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GEDUC 424: Educational Technology & Software ** Technology is a rapidly changing resource available to teachers throughout schools in varying degrees. It can be a wonderful addition to any classroom. Students today are growing up in a digital world and are exposed to technology at a very young age. The challenge for educators today is to engage these digital learners and prepare them for the 21st century. ** In this course, we will discuss how technology is being used in American schools today and how it could be used more effectively. We will discuss when technology can improve student learning and when it is used for technology’s sake. We will develop strategies to use when technology doesn’t always work. In addition, we will have hands on experience with a wide range of technology to be better prepared to teach in the 21st century. This course is designed to prepare students to integrate technology into their classroom to enhance their curriculum. Technology is a tool to teach with and can offer unlimited possibilities both in and out of the classroom. We will also discuss the dangers of technology in the classroom and how to prepare our students to be Internet savvy and be responsible Cyber Citizens.

**Course Syllabus**



**Getting to Know You** **Venn Diagram** http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=28&title=

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The New Bloom's Taxonomy[]

Read ‘Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants’ by Marc Prensky[|Digital Natives] - Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants - Part1.pdfRead “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, Part II: Do They Really Think Differently?’ by Marc Prenskyg/Prensky - Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants - Part2.pdf ||< * Webquest review Read 'Plagiarism and the Web'http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/solveproblem/strat-cheating/plagiarism.htmlRead 'Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism'http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/TM/curr390_guide.shtml ||< * Explore Route 21 Read 'Science Chicks rule... and burn and melt and dissect and analyze'http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050517/NEWS/505170317/1027Girls 'Put off technology jobs'http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/4421712.stm Women in Engineering[]  ||< * Response paper #1 (due on the last day of class) [|You Can Create a Class Web Site]
 * = Class ||= Readings ||< Assignments ||
 * = 1 ||= Please become familiar with the Massachusetts Instructional Technology Standards. They are on the DOE site – there is a link below. Everyone should read the Introduction and Overview of Grade Spans sections and then should focus on the standards for your grade level (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12). You should also be sure to read the section on Gaining Technology Skills While Learning Content in the Curriculum and the Integrated Learning Scenarios that pertain to your grade level. We will discuss them next time we meet. [[file:itstand.pdf]] ||< * 3 Web site for teacher reviews
 * 3 Search Engine for Students reviews
 * Explore Internet Safety sites ||
 * = 2 ||= Read ‘How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century’[|Time Magazine]
 * Web site for students review (10 by the end of the course)
 * Blog response #1 ||
 * = 3 ||= Read 'Plagiarism Controversy Engulfs Kansas School' [[file:Plagiarism_Controversy_Engulfs_Kansas_School.pdf]]
 * Web site for students review (10 by the end of the course) ||
 * = 4 ||= Read 'Why More Woman Aren't Becoming Engineers' [[file:Why_More_Women_Arent_Becoming_Engineers.pdf]]
 * Web site for students review (10 by the end of the course) ||
 * = 5 ||= Read the following links about creating a class website:

[|Are you ready to create your first classroom website?]

[|Top Ten Reasons to Create a Classroom Web Page]

[|Classroom Web site] ||< * Web site for students review (10 by the end of the course) ||
 * = 6 ||= Read 'And in this Corner... The 'High-Tech Heretic'

http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat018.shtml Read 'Mostly Wrong Question from A High Tech Heretic' ||< * Blog Response #2 Read 'School Districts Crack Down on Online Gossip'http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=35647&CFID=18855232&CFTOKEN=65366454Read 'Kids' Privacy Rule Under Review' Read 'Cyberbullying and Online Teens'
 * Web site for students review (10 by the end of the course) ||
 * = 7 ||= Read 'New Breed of Bullies Torment Their Peers on the Internet' [[file:New_Breed_of_Bullies.pdf]]

**Read 'Handheld Devices in the Classroom'**[]Go to at least 5 of the links and make note of educational ways to integrate portable technology into the classroom. ||< * Web site for students review (10 by the end of the course) || ||< * Web site for students review (10 by the end of the course) || Managing Technology: Tips from the Experts http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech116.shtml How to Thrive in a One Computer Classroom http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech092.shtml Managing Students with Computers http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ntti/resources/workshops/managing_students/practice.html ||< * Web site for students review (10 by the end of the course) || Read 'Electronic Fences or Free-Range Students: Should Schools Use Internet Filtering Software?' ||< * Response paper #2 (due on the last day of class) http://www.specialed.us/autism/assist/asst10.htm ||= * Web site for students review (10 by the end of the course) ||
 * = 8 ||= Read 'Meet Mr. and Mrs. GenX  http://www.aasa.org/SchoolAdministratorArticle.aspx?id=11122
 * = 9 ||= Managing Your Classroom Computer Centerhttp://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/managing-your-classroom-computer-center
 * = 10 ||= Read ' Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2005' [[file:2007020.pdf]]
 * Web site for students review (10 by the end of the course) Blog Response #3  ||
 * = 11 ||= Read the following articles on assistive technology:
 * = Final Project ||= **The Final Project is due by May 11, 2013** || [[file:Final_Project.pdf]] ||