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ED554 A Summer 2009 Knight

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Number Course Title

ED 554 A2 Computers & Technology in the Classroom

Fall Spring Summer Year

X 2009

Name of Instructor Office and Extension

Steven Knight
Electronic Mail
knights@fccps.org

Meeting Day and Time: July 13 – 24, 9:00 – 3:00, M - F. Ballston 508
Office Hours: By appointment
Final: Integrated Lesson Plan due July 24, 2009

EVALUATION SENTENCE:

During summer 2009, course evaluations will be administered online. Students will
receive an email from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness to complete the form. For
more information go to: www.marymount.edu/irap

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

By accepting this syllabus, you pledge to uphold the principles of

Academic Integrity expressed by the Marymount University Community.
You agree to observe these principles yourself and to defend them against
abuse by others.
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ATTENDANCE POLICY

Due to the intensive nature of this course; Students are expected to attend all sessions for six
hours each day, M – F. Any absence for any reason will necessarily require a re-assessment of
your continued participation in the class. Your job, this semester, is to complete this course
successfully.

SPECIAL NEEDS AND ACCOMMODATIONS

Special Needs and Accommodations: Please address with the instructor any special
problems or needs at the beginning of the semester. Those seeking accommodations
based on disabilities should provide a Faculty Contact Sheet obtained through Disability
Support Services (DSS), 284-1615, located on Main Campus in Gerard Hall.

ACCESS TO STUDENT WORK

Copies of your work in this course including copies of any submitted papers and your
portfolios may be kept on file for institutional research, assessment and accreditation
purposes. All work used for these purposes will be submitted anonymously.

WEATHER AND EMERGENCY INFORMATION LINE 703-526-6888

If you have not already done so, please sign up for the Marymount
University Alerts Emergency Notification System at the MU main
website: http://www.marymount.edu/mualerts/

1. BROAD PURPOSE OF COURSE

1a. Conceptual Framework: Marymount University’s professional education

programs are dedicated to our mission of “Preparing Educational Leaders for Diverse
Learning Communities,” The three strands comprising the conceptual framework model
include critical thinker, effective practitioner, and caring professional that synergistically
interact with one another. Knowledge of content, human growth and development, and
pedagogy, along with current research and learning theory, provide the foundation for our
professional programs. All courses and experiences are designed to achieve this mission.

1b. Critical Assignment: Marymount’s teacher education program has identified key or
critical assignments for your program as part of our formative assessment system. These
critical assignments are part of your normal course work and are considered in the
evaluation for your course grade. Additionally, these assessments are evaluated a second
time by your professor in the following five areas: 1) Knowledge of Subject Matter; 2)
Knowledge of Human Growth and Development; 3) Adapting for Individual Needs; 4)
Instructional Planning Skills; and 5) Assessment of Student Learning. The scores from
these five areas are not part of your course grade, but are reported to the department and
your advisor. At the end of the semester you may inquire about the critical assignment
score for this course or you may ask your advisor about the scores for all of your critical
assignments at any time. The Education Department uses the scores for program
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evaluation and your advisor will view your scores as a means of formative assessment.
The critical assignment for this course is the Technologically Integrated Lesson Plan
Project.

2. COURSE OBJECTIVES

Students will be expected to:

a. Establish criteria for selecting and evaluating educational hardware and
software;
b. Describe appropriate applications of selected educational technologies,
including computers;
c. Demonstrate effective use of the computer as a productivity tool for teaching
and learning;
d. Apply selected multimedia tools;
e. Describe research findings and theory bases which underpin the application of
electronic technologies in schools;
f. Develop a lesson plan which appropriately integrates educational technology.
g. Describe implications of education computing on such issues as equity, ethics,
privacy, viruses, and copyright infringements;
h. Describe the role advanced technologies (e.g. robotics, telecommunications,
interactive video, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence) currently play in
education and will likely play in the future;
i. Establish criteria for assessing the accuracy and reliability of online resources;
j. Use electronic technologies to access and exchange information;
k. Employ appropriate technologies to support the Virginia Standards of
Learning and other instructional objectives, in addition to the NETS standards.
l. Compile a portfolio of prescribed variety of resources from the Internet,

This course has no field experience.

3. TEACHING METHOD

Discussions (online and face to face), modeling, demonstrations, group activities,

readings, software evaluations, multimedia and class projects will be utilized in order
to help students develop a working knowledge of instructional technologies that can
be applied in the classroom.

4. GRADING POLICY

a. Technologically Integrated Lesson Plan Project (35%) Students will create a

one week unit which will use technology as part of the instruction. Students
will need to refer to state standards as a focus of the unit. Objectives for each
lesson should be present as well as an assessment tool that will be used to
determine if students met the objectives in the lesson. In this project students
will specifically outline how they will use the technology they have selected
to teach the subject matter.
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b. Reflections (15%): Students will write a reflection to their blog, on the

knowledge gained from reading, class activity, and/or class discussion along
with potential applications to future work each day.

c. Technology Integration Projects (40%): Students will explore a wide variety

of technology integrations assignments for student learning. Assignments
include Electronic Portfolio and Multimedia Group Project.

d. In class participation (10%): Students are required to be actively involved

during class presentations and discussions.

