EDET 445: Integration of Educational Technology
Credit Hours: (3)
Prospective teachers will develop critical awareness of instructional technologies
in order to successfully integrate technology into their teaching. The course begins
with an overview of the latest research on how people learn. This cognitive science
research serves as a diagnostic lens to evaluate the efficacy of the instructional
technologies the class uses over the course of the semester. Prospective teachers
will be introduced to techniques and methods through modeling and direct hands on
experience in a wide array of technologies. Along the way, students will develop skills
for identifying appropriate technologies and making decisions concerning when to integrate
technology.
Note(s): Applied Learning designated course.
Detailed Description of Course Content
This course is designed to help students learn and apply skills in five areas:
1.Recognize technology as both the 鈥渢echnology of teaching鈥� and 鈥渢eaching with technology鈥�, and apply both perspectives when designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating processes and resources for learning in a classroom as well as online.
2.Use technology to improve the quality of instructional efforts, including making better decisions about what is important to be learned, defining meaningful and purposeful learning contexts, designing effective strategies for specific types of learning outcomes, developing more scaffolding opportunities, and assessing learning in more effective and meaningful ways.
3.Use technology to build and support constructive collaborations and learning communities.
4.Use technology to help manage processes and resources for teaching effectively and ethically.
5.Use technology to support growth as an educator through organizing resources and access to relevant sources such as education-related news and information as well as emerging professional learning opportunities.
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
The overall context for learning and applying the course outcomes includes creating a personal/professional website that provides an organized space to communicate examples of how technology can be used to improve professional practice in the areas of instruction, community-building, management, and professional development. Pages (or artifacts) included in the website collectively reflect the individual projects that constitute the course. Some of these projects include reflections over videos, readings, and the evaluation of many different types of instructional resources.
Student Goals and Objectives
Goals and objectives for this course align with specific elements of newly-revised Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) regulations for elementary, middle and secondary education students as well as selected International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Professional Standards for Educators.
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
1.Use technology to help make better decisions about what is important to be learned.
2.Use technology to help define meaningful and purposeful learning contexts for specific outcomes.
3.Use technology to develop effective instructional strategies for specific types of learning outcomes.
4.Develop technology-supported instructional scaffolds for specific lessons or units.
5.Design effective technology-supported formative and summative assessment strategies.
6.Use technology to build and support constructive collaborations.
7.Use technology to define local and global learning communities.
8.Use technology to help manage communication efforts between all stakeholders in an educational community.
9.Use technology to help manage instructional resources.
10.澳门老奇人论坛 appropriate copyright and fair use guidelines in the development of technology-supported instruction materials.
11.Use technology to support growth as an educator through organizing resources and access to relevant sources such as education-related news and information.
12.Use technology to identify and access relevant professional learning opportunities.
Assessment Measures
Assessment measures include, but are not limited to:
鈥eb-based course projects
鈥ritten reflections
Other Course Information
None
Review and Approval
Revised April, 2009
March 01, 2021