 Educ 520, Ed Tech: Course Goals: To explore tools, resources and emerging technologies that can be effective in the classroom and that will ultimately improve student achievement and increase teacher productivity.
- Establish Willamette and personal gMail Account
- Contribute to our class Data Sheet (shared Google Doc)
- Preview 2 short videos: Shift Happens (Social Media Revolution) and Vision 2011- Technology's Impact on Education
Following is a big-picture outline of our course. Click on the Session # for full details.
Session #1: (3 hrs)
 Meet on Adobe Connect (our webinar software)- Welcome; Discuss Course Syllabus; Reflection of pre-req activities
- Create Yodio account & Post.
- Blogging in Education
Session #2 (3 hrs)
- Demo strategic features of word processing in Google Docs. Contribute to shared Google Doc "Shift Happens"
- Use Google Presentation App to describe one of the following Google tools: Bookmarks, Reader, or Forms
- Intro. to Cloud Computing (web2.0).
- Explore Personal Productivity Tools: TinyURL, Dropbox, and Teamviewer
- Explore Screen Recording Tool (ScreenR). Create tutorial of TinyURL, Dropbox, and Teamviewer
Session #4: (2 hrs)
- Intro to Google spread Sheets. Includes viewing several short tutorials.
- Project: Given student raw-data -> use Google Sheets for data manipulation & charts/analyzing.
- Intro to National and State Ed Tech Standards for teachers and students.
Session #6: (2 hrs) INTASC/Taskstream & finish group presentations
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