EDAD 536 - Leading with Instructional Technology
Summer 2013

"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." - Thomas Friedman Sept 2011 "Meet the Press"

Leaders of the Educational Revolution - EDAD 536 Summer 2013

CLASS OVERVIEW

SESSION ONE - July 22, 2013
Final Project Page Due-EOD Wednesday

BIG IDEA - Course Overview, Blog, Introductions, Educational Technology Part 1

• Round Robin Introductions and Tech Backgrounds
• EDAD 536 Summer 2013 Contact Information
• Overview of the course - Housekeeping details
• Beginning Tech Survey
• Blog account and practice
• "Where Do I Start? - Beginning the Digital Journey in the Classroom" - from "Digital Is"
• Video: Learning to Change-Changing to Learn

• TED Video: Sir Ken Robinson TED Talk II - Bring on the Learning Revolution

• Other talks by Sir Ken Robinson:
  • How to Escape Education's Death Valley
  • Schools Kill Creativity
• Lit Review - Books, articles, web resources
• Final Project Discussion
• Blog Reflection completed IN CLASS (for today only)
• HW - EDAD 536 Pre-Assesssment (for help, go to: Tech Terms) & exploration of TED Talks, Digital Is, and Edutopia (think Final Project)

Session 2 - July 23, 2013 - BIG IDEA: Educational Technology - Part 2, Power of Story in Video

• Blog Reponse to 3 others
• Center Court: What is the coolest tech integration I saw/read /heard about this year in my school?
  
• 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
• Disrupting Class Article & Discussion
• The Power of Video: Samples

• Creating iMovie and QuickTime projects

Session 3 - July 24 - BIG IDEA: The Web Parts 1 & 2

• Blog Response
• Center Court - Poor practices integrating technology
• Read the Flipped PD Initiative Boost Teacher Tech Skills from EdWeek
• SlideShare Research - Educational Technology, the Web and other presentations
• Google Apps Help
• Google Docs for Oregon Schools - eSchool News Article Read & Discuss

Guest Speaker: G Bundy, Certified Google Teacher, at Raleigh Hills K-8 (Beaverton School District)
Visit G's website

• Homework: Finalize Final Project AND bring school or district tech plan (can be a link, too!)

Session 4 - July 25, 2013 - BIG IDEA: Effective Presentations/District Tech Plans and Pedagogy and Technology

Blog Response

Center Court - "Local Visioning" - what would yours be?

RSAnimate Video: Sir Ken Robinson

• iTunes Modules: iTunes U, Podcasting, Radio, PDFs, home base for iPod/iPhone/iPad
• Yong Zhao's interview with Daniel Pink
• Todd's quick take on effective presentations & District web pages

Final Project Preparation

Session 5 - July 26, 2013 - BIG IDEA:

• Respond to blogs
• Sugata Mitra's presentation at TED Conference:

• 10 minute Blog entry in response to Sugata Mitra's presentation:
  • What's your take on a SOLE? Is it doable in our public school context?
  • 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 integration look like?
• Social media, eBooks and the future
• Final Presentations
• Course Evaluation
• Dismiss

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