Fall 2008 Syllabus

Education 504 - Teaching with Technology Fall 2008 Fridays at 2 in 2229 School of Education (unless otherwise noted) Instructors: Liz Keren-Kolb Skype ID: elizkeren

[email protected] 222-5950

Jeff Stanzler [email protected] Skype ID: williegator

763-5950

Class Website: CTools Backroom Chat for Class Sessions http://www.chatzy.com/106463021781 Password: 504 Text Message Alerts for EDU504: (text messaging charges may apply) Text to: 41411 Message: SMAC Questions/Issues for class Text to: 41411 In Message: SAYTO 5702 your message http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/LTgxMTM2NDAy

Fall/Winter Schedule The fall term will work somewhat differently from the summer. Everyone will be expected to attend a total of seven fall sessions. There are three sessions that everyone must attend (September 26, November 21, and December 5) and 4 where you can select the particular session(s) you would like to attend. Date/Time Friday September 5th 2:00-5:00

Required for All MACers? No (attend 1 of 4 workshops)

Event

Homework

Workshop: Can You Hear Me Now? Cell Phones in Learning

Work on Technology in my Placement Survey: Due

September 21st Work on Technology in my Placement Survey: Due September 21st Work on Technology in my Placement Survey: Due September 21st Work on Technology in my Placement Survey: Due September 21st

Friday September 12th 2:00-5:00

No (attend 1 of 4 workshops)

Workshop: Lights, Camera, Action! Digital Storybooks

Friday September 19th 2:00-5:00

No (attend 1 of 4 workshops)

Workshop: It’s Interactive! Kiosk and Flipbook animated PowerPoints

Friday September 19th 2:00-5:00

No (attend 1 of 4 workshops)

Friday September 26th 2:00-5:00

YES

Friday October 3rd 2:00-5:00 Friday October 10th 2:00-5:00 Friday October 17th 2:00-5:00 Friday October 24th 2:00-5:00 Friday November 21st 2:00-3:30 Friday December 5th 2:00-3:30

No (attend 3 of 4 days)

Workshop: Web 2.0 Technology for World Language Teachers (Presented by Philomena Meechan of the Language Resource Center) Technology in my Placement Follow-up Webinar Requirements (how to) Professional Technology Education Journals/Organizations Pount/Counterpoint Group Meetings Point/CounterPoint Presentations

No (attend 3 of 4 days)

Point/CounterPoint Presentations

Work on Webinar

No (attend 3 of 4 days)

Point/CounterPoint Presentations

Work on Webinar

No (attend 3 of 4 days)

Point/CounterPoint Presentations

Work on Webinar

YES

Webinar Review Optional Open Lab from 3:30-5:00 Webinar Review/Winter Schedule Optional Open Lab from 3:30-5:00

Upload Webinar Desciption to Wikifolio by December 7th

YES

Work on Webinar

Work on Webinar

Upload links/materials for Webinar at least 24 hours before it begins. December 10th19th Webinars

YES (participate in 5 webinars)

Webinar Open Lab Time Friday, November 21st Time: 3:30-5:30 Open Lab is available for any MAC student (workshop or internship) to work on their workshop project or Webinar. This is optional. Liz will be available the entire time to help with any questions or issues that you may have. Friday, December 5th Time: 3:30-5:30 Open Lab is available for any MAC student (workshop or internship) to work on their workshop project or Webinar. This is optional. Liz will be available the entire time to help with any questions or issues that you may have.

Fall Assignments For details on Weekly Podcast, "Instructional Technology in My Placement" &  Webinar assignments, please see summer syllabus.

Blogs A reminder that you need to make a total of 12 posts on your ED 504 blog over the course of the year (four during the summer, at least four more during the fall, and at least two during the winter). We also ask that you make eight responses to blog postings made by your colleagues during the fall, and four responses to the various edubloggers that you’re reading. Please also be sure that at least one of your fall blog postings is about something you read or commented on on an edublog. In case it’s helpful, look for the handouts “Some blog topic ideas” and “Some edubloggers to check out” in the Blog Resources folder inside Resources on CTools.