Evaluation: Since this is a graduate course, high quality work is expected on all
assignments and in class. Grades will be based on the completion of course
requirements and on the scope, quality, and creativity of the assignments. All
assignments will be graded. All assignments are due at the beginning of classes.
Late assignments will not be accepted without making arrangements with the
instructor. Assignments may also be sent through email.

Grade Points
A 94-100
A- 90-93
B+ 88-89
B 82-87
B- 80-81
C+ 78-79
C 72-77
C- 70-71
F 59 – 0
Incomplete work
and/or excessive
absences

Rubrics for individual class requirements will be distributed

Assignment
Technologically Integrated
Lesson Plan Project (35%)
Due: 7/24
Description/Requirements
Students will create a one week unit which will use
technology as part of the instruction. Students will need to
refer to state standards as a focus of the unit. Objectives
for each lesson should be present as well as an assessment
tool that will be used to determine if students met the
objectives in the lesson. In this project students will
specifically outline how they will use the technology they
have selected to teach the subject matter (to include
elements of distance education).
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Electronic Portfolio (25%) Demonstrate a level of familiarity with both technology

and sound design principles during the development of an
Due: 7/24 e-portfolio.
• Front page will include daily class reflections
and/or assigned reading, detailing how what is
learned can be applied to your future classroom.
• Professional 'bio' web page about you, the author
of the site. Find a visual way of representing
yourself (wordle, avatar, video).
• A page featuring your philosophy of teaching,
learning, and technology.
• A page linking products that you created during the
course
• A page featuring your technology integrated lesson
plan and other products created during the class.

Group Multimedia Project Demonstrate effective use of the computer as a productive

(15%) tool for teaching and learning, working in groups of 3.
Students will select any of the technologies
discussed/demonstrated and develop an interactive
presentation to show its effective use in teaching and
learning.

Class Reflections (15%) After each class, write a reflection on your blog, on the
knowledge gained from reading, class activity, and/or
class discussion along with potential applications to future
work.

5. CLASS SCHEDULE

Date Class Topics Assignments Due

Monday 13th Introduction to the Course;
Video 1 – Did you know?
Introduction to Technology;
Video 2 – Pay Attention

Blogging
Activity 1 – Creating a Blog

Tuesday 14th Office Tools Text: read Chapters 2-3

Introduction to Word Reflection of Day 1

Processing
Activity – Read-Write-Think
Activity - MyWebspiration
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Date Class Topics Assignments Due

Activity -
Kidspiration/Inspiration

Spreadsheets
Activity 1 – Excel
Activity 2- GoogleDocs

Wednesday Presentation Software Text: read Chapters 5-6

15th
Activity 1 - Interactive Reflection of Day 2
PowerPoint
Activity 2 – Prezi Bring Photos for Thursday
Activity 3 – 280 Slides

Thursday Digital Image Basics Text: read Chapter 9

16th
Intro to Digital Storytelling Reflection of Day 3
Activity 2 – Photostory
Activity 3 – Comic Life
Activity 4 – GoAnimate
Activity 5 – VoiceThread

Audio/Visual Technologies
Activity 1 – Exploring Web-
based
Activity 3 – Discovery
Streaming
Activity 2 – ACTION project

Friday 17th Communication Text: read Chapters 12

Web 2.0 The Social Web Reflection of Week & Bio page
Activity 1 – Social
Bookmarking
Activity 2 – Facebook
Activity 3 – Twitter

Digital Portfolios

Standards
Standards Activity – VA Tech
Standards; NETS Standards
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Date Class Topics Assignments Due

Monday 20 th st
21 Century Classroom Text: read Chapters 7-8
Video 2 – A Vision of K-12
Students Today Reflection of Day/Readings &
Video 3 – Learning to Change Philosophy of teaching, learning, and
technology page

Multimedia Group
Presentation #1

Tuesday 21st Intro to Distance Education Text: read chapter 10

Activity – Blackboard Reflection of Day/Readings

Exploration

Multimedia Group
Presentation #1
Wednesday Internet Safety – i-Safe Text: read chapter 11
22nd
Multimedia Group Reflection of Day/Readings
Presentation #2 & #3
Thursday Introduction to Podcasting
23rd Reflection of Day/Readings
Intro to Databases

Multimedia Group
Presentation #4 & #5
Friday 24th Web 2.0 Information
Sharing Reflection of Course

Video – Machine is us/ing Us Technologically Integrated Lesson Plan

Project Due
Wiki

RSS

6. REQUIRED TEXTS

Teaching and Learning with Technology by Judy Lever-Duffy and Jean B.

McDonald

Recommended Equipment: USB Flash Drive

7. REQUIRED OR SUGGESTED READINGS OR AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS

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• International Technology Education Association.

http://www.iteaconnect.org/TAA/PDFs/xstnd.pdf
• International Society for Technology in Education http://www.iste.org/
• National Educational Technology Standards
http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS
• Computer Technology Standards of Learning for Virginia’s Public Schools
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Superintendent/Sols/compteck12.pdf
• The Digital Teaching Portfolio Handbook: A How-To Guide for Educators
Clare R. Kilbane and Natalie B. Milman