Tuesdays 4:00-6:30 TEB 245
Instructor: Dr. Gerry Swan (gswan@uky.edu)
Office:

Week	Tools	Materials/topics	Assignment Due
8/30	PowerPoint	Respice Finem: Help you be effective Flipped Classroom Flipped Classroom 2 Kahn 1 | Kahn 2 Proportion video Proportion Tutorial
9/6	PowerPoint
9/13	PowerPoint	PowerPoint is evil PowerPoint Tutorial	Bruce/Levin Taxonomy Cognitive Load Articles 1 & 2 Read about Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
9/20	XML	Redesign XML Example (A stupid one, but you'll get the point) Menu Menu with style sheet applied (example 1) Menu with style sheet applied (example 2) Stylesheet Reference (there are many others out there)	Design a presentation on a topic using 3 slides (no title slide, no bulleted slides) and a one page narrative. This is our first step towards building a better Kahn Video. I'm looking for cowbell. How cowbell looks depends on the specifics of the assignment. What is cowbell you ask? It's a combination of effort, style and all around epicness. Watch this for the origin of cowbell. How much cowbell is enough. This much (watch the drummer).
9/27	XML	XML Digital Texts
10/4	XML	XML Digital Texts
10/11	Scratch	XML Digital Texts
10/18	Scratch	Intro to scratch
10/25	Scratch	Group Work	Check out scratch scratch.mit.edu. Have 4 hours of fun with Scratch. Upload your "fun", email me the link as well as how you spent your fun time.
11/1	Scratch	Group Work
11/8	Scratch	Group Work	Review the videos on PBL from Envision Schools Why PBL?
11/15	Scratch	Group Work	Scratch exemplar performance/products are due with group paper. Demo in class.
11/22	Project Work	Google +
12/29	Project Work	Presentation Day
12/6	Exam Week	Google +	Final Paper Due: Paper on your integrated philosophy of educational media and how that dovetails with what you think learning should look like. In addition to the ideas we are discussing in class you may invoke other other ideas such as: (Dual Coding (Pavio), Bruner Levels of understanding, Dale's Cone of Experience, Bloom's taxonomy, etc.)
12/13

 

Course Description:
This course addresses the use and integration of educational technologies in classroom instruction, including PowerPoint, Web Page Design, Spread Sheets, database and word processing. This course will address the four themes of the conceptual framework for the UK professional education unit:  research, reflection, learning, and leading.  Students will be given the opportunity to review, analyze, discuss, and apply research from diverse perspectives in education.  Reflection will also be integrated into students’ learning opportunities through the production of written essays, group discussion and media production to help students take advantage of the analytical and problem-solving skills that comprise critical professional reflection on one’s own teaching. This course emphasizes the commitment of the professional education unit to ensure that its graduates move into their professional lives equipped for life-long learning as educators who will be active in leading colleagues in their schools, districts, and professional organizations.  The ultimate goal in addressing these four themes is to produce teacher leaders who work together to improve student learning among diverse populations and improve education in Kentucky and beyond. Additionally, students will be prepared to serve a more diverse population of learners through exploration of how all people learn.

Course Goal and Objectives
This goal of the course is to help the inservice teacher integrate appropriate technology in their instruction. Specifically, the course addresses the following objectives:
1) Participants will be able to use a variety of technology applications for educational purposes
2) Participants will learn to integrate technology into their teaching strategies to enhance and manage learning.
3) Participants will develop a intellectual framework for critiquing and designing educational experiences incorporating media

Required Materials
All students will be required to have a USB pen drive to transfer work to and from class.

Competencies
You will be asked to complete exercises that show your ability to use the different technologies covered during the course.

Expectations and Grading
To do well in EDS 544, you should come prepared to all class sections and actively participate in them. You must complete your assignments fully and turn them in on time. No late assignments will be accepted unless the instructors are contacted beforehand. There are weekly assignments that are for practice and not used to determine grades.

How do I make an A? Here is the question on everyone's mind. there are between (5-7) assignments that are used to determine your grade in the class (why not a fixed number you ask? Well depending on how the class progresses, sometimes I need to jettison a unit). For each of those assignments I will score them with an A, B or C. If you get two A's AND at least a B on the final project you get an A. Conversely, if you get two C's you've earned a C. C work can be redone provided you have earned the right to do so through demonstration of the correct process related behaviors (showing up to class prepared, completing practice assignments, etc.). Criteria for achieving an A will be provided with each assignment.

The grade determining assessments are:

Framework Paper/Presentation
Final project
Midterm
3 Design Challenges

Plagiarism
Students should familiarize themselves with the Student Code regarding plagiarism (section 6.3.1), which can be obtained from the office of the Dean of Students or retrieved from http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Code/part2.html section 6.3.1. Plagiarism of any type will result in a failing grade.

Class Attendance and Participation
Class attendance is required for all class sessions. Information will be presented in each class that is not available through other means. Successful completion of course objectives requires that students have hands-on experience with hardware and software that is used during class sessions. Students are allowed one missed class after which an unexcused absence will be counted as a failed assignment.