EDUC 289A Readings

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Latest update was: July 27, 2003

Date	Readings
Day 1	Constructivist teaching and learning Required: Constructivist Learning Theory, Institute for Inquiry: http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/constructivistlearning.html Robyler chapters 1 and 3 (see course packet) See Reading Guide for Chapter 3: Learning Theories and Integration Models Education and Training for the Information Technology Workforce (skim) Quickly skim the following Digital Workforce Information 2003 ICT Literacy Summit Overview: http://www.ictliteracy.info/ ETS and ISTE to develop technology literacy service to build a digital workforce.: http://www.ets.org/news/03012401.html Additional Readings:
Day 2	Required: Resnick, M. (2001). Turtles, temites, and traffic jams: Explorations in massively parallel MicroWorlds. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. (course packet) Anything Left from Mondays Reading Additional Readings:
Day 4 & 5	Papert, S. (1993). All about LOGO-how it was invented and how it works: MINDSTORMS: Children, computers, and powerful ideas. Basic Books, New York: NY. Chapter 1. Computers and Computer Cultures pgs. 19-37. How to create an e-portfolio Education World Electronic Portfolios in the K-12 Classroom http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech111.shtml http://www.essdack.org/port/how.html Tammy Worchester's site http://transition.alaska.edu/www/portfolios.html all the resources you need and more about e-portfolios http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic82.htm Electronic Portfolios: Students, Teachers, and Life Long Learners Examples: http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris/portresources.html Electronic Portfolio Resources. It also includes a decision matrix to help implement electronic portfolio development. http://www.mehs.educ.state.ak.us/portfolios/portfolio.html Mt. Edgecumbe High School Student Portfolios http://www.what-is-the-speed-of-light.com/webquests/high-school-portfolio-webquest.html Electronic portfolios. Interdisciplinary WebQuests Index \| Index to all WebQuests 50 Good reasons why high school students should have a portfolio. http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/topic82.htm Electronic Portfolios: Students, Teachers, and Life Long Learners http://wings.buffalo.edu/vpaa/ctlr/files/faculty_portfolios.htm includes examples from other fields besides education) Standards http://cnets.iste.org/students/s_stands.htm NETS*S for Students (National Educational Technology Standards for Students) Readings on State and National Standards: http://www.ed.psu.edu/insys/ESD/Standards/menu.html (Note: not all links work) Resnick, L. and Nolan, Kate. (March 1995) Where in the world are world class standards? Educational Leadership Quickly skim the following: http://cnets.iste.org/tssa/ Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA) Collaborative http://www.iste.org/ International Society of Technology in Education. Click on standards projections, and this will provide links to NCATE, NETS, and TSSA http://www.crito.uci.edu/tlc/html/tlc_home.html Teaching, Learning & Computing Research Group MSDE - Maryland State Teacher Technology Standards - Scroll down to the bottom, Click on Our latest sites and most recent reports then MD Technology Plan 2002 and then Revised Maryland Plan for Technology in Education under News Center. - http://msde.state.md.us/ http://cnets.iste.org/ncate/index.html NCATE standards- Educational Computing and Technology Facilitation (TF) and Leadership (TL) standards http://www.acm.org/serving/ethics.html - Association for Computing Machinery Ethics and Professional Standards http://www.ala.org/aasl/ip_toc.html Information Power: Literacy Standards Recommended/Review and Background:
Day 6	Required: Continue to explore the resource links provided before and brainstorm about your final project (e-portfolio) Visit the background sites for more about the National Cryptologic Museum http://www.nsa.gov/museum/ and APL http://www.jhuapl.edu/ Seymour Papert article (hard copy) Skim the following: For the NCLB & Data Scavenger hunt you will be using the following links: Maryland data http://www.msde.state.md.us/, http://www.mdk12.org/, http://msp.msde.state.md.us/ http://www.census.gov/ The Census Bureau Data http://www.tpsnet.com/demographicdatabases/ Census Bureau demographic data http://www.mbrt.org/ Maryland Business Roundtable Data http://www.pewinternet.org/ Pew Internet and American Life Project No Child Left Behind Act http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/ Particularly the Parents guide If related - search for private and home-schooling articles related to NCLB impact State Information links- each state has their "How is my school district doing?" link
