CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

College of Extended Learning

Greater Michigan Program

Technology in Education

ELE 290

CLASS SCHEDULE

Day 1

1. Introductions, organized paper shuffling, etc.
2. Schedule planning — “Where do we go from here?”
3. Questions — “Let's see how ignorant the instructor really is.”
4. What is technology?
5. Standards
   1. National curriculum (NETS)
   2. State of Michigan’s Core Curriculum
      1. Technology Standards and Benchmarks
      2. Career and Employability Standards and Benchmarks
      3. Impact of core curriculum on public schools

6. Elementary curriculum planning
7. Curriculum integration
8. Web site development – Story board of web site

Day 2

1. Review/Questions
2. Web page construction
   1. Introduce purpose
   2. Review rubric
   3. Technology tools
   4. Develop web site
   5. Post web site
3. Software critique

Day 3

1. Review/Questions
2. Educational Software
   1. Present critique
   2. Model software
3. Preview other software
   1. Single user software
   2. Small group software
   3. Large group software

Day 4

1. Internet research for students and teachers
   1. Identification of problem
   2. Seeking, sorting, filtering information

   3. Using the information

                                                               i.      Citations

                                                             ii.      Copyright

                                                            iii.      Ethics

4. Presenting the information

2. Censorship/CIPA/Filtering
3. Power Point

Day 5

1. Grant writing
   1. Technology Plan
      1. Eleven elements
      2. Develop action plan
   2. Grants available
   3. Grant abstract

Day 6

1. Project Summaries
   1. Sharing of WebQuests
      1. Who
      2. What
      3. When
      4. Where
      5. Why
      6. How
   2. Peer feedback
2. Final exam  -- Take home
   1. Explanation
   2. Expectation
3. Course Evaluation
4. WHEW!!