Old Calendar

Week One: Introductions and Video Games

Tuesday 14 January | Wednesday 15 January | Thursday 16 January

Introductions

Workshop: WordPress 1

Week Two: Video Games

Tuesday 21 January | Wednesday 22 January

Announcements: FieldPlacements

Viewing: It’s a Crisis of Presence….No Really

Introductions (cont.)

Workshop: WordPress 2

Reading: Gee, J.P. (2007) Good video games + good learning : collected essays on video games, learning, and literacy. Chapter 4: Good video games, the human mind, and good learning. New York : Peter Lang. pp. 22-44.

Resources:

Can Video Games Help Close the Digital Divide? | MindShift – KQED

Wednesday 22 January | Thursday 23 January

Assignment Due: WordPress website

Reading: Video Games for Learning: Resource Roundup | Edutopia Check out Edutopia’s collection of articles on using video games and simulations in the classroom. Select one article with your group to share in class.

Viewing: James Paul Gee on Learning with Video Games

Discussion:

1. Gee’s 13 Learning Principles;

2. Video game assignment

Introduction: Drill & Practice Project

Week Three: Video Games & Drill and Practice

Tuesday 28 January | Wednesday 39 January

Announcements: FieldPlacements

Drill & Practice Resources:

Reading: Streibel, M. J. (1986). A Critical Analysis of the Use of Computers in Education. Educational Communication and Technology, 34(3), 137-147.

Wednesday 39 January | Thursday 30 January

Reading: Streibel, M. J. (1986). A Critical Analysis of the Use of Computers in Education. Educational Communication and Technology, 34(3), 137-147. (Cont.)

Assignment Due: Video Games

Friday 31 January : Assignment Due: Five D&P questions posted to your D&P web pageand posted to Quizlet.

Week Four: Drill and Practice & Multimodal Literacy

Tuesday 4 February | Wednesday 5 February

Discussion: Multimodal Literacy Project Introduction

Workshop:

Uploading and inserting images to WordPress
Photo editing
Drill and Practice and Quizlet

Resources:

Wednesday 5 February | Thursday 6 February

Assignment Due: Drill & Practice

Reading: Rose, G. (2007) Visual methodologies : an introduction to the interpretation of visual materials. Chapter Five: Semiology: Laying bare the prejudices beneath the smooth surface of the beautiful. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications. pp. 74-98.

Discussion:

Introduction to Semiotics
Signs in Relation
Photography and Visual Design: on directing the eye through the visual field

Week Five: Multimodal Literacy

Tuesday 11 February | Wednesday 12 February

Announce:

Grade book and drill & Practice
Gallery Time
Other?

Workshop:

Framed
The Anchoring of Meaning

Reading: Bull, S. (2010) Photography. Chapter 3: The Meanings of Photographs. New York : Routledge. pp. 31-46. (Through and including section on fixing meaning: Words).

Wednesday 12 February |Thursday 13 February

Announce:

About Digital Vignettes
Observation BlogPost and reading for Tuesday

Reading: Bull, S. (2010) Photography. Chapter 3: The Meanings of Photographs. New York : Routledge. pp. 31-46. (Through and including section on fixing meaning: Words).

Workshop:

The Art of Awareness
Multimodal Literacy

Week Six: Multimodal Literacy & Digital Vignettes

Tuesday 18 February | Wednesday 19

Assignment Due: Observation BlogPost

Handout: Blue observation form

Workshop and Discussion:

Observation BlogPost
Multimodal Literacy

Thursday 20 February | Wednesday 19 February

Gallery: Multimodal Literacy

Introduction: Digital Vignettes

Assignment Due: Multimodal Literacy

Week Seven: Digital Vignettes

Tuesday 25 February | Wednesday 26 February

Reading: Latour, B. (2011) “Where Are The Missing Masses? : The Sociology of a Few Mundane Artifacts.” In: Seth Giddings with Martin Lister (Eds.) The New Media and Technocultures Reader. New York : Routledge. pp. 150-159.

Mini Lecture / Discussion: Actor Network Theory

Thursday 27 February | Wednesday 26 February

Reading: Verbeek, P. P. (2005) What Things Do. Chapter 5: A Material Hermeneutic. University Park, PA : The Pennsylvania University Press. pp. 123-145.

