Welcome to E-126 Instructor: Lisa Breit Phone: Office Hours: By appointment Class will meet at: 53 Church St., Room 201 Meeting Time: Thursday 5:30-7:30 pm Lab Time: Thursdays 4:30-5:30 pm Instructor: Lisa Breit Phone: Office Hours: By appointment Class will meet at: 53 Church St., Room 201 Meeting Time: Thursday 5:30-7:30 pm Lab Time: Thursdays 4:30-5:30 pm

Week 12 Introductions Your name Why you are taking E-126 One thing about you that might surprise people What you hope to get out of this course Your name Why you are taking E-126 One thing about you that might surprise people What you hope to get out of this course

Week 13 Course Goals 1.To understand the tensions, dilemmas and activities involved in designing curriculum that supports meaningful learning and high standards of achievement for all students. 2. To appreciate how networked technologies can support learning, collaboration, and reflection. 3. To understand how new technologies can enhance instruction and support students' deep understanding

Week 14 What will we learn about? How do my personal and professional experiences shape my thinking and beliefs about teaching and learning?How do my personal and professional experiences shape my thinking and beliefs about teaching and learning? What does it mean to understand something? How is understanding different from skill or knowledge?What does it mean to understand something? How is understanding different from skill or knowledge? How can I design curriculum to address what is most important for students to understand?How can I design curriculum to address what is most important for students to understand? How can I design curriculum that meets the needs of students with diverse abilities, learning styles and backgrounds?How can I design curriculum that meets the needs of students with diverse abilities, learning styles and backgrounds? How can collaboration and reflection support my learning and that of my students?How can collaboration and reflection support my learning and that of my students? How can I leverage new instructional technologies to support deep understanding and students’ agency as lifelong learners, and my own professional learning?How can I leverage new instructional technologies to support deep understanding and students’ agency as lifelong learners, and my own professional learning? How can the Teaching for Understanding (TfU) framework help me design effective curriculum and orchestrate instruction for understanding using new technologies?How can the Teaching for Understanding (TfU) framework help me design effective curriculum and orchestrate instruction for understanding using new technologies? How do my personal and professional experiences shape my thinking and beliefs about teaching and learning?How do my personal and professional experiences shape my thinking and beliefs about teaching and learning? What does it mean to understand something? How is understanding different from skill or knowledge?What does it mean to understand something? How is understanding different from skill or knowledge? How can I design curriculum to address what is most important for students to understand?How can I design curriculum to address what is most important for students to understand? How can I design curriculum that meets the needs of students with diverse abilities, learning styles and backgrounds?How can I design curriculum that meets the needs of students with diverse abilities, learning styles and backgrounds? How can collaboration and reflection support my learning and that of my students?How can collaboration and reflection support my learning and that of my students? How can I leverage new instructional technologies to support deep understanding and students’ agency as lifelong learners, and my own professional learning?How can I leverage new instructional technologies to support deep understanding and students’ agency as lifelong learners, and my own professional learning? How can the Teaching for Understanding (TfU) framework help me design effective curriculum and orchestrate instruction for understanding using new technologies?How can the Teaching for Understanding (TfU) framework help me design effective curriculum and orchestrate instruction for understanding using new technologies?

Week 15 How will we learn? Readings Discussions online and in class Weekly labs, cases and class exercises Course project Using technology for learning

Week 16 Texts Available at The Coop Teaching for Understanding with Technology (TfU) Teaching with Technology Designing Opportunities to Learn (Norton & Wiburg) Modeling with Technology (formerly Computers as Mindtools for Schools) (Jonassen) Teaching for Understanding with Technology (TfU) Teaching with Technology Designing Opportunities to Learn (Norton & Wiburg) Modeling with Technology (formerly Computers as Mindtools for Schools) (Jonassen) Other readings are accessible online or in PDF format on course web site

Week 17 Learning Technologies Course Web Site Course Web Site Collaborative Curriculum Design Tool (CCDT) Collaborative Curriculum Design Tool (CCDT) Multimedia Cases Multimedia Cases Instructional Technologies

