American

University Prof. Alex Hodges

EDU 416: The Uses of Technology in Education

WEEKLY SCHEDULE SPRING 2017 EDU 416.003

Note: These details are subject to change. Be aware of in-class & online announcements.
Date
Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities
Assignments/Readings Due


Jan. 19
Introduction to the Course

Week 1
Review syllabus & schedule

Activity:
Online
Watch PBS Frontline, digital_nation

Jan. 26
Online Safety & Privacy
Viewing Due:
Week 2
Activities:
PBS Frontline, digital_nation


Discuss PBS Frontline, digital_nation
In-Person
Homework #1: Bring to class
Intro to course and PBworks
Response to documentary



Feb. 2
What is Web 2.0?
Reading Due:
Week 3
Lecture/Class Discussion:
(Bb) Web 2.0 and Emergent

Multiliteracies, Alexander, Theory into
Explore Web 2.0 for classroom use
In-Person
Practice
Review Web 2.0 vocabulary:

1) (Bb) When Young Teachers Go Wild on
Social Networks Blogs Wikis

the Web, Shapira, Washington Post
Content Management Systems
2)
Learning Management Systems
Homework #2: Post by 2/2, 4pm
RSS IM/SMS/MMS Others
Post to PBworks


Feb. 9
What is a Community of Practice (CoP)?
Reading Due:
Week 4
Lecture/Class Discussion:
(Bb) Supporting Dialogic Literacy

Through Mashing and Moddling of
Online Lecture: Introduce CoP principles
Online
Places and Spaces, Hedberg & Brudvik,

Theory Into Practice
Activities:
(Bb) A conceptual perspective: theory
Learning style inventory
and practice, Wenger, Communities of
CoP-InTASC standards exercise
Practice: Learning, Meaning, and

Identity
(Bb) InTASC Model Core Teaching
Standards

Homework #3: Post by 2/9, 4pm
Post to individual PBworks page

American University Prof. Alex Hodges

EDU 416: The Uses of Technology in Education

Date

Feb. 16
Week 5

In-Person

Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities

Evaluating Web Sources & Software
Lecture/Class Discussion:
Introduce information literacies
Discuss the critical evaluation of Web-
based curriculum materials
Critique Web Quests

Midterm Web Evaluation Project assigned

Feb. 23
Information & Digital Literacy in Action
Week 6
Activity:

Use information literacy to critique
Online
information literacy
React to the Pew and NMC reports

Activity:
Complete the Library Research Tutorial
http://subjectguides.library.american.edu/infolit

Mar. 2
Learning Theory & Instructional Design (1)
Week 7
Lecture/Activity:

Introduce instructional design principles,
In-Person
part 1

Mar. 9
Midterm Project
Week 8
Work on and complete project

Online

Assignments/Readings Due

Mar. 16
NO
CLASS

SPRING BREAK No In-person Class

Mar. 23
Week 9

Online

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Overview of UDL
Discuss UDL & ed tech integration

Reading Due:
CAST UDL, Ch. 6: Designing for all:
What is a UDL curriculum?
http://udltheorypractice.cast.org/login

Homework #4: Post by 3/30, 4pm
Post to individual PBworks page

Reading Due:
(Bb) Clark & Mayer, Ch. 5-8

Mar. 30
Learning Theory & Instructional Design (2)
Week 10 Lecture/Activity:

Groups introduce instructional design
In-Person
principles, part 2

Quiz #1

Reading Due:
(Bb) Chapter 7, Literacy, boyd, Its
Complicated

Reading Due:
(Bb) Pew Internet & American Life
Writing, Technology and Teens
(Bb) NMC Horizon Report, Johnson et
al.
(Bb) Standards for the 21st Century
Learner, AASL

Reading Due:
(Bb) Clark & Mayer, Ch. 1-4


Midterm: Web Evaluation Project Due
Post on PBworks individual page
by 3/9, 11:59pm


Date

Apr. 6
Week 11

In-Person

Apr. 13
Week 12

Online

American University Prof. Alex Hodges

EDU 416: The Uses of Technology in Education

Lecture/Discussion Topics & Activities

Adventures in Multimedia
Lecture:
Learn how to use free website builders for
WebQuests

Quiz #2: Group Quiz

Independent Work on Final Project
Activity:
Complete Step 2 of the Final Project, the
Article Review portion of the final report

Apr. 20
Final Project Open Lab
Week 13 Final Project Instructions & Conferences

Review how to create final report
In-Person
Work time, peer support, and
troubleshooting session for final project
Activity:
Peer Evaluations of Final Projects
Input on Teaching from Students
(ITS, formerly SETs)
Apr. 27
Week 14

Online
May 4
Week 15

TBD

Final Project
Work on Final Projects



Final Project ALL parts due
Project Report, Screencasts & Websites are
viewable online linked from PBworks.

Assignments/Readings Due
Homework #5: Post by 4/6, 4pm
Post Final Project Proposal to individual
PBworks page

Ungraded Assignment:
Post by 4/13, 11:59pm
Post Step 2: Article Review to individual
PBworks page

Required In-Class Individual
Conferences:
Discuss your final project plans with
instructor and peer groups

Informal Presentations

Final Project Due:

Post report, screencast & WebQuest to
individual wiki page
by Thurs, 5/4, 11:59pm