Fall 2022 Calendar

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Six Oct 4/6	Seven Oct 11/13	Eight Oct 18/20	Nine Oct 25/27	Ten Nov 1/3
Eleven Nov 8/10	Twelve Nov 15/17	Thirteen Nov 29/Dec 1	Fourteen Dec 6/8	Fifteen Finals

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Week One August 30 and September 1: Introductions

Tuesday | Introductions

Introductions:

You & me and our favorite digital tools –> Share a story about yourself that includes an app on your phone (no photos).
Course Introduction

Workshop

Thursday | Introductions

Noteworthy:

Assignment Due Friday 2 September | Blog Post Introductions
Thursday 8 September is Celebrate the Spirit, class begins at 11 and ends at 11:50.

Workshops

WordPress Workshop (cont.)

Overview:

Reading for 6 September| The MindShift Guide to Digital Games & Learning
Video game play
Video Gaming Assignment

Assignment Due Friday 2 September Blog Post Introductions

Week Two September 6 & 8 | Agenda

Tuesday

Noteworthy |

Thursday 8 September is Celebrate the Spirit, class begins at 11 and ends at 11:50.

Reading | The MindShift Guide to Digital Games & Learning

More WordPress |

Discussion Settings
Blogs I Follow

Introductions | Blog Post Introductions

Discussions |

Games we’ve been playing
The MindShift Guide to Digital Games & Learning
Commonsense Media Best Games for Learning database

Exploration | Play Mission US 1907: The Immigrant Experience (Be sure to make an account before playing).

Workshop | Video game play

Thursday

Noteworthy |

Thursday 8 September is Celebrate the Spirit, class begins at 11 and ends at 11:50.
Reading for next week | Gee, J.P. (2007) Good video games, the human mind, and good learning. pp. 22-44. (Please consult the Readings menu for a current list. pw = edtech386).

Reading | The MindShift Guide to Digital Games & Learning

Introductions | Blog Post Introductions

Sign up | Learning Circles for Video Games Exploration

Discussions |

Games we’ve been playing
The MindShift Guide to Digital Games & Learning
Commonsense Media Best Games for Learning database
A few thoughts about Drill & Practice

Introduction | Gee, J.P. (2007) Good video games, the human mind, and good learning. pp. 22-44 –> a few concepts

Workshop |

Blogs I Follow [legacy widget] | Instructions
Video game play

Week Three September 13 & 15 |Agenda

Tuesday

Reading: Gee, J.P. (2007) Good video games, the human mind, and good learning. pp. 22-44.

Noteworthy |

Sign up | Learning Circles for Video Games Exploration

Assignment Due 16 September | BlogPost Video Gaming Post One

Some Introductions

What must be in place for you to feel comfortable taking intellectual and creative risks in a course such as this one?
Please share with the class an essay that is essential to your interests/concerns as a preservice teacher.
A few questions and a few answers

Discussions |

Games we’ve been playing
Commonsense Media Best Games for Learning database –> what have you found?
Video games and technology integration, ideas from iCivics
Video Gaming Exploration | What are we supposed to write about?
A few thoughts about Drill & Practice

Workshop | Selecting a video game

Video Gaming Exploration
Check out Common Sense Education [Graphite] which allows you to filter information about games by traditional subject areas and by grade level. Commonsense Media Best Games for Learning database

Small Group Learning Experience |

Gee, J.P. (2007) Good video games, the human mind, and good learning. pp. 22-44 –> a few concepts (review these)
Discussion (Think – Pair – Share) | Video Games & Learning Principles

Thursday

Reading: Gee, J.P. (2007) Good video games, the human mind, and good learning. pp. 22-44.

Assignment Due 16 September | BlogPost Video Gaming Post One

Noteworthy |

Reading for next week | Squire, K. (2006). From content to context: Video games as designed experience. Educational researcher, 35(8), 19–29.
Play for next week | The McDonald’s Video game

Viewing | James Paul Gee on Learning with Video Games

Small Group Learning Experience |

Gee, J.P. (2007) Good video games, the human mind, and good learning. pp. 22-44 –> a few concepts
Discussion (Think – Pair – Share) | Video Games & Learning Principles

Assignment Due Friday 16 September | BlogPost Video Gaming Post One

Week Four September 20 & 22 |

Tuesday

Noteworthy |

Reading | Squire, K. (2006). From content to context: Video games as designed experience. Educational researcher, 35(8), 19–29.

Play for this week | The McDonald’s Video game

Viewing | James Paul Gee on Learning with Video Games

Discussion |

Squire, K. (2006). From content to context: Video games as designed experience. Educational researcher, 35(8), 19–29.
The McDonald’s Video game

Open Workshop | Video Game Exploration

Thursday

Reading | Squire, K. (2006). From content to context: Video games as designed experience. Educational researcher, 35(8), 19–29.