Mini Lecture / Discussion: Phenomenology of Technology

NO Class | Spring Break: Tuesday 4 March, Wednesday 5 March, Thursday 6 March

Week Eight: Digital Vignettes

Tuesday 11 March | Wednesday 12 March

Announce: Assessment Rubric

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.

Thursday 13 March | Wednesday 12 March

Workshop and Discussion: Digital Vignettes

Introduction to Digital StoryTelling (part 1)
Webliography and DS Resources
Crafting Queries from Critical Readings…

Week Nine: Digital Vignettes and Project Tomorrow

Tuesday 18 March | Wednesday 19 March

Reading: Ohler, J. (2013) Confessions of a Digital Storytelling Teacher: Twenty Revelations about Digital Storytelling in Education. In: Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning and Creativity. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin. Chapter 1, pp. 2-15.

Workshop: Webliography and DS Resources | Digital Vignettes
Lecture: Introduction to Digital StoryTelling (part 2)
Discussion: DV Queries and and Digital Storytelling

Thursday 20 March | Wednesday 19 March

Workshop / Discussion: Digital Vignettes and Digital Storytelling
Introduction: Project Tomorrow

Week Ten: Project Tomorrow

Tuesday 25 March | Wednesday 26 March

Gallery: Digital Vignettes

Discussion: Project Tomorrow

Workshop: Google Drive Suite of Tools: How to Create a Google Form

Assignment Due: Digital Vignettes

Thursday 27 March | Wednesday 26 March

Readings:

Prensky, M. (2008) Young Minds, Fast Times: The Twenty-First-Century Digital Learner. Edutopia magazine. June, 2008.
Speak Up 2012 Reports and Briefings:
From Chalkboards to Tablets: The Emergence of the K-12 Digital Learner: 2013 Congressional Briefing
Learning in the 21stCentury: Digital Experiences and Expectations of Tomorrow’s Teachers: 2013 Congressional Briefing

Workshop: Google Drive Suite of Tools: Spreadsheet

Week Eleven: Project Tomorrow

Tuesday 1 April | Wednesday 2 April

Announce:

Readings:

Prensky, M. (2008) Turning On the Lights. Educational Leadership. 65 (6) 40-45.
Speak Up 2012 National Data for K-12 Students – June 2013: Full Report | Ohio Data 2012

Thursday 3 April | Wednesday 2 April

Reading: Speak Up 2012 Report : Speak Up 2012 for Future Teachers National Data – February 7, 2013: Full Report

Resources: Potential Survey Questions from Middle School Ohio Data 2012

Week Twelve: Project Tomorrow | TPACK Design

Tuesday 8 April | Wednesday 9 April

Announce: Let’s look at the calendar and think about the timeline for Project Tomorrow.

Discussion:

JCU Fall 2013 Project Tomorrow Survey Questions
Project Tomorrow Data analysis
TPACK Design Introduction

Thursday 10 April | Wednesday 9 April

Reading: Mishra, P., & Koehler, J. (2006). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge. Teachers College Record, 108(6), 1017-1054. (Please prepare pp 1017-1031)

Discussion:

Project Tomorrow Data analysis:
- How’s it look? Let’s make it workable.
- Brody, what does the analysis page look like?
TPACK Design:
- What is Pedagogy?
- What is PCK, and
- What is TPCK?

Resources:

Week Thirteen: TPACK Design | Project Tomorrow

Tuesday 15 April |

Project Tomorrow Discussion: Discussion II, Review Hypotheses, Accept / Reject Hypotheses

Project Tomorrow

TPACK Readings:

The Learning Activity Types Wiki
Mishra, P., & Koehler, J. (2006). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge. Teachers College Record, 108(6), 1017-1054.

TPACK Discussions:

Reflecting on a lesson or unit that you have recently observed and the TCR article on TPACK, design backwards (analyze the learning experience) to determine the PCK or TPCK that the cooperating teacher used. To organize your reflections, please document your reflections in a blog entry.
For the TELE that you are designing, what Learning Activity Types will you include?