Ed596 Technology for Teachers
Course Information

Deborah Healey

Instructor: Deborah Healey, Deborah.Healey@orst.edu

Office: Snell 317

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30-11:30

Telephone: 737-6985 (office)

Course Credit: 3 credit hours

Class meeting times: Tuesday and Thursday 12:30-2:00 in Kidder 33

Optional (unsupervised) lab time: Monday 12:30-2:00 in Kidder 33

Note: No food or drink is allowed in Kidder 33.

Material: one or two high-density diskettes (available from the Computer Base, Fred Meyer, etc.). Please bring a diskette by the second class meeting on Tuesday.

Optional texts available at the bookstore: Way of the Ferret by Judi Harris (Internet tools for teachers); Something to Do on Tuesday by Deborah Healey (ESL lesson plans using computers)

Readings online and on reserve at the OSU library

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Course Requirements

• Keep a notebook with class readings, handouts, and your electronic journal (e-journal) printouts.
• Send an electronic journal (e-journal) entry to me at Deborah.Healey@orst.edu where you discuss what you have learned and what it has meant to you (or other topic as listed in the homework section in the syllabus).
• Attend classes and participate in class discussions and hands-on activities.
• Work collaboratively with other students on group projects. The midterm and final exam will be collaborative projects.
• Do the assigned homework.

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Course Outcomes

Areas particularly relevant to ESOL competencies are in italics.

1. Students will explore the technological changes taking place in schools, the workplace, and the curriculum.

   Activities: Readings, group discussions

2. Students will be introduced to and use many of the processes and tools of technological change, particularly computer-based tools.

   Activities: Hands-on activities, group discussions, readings, critiques of readings

3. Students will examine ways to use technology in restructuring schools and communities, particularly in enabling dialogue between language minority communities and schools.

   Activities: Readings, critiques of readings, group discussions, interviews

4. Students will examine ways to use technology in their school reform efforts, particularly in enhancing access to a 21st century education for language minority students.

   Activities: Readings, critiques of readings, hands-on activities, group discussions

5. Students will examine new technologies and their impact on education and the workplace.

   Activities: Readings, critiques of readings, group discussions, site visits

6. Students will demonstrate their ability to use telecommunications, including electronic mail, discussion lists, and newsgroups.

   Hands-on activities, group discussions, readings

7. Students will demonstrate their ability to evaluate software packages and Internet resources for their use in classroom teaching, particularly in classes with limited English proficient students.

   Activities: Hands-on activities, group discussions, readings

8. Students will demonstrate their ability to create lesson plans to use software and Internet resources to meet curricular goals.

   Activities: Hands-on activities, group discussions, readings

9. Students will demonstrate their ability to use a presentation program or the Web to disseminate information about using technology in teaching and school reform to their colleagues.

   Activities: Hands-on activities, group discussions, readings

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Grading

15 points e-journal

15 points participation in class activities

20 points other homework (critiques, software evaluation, customized lessons, lesson plans, etc.)

20 points midterm

30 points final project

90-100 = A

70-89 = B

69 and below = In progress