Days 7 & 8	Required: David Imig paper - [Word ... PDF] Robyler section on software types (handcopy) Skim the following: http://www.ajkids.com (1) search for rubrics and skim through some of the readings; (2) try some of the Fun & Games to see examples of drill and practice, simulations, tutorials etc… http://www.ta.doc.gov/reports/TechPolicy/2020Visions.pdf 2020 Visions: Transforming Education and Training Through Advanced Technologies. A compilation of 14 papers written by technology experts. The authors predict that the entire world of teaching and learning will be turned on its head by technological advancements. Apple Learning Interchange-K12 Education-Units of Practice-Resources. Provides a clearinghouse of annotated websites. http://www.ali.apple.com/ Navigate to some of the Exhibits to see how video and audio clips can be integrated. Also includes great examples of lesson plans with standards and rubric attachments and shows how the lesson would transpire (you can see in action). NOTE: you will need QuickTime and be patient - it will take time to load up. Resources for Reference Quizzes Tutorials Worksheet generator Lesson plan generator Puzzle generator Other Productivity Items On line Journals/Resources Global Journal of Engineering Education http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/usicee/gjee/globalj.htm http://www.lib.umd.edu/ETC/EJNLS/ejnls.php3 resources from our library -to get access you need to log in via Maryland account-the program recognizes your email address as local and will allow you in http://www.webopedia.com/ online dictionary of Computer and Internet terms http://www.thejournal.com/ Free journal -T.H.E. Journal http://www.wired.com/ Free Wired Magazine http://www.aace.org/pubs/etr/issue3/index.cfm Free Educational Technology Review (electronic only) http://www.iste.org/jcte/ Journal of Computing in Teacher Education subscription -can view abstracts http://www.aace.org/pubs/cite/default.htm Contemporary Issues in Technology & Teacher Education subscription -can view abstracts http://www.aace.org/pubs/jtate/default.htm JTATE Journal of Technology and Teacher Education subscription -can view abstracts http://www.aace.org/pubs/ijel/default.htm International Journal on E-Learning (IJEL) subscription -can view abstracts http://www.aace.org/pubs/jcmst/default.htm Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching subscription -can view abstracts http://www.aace.org/pubs/jilr/default.htm Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR) subscription -can view abstracts http://www.aace.org/pubs/jemh/default.htm Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (JEMH) subscription -can view abstracts http://www.aace.org/pubs/child/default.htm Information Technology in Childhood Education (ITCE) Annual subscription -can view abstracts IEP Ways to Better Organize and Analyze Classroom Data Grade Books Using Excel to keep grades Qualitative Software Quantitative Software CMI & CAI Computer based Learning systems Graphics Tools/Planning and Organizing Tools Standards- more standards http://www.e-learningsite.com/standards/overview.htm related to industry and technology Recommended/Review and Background:
Day 9 & 10	Required Be ready on Monday for a short quiz on this reading. Evaluating Web-Based Instruction Design: http://www.scis.nova.edu/~henkeh/story1.htm Recommended: Searching Documents - Class Notes Searching Presentation Web Address Information Practical Search Tips Interpreting Search Results http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/about_webquests.html - Paper by Bernie Dodge: guru of WebQuests Internet Basics http://www.netc.org/basics/index.html Recommended Sources Related to Website Evaluation Assignment Bibliography on evaluating web information: http://www.lib.vt.edu/research/evaulatae/evalbiblio.html The ABC's of Web Site Evaluation http://kathyshrock.net/abceval/ The Good, the bad and the ugly http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html Evaluating Web Resources http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm Blue Web'n Site Evaluation Rubric - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/rubric.html Website Evaluation Criteria http://www.web-design-uk.biz/website-evaluation/website-evaluation-criteria.htm TheSiteDoctor.com - http://www.thesitedoctor.com/is/KeepingCustomers.htm Additional Recommended/Review and Background Sources
Day 11	Be ready on Tuesday for a short quiz on these readings. The Home Stretch [PPT] Multimedia [PPT] Embedding in Powerpoint [Word] Required:(some you will have to skim-some are short on-line newspaper articles) Open Source: Linux and Redhat education initiatives found at: T.H.E. Journal - http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A2917.cfm Redhat - http://rhn.redhat.com/info/education/ Open source for education -read Introduction, Open Source 101 and Open Lab http://www.redhat.com/opensourcenow/ The Register Government must be allowed to specify open source software by Robin Miller http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/31964.html GNU's Not Unix! The GNU Project http://www.gnu.org/ Cultural Dimensions of Multimedia Design for Instruction Presentation [PPT] Handout/References [Word] 508 Comar Regulations http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~tifa/Comar_briefPGCPS.pdf Resources for Cyberethics and Diversity Schools try to raise good e-citizens 11-17-00 by Lisa Shuchman the Industry Standard http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/11/17/raise.good.e.citizens/index.html http://www.edtechpolicy.org/cyberethicsseminar.html Seminar handouts (all) -Skim only, including the external links section U. of Virginia Hit by Scandal Over Cheating by DIANA JEAN SCHEMO http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~lyuu/virginia.html Novak, T.P. & Hoffman, D. L. (2000). Bridging the Digital Divide: The Impact of Race on Computer Access and Internet Use http://elab.vanderbilt.edu/research/papers/html/manuscripts/race/science.html Preparing for the Revolution: Information Technology and the Future of the Research (2002) http://www.nap.edu/books/030908640X/html/ Chaika, M. (1999). Ethical Considerations in Gender-Oriented Entertainment Technology. Crossroads, Association for Computing Machinery. http://info.acm.org/crossroads/xrds2-2/gender.html "Closing the Gender Gap: Gender Gaps Fact Sheet." American Association of University Women,1997. http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/access/gender.html Recommended for future reference: