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 **C ****URR 518 TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION CLASSROOM (1 credit) ** Montclair State University ● College of Education & Human Services Spring 2010 ● ONLINE James B. Bigsby ● jbigsby@cwcboe.org ● Office (973) 228-9115 Campus Weather Hotline: (973) 655-7810

** CATALOG DESCRIPTION: **  This one-credit course introduces pre-service teachers to the dimensions of educational technology for teaching and learning. It exposes them to the history of educational technology as well as pedagogical and practical implementation of educational technologies. It enables the students to draw upon field-based experiences in READ 411 to plan instructional technology environments that are student-centered, collaborative, and inquiry-based; that emphasize critical thinking; and that support specific curricular goals—as stated in institutional, state and national standards for technology in education. **Co-requisites: ** CURR 505 or EDFD 505. **COURSE CONTENT & SCOPE: **  This course will give pre-service teachers a historical overview of the technology in education, provide them with a learner-centered understanding of the 21st century learner, and give them a practical and pedagogical lens for planning and implementing technology-mediated teaching and learning. The ultimate aim is to ensure that pre-service teachers develop the proficiency to critically and analytically integrate technology into their curricular areas. This includes exhibiting the ability to explain and support the integration of a variety of print, video and digital technologies into instruction to support specific curricular goals and diverse learning needs as they relate to institutional, state and national standards for technology in education. We begin by examining the backdrop of educational technology and locating technology’s place in the history of formalized education in the United States. In addition to a brief overview of history, we’ll identify current definitions of //technology // enacted through local, state and national standards. Throughout the 10-week module, we’ll identify traditional as well as emerging educational technologies and locate those that are available and accessible to schools. We’ll also explore the technology planning process and how it impacts schooling and curriculum. Important issues to address include copyright and fair use as well as legal and ethical issues surrounding Acceptable Use Policies. Administrators and teachers face significant practical stumbling blocks in implementing technology in education, so we’ll explore ways to overcome these challenges. What do we mean by technology //integration // and how do we go about achieving it in schools? What goals and strategies must we consider before selecting and implementing technology in the classroom? To answer these questions, we’ll identify a curriculum design model that aligns specific instructional strategies with supporting technologies to arrive at unit of study.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">I. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Philosophical // **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">II. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Practical // **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">III. ****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Pedagogical //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">


 * METHODS OF ACHIEVING COURSE GOALS:**

Upon successful completion of the course, you will have accomplished the following: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Essential Concepts/Questions ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Performance Indicators ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Products Assessed ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> || 1. What role does technology have in schools? 2. What technology-related knowledge and 21st century skills are required for students, teachers, and administrators? || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> Readings based on current research and professional practice (to be completed prior to class discussion)
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 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">PHILOSOPHICAL ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">

Full participation in online professional community.

Implementation of productivity tools of a Digital Teacher

Reflective journal writing that draws connections across field observations, readings, class discussions, and coursework in CURR 505 or EDFD 505.

Alignment of curriculum goals, assessments, learning strategies, and specific technologies. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">

Academic Blog (20%)

Technology Labs (20%)

Electronic Portfolio (40%)

Integrated Lesson (20%)

