Educational Technology III:

Literacy and Language Arts and Special Education Lab

Fall 2000

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Sections
Section:
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015
Instructor:
Feurer
Feurer
Meeting Time:
T 3:00-3:50
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Instructor
Instructor:
 Feurer
Office:
 WHL 301B
Phone:
 831-2751
Email:
 feurer@udel.edu
Office Hours:
 Mon.        9:15-11:00,12:00-2:00
 Tues.        11:00-12:00
 Wed.        10:00-12:00

Description:

Introduces prospective teachers to technology available for use in the literacy and language arts curriculum and for use in special education. Enables students to evaluate this technology by applying pedagogical approaches studied in methods courses. Concludes with a teaching project incorporating the use of technology.

Texts:

Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching, Second Edition M.D. Roblyer, Jack Edwards. Merrill Prentice Hall, 2000 (IETT). (optional)

Readings will be placed on reserve in the Education Resource Center and on electronic reserve throughout the semester.

Prerequisites:

Students should have completed Educational Technology I and II. They should be familiar with basic concepts in hardware and software and proficient with common tools including word processors, spreadsheets, e-mail, and Internet resources.

Requirements:

In addition to attending class, students are expected to familiarize themselves with the software used in class by spending time with it in the College of Education microcomputer sites. Weekly reading assignments are to be completed in preparation for each class meeting. The following activities are required as well.
  1. Mid-term exam.
  2. Software and Web reviews. Students will be expected to review several packages (computer software, videodisc, CD-ROM, etc.) or Internet sites in each of the discipline areas and to complete computer-based lab activities. Written work for these activities is due in the class meeting the week following the class in which the review or activity is assigned.
  3. Lesson plan incorporating technology. Each student will be expected to choose a software or web application and complete a lesson plan based on that application.

Grading:

Mid Term: 15%
Generic Web Review 1 (Gen-WR1) 5%
Special Ed Web Review 2 (SpEd- WR1) 15%
Reading/Language Arts Software Review 1 15%
Reading/Language Arts Software Review 2 15%
Technology Lesson Plan 25%
Attendance 10%
TOTAL:
 100%

Topics and Assignments

Week 1.  Introduction to Course. Review of assignments and expectations. Introduction to the need for knowledge of computer terminology

  • Reading: IETT, Chapters 1 and 2.
  • Work on Acronym Worksheet - Bring to class for next week.
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    Week 2.  Review of Acronyms and discuss of uses. Introduction to computer hardware and software.

  • Week 2 Lecture Notes
  • Reading: IETT, Chapter 3.
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    Week 3. Planning for effective integration of technology into education. Review of the growth of technology over time.

  • Week 3 Lecture Notes
  • Reading: IETT, Chapter 4, pp. 85-109.

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    Week 4.  Overview of modes of instruction used in various types of technology-based materials. Relationship to Learning Theories. Selecting and evaluating courseware. Review of guidelines for selecting software and comparison of various tools for courseware evaluation.

  • Week 4 Lecture Notes
  • Reading: IETT, Chapter 4,  pp. 116-126.
  • Activity (Gen-WR1): Using one of the Internet search engines, locate a resource on the WWW for review and evaluation of educational software.  Complete a Web Site Evaluation Form for the site.  (This should not be a evaluation of a specific review of a piece of software, but an evaluation of the overall Web site.)
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    Week 5.  Integrating Internet into Education

  • Week 5 Lecture Notes
  • Reading: IETT, Chapter 8.
  • Review for Mid-Term
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    Week 6.  Where is Education Going with Technology and Mid-term Exam. Review of current and developing technologies.

  • Reading: IETT, Chapter 9.
  • Activity Mid-term Exam.
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    Week 7.  Review of Mid-Term Exam, Review of GenWR-1, Details of Lesson Plan.

  •  Technology Lesson Plan Requirements
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    Online Software Review Form

    Online Web Page Review Form
    (list of submitted software reviews)
    (list of submitted Web page reviews)

    Weeks 8 - 10: Technology and Special Education

    Week 8. Using technology with students with special needs: Software adaptations.

     Week 9.  Using technology with students with special needs: Alternative input devices.

    Week 10.  Using technology with students with special needs: alternative output devices.

    Weeks 11 - 13: Reading and Language Arts

    Week 11.  Discussion of reading software. Drill and practice. Books on CD-ROM.  Discussion of text-based software for pre-writing and writing.

    Week 12.  Multimedia writing and authoring tools for student projects.

  • Readings:

    • IETT, Chapter 8.
     D'Ignazio Fred. "Getting a Jump on the Future: Everything You'll Ever Need to Know about Multimedia Authoring Tools." Electronic Learning 12 (3): pp. 28-31 (on reserve).
  • Activity (RLA-SR2): Complete a software evaluation form using one of the examples of reading and language arts software from the approved list.
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    Week 13. Telecommunications and writing.

  • Reading: IETT, Chapter 9
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    Technology Lesson Plan due by last class meeting of the semester. 

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