EDUC 526 (ex-545)- Lectures
Technology for educators
Readings: a) Scardamalia, M. (2001). Getting real about 21st century education. The Journal of Educational Change, 2, 171-176.
b) Wortham, S. (2003). Learning in Education. In L. Nadel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. New York: Nature Publishing Group.
Session 3 (6/2):
In class activity: I will distribute lesson plans from a variety of subject areas (language, science, etc). In pairs, you will study a lesson plan and answer the following questions: a) do you like it? why? why not? b) what learning theories support the lesson plan, c) what, if any, 21st century skills do the students acquire as a result of the lesson, and d) does the lesson plan represent a 'shift' from your school experience or not?
Source of lesson plans: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
Readings:
Stuart, Lisa & Emily Dahm. 21st Century Skills for 21st Century Jobs. Report by the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Labor. – Electronic copy available.
Lin, Xiaodong (2001) Designing metacognitive activities. Educational Technology, Research & Development, Vol. 49(2), pp. 23-40.
Foltz, P.W. (1996) Comprehension, Coherence and Strategies in Hypertext and Linear Text. In Rouet, J.-F., Levonen, J.J., Dillon, A.P. & Spiro, R.J. (Eds.) Hypertext and Cognition. Hillsdale, NJ:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Session: Netlogo (6/25)