Tech Workshops Our speculation is that many of you will be interested in the nuts and bolts of the various computer applications, and specifically how to integrate those applications into your future classroom. The tech workshops are designed to offer a hands-on, in-depth understanding of how to use particular technologies and to explore how they can be integrated into today’s secondary classrooms. You will go through a step-by-step process of how to take common technologies and creatively integrate them into your teaching. You will select ONE technology workshop strand that interests you and that is feasible given the resources you have at your placement. In the fall workshop you will become proficient at using the tool itself. You will spend the rest of the fall term understanding how that tool works in your placement. In the winter workshop, you (and your mentor teacher, if at all possible) will develop a lesson plan and sample product, which you will actually integrate into your teaching sometime between the end of January and beginning of March. If you are already familiar with one of these tools, we encourage you to select one with which you are unfamiliar. Rubric for Workshops: 1423804 http://rubistar.4teachers.org Here is a list of the fall Tech Workshops (you will select 1 of the 4): Can You Hear Me Now? Using Student Cell Phones for Learning! Software: Bring your Cell Phone! Dates: Friday, September 5th Time: 2:00-5:00 ROOM 2229 Many teachers are often frustrated by cell phones being used inappropriately in schools; cheating, unsolicited photos/videos, and just plain annoying ringtones are often cited as reason to ban cell phones from school property. However, since 80% of secondary students have cell phones, we should also consider how to turn them from a social distracting toy into a learning tool. In this workshop we will look at a variety of ways student’s basic cell phones (no need for fancy iPhones) can be used as learning tools for outside of the classroom projects such as homework assignments, field trips, and spring break activities. Some of the projects include podcasting, using a cell phone as a “clicker” or classroom performance system, ireporting (mobile journalism), mobile polls and surveys, research or fact-checking, creating mobile websites, and developing a mobile activist campaign. Lights, Camera, Action! Digital Storybooks Software: PhotoStory, MovieMaker, iMovie, and Online Digital Storyteller. Dates: Friday, September 12th Time: 2:00-5:00 ROOM 2229 Fun! Fun! Fun! In the past students have claimed this workshop is just plain fun! No boring lectures here! In this workshop, you will explore how video editing tools are being used in today’s secondary classrooms. First we will explore how to create digital storybooks with Windows Movie Maker and Photostory. Next we will explore how to

develop clay animations using iMovie. In addition there are some fantastic digital storybook resources on the web, which we will integrate into these two projects. In addition, you will learn some management techniques for movie producing in the classroom.

It’s Interactive! Kiosk and Flipbook animated PowerPoints Software: Microsoft PowerPoint Date: Friday, September 19th Time: 2:00-5:00 ROOM 2229 Are you tired of basic linear PowerPoint presentations? Do you want the students to be more interactive and involved in presentations? Then this is the workshop for you! In this 1-day workshop, you will explore how to develop 2 different types of interactive PowerPoint projects in the classroom. First, you will learn Kiosk PowerPoint. Kiosk mode works like a non-linear website rather than a linear presentation. Kiosk is a very powerful and flexible tool for the classroom. Second, you will learn how to create simple “flipbook” animations in PowerPoint (not basic PowerPoint animations, this is a unique and creative way for students to get involved in developing their own animations). Flipbook and Kiosk animations can also be converted into WebPages or QuickTime movies (this will be demonstrated in the workshop). Besides learning how to develop interactive PowerPoint projects, you will also look at many examples of how Kiosk and “flipbooks” has been integrated into the secondary classroom. In addition, you will learn some management techniques for developing Kiosk in the classroom. Hot Potatoes and other Web Creation Tools Software: to be announced Date: Friday, September 19th Time: 2:00-5:00 Location: Language Resource Center (MAC Computer Classroom), 2nd Floor, Modern Languages Building. The Language Resource Center (LRC) supports a wide array of technology-based resources and programs to support language instruction at the university. The LRC is also engaged in supporting language instruction in area middle and high schools. In this workshop (specific details to follow) you will work with web creation tools like Hot Potatoes (which facilitates customized creations of games & quizzes) with educator/technologist Philomena Meechan. This workshop is open to everyone, though it will focus on applications for the World Language classroom. LRC Web Site: http://www.umich.edu/~langres/

Point/Counterpoint Presentations Each group is responsible for facilitating a 45 minute program for your colleagues on the topics listed below. Your program should consist of a 30 minute presentation, which

will inform your colleagues and frame issues for them to consider during a 15-20 minute discussion period that you facilitate. We expect that you will both provide your colleagues with what you consider to be important information about your topic, as well as conveying (to the extent that you deem it appropriate) differing perspectives on your issue. You are cordially invited to make use of educational technology in your presentation, but you are not required to do so. We place a high value on the creativity and the thoroughness of your presentation, and in your effort to engage your audience in what you consider to be the important issues relevant to your topic. We will also ask that you create a group evaluation mechanism of some kind, and that you will submit that evaluation (including the instrument your created—rubric, questionnaire, etc. and your results) after your presentation—your self-evaluation will count for 1/3 of your grade. Today, we’ll give you a little time to do some initial thinking/brainstorming about your research task, about structuring your presentation and about how you might conduct your evaluation. On the first four Fridays of October, from 2-5 in room 2229, we will meet for your point/counterpoint presentations. Everyone will be expected to attend three of these four class sessions: There is a folder on CTools with resources related to all of Point/Counterpoint topics. Rubric ID: 1423799 http://rubistar.4teachers.org

Friday, October 3rd Is Powerpoint crippling our teaching? Dan Helena Lisa Chloe Should we strive for paperless classrooms? Shannon C. Bridget Lewis Leanne Laura Kelly

Friday, October 10th Wikis in the classroom Rebekah Brenda

Jessica Autumn Allison F. Michael Laptops for every student (one-to-one computing)? Kate Gren Ben Kristin Alli Meghan

Friday, October 17th Can video games be used to teach? Bobby Maria Stephanie V. Jennifer Stephanie Cristi Should cell phones be used for learning? Sarah Laura Chris Allison R. Natasha

Friday, October 24th Is chatspeak destroying English? Shannon B. Stephanie S. Katie Rachel Sean Kristen Rena