Technological Learning Environments, ECE/Elem
Education 607, Fall, 2015

Friday
Sept. 9
16
23
30
Oct. 7
14
21
28
Nov. 4
11
18
25
Dec 2
Dec 9
16

Students, Learning , Technology & ISTE Standards for Teachers

The purpose of this initial class is to introduce you to the course, discuss the technical details of structure of computers and of the World Wide Web, and to explore the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers.
Please Read
Chapter 1, 2, and 6 in the Tech and Digital Media book (pp 9-20, 70-86)

Resources
OEA: Tech Issues for Educators
NYT, Classroom of the Future and Technology Scores - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/technology/technology-in-schools-faces-questions-on-value.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Learning, Digital Media and Creative Play in Early Childhood - http://spotlight.macfound.org/featured-stories/entry/learning-digital-media-and-creative-play-in-early-childhood/
Helping Teachers Embrace Standards - http://www.iste.org/docs/excerpts/CONNET-excerpt.pdf
Technology and Best Practices - http://fg.ed.pacificu.edu/cldc/bestpractices.html

Creating a Web Site

Evaluating Websites & Designing WebQuests

For this class the objectives will be to learn what a webquest is, how to design one, and to help you design and construct a webquest that you can use with your classes. To reach these objectives you will need to access only a few sites that I have listed below. Please explore these sites and come to class with a topic and beginning description of the webquest that you will design. It is suggested that you bring in an organizational tree with your topic and the subtopics that you want your class to explore. The more you have planned your topic and the kinds of activities in which your studens will engage, the better prepared you will be to write a thoughtful WebQuest. In class we will discuss the nature of this pedagogical approach, we will review some sites and then begin the process of assisting you to build your quest.
Here are the Student Template and Teacher Template.
View My traditional WebQuest on this approach and compare it to the Questgarden Version.
Please Read
Chapter 7 in the Tech and Digital Media book (pp 91-103)

Resources:
Fair use and copyright for Teacher- http://www.teachingcopyright.org/handout/fair-use-faq
Teachers First Copyright and fair use resources - http://www.teachersfirst.com/spectopics/copyrightandfairuse.cfm

Cornell University Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools - http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html
Criteria for Evaluating Educational Websites-http://pages.infinit.net/seguind/criteria.htm
T is for Thinking - http://www.icyousee.org/think/think.html
Thinking Criticqally about Web resources - http://www.lib.neu.edu/online_research/help/thinking_critically/
Creative Commons Agreement - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
"Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License"

Review the important new articles -
Revisiting WebQuests in a Web 2 World - http://www.scribd.com/doc/2429415/Revisiting-WebQuests-in-a-Web-2-World
Webquests 2.0 -http://tommarch.com/strategies/webquests/webquests2/
Using Webquests to teach content - http://www.citejournal.org/vol5/iss2/socialstudies/article1.cfm
Webquest tutorial - http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/?q=instruction/universal_design_for_learning/teacher_tools/webquest

Documenting & Creating with Video (iMovie)

This class will introduce you to the concept and process of creating digital learning stories and other video projects. We will review the process of creating and editing digital video using iMovie and Movie Maker. We will discuss in detail the Project Team assignment and give you practice filming and editing video.
To help prepare for this work please read:
Chapter 12 in the Tech and Digital Media book (pp162-182)

Weblogs and Social Media for Learning and Teaching

Ed TPA Video Preparation

The purpose of today's class is to help you become familiar with the requirements of Ed TPA and to prepare you for the video work that will be required by TSPC.
Please Read
Chapter 9 & 10 in the Tech and Digital Media book (pp 115-149)

Web 2.0 and Communities of Learning (Collaborative and Online learning tools)

One of the great new frontiers in educational technologies is the use of these tools to bring learners and teachers of all ages together to communicate and work together. Collaborative projects, collective data bases, synchronous and asynchronous communication are all current and effective approaches for engaging students in authentic constructions of understanding.
Please read:
Chapter 15 in the Tech and Digital Media book (pp 218-234)

Educational Technology in Early Childhood Education

NAEYC, Technology and Young Children - http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v1n2/forman.html
Technology in ECE, Finding the balance - http://www.nwrel.org/request/june01/
What Early Childhood Educators Need to Know About Computers - http://www.cjlt.ca/content/vol28.1/specht_etal.html
Technology in ECE - http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/index.html
Early Years, Tech in ECE Programs - http://www.naeyc.org/resources/eyly/1996/09a.htm
George Forman - Video Camera as tool for the mind - http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v1n2/forman.html
Fool's Gold - http://www.allianceforchildhood.net/projects/computers/computers_reports_fools_gold_intro.htm
Response to Fool's Gold - http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/foolsgold.html
Response to Fool's Gold - http://www.wiu.edu/users/mimacp/wiu/articles/gold.html