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 :
Topics/units :
Unit One :
Exploration : ISTE’s NETS for Students, Teachers and Administrators
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
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: P roject 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:
Align with ISTE’s National Educational Technology Standards
Activities : Reflective Journal Entry
Ask the Expert : Participation in online activity
Unit Ten:
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