Transcript Special Topics: Technology in the Classroom - sttechnology

EDUC 4000/3-254/255
2E40 (MWF) 1E05 (T, Th)
Andrew Volk
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Introductions
Icebreaker (www.surveymonkey.com)
Syllabus/Wiki (http://pbworks.com)
Seminar Groups and Articles (Google Drive)
Assignment #1: Personal Assessment of
Technology Skills and Attitudes
(www.edmodo.com)
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What is your name?
What made you decide to take this course?
What do you hope to take away from this
course?
Do you have any experience with Ed. Tech.
that you hope to share in this course?
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“4 Corners” activity:
Survey on website…
Consider what this would have looked like as
an actual 4 corners activity
What did we gain/lose by doing the activity as
an online survey?
What conclusions can we draw from this?
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video/360166
4/digital-conversion-psa
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7br54_di
gital-conversion-tips_fun
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Syllabus – Assignments and grades
Wiki – Who knows what a wiki is? Who has
used one before? How will we use a wiki in
this course?
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“Books will soon be obsolete in the schools… It
is possible to teach every branch of human
knowledge with [technology]. Our school
system will be completely changed in ten
years.”
Thomas Edison
1913
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Seminar groups will provide an opportunity
to engage with academic literature in smaller
focus groups. On each seminar day a
different group leader will guide a discussion
of an article. After the focus group discussion
we will debrief as a whole class.
Articles can be found on the ‘texts’ page of
the wiki. Please see me if you would like an
article printed in hard copy.
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Provide a summary of the main points in the
article
Describe the setting/context of the study
Decide on a theoretical/critical lens that can
be applied to the article
Create a set of discussion questions/prompts
for your group
Try to read/skim the articles that others in
your group are presenting
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After your turn as seminar leader you will
need to write a brief review of the article (.5 –
1 page), including some of the main points of
your group discussion.
On the seminar days when you are not
presenting, please give the presenter brief
feedback in the form of “2 stars and a
wish/wondering”.
On the next day, please hand in your review
and the feedback from your group.
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Please take some time to explore the wiki.
Especially, look at the articles and be
prepared with 2 or 3 choices of articles you’d
be interested in presenting.
You will be asked to sign up to present an
article by tomorrow using the google
document.
Begin work on your “Personal Assessment of
Technology Skills and Attitudes” assignment.
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2-3 choices of articles you like to present for
seminar groups
An email address you can access from the
classroom (gmail preferable)
“Personal Assessment of Technology Skills
and Attitudes” to hand in via edmodo.