American

University School of Education

Prof. Alex Hodges EDU 416/616: The Uses of Technology in Education

WEEKLY SCHEDULE SUMMER 2016 EDU 416.A01/EDU 616.A01-A91-A92

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


May 10 Introduction to the Course
In-Class Assignments:
Tues
-Tell me about you
Review syllabus & schedule
Class 1
-Complete first posts to PBworks
Create PBworks wiki account
ONLINE
Student profile


Favorite educational website
Online Safety & Privacy
Week 1
Activities:

Homework #1: Post by 5/10, 8pm
View PBS Frontline, digital_nation
1) Post to individual PBworks page


May 12 What is Web 2.0?
Reading Due:
Thurs
Lecture/Class Discussion:
(Bb) Web 2.0 and Emergent
Class 2
Multiliteracies, Alexander, Theory
Discuss digital_nation
In person
into Practice
Share & explore favorite Web sites

2) (Bb) When Young Teachers Go Wild
Explore Web 2.0 vocabulary
Week 1
on the Web, Shapira, Washington
Discuss potential uses of 2.0 in
Post
elementary and secondary education


Homework #2: Post by 5/12, 4pm
3) Post reactions to readings
to individual PBworks page
4)
May 17 What is a Community of Practice (CoP)?
Reading Due:
Tues
Online Lecture:
(Bb) Supporting Dialogic Literacy
Class 3
Through Mashing and Moddling of
Continue Web 2.0 discussion
ONLINE
Places and Spaces, Hedberg &
Introduce CoP principles

Brudvik, Theory Into Practice

Week 2
(Bb) A conceptual perspective:
Activities:

theory and practice, Wenger,
Learning style inventory & debate
Communities of Practice: Learning,
CoP-InTASC standards exercise
Meaning, and Identity

(Bb) InTASC Model Core Teaching
Standards

Homework #3: Post by 5/17, 8pm
Post to individual PBworks page

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Prof. Alex Hodges EDU 416/616: The Uses of Technology in Education
Date

May 19
Thurs
Class 4

In person

Week 2

May 24
Tues
Class 5
ONLINE

Week 3

May 26
Thurs
Class 6

In person

Week 3

May 31
Tues
Class 7
Online

Week 4

June 2
Thurs
Class 8

In person

Week 4

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

Education Research Instruction:
Information & Digital Literacy in Action
Activity:
Use information literacy to critique
information and digital literacy
curriculum

Teaching with Wikipedia?

Watch and discuss:
Truth in Numbers, Glosserman (2010)
DVD 8798

In-Class Quiz #1

Midterm
Activity:
Complete and post midterm

Learning Theory & Instructional Design (1)

Lecture & Activity:
Define instructional design
Cover ID principles, part 1
Explore Wix

Final Project Assigned

Assignments/Readings Due
Reading Due:
(Bb) Chapter 7, Literacy, boyd, Its
Complicated
(Bb) AASL, Standards for the 21st
Century Learner

Homework #4: Post by 5/19, 4pm
Post to individual PBworks page

Reading Due:
(Bb) Digital Natives, Yet Strangers to
the Web, Wong, The Atlantic

Homework #5: Post by 5/24, 8pm
Complete and review the Library
Research Tutorial
http://subjectguides.library.america
n.edu/infolit

Reading Due:
(Bb) Instructor Basics: How to use
Wikipedia as a teaching tool,
Wikimedia Foundation


Assignment Due:
Midterm Web Evaluation Project,
Post on PBworks by
Tues, May 31, 11:59pm

Reading Due:
(Bb) Clark & Mayer, Ch. 1-4

American University School of Education

Prof. Alex Hodges EDU 416/616: The Uses of Technology in Education
Date

June 7
Tues
Class 9
ONLINE

Week 5

June 9
Thurs
Class 10
In person

Week 5

June 14
Tues
Class 11
ONLINE

Week 6

June 16
Thurs
Class 12
In person

Week 6

June 21
Tues
Class 13
In person

Week 7

June 23
Thurs
Class 14
ONLINE

Week 7

Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
CAST overview of UDL

Learning Theory & Instructional Design (2)

Lecture & Activity:
Introduce instruction design principles,
part 2

In-Class Quiz #2: Explore Jing & Weebly

Educational Technology Policy in the U.S.
Discussion via PBworks:
Debate policy
Describe ideal classroom


Final Project Lab Proposal Conferences
Meet with Alex to discuss project
proposal & receive feedback in class
In-Class work time on projects

Final Project Presentations

Activities:
Input on Teaching from Students (ITS)
Student In-Class Presentations
Peer Evaluations of Final Projects

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

Assignments/Readings Due
Reading Due:

Ch. 6, Desigining for all:

What is a UDL curriculum?
http://udltheorypractice.cast.org/login

Homework #6: Post by 6/7, 8pm
Post to individual PBworks page

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

Reading Due:
(Bb) Natl Educational Tech Plan

Homework #7: Post by 6/14, 8pm
Post to group PBworks page

Homework #8: Post by 6/16, 4pm
Final Project Proposal
Post to individual PBworks page

Final Project In-Class Presentation:
-Presentation to the class
-Students provide feedback to one
another

Final Project Report, Screencast &
Website Due:
Post to individual PBworks page
by Thurs, June 23, 11:59pm