This teacher prep course, EDUC 368/568 Educational Uses of Computers, is in a lab setting in the education building. Although not entirely lecture and exam, professors find it hard to create team projects and collaborative assessments in a lab setting. Students design lesson plans using new software tools and internet resources they learn and integrate a Standards-Based Curriculum into those lesson plans. Tapping the proper resources like the State Deparment of Education's web site for their content area is a good start for these pre-service teachers. Students' tasks are authentic, meaningul, and culturally supportive. This course is currently a 2 credit course and will be a 3 hour course in the Fall of 2001.

Grade Level: Pre-service teacher education

Subject: Teaching with Technology

Learner Outcomes:

Technology Standards for all students:

1. Basic Operations (NETS)

• Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
• Students are proficient in the use of technology.

• Students understand the ethical, cultural, and societal issues related to technology.
• Students practice responsible use of technology systems, information hardware, and software.
• Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.

• Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promotes creativity.
• Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, preparing publications, and producing other creative works.

• Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, amd other audiences.
• Students use a vaiety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.

• Studnets use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
• Students use technology tools to process data and report results.
• Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.

• Students use technology resources for solving problemsand making informed decisions.
• Students employ technology in the development of strategies for solving problems in the real world.

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Teacher Role: Lab setting. While not really a lecture setting, this computer lab is used for pre-service teachers. Professors realize that this does not truly model the public school setting. Some small group activities are done in EDUC 368, but mostly demonstration of software and classroom application is how this course is taught.

Grouping: Students are working independently and not in teams. They design lesson plans on their own with lots of teacher guidance and input.

Hook: None.

Student-Directed Learning: Students design their own lessons using new skills they have learned in this 2 credit course.

Use of Technology: Technology is the tool for these pre-service teachers to pull together an electronic portfolio. They use Web C-T, email, Internet, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, multimedia, and imaging devices.

Assessment: Students collect electronic products for their digital portfolio and present their final projects as a whole class.

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Created for the NTEP II Fermilab LInC program sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Education Office and Friends of Fermilab, and funded by United States Department of Energy, Illinois State Board of Education, North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium which is operated by North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), and the National Science Foundation.
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Last updated: April 7, 2001
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