EDAD 536 - Leading with Instructional Technology
Spring 2012
"In 2004 when I wrote "The World is Flat", Facebook didn't exist to most people, Twitter was a sound, the cloud was in the sky, 4G was a parking place, Linked In was a prison, applications were what you sent to college, and for most people, and Skype was a typo. This, all in a seven year span. We're not just connected, we're hyper connected."
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Thomas Friedman Sept 2011 "Meet the Press"
CLASS OVERVIEW
Class Links:
EDAD536 Syllabus
EDAD 536 Blogs
Final Project Proposal
Other Links:
Instructional
Philosophy & Strategies
Class Bibliography:
Disrupting Class – How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
by Clayton Christensen
Transforming Schools with Technology
by Andrew Zucker
class
grandpa!
SESSION ONE -
Final Project Page Due March 1, 2012
BIG IDEA - Course & Blog Introductions
- Round Robin Introductions and Tech Backgrounds
- EDAD 536 Spring 2012 Contact Information
- Overview of the course - Housekeeping details
- Video: Learning to Change-Changing to Learn
- Beginning Tech Survey using Google Docs
- TED Video: Sir Ken Robinson II - Bring on the Learning Revolution
- Beginning Tech Survey using Google Docs
- For help, go to: Tech Terms
- Blog account and practice
- Lit Review
Session 2 Jan 26, 2012 -- BIG IDEA: Educational Technology - The Dream/The Reality - Part 1
- Blog Reponse
- EDAD 536 Pre-Assesssment
- Wordle.net activity - State of the Union Address
- What is Ed Tech and why is it important? - Zucker chapter & Discussion (text protocol)
- What is the potential for EdTech?
- What are the biggest disappointments?
- Is it worth the cost? How do you convince a skeptical community?
- Yong Zhao article: "The Medium in the Message: Educating Generation M"
- Summary of Zhao's "Catching Up or Leading the Way" from Dr. Doug Green
- Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8-18 year olds
- Final Project Think Session:
- What is the coolest tech integration I saw/read /heard about this year in my school?
Final Project Page Due March 1, 2012
- What is the coolest tech integration I saw/read /heard about this year in my school?
- Definitions: MacOS, MS-DOS, Widget, Windows, Cookies
- Disrupting Class Article & Discussion
- Videos:
- Google Apps Help
- Google Docs for Oregon Schools - eSchool News Article Read & Discuss
- Session 2 Homework: Blog reflection of the big takeaways of tonight's class?, 1-hour exploration on the web of education/technology issues, walk around with critical ed tech perspective. Provide an example of where ed tech innovation is happening or could happen in your school. Report back next week.
Session 3 - Feb 2, 2012 - BIG IDEA: Educational Technology - The Dream/The Reality- Part 2
- Blog Response - Read the Five Biggest Ed Tech Themes in 2011 from EdWeek
- Round Robin of what you saw in your building this week - what did you see that you liked, and what did you see that you didn't like?
- Yong Zhao article: "The Medium in the Message: Educating Generation M"
- Summary of Zhao's "Catching Up or Leading the Way" from Dr. Doug Green
- Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8-18 year olds
- Google Docs - "Local Vision" brainstorm: Thnk about how you'd begin to create and maintain your school to become an Optimal Learning Environment (OLE`):
- What should the teacher be doing?
- What should the students be doing?
- What does the building look like?
- What should the principal be doing?
- What does the technology integrationi look like?
- Sugata Mitra's presentation at TED Conference:
Session 3 Homework: Blog reflection of the big takeaways of tonight's class. One hour exploration. Be thinking of your final project!
