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Ed. TE 282, Strategies for Application and Presentation and Ed. TE 283, Staff
Development and Presentation Applications are two closely related courses in
the iMET Program.
"Redesigning
Curriculum for Distributed Environments" emphasizes and utilizes research
that supports the inclusion of technology in the curriculum.
Students use the Internet to collect and evaluate quantitative and
qualitative evidence that leads to the development of effective uses of
applications and multimedia for instruction and presentation.
Groups of students design, develop, and evaluate curricular projects
and learning experiences and locate, organize and distribute research findings
in support of new curricular developments.
Projects are presented and evaluated by peer review processes.
"Staff
Development and Presentation Applications" focuses on the need for
staff development and on effective presentation practices. The course explores the necessary elements that bring integrated
technology to staff members. Students
practice a variety of delivery methods for staff development that include
multimedia, website references and hands-on integrated curricular activities
that teachers can use immediately with the available technology.
The two courses will be taught as an integrated six units. In the Strategies
course, students will select an application (software tool) and a teaching strategy
or strategies, and develop a teaching unit integrating the two. The teaching
unit will be delivered utilizing the Internet and presented through a website
uploaded to the iMET server and submitted to an international contest (Ed's
Oasis).
The Staff Development course will focus on the effective distribution of research
and the applications and strategies utilized in the website constructed in the
Strategies course. Students will be required to present their websites in a
staff development setting or in a critical peer-review environment. Readings
and discussions will be assigned that are connected to model staff development
concepts.
The
Assignments
The Basics
Integrated Instructional Web: Technology Inclusion
and Integration
Your project this semester is to submit a web-based instructional lesson or
unit to Ed's Oasis.
Strategies for Application and Presentation
- Examine your curriculum and develop a plan for the integration of an application.
- Consider software applications.
- Review teaching strategies.
- Examine the research.
- Analyze the content of your curriculum and select a teaching focus where
the use of computer technology can augment the learning of your students.
- Integrate the delivery of the teaching focus with multimedia.
- Design a web-based instructional lesson or unit that will be a learning
experience for teachers and students. See the MasterSearch Contest Goals below.
- Major focus will include research, strategy, application and collaboration.
- Research a strategy and utilize the strategy to assist in the delivery of
the web-based instructional unit or lesson.
- Include a review of the literature on the strategy.
- Submit the web to Ed's Oasis MasterSearch Contest by the established deadline
for the contest.
- Evaluate the feedback provided by Ed's Oasis Juried Review Process.
- Present your web-based instructional unit to peers in a conference setting.
- Include research and product. See Staff Development and Presentation
Applications below.
- Unit may be presented in class in a peer-review setting (15 - 20 minutes)
and/or in preparation for presentation at a conference such as CapCUE
in the spring. Either way, get feedback from your audience about your
unit.
- Or, the presentation may be conducted at a district site as a staff
development module or training program (ETA, BTSA, CTAP, etc.). This option
applies chiefly to iMET Web Authoring Mentors identified early in the
semester.
Staff Development and Presentation Applications
- Research staff development approaches and strategies.
- Research effective methods for presentations
- Identify critical components for presentations
- Decide on delivery methods (HyperStudiio, web, PowerPoint)
- Include in your Ed's Oasis presentation how to instruct staff on using product
created in Strategies for Application and Presentation.
Required reading:
Other relevant integrated reading: Selections from Models of Teaching,
Joyce and Weil
Grading:
Grading will be based on attendance and contributions during f2f and virtual
meetings as well as on participation in Phorum activities. Assessment of
the website project as well as the staff development presentation will also be a
significant part of student evaluations.
The Big Picture
There are two parts to this project:
- The Ed's Oasis MasterSearch Contest
- The presentation of the web-based instructional unit in a conference setting
or staff development setting.
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To develop a collection of exemplary lessons that involve students in
using the Internet to communicate and/or collaborate with other students
or mentors, research information, and/or publish original work.
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To help teachers develop lessons that effectively utilize online education
resources and make the most of the web medium.
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To strengthen the professional community of Internet-using teachers.
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To celebrate the creativity and ingenuity of exemplary teachers.
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To increase national awareness of best practices in online education activities.
As part of your research, become familiar with the MasterSearch Contest by
visiting Ed's Oasis. Review the
Scoring Criteria, Entry
Form, and the Scoring
Rubric.
Part II: Presentation of the unit in a conference setting
- The presentation must highlight the strategies used as well as the procedures
that allow for the integration of the technology application.
- The audience must leave knowing more than the curricular content of the
lesson or unit.
- See the sample lessons below for more clarity.
Sample Lessons
First American
Culture Quest
Welcome to the California
Missions
Continental Connection
Middle School
Math