|| 1. Identify and understand the legal and ethical issues surrounding technology in schools. 2. What are the barriers and challenges in implementing technology in education? 3. Identify technology resources. ||^  ||^   || 1. What is technology integration? 2. Identify and implement a curriculum design process that aligns curriculum goals, assessments, instructional practices, and specific technologies. ||^  ||^   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> During our time together (15 weeks) you will **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">read, respond to, and critically analyze various “texts” ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">on the philosophical, practical and pedagogical dimensions of educational technology. You will share your understandings and insights through **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">weekly Professional Learning Network activities ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> I believe that learning how to use new technologies on your own is a crucial part of what it means to be 21st century literate. Toward this end, the course will not walk you step-by-step through how to use each of the technologies discussed. This kind of scaffolding may be helpful in the short-term, but does not assist you in developing independence as a consumer and user of new technologies. Rather, you will be expected to build learning strategies as you progress through the course. For example, you might dig into the technology directly, locate tutorials and starter sheets to guide your way, and or/ask colleagues for specific help. Thus, you have two primary learning goals—to learn how to use specific technologies and to learn how to learn about using new technologies. A key component of learning how to learn will be building a Personal Learning Network or PLN. This is a network of people and resources you can draw on and communicate with to build your learning. For my own instructional purposes, I will maintain a **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> CLASS NING AND CLASS WIKI ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> to provide you with weekly announcements, course updates, and course-relevant resources. The course sites will also provide you with a menu of (easy access to) classmates’ blogs, websites (working electronic portfolios), and technology labs. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">It is essential that you contribute to the classroom community by preparing to discuss the readings in class and using your electronic portfolio as a tool to draw powerful connections across the readings, class discussions and your other coursework. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> Each week you should be writing in your blog several times. Your blog should be a place for thinking through how you are learning technologies, limitations of technologies for learning, how you might implement technologies in your teaching or with your students, issues of student learning, issues in school use/non-use of technology, etc. Usually each week there will be one assigned blog post but the rest you are free to choose. If it is not the assigned blog topic of the week, another blog should be highlighting the technology you explored, linking to examples you created, and discussing positives and negatives of your experience or take on the technology. Another key component of reflecting is also reflecting/commenting on others’ blog posts. Within the first two weeks, you will be assigned to a "Cohort" or group of 3 to 4 in addition to a specific help partner or "study buddy" within the Cohort, in order to help each other out but also to give you a start on your PLN. At a minimum, you should be commenting on each person’s blog in your Cohort once per week, but the more you comment on others (both classmates and those whose blogs you choose to follow) the better you will be able to write some of your own blog posts. In this plan, you should start by identifying a specific grade level and a body of knowledge you would like students to learn (subject/content matter/technology). You should consult the New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards for your discipline and technology and identify which specific standards you are addressing. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">2) ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> What is the substance of the lesson/unit? Your audience will want to gain a clear picture of what students will be asked to do and what the desired learning outcomes are. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">3) ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">What will the performance products look like? To strengthen your portfolios, you will not just tell your audience what students will be doing, but you will actually show them mock-up examples of what you expect the finished products will look like. By creating these examples from scratch, you not only help your audience gain a better understanding of the lesson/unit, but you are also more convincing by showing that you actually have the skills to pull it off.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">PRACTICAL ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">PEDAGOGICAL ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">CURR 316 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> will expand your knowledge and skills regarding the rapidly changing field of educational technologies. This course will prepare you to integrate technology into your fieldwork and in your future classrooms.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">__LEARNING NEW TECHNOLOGIES PERSPECTIVE__ **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">__ONLINE CLASSROOM – Ning and Wiki__ **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">__COURSE ASSESSMENTS__ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Reflections – BLOGs and Comments (20%): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">A //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">blog // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">(web log) is essentially an online journal where you will express your understanding of the readings and discussions and any observations and understandings gleaned from your work in CURR 505 or EDFD 505.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Technology Labs (20%): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">As we introduce new technologies, you will be required to perform a series of tasks that will assist you learn more about the specific technology. The projects are, in a sense, the practice ground for you to explore these technologies in greater depth. Details of each technology lab will be posted on the class sites.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Electronic Portfolio (40%): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">You will be required to create an electronic portfolio that presents you as an aspiring teacher who has fresh ideas about integrating technology in your classroom. Your electronic portfolio is an opportunity to richly capture your ideas regarding the technologies introduced in this course and present them in a compelling way to a professional audience including administrators. The two primary objectives in creating your portfolio are the following: The first is for you to establish your own teaching identity. Imagine this portfolio is the first impression that employers, students, and parents will have about you. You’ll need to think carefully about how you want to “brand” yourself. One of the elements that will contribute to your impression will be a working resume. The second objective of this portfolio is to convince your audience that you have fantastic ideas about using specific technologies in the classroom.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Technology Integrated Lesson (20%): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> You will develop or adapt a lesson in your discipline that integrates technology. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">1) ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> You will summarize the context: What learning objectives are you addressing?

