Teacher Academy The Internet in your Classroom Course Syllabus
Face-to-Face August 2008 20th & 21st Wednesday & Thursday 9-4:00 PM FCS-190 Education Computer Lab School of Education Course Website: www.umdedtech.wikispaces.com
Dr. Stein Brunvand School of Education e-mail: sbrunvan@umd.umich.edu Telephone: 313-583-6415 Office: D-7 School of Education
Course Overview This course will provide students with the skills and knowledge to create a basic homepage, Blog and Podcast. It will also provide information on how to incorporate these tools into classroom instruction through the use of freely available technologies and resources. Learning Activities Required 1. Class Home Page (40 pts.) Select 1 of the Following 2 1. Create a Lesson that Integrates Blogging (40 pts.) 2. Create a Lesson that Integrates Podcasting (40 pts.) Due Date Policy All assignments are due by midnight on August 28th . Please submit your assignments to me electronically through e-mail at sbrunvan@umd.umich.edu. Teaching for Understanding The School of Education at the University of Michigan-Dearborn has adopted the Teaching for Understanding model as a framework for educating future teachers. It is a distinct method of teaching and learning, rooted in a specific way of looking at and explaining the world. Teaching for Understanding begins with the assertion that knowledge is constructed. This means that people shape, form, or “construct” their own worlds. People determine what is “real,” what is “necessary,” and what has meaning. In Teaching for Understanding teachers and students change the ways in which they approach information, each other and the learning experience. No longer “fountains of knowledge and information,” teachers are called on to be learners in their own classrooms. No longer “empty vessels” of passive receiving, students are called on to be teachers of self and of others. Cooperative relations among students and an interactive relationship between students and the instructor are a means for students and the instructor to construct knowledge. Teaching for Understanding includes the following approaches to discourse and social
interaction. Classrooms are places where: • Students and teachers acquire and construct knowledge collaboratively • Orthodoxies of pedagogy and “facts” are continually challenged • Conceptual understanding of subject matter is a goal • Teachers function as guides, coaches and facilitators by posing questions, challenging thinking, and leading in the examination of ideas and of relationships between concepts and experience.
Based upon the Teaching for Understanding model, courses in the School of Education promote active student learning and the construction and development of knowledge through lectures, readings, small and large group discussions, small group activities, field based learning, and projects that require the application of knowledge. Academic Integrity The University of Michigan-Dearborn values academic honesty and integrity. Each student has a responsibility to understand, accept and comply with the University's standards of academic conduct as set forth by the Code of Academic Conduct, as well as policies established by the schools and colleges. Cheating, collusion, misconduct, fabrication and plagiarism are considered serious offenses. Violations will not be tolerated and may result in penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. Disability Resource Services The University will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. Students need to register with Disability Resource Services (DRS) every semester they are taking classes. DRS is located in Counseling and Support Services, 1060 UM. To be assured of having services when they are needed, students should register no later than three weeks after the first day of classes. Bibliography Blanchard, J. S. (1999). Educational computing in the schools : technology, communication, and literacy. New York: Haworth Press. Hokanson, B., & Hooper, S. (2000). Computers as cognitive media: examining the potential of computers in education. Computers in Human Behavior, 16, 537-552. Roblyer, M. D. (2006). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching (Fourth ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall. Electronic Resources
National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers and Students http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_stands.html Welcome to NCS Tech! http://www.ncs-tech.org/ Read Write Web http://www.readwriteweb.com/
TechCrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/ The Tech Savvy Educator http://www.techsavvyed.net/