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E6805 Course Project and Field Experience
E6805 Course Project and Field Experience
E6805 Course Project and Field Experience
Overview / Scenario
Your project for this course is to integrate technology throughout a curriculum unit.
This unit can be an entire curriculum or the curriculum for one subject. The project
begins in Module 1. The final submission is due in Module 7. You are expected to
form groups of three to four students; you will complete the project in your group. To
help you form a group and work together, use the following Group Work guidelines:
"Group Work.doc"
Your facilitator may want to periodically check on the progress of your team. It would
be a good idea to schedule weekly/periodical appointments with the facilitator and
update him/her about the progress of your group.
Project Tasks
To help you successfully complete the final project, it has been broken down into
small doable tasks that can be accomplished weekly. This will ensure that the project
work is spread across weeks and you get time to complete other activities like
reading and assignments. Here is a suggested breakdown of the tasks.
• Module 2: Evaluate the identified unit of curriculum with regard to the possibility
of integrating technology.
• Module 3: Identify the strategies and tools for integrating technology into the
curriculum unit. Consider the following to help you complete the above task:
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o What tools will you use for technology integration in this curriculum
unit?
• Module 4: Provide rationale for the strategies and tools that you chose in Module
3.
• Module 5: Create a plan for integrating technology into the curriculum; identify
areas in their chosen curriculum where integrating technology will improve it.
Your plan should include answers to the following:
o What are the areas of your chosen curriculum unit that will improve
after technology integration?
• Module 6: Create a blueprint of the type of technology that can be integrated into
the curriculum unit.
By Day 3, post the improvised curriculum unit with technology integration completed
to the Discussion Area. Use the following file naming convention:
LastnameFirstInitial_M7_A2.doc.
For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named
SmithJ_M7_A2.doc.
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Format
Your critique paper should be double-spaced, in 12 pt. font in Microsoft Word 2000
or higher. Remember to follow APA 5th edition style.
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spelling.
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Module 8
Individually critique the curriculum of any other group.
Use the following critique guidelines:
By Day 3, post your critique paper to the Discussion Area. Use the following file
naming convention:
LastnameFirstInitial_M8_A2.doc.
For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named
SmithJ_M8_A2.doc.
Format
Your critique paper should be double-spaced, in 12 pt. font in Microsoft Word 2000
or higher. Remember to follow APA 5th edition style.
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Field Experience
Overview
One of the major assignments you will complete as part of this course is the Field
Experience assignment, which gives you the opportunity to develop a plan for using
technology to improve the administrative and/or instructional efficiency and
effectiveness of a school.
Suggested Tasks
o The people/department who use the technology and the purpose for
which the technology is used
o The people/department who use the technology and the purpose for
which the technology is used
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By Day 3, post your field experience paper to the M5: A2 Dropbox. Use the
following file naming convention:
LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A2.doc.
For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named
SmithJ_M5_A2.doc.
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Format:
Your Field Experience paper should be in Microsoft Word 2000 or higher. Follow
APA 5th edition style. Your paper should be double-spaced and in 12 pt. font.
Maximum
Assignment Grading Criteria: Field Experience
Points
Identified a school for the visit. 4
Prepared a structured and open-ended interview format for the 4
visit.
Elicited information about the technology used by the school for 4
administrative purposes.
Elicited information about the technology used by the school for 4
instructional purposes.
Analyzed the information to determine the effectiveness and 4
efficiency of the technology used for administrative purposes.
Analyzed the information to determine the effectiveness and 4
efficiency of the technology used for instructional purposes.
Identified administrative areas in which technology lacks 4
effectiveness and efficiency.
Identified instructional areas in which technology lacks 8
effectiveness and efficiency.
Developed a plan for utilizing technology to improve the 8
administrative and instructional efficiency and effectiveness.
Developed a plan for utilizing technology to improve the 8
instructional efficiency and effectiveness.
Drafted the plan after making provisions for issues that might 4
crop up later.
Evaluated the effectiveness of the plan. 4
Provided a brief summary of learnings from the visit and included 4
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interview notes.
Used APA 5th edition style accurately and consistently. 4
Submitted on time using correct spelling and grammar. 4
Total 72
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