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TE 801 - Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Practice I

Instructors: Dr. Adam Schmitt & Dr. Avner Segall

This course was grounded in thoughtful reflection and inquiry coupled with my internship experience. The assignments were directly related to the planning and assessing I was doing in my 6th grade social studies and technology field placement in Owosso, MI. We also discussed current events as they related to social studies education and challenged assumptions about history education such as common methods of teaching, historical documents, and engaging controversial issues.

TE 803 Professional Roles and Teaching Practice II

Instructors: Dr. Adam Schmitt & Dr. Avner Segall

This course was grounded in thoughtful reflection and inquiry coupled with my internship experience. The assignments were directly related to the planning and assessing I was doing in my 6th grade social studies and technology field placement in Owosso, MI. We also discussed current events as they related to social studies education and challenged assumptions about history education such as common methods of teaching, historical documents, and engaging controversial issues.

TE 804 - Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Practice II

Instructor: Dr. Kyle Greenwalt

This course focused on pedagogy and meeting the needs of individual students. It included a case study written about a student in our field placement that continued throughout the semester. We discussed behavior, learning differences, finding our "teacher selves," motivation, organizing complex lessons, and other problems of practice. We applied the concepts discussed in class directly to our field placements and had discussions about the results.

CEP 810 - Teaching for Understanding with Technology

Instructor: Debbie McHorney-Enokian

This course provided the background knowledge needed in learning and technological pedagogy. Through the course, we read and viewed published works about learning, Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Professional Learning Networks, 21st Century Learning, Accessibility, and Privacy. We applied those readings to thoughtful and practical assignments such as blog posts, an essay about learning, video reflections, and a Networked Learning Project. It was a good overview to get students thinking more deeply about all of these topics.

CEP 812 - Applying Educational Technology to Issues of Practice

Instructor: Dr. Diana Brandon

This course built on the foundation of technological, content, and pedagogical knowledge learned in CEP 810 and applied it directly to inquiry. Throughout the course, we read Warren Berger’s book A More Beautiful Question and applied his ideas. We also explored other theories about inquiry, pedagogy, and technology. The theories were applied to a Wicked Problem Project in several stages, including question choice, blog posts, data collection, and research.

CEP 800 - Learning in School and Other Settings

Instructors: Matthew Schell & Brittany Dillman

This course centered on the educational psychology theories of learning, starting with the early 20th century ideas of the behaviorists to cognitivism and beyond. We also covered expertise and ideas about social learning. When discussing individual learning, we were allowed to explore a topic of our own choosing that influences learning - I chose Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education. In the midst of the global pandemic, we also discussed how learning relates and differs in and out of school settings. Throughout the course, we were able to choose projects, reflections, and synchronous sessions. We also worked throughout the course to create an individual theory of learning that was updated as we read & reflected.

CEP 815 - Technology and Leadership

Instructor: Dr. Michael Lachney

This course centered on Educational Leadership as it relates to technology. We studied various theories of educational leadership and made creations that applied them to common educational situations. We created professional development presentations geared specifically towards our colleagues - mine focused on assessment for English Language Learners. I was challenged to consider all stakeholders in addressing the problems posed by our instructor. We then chose a real problem of practice within our educational context and created both a local and a global vision to address the problem. We were pushed to think through each detail - how can we strive to improve our district? The school system as a whole? We also created a program of study for continued growth as learners & leaders.

CEP 822 - Approaches to Educational Research

Instructor: Ming Lei

This course is focused on educational research review. It includes a major project in which multiple peer-reviewed studies of the student's choice are compiled and analyzed. I chose to explore the question: What research-based best practices have been successfully implemented for structuring relatively small, public school English Language Education programs? I conducted research, extensively reviewed, and annotated more than ten studies closely related to my current classroom position. I also completed multiple quick research activities that helped contextualize the process of educational research.

CEP 811 - Adapting Innovative Technologies to Education

Instructors: Edie Erickson & Alison Keller

This course capitalizes on the idea of "making" in the classroom with multiple long-term creative projects and self-reflection pieces to inspire teachers to think through the tools they are using for education. I chose to further explore using the Raspberry Pi technology and wrote reflections on its usefulness in the high school English Language Education classroom in my blog. With Universal Design for Learning and Intersectionality at the forefront, I wrote an innovative learning experience using the Raspberry Pi as a medium to help students learn about asking questions in English. I also re-imagined classroom space & teaching digital citizenship topics to my students. Overall, taking this course at the end of my program helped me contextualize and reflect upon all of my learning experiences through the MAET program.

CEP 807 - Capstone in Educational Technology

Instructors: Dr. Matthew Koehler & Aric Gaunt

This is the final course in the Master of Arts in Education Technology program. It is focused on program reflection and the creation of a multi-purpose portfolio that includes a showcase of graduate work. Assignments were completed with self-reflection and peer-feedback elements to strengthen the utility of the pieces created. Throughout the work, we were challenged to created a product that could truly reflect the culmination of our efforts in the degree program. This website is a direct product of my master's program as a whole and this course in particular.