Integrating Computer Technology into the Classroom:
Design and Management
Class Description:
This course,
for computer literate teachers, is designed to combine principles of
instructional design with skills for technology integration. The course will
focus on five key areas: the teacher, the student, the technology, the lesson,
and the classroom environment. Current research models for planning and
technology integration will be explored and practical ideas for implementing
these models will be discussed. The course will be approximately 60% lecture/
discussion and 40% hands on. The hands-on component will provide teachers with
opportunities to use and explore existing hardware, software and Internet
resources in order to incorporate them into the design process. Each teacher
will be expected to use course information to design an instructional unit that
effectively integrates technology as a tool for enhancing the learning
environment.
Goal:
This course is
designed to equip teachers with knowledge and skills for designing exemplary
units of instruction, which effectively integrate the power of instructional
technology in order to enhance the learning environment.
Objectives:
•
Participants
will research and discuss future trends in technology and expand their vision of
the learning environment and individual learning styles.
•
Participants will research and discuss managing change with new technologies
• Participants will develop a strong understanding of the Virginia
Technology Standards of Learning and other national technology standards. (Ex.
AECT, ACA, ISTE)
• Participants will research and discuss effective planning models
appropriate for classroom use and apply these models for "planning for
technology."
•
Participants will research and discuss effective classroom technology models
• Models for
individual student use of technology
• Models for
small group student use of technology
• Models for
large group student use of technology
•
Participants will explore applications of technology as a tool for instruction
• A tool for
research
• A tool for communication/presentation
• A tool for
data analysis
• A tool for
simulations
• A tool for problem solving
• Participants will explore Internet resources for planning,
designing, and implementing technology.
• Participants will explore strategies for designing effective
instruction
• Participants will identify technology resources in their own school
and develop strategies for utilizing these resources
•
Participants will explore the concept of "'project based learning'
• Participants will combine knowledge of planning models, technology
models, instructional design and available resources to design, implement, and
evaluate a unit of instruction that effectively integrates technology to enhance
the learning environment.
Evaluation:
Successful
completion of this course includes the following:
• Attendance and participation (20%)
• Completion of weekly research journal entries (20%)
• Design and classroom implementation of an instructional unit
effectively integrating technology in order to enhance the learning environment
(50%)
•
Presentation of design project (5%)
• Peer evaluation of completed design projects (5%)
Syllabus
Friday,
March 17
·
Introduction
of course/participants
·
Writing
Activity: “A Teachers First Perspective"
·
Discussion
of past and future trends in technology
·
Alan
November on 'Technology: Creating a New Culture for Teaching and Learning”
·
Discussion
·
Presentation/Discussion:
VA Technology Standards of Learning
·
ASCD
Video “Raising Achievement Through Standards”
Designing Curriculum that Aligns to Standards (2B)
·
Introduction
to Scope and Sequence for Meeting Standards of Learning
·
Internet
Research - other technology standards
ACA
(American Communication Association)
AECT
(Association for Education Communication and Technology)
ISTE
(International Society for Technology in Education)
·
Design
Project: assignment and discussion
·
Homework
assignment - research article and journal entry
·
“Drill the Teachers, Educate the Kids”
·
“Beyond
Technology: The End of the Job and the Beginning of Digital Work”
Saturday, March 18 (AM)
·
ASCD
Video “Raising Achievement Through Standards”
How Standards Affect Teaching, Grading, Assessment and Evaluation (3A
& 3B)
Discussion
·
David
Thornburg on"2020 Visions for the Future of Education”
·
Discussion
·
Internet
Research - Virginia Schools - development of Technology Scope and Sequence
·
Small
Group Activity: VA Curriculum SOL and Model
Technology Connections
·
Large
Group Activity: VA Curriculum SOL and Model Technology Connections
·
Lunchtime
assignment - research article and journal entry
·
“Redefining
Teaching in a Disintermediated World”
Saturday, March 18 (PM)
·
Large
group discussion of research articles
·
Video:
Michelle Swanson on "Project Based Learning" Presentation/Discussion:
Overview of NTEQ Model
·
Small
Group Activity: NTEQ Model
·
Large
Group Activity: NTEQ Model
·
Internet
Research
·
NTEQ
Web site Overview
·
Challenge
2000 Multimedia Project Online “Project-Based Learning with Multimedia”
·
Design
Project: sharing and discussion
·
Homework
assignment - research articles and journal entry
·
“Putting the Web to Work”
·
"The
NTEQ Model: NTEQ Lesson Components"
Friday, April 7
·
Large group discussion of research article - NTEQ
Comparing
Theoretical Perspectives
Research
on Effective Integration of Technology in Classrooms
·
Video:
Planning Integrated Units
·
Discussion
·
Jamie
McKenzie
·
“Barriers
to New Technology”
·
“The
Question is the Answer”
·
Presentation/Discussion:
Classroom Internet Model - WebQuest
WebQuest Site
WebQuest
Index
WebQuest
Resources
WebQuest
Units
Middle
School WebQuests
What's
Your Quest?
·
Small
Group Activity: WebQuest Activity
(groups of four)
·
Large
Group Activity: WebQuest Activity
(debriefing)
·
Design
Project: sharing and discussion
www.naples.net/media/wsfp/lounge.htm
www.fno.org/module/module.html
Saturday, April 8 (AM)
·
Large
group discussion of research article - Grounded
Constructions—Practical Performance Assessments
Rubrics
What? How? When?
·
Presentation/Discussion:
“The Computer as a Tool for Data Collection and Analysis"
·
Model
Technology Lessons - database and spreadsheet
·
Strategies
for designing effective instruction
·
Small
Group Activity: database activity
·
Large
Group Activity: database activity
·
Small
Group Activity: spreadsheet activity
·
Large
Group Activity: spreadsheet activity
·
Internet
Research - Exemplary sites for data collection
www.ctap.fcoe.k12.ca.us/ctap/Lessons/lesson.index.html
Saturday, April 8 (PM)
·
Presentation/Discussion:
“The Computer as a Tool for Communication"
·
Model
Technology Lesson
·
Strategies
for designing effective instruction
Models
of Instruction with Technology
·
Small
Group Activity: designing a communication activity
·
Large
Group Activity: designing a communication activity
·
Internet
Research - Exemplary sites for student to student communication Design Project:
sharing and discussion
·
Homework
assignment - research articles and journal entry
·
http://www.middleweb.com/CurrStrategies.html
Article:
Technology in the Schools: It Does Make a Difference
Friday, May 12
Large
group discussion of research article
Teaching With the Brain in Mind
Copyright
and Fair Use
·
Large
group discussion of research articles
·
Presentation/Discussion: “The Computer as a Tool for
Research"
·
Model
Technology Lesson
--Research, the Computer, and the Internet
·
Strategies
for designing effective instruction
Module
Maker
·
Small
Group Activity: designing a research activity
·
Large
Group Activity: designing a research activity
·
Internet
Research - Exemplary sites for research
Video:
“Good, Better, Best: Evaluating
Web Sites”
Evaluating Web Resources
Saturday, May 13 (AM)
·
Presentation/Discussion:
“The Computer as a Tool for Simulations"
·
Model
Technology Lesson
·
Strategies
for designing effective instruction
·
Internet
Research - Exemplary sites for online simulations and field trips
·
Writing
Activity: “A New Perspective of Technology"
* Design Project: development work
Saturday, May 13 (PM)
·
Presentation
of design projects
·
Peer
evaluation of projects
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