Description:

• This course is for K-12 educators who are interested in integrating technology into teaching and learning. Its focus is on the Technology Applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TA-TEKS), and how they can be correlated with other TEKS content areas. Participants should gain a greater understanding of the Technology Applications TEKS and how to introduce them into the curriculum.


The course will be web-based in format, with  real-audio lectures making up a significant portion of the contact time. However, self-paced, pre-recorded web activities, archives of instructor presentations, and A/V segments from presentations at various workshops and institutes will also make up a portion of the class contact time.

Participants are required to attend class in person the first day and two additional days the final week of class, one of which is the day the student selects to make his/her presentation.  The other day is to hear classmates' presentations.

Requirements:

• All are expected to participate in on-line discussions (intro. of self plus 1 original contribution and 1 feedback to each of 2 strands), complete pre-post WWW and Information Technology attitude assessments, complete three assignments, and give one class presentation. There will be no examinations. The three assignments will be:
1. a. Search the WWW to find sites and on-line print materials relevant to one of the Technology Applications TEKS Curriculum Connections (or another pre-approved topic), and b. Cross-reference the resources you have found to the content in another field (preferably one of your interest) such as reading/language arts, science or mathematics.  Use the form (Subjecttemp.doc, resourcetemp.doc) provided to supply your information.  At least 2 of the 6 technology-related activities should be able to be implemented in a classroom not connected to the Internet.  Due date:  Tuesday  July 21, 1998, beginning of class.  Worth:  25 points.
2. a. Gather profile data about a K-12 school of interest, write a brief summary about the school environment and how technology is used (or not used), and post both the data and the writeup to the forum page for the class, or b.  Digitize (RealPlayer) one of the 20-90 minute segments from the START Trainer Institute, write a 1-2 paragraph description of the contents, and post the description on the forum page for our class, or c. Produce a RealAudio encoding of one of the the Powerpoint presentations delivered at the institute or in class and synchronize it with the HTML version of the Powerpoint presentation.  Due date:  Tuesday July 28, 1998, beginning of class.  Worth:  15 points.
3. Produce a lesson plan for a selected Technology Integration activity, submit it in printed and machine readable form and post it on the class forum; then deliver a "show and tell" presentation to the class about your lesson plan (approximately 10 minutes in duration).   Due date:  Tuesday, August 4, 1998, beginning of class.   Worth:  35 points.

Grading:

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