EDU 122: Using Technology to Support Learning
"We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience." (John Dewey)
General Information
EDU 122 is part of the teacher education program offered by the School of Education at Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Official Course Description: This course will focus on using technology to support teaching and learning processes. By studying the foundations of educational technology, pre-service teachers will develop an understanding of the role of technologies can play to improve education. They will explore the role of the educator in technology-facilitated learning environments. They will build skills in designing technology-based learning environments to support meaningful learning.
The class is designed to:
help practicing and future teachers integrate technology in their daily teaching practices.
it is a practical, hands-on course that is grounded in constructivist learning theory.
the students will learn by engaging in authentic tasks in a project-based learning environment.
Along with the ISTE student (2016) and teacher (2017) standards the focus from 2020 onwards will be on the NEW Quebec's Digital Action Plan for Education and Higher Education
Please log into Google Classroom (use code sent to your email by Sam)
EDU 122 Fall '23
Sept 11: Course Introduction & Overview
Sept 18: Becoming a 21st Century Teacher
Zombie Ideas in Education
Research in Educational Technology and Teaching
Twitter in Education (refuse to call it X)
Sept 25: Tech with Heart by Roshan(*ch.1 - 3)
Are you a hitchhiker or couch potato?
Oct. 2: Communicating & Collaborating with Social Media
Developing Critical Literacies & About Me lab
Oct. 9: **** no class Thanksgiving ****
Oct. 16: Tech with Heart (*ch. 4 to 6)
Is Google Making Us Stupid? & Favourites Lab
Oct 23 ---> **** no class Study Week ****
Oct. 30: Teaching Information Literacy & Digital Citizenship /Tech with Heart (*ch. 7 to 10)
Work on teaching portfolio & Google Scavenger Hunt Lab
Wayback Machine
Nov. 6: Understanding Blended Learning
Seesaw Lab
Nov. 13: Differentiation, Personalized Learning, Classroom Management
Writing, UDL, and Book Creator Lab
Nov. 20: Reading --> print vs. digital
Digital content design and Coding Lab
Nov. 27: Cognitive Load and Designing Multimedia Content
Expressing Creativity with Multimedia Technologies
Adobe Express Lab #1
Dec. 4: Designing Digital Content for All & Women in Tech
Adobe Express Lab #2
start work on final project (Book Creator)
Dec. 7: Equity & Student Agency & AI in Education
- make up class for Thanksgiving (held on Thursday
AI in Education on Pear Deck and/or video webinar
Share final projects
Class is online using ZOOM
starts at 8:30 am on ZOOM on Mondays
Typical Class Breakdown
Typical weekly schedule:
8:30 - 9:00: Observations from previous class; introduction of weekly theme & hands-on activities
9:00 - 10:00: Group discussion and reflections on readings; Main topic for the week
10:00- 10:15: Health Break
10:30 to 11:20: Hands-on activities; lab & wrap-up. Class dismissed at 11:20!
Required Course Readings (revised for Fall '23)
The chapter readings will be accessed through Perusall. I will explain in the first class.
The Maloy text (used previously) comes with an online wiki https://sites.google.com/view/transformlearningwithtech. I may reference this resource sometimes throughout the semester
The Quebec Digital Action Plan: Guide & Overview. I will refer to this throughout the semester as well
We are also using Stacey Roshan's "Tech With Heart: Leveraging Technology to Empower Student Voice, Ease Anxiety, and Creating Compassionate Classrooms. I have also uploaded the text on Perusall.
Please enrol by creating a Perusall account and enter the following course code BRUZZESE-C2BHN. You will be purchasing the texts on Perusall.
Log into Perusall using your Bishop’s email. DO NOT use different emails when logging in. Use the same login email every week
We will be using Google Classroom as our LMS. If you use your Google email account ~ the feedback process will work flawlessly. The class join code is: o7nlpg