Noteworthy |

Reading for next week | Vu, V., Warschauer, M., & Yim, S. (2019). Digital Storytelling: A District Initiative for Academic Literacy Improvement. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 63(3), 257–267.

Workshop | Posting Images

Mac
- command+ shift+3 = screen capture,
- command+ shift+4 = captures selected quadrilateral.
Windows | Print Screen + Snipping tool

Workshop |

Video game play

Introduction | Digital Storytelling Exploration

Viewing | Story Center — What’s Your Story?

Open Workshop | Video Game Exploration

Top

Week Five September 27 & 29 | Agenda

Tuesday

Reading | Vu, V., Warschauer, M., & Yim, S. (2019). Digital Storytelling: A District Initiative for Academic Literacy Improvement. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 63(3), 257–267.

Assignment Due Friday 30 September | Video Game Exploration (Short essays and replies ~ 150 words/post or ~1500 words for the entire exploration).

Noteworthy |

Reading for Thursday: Lambert, J. (2018) Chapter 5: Seven Steps of Digital Storytelling, Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community. (4th Edition). Routledge : New York, NY. pp. 53-70.

Discussion | Digital Storytelling Exploration

Storytelling |

Viewing |

Discussion | Digital Storytelling: A District Initiative

Thursday

Reading | Lambert, J. (2018) Chapter 5: Seven Steps of Digital Storytelling, Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community. (4th Edition). Routledge : New York, NY. pp. 53-70.

Assignment Due Friday 30 September | Video Game Exploration (Short essays and replies ~ 150 words/post or ~1500 words for the entire exploration).

Noteworthy | Reading selections for next week: Digital Storytelling, Selected Readings in the Content Areas

Pixton — Digital Comics Tool |

Viewing |

Content of Character by Bess Turner | Story Center
Musical Fractions Digital Story | Sofia Ayres-Aronson

Mini-Lecture | Seven Steps of Digital Storytelling

Small group activity | Digital Storytelling, Seven Steps

*Please consult the Readings menu for a current list. pw = edtech386

Friday 30 September

Assignment Due: Video Game Exploration

Top

Week Six October 4 & 6 | Agenda

Tuesday

Reading: Digital Storytelling, Sele cted Readings in the Content Areas

Noteworthy | Visual Storytelling with New Media ISTE

Resources |

Pixton Create simple or complex comics using characters, scenes, objects. All objects are highly editable, and characters can be moved into almost any pose.
Pixton EDU: Intro for Educators
Elements of a Comic Strip (video)

Small group activity |

Viewing | An Agricultural Place – a digital story by David Vigil

Thursday

Viewing |

Small group activity (continued) –> BlogPost | Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum

Assignment Due in class: BlogPost | Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum

Discussion | Photography Composition Basics

Top

Week Seven October 11 & 13 |Agenda

Tuesday

Reading |

Lambert, J. (2018) Chapter 8: Approaches to the Scripting Prompts & Processes, Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community. (5th Edition). Routledge : New York, NY. pp. 94-102.
Lambert, J. (2018) Chapter 10: Storyboarding, Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community. (5th Edition). Routledge : New York, NY. pp. 115-120.

Noteworthy | ED386/ED586 F22 Grade Sheets

View Page

Discussion | Photography Composition Basics

Viewing | Hannah Ingram’s Digital Story | Peruvian Experience

Review | Digital Storytelling Objectives

Discussions | Digital Storytelling | Scripting & Storyboarding

Workshop | WeVideo I

Workshop II | Digital Storytelling with your cell phone

Thursday

Noteworthy | Field Observations

Discussions (cont.) | Digital Storytelling | Scripting & Storyboarding

Share story spine ideas (from last class)
Explore Storyboarding

Workshop | WeVideo I

Workshop | WeVideo II (topics)

Basic editing in Timeline Mode
Multiple tracks -> video
Video Levels (Dissolve)
Animation
Titles
Audio
Audio Levels
Multiple tracks -> audio

Top

Week Eight October 18 & 20 | Agenda

Tuesday

Readings: Ohler, J. (2013) Chapter 4: Assessing Digital Stories. Digital Storytelling in the Classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin. pp. 83-91.

Workshop I | A few Ideas about Image/text relations

Discussion | Ohler, J. (2013) Chapter 4: Assessing Digital Stories.

Why assess?
- Digital Stories
- In the era of accountability & ubiquitous technology
What to assess — digital story assessment traits
How to assess — do I need to make a rubric? Can I establish criteria and qualitatively assess effectiveness?