Week 18 How will learning be assessed? Participation 15 points Participation 15 points Discussions in class and online, timely development and revision of curriculum design, peer consultation and feedback Project 50 points Project 50 points Quality of the completed curriculum design incorporating new technology for understanding Written Assignments 10 points Written Assignments 10 points Online posts, memos Paper 15 points Paper 15 points Analytic paper with rationale for design based on readings and reflection on own learning Presentations 10 points Presentations 10 points Project presentation and demo of a learning technology Total Points: 100

Week 19 This Week’s Understanding Goals UG1a. Understand the overarching goals for this course. UG1b. Understand the purpose, structure and requirements for this course. UG1c. Clarify your own learning goals and what you bring to this learning community. UG1d. Appreciate the meaning of “21 st Century literacies” and how they affect learning and teaching today. UG1e. Become familiar with the course web site and its function in the course. UG1a. Understand the overarching goals for this course. UG1b. Understand the purpose, structure and requirements for this course. UG1c. Clarify your own learning goals and what you bring to this learning community. UG1d. Appreciate the meaning of “21 st Century literacies” and how they affect learning and teaching today. UG1e. Become familiar with the course web site and its function in the course.

Week 110 Today’s Activities UP1 Introductions all around UP2: How do you know you understand something? (exercise) UP3: Differentiating Skills, Content and Understanding (discussion) What is Understanding? What are 21 st century literacies? How do understanding and 21 st century ilteracies relate to each other? How can technology support learning of different kinds? UP4: E-126 Logistics, Expectations & Requirements (review, Q&A) What we will do Requirements Course web sites & resources UP1 Introductions all around UP2: How do you know you understand something? (exercise) UP3: Differentiating Skills, Content and Understanding (discussion) What is Understanding? What are 21 st century literacies? How do understanding and 21 st century ilteracies relate to each other? How can technology support learning of different kinds? UP4: E-126 Logistics, Expectations & Requirements (review, Q&A) What we will do Requirements Course web sites & resources

Week 111 Exercise: How do you know? 1.Pair up with a partner 2.Each think of something you understand how to do well. Teach your partner to do it or all about it. Teach your partner to do it or all about it. 3.Switch 4.Note and discuss: -As an expert, how do you know you understand something? -As a teacher, how do you facilitate understanding? -As a learner, what do you notice about the way the teacher conveys his/her understanding?

Week 112 Discussion: What is Understanding? What does Perkins say about how skills., knowledge, and understanding differ? What are some ways that understanding manifests? What views of learning guide teaching for understanding? How is teaching for understanding different from or similar to other approaches to instruction?different from or similar to How can new technologies support teaching for understanding?new technologies What does Perkins say about how skills., knowledge, and understanding differ? What are some ways that understanding manifests? What views of learning guide teaching for understanding? How is teaching for understanding different from or similar to other approaches to instruction?different from or similar to How can new technologies support teaching for understanding?new technologies

Week 113 Factors in Use of Technology for Learning What do McCormack and Scrimshaw say about the potential of instructional technologies? What factors do they think influence the effectivenessof instructional technologies in schools? What factors do they think influence the effectiveness of instructional technologies in schools?

Week 114 Skills for the Digital Age

Week 115 Learning with Technology Tools

Week 116 Assignments for Next Class 1. Complete readings for next class 2. In the course discussion board, post one or two paragraphs introducing yourself in the course discussion thread called “Introductions.” 3.Review the syllabus and instructor with any questions you have 4. Purchase texts for the course 5. Begin brainstorming ideas for your project. Post one or more ideas and possible partners in the course discussion thread called “Project Ideas” 1. Complete readings for next class 2. In the course discussion board, post one or two paragraphs introducing yourself in the course discussion thread called “Introductions.” 3.Review the syllabus and instructor with any questions you have 4. Purchase texts for the course 5. Begin brainstorming ideas for your project. Post one or more ideas and possible partners in the course discussion thread called “Project Ideas”