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Welcome to EDT 3470
Technology for Elementary EducationCollege of Education and Human DevelopmentWestern Michigan University
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Give you opportunities to try out innovative educational strategies and technology tools
Support your development of Project-Based Learning strategies
Create a supportive, collaborative, educational atmosphere
Goals
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Dr. Brian HorvitzDr. Sharon PetersonConnie Halvorsen, DA
3470 Instructors
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Lecture vs. Lab Attendance Grading Assignments Using Desire2Learn Collaboration NETS Standards Open Lab Project Based Learning
Getting Started
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Lecture◦ A speaker series covering many topics that will
help you as a student and as a teacher◦ Expectations
Courteous to speaker Attentive to speaker
Lab◦ Hands on learning and practice focused on
learning teaching strategies◦ Group work based on Project-based Learning
Lecture vs. Lab
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In lecture, be sure to bring your iClicker. You will be using them not only to show you are present, but also to answer questions during lectures. You will lose points off your final grade for missing lectures.
In lab, be sure to attend. You will lose points off your final grade for missing labs.
Attendance
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Grading policies are spelled out in detail in the course syllabus
ASSIGNMENT REVISIONS: You have 2 weeks from the day your instructor has posted an assignment’s grade to hand in a revised assignment
You can track your course points and grades in Desire2Learn (elearning) (NOTE: Final grade is cumulative). Individual assignments grades will show under Grades. Lab and Lecture points are also cumulative.
If you have questions, please ask your instructor
If you put in the time, get assignments in on time, and get help when you need it, you will get a good grade.
Grading
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Some of what you’ll be doing:◦ Blogging◦ Concept Maps◦ Web Evaluations◦ Google Maps◦ Digital Stories◦ Podcasting◦ Website Development◦ Online Lesson Planning
Assignments
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Login at: http://elearning.wmich.edu. Or go through GoWMU and click on elearning.
This is where you’ll hand in some of your assignments.
This where you can track your grades. This is where you will register your iClicker.
Be sure to register under the LECTURE section of EDT3470 and use your log in user name for WMU.NOTE: Your grade in the Gradebook is cumulative -- as points are added, the Final grade goes up.
Using Desire2Learn
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For your lab assignments, you will work in a team all semester. Some will be handed in as individual work and some as group work.
It is expected and assumed that you will work professionally with your teammate(s)
Conflict is a common element of teamwork – you are expected to work through conflict professionally (just as you will when you are working as a teacher in a school)
IMPORTANT: Don’t be shy to ask your instructor for help
Collaboration
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This course was designed to help you meet the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS T )
This will look good on your resume This will serve you well in your career
NETS Standards
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EDT3470 holds open lab most Friday afternoons from 1-4pm in 2310 Sangren instructional computer lab
An EDT3470 Instructor will be available to help you with your assignments
Take advantage of this opportunity – students who do, get good grades in this course
Open Lab
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Project-Based Learning◦ Explained◦ Supports student learning through
interdisciplinary projects◦ Can involve design, problem-solving,
investigations, research◦ Less traditional teacher role: guide on the side,
not sage on the stage◦ Often takes advantage of digital technologies,
which we will focus on
What is Project-Based Learning?
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Your book focuses on this approach. Please let us know what think about the book
Edutopia Video Butterfly Migration Video
Your experiences w/PBL
More Project-Based Learning
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You are building elements of a Project-Based unit that you could use in your teaching
Each of your lab assignments fit like pieces of a puzzle into the unit you are building
The team web site will pull together all of your assignments from the semester and include the project your group has been working towards all semester along.
Semester Long Project
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Course questions should be directed to your lab instructor
Sharon Peterson has office hourson Tuesdays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. and
Wednesdays, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Brian Horvitz has office hours on Wednesdays
from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Unresolved issues should be directed to Sharon
Peterson [email protected] or Brian Horvitz [email protected].
Questions?
Q & A
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Today’s lecture 1/6 or 8/2014 was:A. Interesting and relevant
B. Just interesting
C. Just relevant
D. Uninteresting and irrelevant