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COATT Seventh Standard Summit. October 9, 2010. Interactive Videoconferencing Adrian College. In Collaboration with LISD Coordinator of Distance Learning (Greg Marten) Training pre-service teachers to modify traditional, face-to-face lessons for VC Research best practices
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COATT Seventh Standard Summit October 9, 2010
Interactive Videoconferencing Adrian College • In Collaboration with LISD Coordinator of Distance Learning (Greg Marten) • Training pre-service teachers to modify traditional, face-to-face lessons for VC • Research best practices • Design new lessons • Deliver lessons to classroom peers off site via VC • Recent graduate employed near Flint to teach foreign language using this process Rick Lovett, Adrian College
Albion College Education Department & Ferguson Center for Technology Aided Teaching & Learning • Educational technology is integrated throughout a student’s program beginning with their first education course in their sophomore year. • Students complete two portfolios, their professional portfolio and a reflective portfolio that documents their evolution as a teacher during the program. • Portfolios hosted on Wordpress. Example: http://kellyrobbins.wordpress.com/ • Multi-media/technology literacy integrated into elementary & secondary literacy pedagogy classes
Alma College: Technology in Teacher ED Our recent approach to integrating technology is to embed the learning of tools, operations and concepts into individual education courses: The following standards are met by students who all take the same education courses: 7a, 7d, 7g The following standards are met by all students in a student teaching seminar course: 7a, 7b, 7d, 7e The following courses are partially met by all students in either in education courses or other courses at large: 7c
BAKER COLLEGE SYSTEM EDU346 Integrating Technologyinto 21st Century Learning • Curriculum rewritten over summer • Seventh Standard /Understanding by Design • Create a Thematic Unit • Technology Component • Refining use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and on-line Internet Resources • Blogs, Wikis, Filamentality, Interactive PowerPoints, Podcasting, Digital Storytelling, Moodle/Blackboard • Exploring membership In membership in professional organization for life-long learning • Teaching students Digital Citizenship • Refining resume and educational philosophy to include technology Colleen Webb, Baker College Port Huron
Clickers(Classroom Performance System) • Introductory Education Class • Students purchase their own clickers • Multiple choice questions are asked and aggregate answers are discussed • To build community • To encourage students to recognize diversity • To set the stage for discussions http://www.calvin.edu/it/academic/tools/clickers/
Eastern Michigan • Expansion of Ed Tech survey course for undergrads • Meeting requirement for online learning experience
Grand Valley State University • Undergrad technology course shifting to online only • We’re studying computer-mediated communication (CmC) to enhance the quality of our online teaching • Participation patterns in computer-mediated discourse; • Links between student interaction levels and perceived quality of instruction; • Balancing required and voluntary participation; • Strategies for maximizing student engagement in participation; and • Using synchronous and asynchronous CmC tools to promote active engagement.
Michigan State University Department of Teacher Education* Educational Technology Integration E-mentoring program for interns: • Supported by a new website design: • http://education.msu.edu/te/Elementary/
Spring Arbor • Reuben Rubio’s Slide
University of Michigan • Teacher Education Initiative • Technology Plan • Proposal for Technology Program Coordinator • 4 TE Programs • Model: Secondary Masters and Certification Program • 1 year program • 1:1 Laptops & Camcorders • Full Year Technology Integration Course (June to May) • Hybrid: Face to Face & Virtual • Focus: Digital Footprints • Focus: Virtual Teaching & Learning • Focus: Professional Learning Networks • Our Podcast: http://blogtalkradio.com/mac09
UM-Dearborn • Mportfolio Implementation • Integrated Knowledge Portfolio • Used by students and faculty • Brings disparate portfolio initiatives together • Allows students/faculty to demonstrate learning and growth • Allows university to assess coverage of curriculum and coursework
Wayne State • Education was the fist classroom building at WSU to be totally wireless • Wide variety of classroom technology • Mobile instructor stations, SmartBoards, mobile laptop carts, cameras, iPods, mobile lecture capture stations • Integrating use of Skype, text messaging, twitter, desktop conferencing, & other Web 2.0 tools, etc. • e-Portfolios required for all IT master’s students and student teachers • Significant number of courses/programs online in both Teacher Education and Instructional Technology including a fully online Educational Technology Endorsement program • “21st Century Teaching Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy?” Recent T.H.E Journal interview • http://thejournal.com/Articles/2009/09/09/21st-Century-Teaching.aspx • Atomic Learning - 21st Century Skills • Faculty Technology Workshops / Faculty Tech Bytes • Annual Student Technology Day Conference