Session 4 - Feb 9, 2012 - BIG IDEA: The Moving Image Miracle: Video
- Blog Response
- Daniel Pink's talk on the suprising truth about what motivates us: RSAnimate
- Video as an effective communication
- Vodcasts
- Skype/iChat
- Video as a professional development tool
- Video as motivator
- TED.com
- Video as a creative teaching tool:
- Video as a creative learning tool:
- Video as a social change agent
- Video as Celebration and Community Building
- Still Photo video using iMovie
Session 5 - Feb 16, 2012 - BIG IDEA: Web Applications on Steriods: Google Apps
Guest Speaker: G Doug Bundy, Certified Google Teacher, at Raleigh Hills K-8 (Beaverton School District)
Visit Doug's website
- Respond to blogs
- Discuss final project proposal due dates
- Celebrate the halfway mark
- G Doug Bundy on Google
- HW: Blog Response & Final Project Proposal Due March 1
Session 6 - Feb 23, 2012 - NOT MEETING - To be rescheduled
- Work on Final Project Proposal
- Explore more with iMovie
- Watch Salman Khan Video on a Flipped Classroom
- Explore the "Teaching Channel" website
Session 7 - Mar 1, 2012 - BIG IDEA: Mobile/Tablet computing & The Future of the Book
- Blog Response/Community Building
- "Off and Away" or "Up, Up and Away"
- Canby School District's use of iPod/iPad Technology • Canby's Wiki for iPod-iPad Users
- iPod Introduction Movie filmed in 2009 (a little dated)
- Tony Vincent's "Learning in Hand" website
Guest Speaker: Steve Halliday, Author, Editor, Convergent Media Expert
"The Future of the Book: The Implication for Education"
- Mulitimedia Learning Theory
- Here's Sugata Mitra's follow up session at TED 2011:
Homework: Blog Reflection on class - One hour exploration for Final Project
Session 8 -March 8, 2012 - Effective Web, Presentations; Graphics, Audio Production
- Blog Responses
- Observations from the trenches
- Presentation/Web Presentation - Discussion
- Web design using iWeb & Google Sites
- Graphics: iPhoto, Graphic Converter, PhotoShop
- If time: GarageBand
Session 9: March 15, 2012 - Final Project Presentations
- Blog Responses
- Final Presentations
- Class Evaluations
RSAnimate Talk: Ken Robinson
Entertainment Education
Readings-Entertainment Education/Convergent Media
Common Craft - simple visuals to enhance presentations
Creative Commons - Share, remix, reuse -- Legally
Web 1.0 vs 2.0 vs 3.0
Specific Tools:
iGoogle & Google Docs
Keynote (Apple)
PowerPoint (Microsoft)
Google Presentations (Google)
Classroom/School/Distirct Web presence planning
Who's in control of content?
Who's in control of design, and at which level?
Quality control process?
Group Activity: Analyze your own and one other district or school web site using this criterion:
What's the message being conveyed by its front page layout, content and organization?
How easy can the user find information?
How do you know what the users of your website want to know or fin?
School/District blogs
Quality Presentations:
See Garr Reynolds' Site on presentation tips
See Jim Knight sample presentation - UK presentation
Sample Todd's sample presentation - Betty Flad's Class
Afternoon BIG IDEA - The Power of Video
Tools: iMovie, Movie Maker, Final Cut
Definitions: QuickTime, Firewall, MacOS, MS-DOS, Broadband, Cookies, Widget, FTP
Final Questions?
Adjourn
BIG IDEA
Blog Response
Center Court - Biggest Question regarding Ed Tech
Tech Plans - Observations on District or Building Tech Plans-
See new BSD Tech Plan 2011-2014 Plan- Discussion
Tech Standards in Schools: The National Education Technology Standards (NETS)
Audio/Podcasting Software: GarageBand - Click on "Get to Know GarageBand" - Tutorial from Apple
Video Production Software: Windows 7 applications, Mac applications
iTunes U - Academic video content delivery
TeacherSource - Beaverton's attempt at a collaboration portal
Open Source Repositories: Curriki.org, ORVSD, Utah Ed Network
Final Presenations
BIG IDEA - Where do we go from here?
Obama to push for new ed-tech agency from eClassroom News
GarageBand - Click on "Get to Know GarageBand" - Tutorial from Apple
iTunes - Podcasting, iTunes U, more
Use of Video - Signal To Noise Moving Image Festival
To explore independently:
Dan Pink's TED Presentation on Motivation
The Digital Divide - Educators Wrestle with Digital Equity Issues - July 2008 eSchoolNews
Starting YouTube videos midway go HERE.
Post Course "Think Sessions" - Follow up and follow through:
"Making School Real" - October 1898 - Check out this 112 year old article that has an eerily familiar theme!
Ownership and legality of content
Professional organizations
Wikis
Skype and other Instant Messaging
Music/mobile device learning
Graphics programs (iPhoto, GraphicConverter, Photoshop/Illustrator)
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