Educ 5413 - Teaching with Technology Summer 2004: Dr. Helen Mongan-Rallis

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Syllabus - Educ 5413 Summer 2004

Class meeting time:
 June 21 - July 2nd, 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Instructor:
 Dr. Helen Mongan-Rallis
Office & phone:
 120 Montague Hall, UMD. Telephone & voice mail: 726-6272
e-mail:
 hrallis@d.umn.edu
Class alias:
 educ5413-1-su2004@d.umn.edu
Course web URL:
 http://www.d.umn.edu/~hrallis/courses/5413su04
 

Course Outcomes:

As a result of this course students will be able to:

  1. Recognize the ways in which they learn best and how this influences their teaching, especially with regard to teaching with technology
  2. Teach others how to use computers and different computer applications
  3. Identify appropriate uses of technology as a tool to achieve desired teaching and learning goals.
  4. Model and teach students how to follow appropriate copyright standards
  5. Use and teach students how to use the Internet as an effective research tool
  6. Create multimedia documents to support instruction using (a) digital camera (b) Power Point (c) Inspiration/Kidspiration (d) Dreamweaver
  7. Develop and teach different lessons using (a) WebQuest (b) PowerPoint or Inspiration.
  8. Develop and maintain a basic professional portfolio web site using MN eFolio and by creating own website on UMD server.
  9. Use both synchronous and asynchronous web based discussions as teaching and learning tools
  10. Critique the effectiveness of how they and others use technology as a teaching tool

Course Expectations

  1. Attend all class sessions. If you have to miss a class or portion thereof in the case of an emergency, you must make up the class by completing all required readings/tasks for the class and teaching yourself or having someone from class teach you the skills from class. Classes that are not made up in a timely manner will count as a missed class and may result in your grade being lowered. Missing more than 20% of the course may result in you earning a failing grade.
  2. All assignments are due on the date listed. Late work will be graded but may earn a reduced grade (10% per day past due date). Failure of zip disks, of printers to print, or any other technological problems will not be accepted as excuses for late work (since this is an advanced class so you should have well developed troubleshooting skills!)
  3. Prepare yourself thoroughly for class sessions by doing the necessary outside work and readings. All readings and assignments will be posted on the course web site. It is your responsibility to check the site each day for updates and to link to readings and assignments. You should expect to be doing a minimum of four hours of lab work and readings outside of class each day in class in order to be able to accomplish the quality and level of work required for the course.
  4. Participate fully in class activities and discussions.
  5. Work cooperatively & effectively with others in class & on group assignments.
  6. Challenge yourself to make the most of in and out-of-class work. IMPORTANT*: If you already have the expected skills for any assignment, or if any assignment is not appropriate to your career goals, meet with Helen to develop an alternative assignment that challenges you and meets your needs.

Assignments* & Grading:

 Assignment  % of grade  Due Date
1. Virtual tour field trip and rubric
10
  June 23
2. Inspiration or Kidspiration assignment and rubric 10 June 24
3. Plan and teach lesson using PowerPoint or Inspiration. Turn in hard copy of PowerPoint or Inspiration PRIOR to teaching the lesson (so I can follow along as you teach). I will use this rubric (but you don't turn it in) 15 June 25
4. PowerPoint Jeopardy quiz (or other game using some other computer application) and rubric 5 June 28
5. Teaching w/ Technology Annotated Resource List 15 June 25

5. WebQuest and rubric
20
  June 29
6. Minnesota ePortfolio and rubric 10 June 30
7. Dreamweaver website
15
 July 2
8. Graduate research paper on Teaching with Technology (Graduate credit only)  
Other assignments reduced to 90%, grad paper 10% of grade

  arranged

 Total Course Grade:
A = 93% ....... A- = 90 - 92
B+ = 87-89 .... B = 83-86 ........ B- = 80 - 82
C+ = 77-79 .... C = 73-76 ....... C- = 70 - 72
D = 60 - 69
F = <60
 100 points

* Please review the course assignments to make sure that they meet your needs and challenge you appropriately. In the event that you have already completed any of these assignments or believe they do not meet your needs, I urge you to propose alternatives and meet with me to redesign the course requirements to meet your needs. HMR.

IMPORTANT: I INVITE ANY OF YOU WHO HAVE ANY DISABILITY, EITHER PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY, OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH MIGHT AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO PERFORM IN THIS CLASS TO INFORM ME SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN ADAPT METHODS, MATERIALS, OR ASSIGNMENTS AS NEEDED TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION.

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