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EDLD 5364 Teaching with Technology This course begins with learning theories and the implications for using technology to promote learning and to enhance teaching. Then the course moves to the technology strategies and best practices that impact student achievement. Students will demonstrate knowledge of ways to model, design, and use technology tools to solve problems, evaluate results, and communicate information in a variety of formats for diverse audiences.

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WEEK 1: Learning Theories and Implications for Teaching With Technology

WEEK 2: Technology Strategies That Positively Impact Student Learning

WEEK 3: Planning for Student-Centered Learning With Technology

WEEK 4: Designing Student-Centered Learning Experiences With Technology

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">WEEK 5: Reflecting Upon Teaching With Technology <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Course Outcomes <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify learning theories and explain the implications for teaching with technology to improve learning. 2. Apply, analyze, and evaluate technology strategies and best practices that impact student achievement. 3. Plan, design, and create effective learning environments and experiences supported by technology. 4. Design, develop, model, and evaluate products created using technology resources to improve and enhance productivity and professional practice. 5. Make decisions about what technology tools can best solve a problem, then evaluate results, and communicate the results in a variety of formats for diverse audiences. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Performance Outcomes: 1. Participate in web conferences. 2. Explore, read, and discuss learning theories and implications for teaching with technology. 3. Design and reflect upon student-centered learning experiences with technology. 4. Evaluate, reflect, and provide rationale for technology activities designed for diverse learners. 5. Collaborate with others to solve a scenario-based group project using Web 2.0 tools and other technology applications.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Course Standards • Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Technology Applications: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/ch126toc.html • National Educational Technology Standards: http://cnets.iste.org Standard II. Planning and Designing Learning Environments and Experiences o Tech Facilitator II.A - Design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology-enhanced instructional strategies to support diverse needs of learners. o Tech Facilitator II.B - Apply current research on teaching and learning with technology when planning learning environments and experiences. o Tech Facilitator II.E - Plan strategies to manage student learning in a technology-enhanced environment. Standard III. Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum o Tech Facilitator III.A - Facilitate technology-enhanced experiences that address content standards and student technology standards. o Tech Facilitator III.B - Use technology to support learner-centered strategies that address the diverse needs of students. o Tech Facilitator III.C - Apply technology to demonstrate students’ higher-order skills and creativity. o Tech Facilitator III.D - Manage student learning activities in a technology-enhanced environment. o Tech Facilitator III.E - Use current research and district/region/state/national content standards to build lessons and units of instruction. Standard IV. Assessment and Evaluation o Tech Facilitator IV.A – Apply technology in assessing student learning of subject matter using a variety of assessment techniques. Standard V. Productivity and Professional Practice o Technology Facilitator V. B - Continually evaluate and reflect on professional practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of student learning. o Technology Facilitator V. C – Apply technology to increase productivity. o Technology Facilitator V. D – Use technology to communicate and collaborate with peers, parents, and the larger community in order to nurture student learning. Standard VI. Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues o Technology Facilitator VI.B – Apply technology resources to enable and empower learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities. Standard VIII. Leadership and Vision o Technology Facilitator VIII.A – Identify and apply educational and technology related research, the psychology of learning, and instructional design principles in guiding the use of computers and technology in education.

• Texas State Board for Educator Certification Standards: http://www.sbec.state.tx.us/SBECOnline/standtest/educstan.asp • NCATE: http://www.ncate.org/ • ELCC—Standards for Advanced Programs in Educational Leadership: http://www.npbea.org/ELCC/ELCCStandards%20_5-02.pdf

Standard 2.0: Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by promoting a positive school culture, providing an effective instructional program, applying best practice to student learning, and designing comprehensive professional growth plans for staff. Standard 5.0: Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote success of all students by acting with integrity, fairly, and in an ethical manner. Standard 6.0: Candidates who complete the program are educational leaders who have the knowledge and ability to promote the success of all students by understanding, responding to, and influencing the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context. Texas Examination of Educator Standards (TExES) http://www.texes.ets.org/assets/pdf/test_descriptions/te_facmanappendixc_fld068_r.pdf
 * 2.1 Promote Positive School Culture
 * 2.2 Provide Effective Instructional Program
 * 2.3 Apply Best Practice to Student Learning
 * 2.4 Design Comprehensive Professional Growth Plans
 * 5.1 Acts with Integrity
 * 5.2 Acts Fairly
 * 5.3 Acts Ethically
 * 6.1 Understand the Larger Context
 * 6.2 Respond to the larger Context
 * 6.3 Influence the Larger Context
 * Competency 2: The principal knows how to promote the success of all students by promoting a positive school culture, providing an effective instructional program, applying best practices to student learning, and designing comprehensive, professional growth plans for staff.
 * Competency 5: The principal knows how to promote the success of all students by acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner.
 * Competency 6: The principal knows how to promote the success of all students by understanding, responding to, and influencing the larger political, social, economic, legal, and cultural context.