Session 5, Wed, Oct. 1

Onsite visitation of a school that exemplifies the integration of technology throughout the curriculum, carefully aligning with both the student and teacher NETS standards. Tasks: Task 5-1 Summarize your observations Textbook: Read pgs 164-194 (1st Days of School). Classroom Mgn. Tools: Post and overview these Tasks in your Ed556-Blog and link to the Docs.

Session 4, Wed. Sept 25

Discuss, reflect and enhance Task 3-1 and 3-2 Textbook: Read pgs 125-164 (Tch. Sec/Middle School). Preparing an Instructional Plan. Read pgs 121-150 (1st Days of School). Classroom Mgn. Tasks: Task 4-1 Web2.0 and Emerging Technologies in Education; Rethinking our Schools Task 4-2 Web2.0 Tool Proficiency. Select and become competent using one of the Web2.0 tools that will enhance the quality of your instruction. Tools: Google Docs or Presentation (slides). Post overview and link in your Ed556-Blog.

Session 3, Wed. Sept 17

Discuss, reflect, and enhance Tasks 2-1 to 2-3 Textbook: Read pgs 91-121 (Tch. Sec/Middle School). Selecting Content and Preparing Goals & Objectives. Read pgs 80-120 (1st Days of School). Classroom Mgn. Tasks: Task 3-1 Articulate your personal Technology Education biography, and reflect on how your own journey will impact your teaching. Task 3-2 Research and summarize the NETS standards for students and teachers. Task 3-3 Your school principal wants to pay you big bucks to create a mini-unit titled Technology Literacy for all Students. Submit your proposal by describing the goals in column one, the objectives in column two, and the relevant NETS standards in column three. The time allotted is 45 minutes per day for at least three (3) Lessons. No need to do a full lesson plan at this point in time --- just the overall Goals and Objectives. Tools: Google Docs or Presentation (slides). Post overview and link in your Ed556-Blog.

Session 2, Wed. Sept 10

Discuss, reflect, and enhance Tasks 1-1 to 1-3 Textbook: Overview of The First Days of School by Harry Wong. (Mr. J's notes) Tasks: Task 2-1 Getting to know your students. Discuss techniques and activities that one can use to build community in a new classroom. This includes getting to know each others names, interesting facts about students, etc. Task 2-2 Read pgs 74-87 and reflect/respond to a variety of behavior scenarios. Task 2-3 Create a 1st week of school survival guide (use a variety of resources) Tools: Post and overview these Tasks in your Ed556-Blog and link to the Docs.

Session 1, Wed. Sept 3

Introduction; review course syllabus; Communication: Hand-on activity with Gmail, GFU-Ed556 Blog and Google Docs Textbooks: Teaching in the Middle and Secondary Schools By Richard d Kellough and Jioanna Carjuzaa 8th edition, ISBN: 0-13-119373-2 The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher (Paperback) By Harry K. Wong (Author), Rosemary T. Wong (Author). Used Amazon Tasks: Read pgs 55-74. Overview of Part 2, Planning for Instruction, Establishing and maintaining a safe and supportive classroom learning environment. Task 1-1 Interview teacher- classroom mgn. system Task 1-2 Create a usable, comprehensive plan for establishing and maintaining an effective learning environment. Task 1-3 The first 5 minutes (beginning a class). Task 1-4 Begin a personal Ed556 Blog (log of experiences and links to submitted Tasks, etc.). Share with instructor (Public or Private -> student choice) Tools: Post and overview these Tasks in your Ed556-Blog and link to the Docs.

Course Goals

The student will:

• Refine and apply personal philosophical and/or theoretical perspectives regarding the use of technology in education.
• Demonstrate ability to plan instructional units in the subject area, including:
  Using State benchmarks standards as a guide, and Using NETS (national technology literacy standards).
  
• Giving due consideration to individual student needs, varied learning styles and current best practices.
• Create a usable, comprehensive plan for establishing and maintaining an effective learning environment.
• Compile a collection of instructional resources to aid in planning and teaching, including:
  lesson plans, unit designs, integrative units, small group activities, authentic experiences, classroom discussion, student and teacher directed instruction, and authentic assessment.
• Demonstrate knowledge of assessment strategies specific to the content area(s).
• Research current eLearning resources and apply to face-to-face as well as distance education scenarios. Focus on Web2.0 tools.
  
• Develop an understanding and need for promoting justice for all students, thinking critically, and transforming their own practice so to insure their own professional growth as well as increasing the quality of life in the classroom.

Required Course Textbook

• Teaching in the Middle and Secondary Schools
  By Richard d Kellough and Jioanna Carjuzaa
  8^th edition, ISBN: 0-13-119373-2

• The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher (Paperback). Amazon (used for $7). By Harry K. Wong (Author), Rosemary T. Wong (Author)

Intro. to Secondary Pedagogy (Technology Education)

An important part of your becoming a secondary school teacher is to join the specialized group of professional educators in your specific area of expertise. While many of the values, goals, and methods of classroom instruction are common to all subject areas, within each discipline we find a unique culture of teaching practice. Each subject area uses its own distinct culture and language to carry out teaching and learning in the classroom. One of the purposes of this course is to induct you into the culture of teaching in your subject area.

Each high school subject area, if powerfully taught, has the capacity to transform and empower students. Powerful teaching acknowledges that we learn both through the company we keep, and through a personal relationship with knowledge and truth. Each subject area can be thought of as a club, with its own knowledge base and culture. Learning is the process of entering into deeper and deeper levels of club membership. This course will show you how to be a club pro, effectively teaching so as to invite and mentor students into a lifetime membership in the Technology Education club.

In the process we want to become reflective practitioners, those who believe and practice the continual process of self-evaluation of who we are as teachers, leading us inevitably to continual reformation of the educational practices we engage in with our students. We will take what you have already developed and formed as your personal learning theory, combine it with your knowledge of best practices, and specifically focus upon your application of these skills to the teaching of courses involving technology education.

Full Syllabus