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Welcome to EDTEC 572!

calendarSchedule (only to give you ideas about the course flow. Final schedule is on Moodle)

The class will meet in AdobeConnect each Monday from 5 to 6:30pm PST, except March 30 & April 6 Spring break.

New Connect URL: http://edbreeze.sdsu.edu/comet572/

Attendance at these sessions is expected except under extraordinary circumstances. Please come to each session prepared to interact and contribute.

Week
 Date Topics and Due Dates
1
January 26

If you don't have a Google email account (e.g. yourname@gmail.com) yet, create a new account now. Be sure to remember your gmail name and password - you'll need it frequently for this class.
2
February 2

Topic for the week: Learners, Learning and Learning Theories
Download the PowerPoint file

Technology Tool: Google in all its Glory! iGoogle, RSS feeds, Blogger, GoogleDocs and more! Download the Tech Tool PowerPoint file

Prior to next session:
Reading:

  • Catch up on the assigned readings from Week 1

Assignments:

  • Set up and personalize iGoogle page with tabs
  • Set up Blogger account and start a blog
  • Share your blog address in the forum "Blog Addresses"
  • Subscribe to each others' blogs and leave comments for several
  • Post your thoughts on the discussion today in the forum "Learning Theories and Current Tech Uses"
3
February 9 (Joint session with 544; meet in TJ's 544 room )

Concept Mapping (TJ will send details)

4
February 16
  • Active Learning
  • Taking Powerpoint to the next level

    Topic for the week: Applying Learning Theory to Practice: How to use Bloom's Taxonomy Table (Download the PowerPoint file)

    Technology Tool: Create a Personal Web Site using GoogleSites: a Video Tutorial

    • Use your gmail account to sign into sites.google.com
    • There are many aspects of the web page builder that are intuitive to use. Go ahead and try out your new tool.
    • Here's "Mrs. Linman's Site", a site created by one of our instructors to help you with the basic procedures. It also serves as an example of what you personal website might look like.
    • Additionally, Dr. TJ Kopcha has a single page chock full of resources for using Google Earth as an educator-- "Google Earth as a tool for spatial thinking"

    Assignment:

    • Submit the URL of your new personal website by posting it in the appropriate forum in Moodle
5
February 23 (separated from 544)
  • Group work
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Finding, using, evaluating and creating
  • Reading: Rule the Web- pp 36-52
6
March 2
  • Team Presentation: Emerging tools you discovered (online or offline)
7
March 9
8
: March 16 (separated from 544)
  • Case Studies evaluation
  • Reading: Dick and Carey (ECR) pp 205-
9
March 23
  • Media Selection for Instructional Package and next steps
  • Share plans for development of specific media
  • Reading: Dick and Carey (ECR) Ch. 9
10
April 13
  • Develop full Instructional Package
  • Meet to check progress with instructor
11
April 20
  • Develop full Instructional Package
  • Meet to check progress with instructor
12
April 21
  • Develop full Instructional Package
  • Meet to check progress with instructor
13
April 27
Instructional Package Due
14
May 4
 Expert Review of Instructional Package
15
May 11
 Wrap up and closing

 

 

 
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