ITEC 815 Syllabus - 21st Century Learning for the K12 Classroom
College of Education
Instructional Technology
San Francisco State University
Fall, 2008
ITEC 815.01 #14485

Instructor Kathleen Ferenz
kferenz@mac.com


Big Ideas
Through readings, class exercises and discussions, this course will focus on the following inquiry:

• How will we teach in the 21st century? How do we learn with 21st century technology?
• How do we design, assess & deliver effective learning experiences for today's students?
• How can we use new media technology in support of teaching complex thinking?
• Which instructional strategies will help students practice, review, and apply learning?

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Course Topics and Software
Course Topics

• Collaboration/Read/Write/Listen/Speak in a web 2.0 world
• Reading and writing with digital text
• Digital Storytelling and podcasting
• Microblogging, instant messaging, email etiquette, tagging,
• Cybersafety, cyberbulling, plagiarism,
• Assessment & Lesson Plan Development: Thinkfinity, Apple Learning Interchange, 4Teachers etc.

Software Tools
iGoogle
•    Docs (Documents, Spreadsheet, Presentation)
•    Google Video and YouTube
•    Picasa, Blogger, Google Notebook, Reader, Google Sites
•    Google Earth
 
Desktop software:
•    iLife tools or equivilant: iMovie, GarageBand, iPhoto, iTunes

Exploration of Web-based collaboration such as:

• PBWiki, Wikispaces, WetPaint, Ning, Edublog, Twitter
• Voicethread, public digital libraries and archives, Flickr

Course Objectives

Course Description:
This is a course for teachers who want to learn how to motivate and teach others how to integrate information technology into the K-12 curriculum. They will learn how to design, deliver, assess professional development and inquiry-oriented curriculum that makes effective use of a variety of information technology to support learning. http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgvpc3g5_249d77dbrft

Conceptual Framework
Preparing reflective and innovative professionals as leaders to ensure the educational development of diverse populations within dynamic educational contexts.

Skills: Students will know how to:

• find, evaluate, and use web 2.0 collaboration tools for K12 classrooms
• apply the elements of curriculum design with technology
• employ a variety of instructional technology oriented strategies to support learning
  

Content: Students will understand how to:

• design, deliver, and evaluate a hands-on workshop for teachers
• design effective student performance(s) & appropriate assessment(s) to a unit of study for K12 students
  
• design engaging and effective classroom experiences with digitized primary sources  

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Readings
Books
Required Readings
Articles and others as assigned
Online Associations

1. ASCD Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
2. ISTE Nets for Students and Nets for Teachers
3. 21st Century Skills Get the content maps for your area
   
4. National Staff Development Council Standards
   

• Standards for staff development
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Optional purchase

If you already own an earlier version you can use it, or purchase this:
Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Edition
Grant Wiggins, jay McTighe