The following evaluation criteria are applied to all oral, written, and digital assignments that comprise the course of study. Major assignments will be accompanied by more detailed rubrics for assessment.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">__GRADING STANDARDS__ **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">

A— **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Demonstration of superior work //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Work demonstrates deep and detailed understanding of material and is logically developed. Creativity or special insights are evident, and work is free from spelling, grammatical, and/or formatting errors.

B— **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Very good work //**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">. // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Work demonstrates a clear understanding of the material and provides relevant details that ground theory in practice. Work displays coherent organization, addresses the purpose of the assignment, and is relatively free from spelling, grammatical, and/or formatting errors.

C— **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Satisfactory work //** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">. Work, for the most part, demonstrates understanding of material and provides a few relevant details. Work displays a basic level of organization, mildly addresses the purpose of the assignment, and contains a few spelling, grammatical, and/or formatting errors.

D— **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Unsatisfactory work //**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">. // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Student work displays a severe lack of understanding of material and provides little or no relevant detail. The work is poorly organized, does not meet the purpose of the assignment, and contains numerous spelling, grammatical, and/or formatting errors

F— **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Work is neither satisfactory nor complete //**//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">. // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Student work displays no understanding of material and provides no detail. The work lacks organization, does not meet the purpose of the assignment, and does not adhere to spelling, grammatical, and/or formatting guidelines.

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• **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">ADP ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> Center ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> for Teacher Preparation & Learning Technologies ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;"> The first floor of University Hall houses the **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Curriculum Resource Collection ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">, containing 10,000 curriculum guides, 400 videos, 200 software titles, sample tests, 100 journals and publications, and school publisher catalogs. The ADP Center staff also provides tutorials, training, one-on-one mentoring and monthly workshops for students and faculty interested in learning how to use technology as a teaching tool. (973) 655-5220.

• **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Office of Information Technology Training & Technology Group ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">now offers training events for students. They have designed several workshops that are //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">specifically // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">geared for students to assist you in your coursework. To sign up, go to: http://oit.montclair.edu/trainingandevents.html • **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Reliable internet access is required to fully participate in this course. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">MSU provides numerous computer labs (both Mac and PC) to accommodate your time and tasks needs (http://oit.montclair.edu). A jammed printer, failure to save data or backup a file, or being “offline” is **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">not ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">a legitimate excuse for missing class or missing an assignment deadline.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">__COURSE POLICIES & PRACTICES__ **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">

• **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">Check your email account and the main course blog, Ning, and wiki frequently ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">. An unread e-mail is not a valid excuse for being uninformed about course changes and/or updates. Checking up on this information (via email and the web) every other day will ensure you do not miss important course related information.

• **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">I expect you to do your own work for this course, work independently, and give credit for all materials used in your research ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">. As an MSU student and a future teacher you are responsible for knowing and adhering to the university policies on academic honesty, including citation of all source materials. All students who engage in dishonest acts such as cheating and/or plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action, which includes failure of the course and possible expulsion from the university. Please see me if you have any questions about the academic violations described in the student code of conduct as they relate to particular requirements for this course. (http://www.montclair.edu/studenthandbook/). If you are unsure of what constitutes plagiarism, Professor Hexham at the University of Calgary provides a useful set of definitions and examples at: []

• **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">If you receive an assignment back and are confused or disagree with assigned grade, I encourage you to discuss it with me. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13.2pt;">I do ask that you wait at least 24 hours (a “cooling period”) after receiving your assignment before contacting me so that our discussion can be the most fruitful.

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