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Course prerequisite:
Objectives:
Attendance policy:
Course prerequisite:
If you have a documented disability that requires accommodation,
you must notify the professor in writing during the first week of class.
Course prerequisite: Students must be experienced in basic computer
functions including the use of email, the Internet, and word processing
Required text/materials: NETS for Students and NETS for Teachers
Technology, equipment, or skills required: Students must have Internet
access.
Course description: NETS Online aligns content and ISTE’s
National Educational Technology Standards to assist teachers in integrating
technology into K-12 classrooms through participation in and development
of project-based learning activities.
Instructional strategies employed: The instructor and mentors will
model the five NETS Online Critical Components: Literature Review, Design,
Implement, Assess, and Communicate. Students will initially participate
in each component as the learner and then transition into developing
their own projects through their role as a teacher.
Assessment strategies employed: Assessment will be both formative and
summative, woven throughout each Critical Component. Assessment strategies
include Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe’s backwards approach to
assessment (Understanding by Design), Reflective Sharing (Critical Friends
Model, from Brown University), Journaling, Individual Growth Plans,
Rubrics for each Critical Component, and a Videotape of Action Research
Project implementation
Laboratory and/or field experience: Participation in: Online “Ask
an Expert” discussions; topic-related threaded discussions; class
observations; video taping of action research project with online analysis
Attendance policy: Attendance at all classes
is critical as each class builds on the experiences from the previous
class. Failure to participate in online discussions weekly may result
in a lowered grade.
Objectives:
1. Students will participate as both a student and as a teacher in an
action research project.
2. Students will demonstrate effective technology and curriculum integration
through the alignment of the National Educational Technology Standards.
3. Students will participate in a Project-Based Learning Experience
both as a student and a teacher.
4. Students will demonstrate the benefits of the NETS Online holistic
approach to technology and curriculum through the development of the
five Critical Components.
Topics/units:
Unit One:
Exploration: ISTE’s NETS for Students, Teachers and Administrators
Activities: Creating a Biography with digital photo inserted for WebCT.
Site Scavenger Hunt. Online discussion of the NETS, Netiquette, and
the Digital Divide.
Ask the Expert: NETS Leadership Team Members, Dr. Lajeane Thomas
Unit Two:
Exploration: Individual Learning Plan and Project Based Learning
Align with ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards
Activities: Submit online biographies. Complete technology self-assessment
using Profiler (http://pt3.org). Begin developing Individual Learning
Plans (What I want to learn-internal analysis) What I want to do? How
am I going to do it? How am I going to measure it? How will I share
it?)
Unit Three:
Exploration: Introduction to Research, Scholarship and Opinion
Align with ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards
Activities: Participate in threaded discussions about the three required
readings. Reflective Journal Entries.
Ask the Expert: Submit mentor a question you would like to “ask
and expert” on Current Educational Technology Research.
Unit Four:
Exploration: Introduction to Integration Models – WebQuests and
NteQ
Align with ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards
Hands On Activities: Participate in online threaded discussions about
the three models
Ask the Expert: Participate in an online discussion with Bernie Dodge.
Unit Five:
Exploration: Action Research Plan
Align with ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards
Activities: Develop a plan indicating, “What I am going to do?”
“How am I going to do it?” and “How will I assess
it?” Reflective journal entries.
Unit Six:
Exploration: Introduction to Design Section.
Align with ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards
Activities: Students begin to develop and share ideas for topics for
projects. Discussion groups evolve from topics, subjects and grade levels.
Ask an Expert: Questions submitted for expert on Project Design
Unit Seven:
Exploration: Aligning Project Ideas with Standards. Majority of resources
collected.
Align with ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards
Activities: Project Outline. Reflective Journal Entry. Project Design
posted online. Ask critical questions of other students online.
Ask an Expert: Questions submitted
Unit Eight:
Exploration: Project refinement and Introduction to Implementation.
Related Legal Issues. Technology Inventory accessibility. Classroom
design. Management of the project within instruction and environment.
Align with ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards
Activities: Post the final projects to be implemented.
Ask the Expert: Develop questions for ask the expert
Unit Nine:
Exploration: Implementation discussion, initiation and completion.
Align with ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards
Activities: Reflective Journal Entry
Ask the Expert: Participation in online activity
Unit Ten:
Exploration: Final Results of Action Plan. Reflection: “Here is
my plan.” “Here is what I actually did.” “This
is how I did it.” “Here is the data I gathered.” “Here
are the conclusions I reached.” “Here is what I would do
differently.”
Align with ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards
Activities: Online Poster Session: One picture, one page. Results of
Action Research Plan. “Here is what I did, what it accomplished,
what it didn't accomplish, and what I would do differently next time.”
Celebration. Assessment of NETS Online. Update Individual Growth Plan.
Reflective Journal Entry.
Evaluation:
Rubrics will be correlated to each of five areas: Review of Literature;
Online Participation; Journaling; Project Development; Project Implementation;
Project Evaluation
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