ET680 Class #1 - In Person

"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

We "meet" every week between now and April 24, except when Howard County Schools are closed (April 3 is Spring Break)
Experimental

Let me know whenever any activity, discussion forum, wiki, assignment, etc. is not clear

All papers are on the class Web site: http://www.loyola.edu/edudept/facstaff/marcovitz/et680/
Major resources for each module are in the chart on the syllabus
Online work is on Moodle
The course calendar is on Moodle and will include everything you have to do. It will be updated regularly.
Three modules

Each module has a corresponding paper
Note to non-teachers: please consult your instructor for how you can complete the assignments. Some assignments, as written, will be difficult to complete outside of a school so accommodations will be made for your completion of assignments.

We will view many case studies this year, mainly internships from those completing the Ed Tech program.
You will

At times in the semester, we will discuss information about your school, know as Information to Share
You should collect the following information about your school and be prepared to discuss it online or in person:

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 used in your school

In one or two sentences, describe an innovation that has been implemented in your school recently. Once you have entered your response, you will be able to see others' responses. Respond to a few others as to whether or not you have seen that innovation in your school.
Note: If you are not currently in a school, think of a recent schooling experience as a teacher, student teacher, or student.

Brainstorm what the three most important technologies will be in school over the next five years.

Each person in your group should come up with two ideas
The group should discuss the eight ideas to narrow it down to the top three Write a sentence about each one
Your group leader should post your list to the class forum.

The group leader is the first name on the list of names. That person is responsible for making sure the group is running smoothly and for posting the results to the class forum.

Form a group of four, making sure that everyone in the group is from a different school.

Each person will introduce to the class one other person from the perspective of how open to change the other person's school is.
Note: For those who are not currently teachers, think about a recent school experience, such as student teaching or being a student.

You will be working on Module 1 during the next couple of weeks.
Assignment details are contained in Module 1
Be careful about timing because you will be participating in many small group and whole-class discussions with specific time windows
Be sure you have completed the online survey before you leave tonight
Watch for emails from et680@googlegroups.com, our class email list

Return to ET680 home page.

Send email to Dr. Marcovitz at marco@loyola.edu.

Send email to the class (enrolled students only) at et680@googlegroups.com.

Last updated: May 15, 2012