Agenda: Week 1

ET 680 The Role of the Technology Specialist

"A participatory culture is one that has relatively low barriers to engagement, offers strong support for creating and sharing, provides some type of informal mentorship and a degree of social connection, and instills in its members the belief that their contributions matter." Levinson, pp. x-xi

• Internship Presentation: Laurie Justice
  
• Announcements and Questions
  
  • Note that we are not meeting on days when Howard County Schools are closed (4/19 Spring Break).
  • Note that we are meeting during Loyola's Spring Break.
  • Course laptop policy: bring them but leave them closed unless we need them
  • Tight 10-week schedule: assignments due almost every class
  • Course Evaluations will be on paper
    
• Introduction
  • Who Am I? Dr. Marcovitz
  • Who Are You? Student Survey
  • Class Web Site: http://www.loyola.edu/edudept/facstaff/marcovitz/et680/
  • Syllabus
  • Textbooks
    • Frazier & Bailey and Levinson are available at the bookstore.
    • Guidebook for Developing an Effective Instructional Technology Plan, version 2, is available for free
      • Go to http://www2.msstate.edu/~lsa1/nctp/guide.html
      • There are versions 3 and 4 of this Guidebook that are newer, but they are not as good as version 2 and are not free.
  • Assignments
  • All assignments are to be handed in via Moodle (no paper or email)
    
  • Information to Collect From Your School (see "Information to Share")
    • The Nature of Your School Technology Committee
    • Your School Technology Plan
    • Your School/District Acceptable Use Policy and Filtering Policy (including compliance with the Children's Internet Protection Act)
    • How does your school keep track of software and hardware, including: number of legal copies available, number of legal copies installed, where the software/hardware is, etc.?
    • Technology Staff Development Plans in Your School
    • Technology Grants in Your School
    • Administrative Applications and Systems
  • Food
    • Sign up to bring snacks one week
    • You are not required to sign up for snacks
  • Guest Speakers
    • We will have several, including several presentations about Educational Technology Internships
    • Check the current schedule (which will be updated as needed)
• Support for Technology and the Technology Specialist
  • Supporting Technology in Schools: The Roles of Computer Coordinators (see handout)
  • The Evolving Role of School-based Technology Coordinators in Elementary Programs (also available here)
• Discussion: What Is the Role of the Technology Specialist
• The Change Process (note Mini-Paper due soon) -- both papers also available in Moodle
  • Hall and Hord (as interpreted by Dirksen and Tharp) (Adobe Reader required to view)
  • Sandholtz, Ringstaff, and Dwyer (Adobe Reader required to view) - also available here
• Assignments
  • Read Marcovitz, "Changing Schools With Technology" (available in Moodle)
  • Read Levinson, Introduction, Chapters 1 and 2
    
  • Read Guidebook for Developing an Effective Instructional Technology Plan version 2.0
    • Get it online http://www2.msstate.edu/~lsa1/nctp/guide.html
  • Information to Share: School Technology Committee (for Class 2)
  • Information to Share: School Technology Plan (for Class 3)

This page was prepared by Dr. David M. Marcovitz.

Last Updated: February 8, 2011