0810-620+(Sunday)

== =EDU 0810-620-062: __Technology and Instruction__=
 * Meeting Days:** Sundays **Dates:** November 4th - January 13th
 * Time**: 1:00 - 4:45pm
 * Room:** Swirbul Library; Room 100 //(SCB 227 on December 9th)//
 * Instructor:** Whittney Smith, Ed.D.
 * Phone/email:** (516) 237-2650; **email:** wsmith@mineola.k12.ny.us; wsmithatc@gmail.com
 * Wiki:** www.cerebrum.wikispaces.com **Blog:** [|www.cerebrum.blogspot.com]
 * Office Hours:** By appointment; 516-237-2650

**Course Goals:**
 * To Develop a Working Knowledge of Instructional Technology Used in both the General Education and Special Education Setting
 * To Enhance Technical Skills and Knowledge of Web 2.0 Tools
 * To Develop a Database of Educational Resources Available on the Web
 * To Develop Electronic Presentation Skills
 * To Design and Publish a Blog and Wiki

**Required Readings and Supplies:**
 * // [|Teaching Digital Natives] // by Marc Prensky
 * Framework for 21st Century Learning
 * ISTE - NETS Standards
 * [|NETS*S]
 * [|NETS*T]
 * [|Headphone & Microphone Combination Unit (USB connection)]

**Suggested Reading:**
 * 1) [|21st Century Skills: Rethinking How Students Learn]
 * 2) [|Empowering Students with Technology by Alan November]
 * 3) [|Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson]
 * 4) [|Personal Learning Networks: Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education by Will Richardson and Rob Mancabelli]
 * 5) A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change
 * 6) Additional Course readings are available here.


 * ** Date ** || ** Topic ** || ** For Next Class: ** ||
 * = **11/4** ||= === ===

**Class Cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy**
||  || > Read the ISTE Standards (NETS-S /NETS-T) see list of readings above.
 * **11/11** || * Course Overview
 * Google (Gmail, Docs, Reader, Blogger, Sites, Scholar, Forms, Searches)
 * Creating a blog
 * Creating a wikispace
 * [|www.polleverywhere.com]
 * [[file:cerebrum/Info Literacy Quiz.doc|Info Literacy Quiz.doc]]
 * "Farmer Fred"
 * Click to View the presentation from class: [[file:cerebrum/Prensky.key|Prensky.key]] or [[file:cerebrum/Prensky.ppt|Prensky.ppt]] || * ==== Read **Chapters 1 - 4** from //Teaching Digital Natives// & Blog about them. I will have a blog post for each chapter for you to respond to. Please go to www.cerebrum.blogspot.com to respond. ====
 * Read the Framework for 21st Century Education (see list above) ||
 * **11/18** || * ====Discussion of Chapters 1-4 from //Teaching Digital Natives//; [|ISTE standards], and the [|Framework for 21st Century Education]====
 * ==== Web 2.0 vs. Web 1.0 ====
 * ==== Searching the Internet ====
 * ==== Wikispaces ====
 * ==== Social Responsibility & Ethical Issues ====
 * [[file:cerebrum/Tech & Instr Week 2.key|Tech & Instr Week 2.key]] or [[file:cerebrum/Tech & Instr Week 2.ppt|Tech & Instr Week 2.ppt]]
 * [[file:Tech & Instr (ISTE, P21, etc).ppt]] || * Read **Chapters 5, 6 & 7** in Prensky **AND BLOG**
 * Complete your Web 2.0 Resources blog post (use [|www.edutecher.com] and the “nouns” in Chapter 7 of Prensky as starting points) --- Post on your own blog ||
 * **12/2** || * Review of **Chapters 4, 5, & 6**
 * [[file:Chapters 4-5-6.key]][[file:Chapters 4-5-6.ppt]]
 * The [|"Flipped Classroom"] - [|Sal Kahn]
 * Forming Collaborative Teams
 * Collaborative Lesson Plan / Presentation - Work Groups
 * Evaluating your web 2.0 tools
 * [[file:cerebrum/The Flipped Classroom.key|The Flipped Classroom.key]] or [[file:cerebrum/The Flipped Classroom.ppt|The Flipped Classroom.ppt]]
 * [[file:cerebrum/notes.JPG|notes.JPG]] || * Read **Chapters 8 & 9** in Prensky and Blog
 * Work on your Collaborative Lesson Plan / Presentation
 * Continue to develop your blog and wikispace ||
 * = **12/9** ||= === ===

||  ||
 * **12/16** || * The Power of Words... how to accomplish more with a little bit of "change"
 * Discussion of **Chapter 8** (Let Your Students Create) & **Chapter 9** (Continuous Improvement Through Practice and Sharing) [[file:cerebrum/Prensky Chapter 8.pdf|Prensky Chapter 8.pdf]]
 * Podcasting & Screencasting - Showme
 * Microsoft Office
 * Modifying Reading Level || * Read **Chapter 10** in Prensky and Blog
 * Complete your lesson / presentation
 * Continue to develop your blog and wikispace ||
 * **1/6** || * Lesson Plan Presentations & Sharing (Pages: [[file:cerebrum/Group Lesson Self Evaluation.pages|Group Lesson Self Evaluation.pages]]; Word: [[file:cerebrum/Group Lesson Self Evaluation.doc|Group Lesson Self Evaluation.doc]])
 * Wikispace development || * Complete all components of your wikispace and blog. ||
 * ** 1/13 ** || * Discussion of Chapter 10 ([[file:cerebrum/Chapter 10.key|Chapter 10.key]]; [[file:cerebrum/Chapter 10.ppt|Chapter 10.ppt]])
 * Presentations of Blogs and Wikis || // Have a Great Spring Semester! // ||

Below are a collection of videos that demonstrate the importance of technology today: