of Flipped Classroom Assignment
  • Overview of Technology Page (will include link to video for Flipped Classroom Assignment)
  • Begin planning topic for Flipped Class Video

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Prepare for discussion on Flipped Classrooms:
      1. Read these two short articles: Article #1, Article #2, Article #3.
      2. Watch these two short YouTube Videos (less than 5 minutues) on why teachers use flipped classrooms: Video #1, Video #2
      3. Think flipped classrooms won't work for younger elementary students? Think again! Watch these two short videos (less than 5 minutes): Video #1, Video #2
      4. Check out this site (click here) for pre-made videos that could be used in flipped classrooms

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Homework:

  • Decide topic and potential partners for video (Flipped Classroom Assignment)

Class #19 (T):

April 21

 

 

 

Class (Flipping classrooms II):

  • Discuss: (1) How to film video; (2) How to create video with Quicktime (using powerpoint and/or prezi presentations); (3) How to create Quicktime movies with embedded mac camera; (4) How to save unedited video to QuickTime and flashdisk
  • Overview of next 3 classes and Flipped Classroom assignment
  • Sign up for time to use camera to film video

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Decide topic and potential partners for video (Flipped Classroom Assignment)

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Homework:

  • Complete UNedited videos AND save unedited videos (in Quicktime) on Flashdisk for Flipped Class Assignment (unedited video needs to be completed in one week: Class #22)

Class #20 (Th):

April 23

 

 

Class (Flipping classrooms III):

  • Discuss iMovie and editing videos
  • Introduce YouTube and linking video in Technology Page
  • Worktime for Flipped Classroom Assignment: Create Technology Page (will embed link to YouTube video in this page)

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Assignments Due Today:

  • None

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Homework:

  • Complete UNedited videos AND save unedited videos (in Quicktime) on Flashdisk for Flipped Class Assignment (due next class)

Class #21 (T)

April 28

Class (Flipping classrooms IV)

  • NOTE #1: The professor is supervising student teachers in Barrow, Alasks. Please complete today's work on your own time. Feel free to email the professor with any question. Work to be completed: (1) Edit videos in iMovie; (2) Export and upload to YouTube; (3) Link YouTube video to Technology Page
  • NOTE #2: Editing, exporting, uploading, and linking video to Technology Page should be completed all at once (unless you are working on a personal computer). These steps could take as long as 2 hours. So, if you do not have time after class, you can complete these steps at different time (i.e. you do NOT need to come to class).

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Complete UNedited videos AND save unedited videos (in Quicktime) on Flashdisk for Flipped Class Assignment

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Homework:

  • Complete edited videos for Flipped Class Assignment, upload to YouTube, and linked to Technology Page (due May 5th)

Class #22 (Th):

April 30

Class (Flipping classrooms IV)

  • NOTE #1: The professor is supervising student teachers in Barrow, Alasks. Please complete today's work on your own time. Feel free to email the professor with any question. Work to be completed: (1) Edit videos in iMovie; (2) Export and upload to YouTube; (3) Link YouTube video to Technology Page
  • NOTE #2: Editing, exporting, uploading, and linking video to Technology Page should be completed all at once (unless you are working on a personal computer). These steps could take as long as 2 hours. So, if you do not have time after class, you can complete these steps at different time (i.e. you do NOT need to come to class).

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Complete UNedited videos AND save unedited videos (in Quicktime) on Flashdisk for Flipped Class Assignment

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Homework:

  • Complete edited videos for Flipped Class Assignment, upload to YouTube, and linked to Technology Page (due May 5th)

Class #23 (T):

May 5

Class (Flipping classrooms V):

  • Share videos for Flipped Class Assignment
  • Social, ethical, and legal issues related to technology: Introduction
  • Assigned to one of four articles (see Homework)

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Complete edited videos for Flipped Class Assignment, upload to YouTube, and linked to Technology Page

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Homework (assigned to read articles from ONE of the below topics):

  • Topic #1: Ethical Issues in Technology
      1. Freedom of Speech (click here and click here)
      2. Privacy (click here)
      3. Academic dishonesty (click here)
  • Topic #2: Legal Issues in Technology
  1. Copyright and fair use (click here)
  2. Privacy (click here)
  3. Acceptable Use (click here)
  4. Software piracy (click here)
  • Topic #3: Social Issues in Technology
  1. The digital divide (click here)
  2. Cyberbullying (click here and click here and click here)
  3. Online/Social interactions (click here)

Class #24 (Th):

May 7

 

 

 

Class (Social, ethical, and legal issues I):

  • Jigsaw apporach: Discuss four articles
  • Social, ethical, and legal issues related to technology activity introduced (click here for an overview)

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Topic #1: Ethical Issues in Technology
      1. Freedom of Speech (click here and click here)
      2. Privacy (click here)
      3. Academic dishonesty (click here)
  • Topic #2: Legal Issues in Technology
  1. Copyright and fair use (click here)
  2. Privacy (click here)
  3. Acceptable Use (click here)
  4. Software piracy (click here)
  • Topic #3: Social Issues in Technology
  1. The digital divide (click here)
  2. Cyberbullying (click here and click here and click here)
  3. Online/Social interactions (click here)
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Homework:

  • Identify resources for social, ethical, and legal issues related to technology activity

Class #25 (T):

May 12

 

 

Class (Social, ethical, and legal issues II):

  • Worktime for social, ethical, and legal issues related to technology activity

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Identify resources for social, ethical, and legal issues related to technology activity

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Homework:

  • Finalize preparation for group presentations/discussions: Social, ethical, and legal issues related to technology

Class #26 (Th):

MAy 14

Class (Social, ethical, and legal issues III):

  • Presentations/discussion: Social, ethical, and legal issues related to technology
  • TaskStream and uploading SmartBoard presentation, writing description and rationale (or create WebPage)

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Finalize preparation for presentations/discussions: Social, ethical, and legal issues related to technology

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Homework:

  • Upload SmartBoard presentation (artifact) and paper (key assessment description and rationale) to TaskStream (Standard 6) OR create a new webpage (if you do not have a TaskStream account)

Class #27 (T):

May 19

 

Class (Last Class):

  • Introduce Technology Page
  • Worktime: Upload SmartBoard presentation (artifact) and paper (key assessment description and rationale) to TaskStream (Standard 6) OR create a new webpage (if you do not have a TaskStream account)
  • End of the year evaluations

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Assignments Due Today:

  • Upload SmartBoard presentation (artifact) and paper (key assessment description and rationale) to TaskStream (Standard 6) OR create a new webpage (if you do not have a TaskStream account)

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Homework:

  • Technology page, final draft (Note: Technology page due at assigned final time for EDU 241)
  • Upload SmartBoard presentation (artifact) and paper (key assessment description and rationale) to TaskStream (Standard 6) OR create a new webpage (if you do not have a TaskStream account)

 

 

 
   

 

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