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American

University Prof. Alex Hodges


EDU 416-616: The Uses of Technology in Education

WEEKLY SCHEDULE FALL 2015 EDU 416.001 & EDU 616.001


Note: These details are subject to change. Be aware of in-class & online announcements.
Date
Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities
Assignments/Readings Due


Sept. 3 Introduction to the Course
In-Class Assignments:
Class 1
PBworks account set up & bio
Review syllabus & schedule


Sept. 10 Online Safety & Privacy
Class 2
Activities:

Debate PBS Frontline, digital_nation
Examine PBS teaching materials
Share & explore favorite Web sites


Sept. 17 What is Web 2.0?
Class 3
Lecture/Class Discussion:

Explore Web 2.0 for classroom use

Review Web 2.0 vocabulary:
1)
Social Networks Blogs Wikis
Content Management Systems
Learning Management Systems
2)
RSS IM/SMS/MMS Others

Sept. 24 What is a Community of Practice (CoP)?


Class 4
Lecture/Class Discussion:
Continue Web 2.0 discussion
Introduce CoP principles

Activities:
Learning style inventory
CoP-InTASC standards exercise

EDU 519: The Uses of Technology in Education

Viewing Due:
(Bb) PBS Frontline, digital_nation

Homework #1: Post by 9/10, 4pm
Post to PBworks your favorite
educational Web site
Reading Due:
(Bb) Web 2.0 and Emergent
Multiliteracies, Alexander, Theory
into Practice
(Bb) When Young Teachers Go Wild
on the Web, Shapira, Washington
Post

Homework #2: Post by 9/17, 4pm
Post to PBworks & comment on
favorite sites

Reading Due:
(Bb) Supporting Dialogic Literacy
Through Mashing and Moddling of
Places and Spaces, Hedberg &
Brudvik, Theory Into Practice
(Bb) A conceptual perspective:
theory and practice, Wenger,
Communities of Practice: Learning,
Meaning, and Identity
(Bb) InTASC Model Core Teaching
Standards

Homework #3: Post by 9/24, 4pm
Post to individual PBworks page

American University Prof. Alex Hodges


EDU 416-616: The Uses of Technology in Education
Date

Oct. 1
Class 5

Oct. 8
Class 6
ONLINE

Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities



Evaluating Web Sources & Software
Lecture/Class Discussion:
Introduce information literacies
Discuss the critical evaluation of Web-
based curriculum materials
Critique Web Quests

Midterm Web Evaluation Project assigned

FALL BREAK No In-person Class
Teaching Writing in the Web Environment
Class Blackboard Discussion:
React to the Pew and NMC reports
Review learning theory: objectivism,
constructivism, critical literacy

Oct. 15
Class 7

Assignments/Readings Due
In-Class Quiz

Reading Due:
(Bb) Chapter 7, Literacy, boyd, Its
Complicated

Reading Due:
(Bb) Pew Internet & American Life
Writing, Technology and Teens
(Bb) NMC Horizon Report, Johnson
et al.

Read for Midterm Project:
(Bb) Standards for the 21st Century
Learner, AASL
Activity Due:
Complete the Library Research
Tutorial

Information Literacy in Action


Lecture & Activity:

Use information literacy to critique

information literacy
http://subjectguides.library.american.edu/inf
Watch: Truth in Numbers, Glosserman (2010) olit
DVD 8798


Oct. 19 Midterm: Web Evaluation Project Due
Assignment Due:
Monday
Midterm: Web Evaluation Project,
11:59pm
Post on PBworks individual page
by 11:59pm
Oct. 22 Learning Theory & Instructional Design (1)
Reading Due:
Class 8
Lecture & Activity:
(Bb) Clark & Mayer, Ch. 1-4
Introduce instructional design
principles, part 1
Oct. 29
Class 9
ONLINE

Educational Technology and Special Education


Overview of universal design for
learning (UDL)
Discuss UDL & ed tech integration

EDU 519: The Uses of Technology in Education

Reading Due:
Complete CAST UDL Module 1:
Introduction to UDL
http://udlonline.cast.org/page/module1/l3/


Homework #4: Post to individual
PBworks page by 10/29, 11:59pm
2

American University Prof. Alex Hodges


EDU 416-616: The Uses of Technology in Education
Date

Nov. 5
Class 10

Nov. 12
Class 11

Nov. 19
Class 12

Nov. 26
Dec. 3
Class 13

Dec. 10
Class 14
ONLINE

Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities



Learning Theory & Instructional Design (2)
Lecture & Activity:
Groups introduce instructional design
principles, part 2
Explore Prezi

Adventures in Multimedia
Lecture:
Learn how to incorporate multimedia
and screencasting into instruction
Activity:
Explore Jing & Google Sites

Educational Technology Policy in the U.S.
Activity:
Debate policy
Explore Wix & Weebly

Final Project - Preparations
Final Project Instructions & Conferences
Review how to create final report
Work time, peer support, and
troubleshooting session for final project

Assignments/Readings Due

THANKSGIVING DAY No Class


Final Project Presentations
Student In-Class Presentations

Activity:
Peer Evaluations of Final Projects

Final Project ALL parts due online
Project Report, Screencasts & Websites are
viewable online linked from PBworks.


Final Project Presentation Due:
Presentation to the class
Students provide feedback to
one another

EDU 519: The Uses of Technology in Education

Reading Due:
(Bb) Clark & Mayer, Ch. 5-8

Homework #5 Due:
Final Project Proposal: Print out and
hand in at the beginning of class

Reading Due:
(Bb) National Educational
Technology Plan

In-Class Reading Response



Individual Conferences:
Discuss your final project plans with
instructor and peer groups

Course Evaluations

Final Project Report, Screencast &


Website Due:
Email report, screencast & website
to hodges@american.edu
and post all to individual wiki page
by Thurs, Dec. 10, 11:59pm

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