1. Session 2: A taxonomy of technology in education

2. Reflection: How do I determine if a resource is “good”?

3.  Centering exercise  Announcements / reminders  Review  Set up Diigo  Laws of Media  Education theory and educational technology

4.  Technology as the mediators (or media) between us and the world. We interact with the world through technology.  Technology as extensions of the self: Changes in technology result in changes in … [society] [the classroom] [teaching practice] [the self] [consciousness]  Technology reflects/expresses/disturbs the power arrangements in …

5. Go to http://teched- su2010.wikispaces.comhttp://teched- su2010.wikispaces.com Click on the Web 2.0 Practice link on the left side of the screen. Follow the Diigo instructions

6. Every medium:  Extends (Enhances)  Overloads (Reverses)  Retrieves  Obsolesces  McLuhan's Laws of Media McLuhan's Laws of Media

7. 1. Find a partner. You and your partner will be assigned an educational technology. 2. On a sheet of paper, make a square and divide it into four quadrants. 3. For your technology, fill in each quadrant using McLuhan’s “4 Laws” model. EnhancesReverses RetrievesObsolesces

8. Behaviorism vs. Constructivism

9. Direct instruction vs. Inquiry-based learning

10. Bloom's taxonomy PiagetPiaget and human development Gardner and multiple intelligences Freire and the politics of education

11. Drill and practice E-sheets Webquests Constructionism

12. Using the dimensions, what can we come up with?

13.  Objectivism (direct instruction) vs. constructivism  Child development  Thinking skills (Bloom)  Intelligences  Learning modes  Political and ideological dimensions  What else?

14.  Dimensions of educational theory (Objectivism vs. constructivism; child development; Bloom hierarchy; intelligences; learning modes; ideology  Aesthetic elements  Usability; learning curve  Stability; reliability; currency; support  Cost  Features

15. In small groups: Go to our class wiki, to the “Direct Instruction tools” page Choose a website / tool to evaluate (preferably based on your education interests) Explore the site (10 minutes or so), from the student point-of-view and the teacher point-of-view In your group, using our criteria so far, evaluate your site (6 minutes). Prepare a short presentation to share with the class, giving your evaluation (5 minutes each).

16. In small groups: Go to our class Diigo group Choose a webquest / e-sheet to evaluate (preferably based on your education interests) Explore the tool (10 minutes or so), from the student point-of-view and the teacher point-of- view In your group, using our criteria so far, evaluate your e-tool (6 minutes). Prepare a short presentation to share with the class, giving your evaluation (5 minutes each).

17.  Technology integrated unit (see course wiki for more info)  Webquest (see course myDU page for more info)