Workshop | WeVideo

WeVideo Academy (Tutorials and More)

Basic editing in Timeline Mode
Multiple tracks -> video
Video Levels (Dissolve)
Animation
Titles
Audio
Audio Levels
Multiple tracks -> audio

Thursday

Noteworthy |

Assignment Due (in class) –> Script & Storyboard

Workshop | WeVideo

WeVideo Academy (Tutorials and More)

Multiple tracks -> video
Video Levels (Dissolve)
Audio
Audio Levels
Multiple tracks -> audio

Top

Week Nine October 25 & 27 | Agenda

Tuesday

Noteworthy |

Assignment Due in class | Digital Story Assessment Instrument

Assignment due November 3 | Digital Story

Workshop/Discussions |

Digital Storytelling Production Crews
Digital Story Assessment Instrument
Script & Storyboard

Workshop | WeVideo (Continued)

Audio Levels

Multiple tracks -> audio

Recording voice over narration & access to sound recordings

Introduction | Distributed Cognition

Thursday

Reading | Salomon, G. & Perkins, D. (2005) Do Technologies Make Us Smarter? Intellectual Amplification With, Of and Through Technology.” pp. 71-86.

Noteworthy |

Discussion & Workshop |

Learning with Things
- James Gee on Distributed Cognition Affordances | “An affordance is a feature of the world (real or virtual) that will allow for a certain action to be taken, but only if it is matched by an ability in an actor who has the wherewithal to carry out such an action.” James Gee, 2007, 25
- Distributed Intelligence & Off-loading | “Writing, digital computers, and networks each allow us to externalize some functions of the mind.” James Gee, 2007, 26
- Offloading | “By distributing knowledge and skills […] between the virtual characters (smart tools) and the real-world player– the player is guided and supported by the knowledge built into the virtual characters.” James Gee, 2007, 27.
- Manipulation and Distributed Knowledge | “… humans feel expanded and empowered when they can manipulate powerful tools in intricate ways that extend their area of effectiveness” James Gee, 2007, 33
Distributed Cognition, EFFECTS OF, EFFECTS WITH & Common Educational Technologies Used in Schools

Discussion & Workshop | Digital Storytelling (open)

Top

Week Ten November 1 & 3 | Agenda

Tuesday

Noteworthy | Assignments coming due next week

Next Tuesday | Teachers and Students Using Classroom Technologies
Next Thursday | Access to Technology

Reading | Martin, L. (2012). Connection, Translation, Off-Loading, and Monitoring: A Framework for Characterizing the Pedagogical Functions of Educational Technologies. Technology, Knowledge & Learning, 17(3), 87-107.

Discussion |

Digital Storytelling |

Workshop | Finishing and uploading your digital story
Festival Queue sign up here

Thursday

Noteworthy | Assignments coming due next week

Next Tuesday | Teachers and Students Using Classroom Technologies
Next Thursday | Access to Technology

Discussion | Martin, L. (2012) | The Pedagogical Functions of Educational Technologies

Assignment Due (in class) | Digital Story

Digital Storytelling |

Finishing and uploading your digital story
Embedding your digital story with YouTube
Festival Queue sign up here
Digital Storytelling Festival

Viewing and Discussion | Videos Technology Integration

Top

Week Eleven November 8 & 10 | Agenda

Tuesday

Reading | Morgan, M., Brickell, G., Harper, B. (2008). Applying distributed cognition theory to the redesign of the ‘Copy and Paste’ function in order to promote appropriate learning outcomes. Computers & Education, 50(1), 125-147. [Focus on pages 125-132]

Noteworthy |

Assignment Due | Your assessment of your digital story using your DS assessment instrument (submit through email)

Assignment Due | Teachers and Students Using Classroom Technologies

Digital Storytelling |

Finishing and uploading your digital story
Embedding your digital story with YouTube
Festival Queue sign up here
Digital Storytelling Festival

Discussions | Distributed Cognition Exploration

Functions –> (Review) Martin, L. (2012) | Pedagogical Functions of Educational Technologies
Strategies –> Morgan, M., Brickell, G., Harper, B. (2008). |
- From Translation and Representation to Interaction Strategies
- Reading Morgan, Brickell, & Harper | Distributed Cognition & Interaction strategies

Thursday

Noteworthy |

Assignment Due | Field Observation II Access to Technology

Digital Storytelling |

Finishing and uploading your digital story
Embedding your digital story with YouTube
Festival Queue sign up here
Digital Storytelling Festival

Discussions | Distributed Cognition Exploration

Functions –> (Review) Martin, L. (2012) | Pedagogical Functions of Educational Technologies
Strategies –> Morgan, M., Brickell, G., Harper, B. (2008). |
- From Translation and Representation to Interaction Strategies
- Reading Morgan, Brickell, & Harper | Distributed Cognition & Interaction strategies

Introduction | The TPACK Exploration

Viewing | TPACK in Two Minutes

Top

Week Twelve November 15 & 17 | Agenda

Tuesday

Noteworthy |

Distributed Cognition due –> Tuesday 22 November

Final Exam due –> Tuesday 13 December 1:00pm-2:50pm

Reading | Harris, J., Hofer, M. Schmidt, D., Blanchard, M, Young, C., Grandgenett, N. and Van Olphen, M. (2010) “Grounded” Technology Integration: Instructional Planning Using Curriculum-Based Activity Type Taxonomies. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education. 18(4), 573-605.

Digital Storytelling |