The course philosophy is the same as the one described by the Forcier & Descy (2008) textbook that has been selected for this course:

… to lead teachers and those aspiring to be teachers to become proficient at applying the computer to solve problems, to infuse the computer into the curriculum in order to help students do the same, and to encourage both teachers and learners to integrate technology into their professional, academic, and personal lives in useful and meaningful ways. Those who are successful in doing this will indeed come to perceive the computer as an extension of their human capability. The computer will allow them to do more, to do it faster, and to do it more creatively and more accurately.

Media as a tool : [ symbols, pictures, sound, video ]

Meta-Media

Topics to discuss during the term

Educational ComputingBrief history, Standards, CAI, WBI, Mindtools, Classroom support systems

Province and School systemsEPBS, ECS, Alberta Education, ATA, Alberta Distance Learning

Adaptive and assistive technologies, UofA Library.Being fluent with Information Technology

Inside the computer, Computer information representation, Operating Systems Overview, Inside the Internet… how does it work?, Inside networks… how do they work?

Learning Theory, Ethics, Problem Solving, Multimedia technologies, Video GamesIntegration of technology within and between subject areas (English, Math, Social Studies, Science… etc…)

Vocabulary lists for first and second half of the term.

Note: Some of the slides are compliments of Prentice-Hall and have been modified for use in this class.

Integrating Technology Into the Educational Environment

Learning ABOUT

Technology

Learning FROM

Technology

Learning WITH

Technology

Integrating Technology Into the Educational Environment

California District Approaches 1:1 Computing Through Virtualization

N-Computing

Computer-Assisted Instruction

CAIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmVQgBWZnAU

Computer Gameshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYGwaI-haOM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaE1YWzjx68

Simulationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3WLJq5BucM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojq5lOlKdYA

Digital StorytellingUniversity of Houston, College of Education

http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/

Second Lifehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1hlS3kNrmI&feature=related

BBChttp://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/audiovideo/sites/galleries/pages/digitalstorytelling.shtml

YouTube This video was created by Tom Woodward of Henrico County schools in Virginia. Tom used the work of Karl Fisch from Colorado who created a PPT using various quotes and statistics from "flat world" thinking.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnh9q_cQcUE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o&feature=related

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•According to school principals, most teachers possessed the required technical skills to use ICT for administrative purposes such as preparing report cards, taking attendance or recording grades, while fewer had the necessary qualifications to effectively engage students in using ICT to enhance their learning.

•Three out of four (76%) principals reported that more than 75% of teachers possessed the required technical skills to use ICT for administrative purposes.•By contrast, not quite half (46%) of principals reported that more than 75% of teachers had the necessary qualifications to engage students in using ICT effectively.

Not quite half of principals felt that most of their teachers were adequately prepared to

effectively engage students in using ICT

Strategies to help teachers...

More than nine out of ten principals (92%) either slightly agreed or strongly agreed that “ICT is worth the investment”. More than 90% of them also slightly or strongly agreed with the following statements:

ICT allows teachers to broaden and enrich the curriculum (96%);Overall, ICT enables the curriculum to be more challenging and enriching(93%);ICT enables students to go beyond the prescribed curriculum, thereby facilitating an increased knowledge base (92%) (data not shown).

How is technology taught in Alberta schools?

Historically, technology has been standalone curriculum or course (shop, typing, etc…)Today virtually every subject requires ICT skills.Students need to learn when and what is the most appropriate tool to use to solve a problem.

What is the Information and Communication Program of Studies?The ICT curriculum is the basis for a program of studies, K-12. Provincial implementation was expected by June 2003.The ICT program outlines what students are expected to know and be able to do with respect to technology.The program, which is intended to be taught within core programs and courses, emphasizes the processes and skills that are best learned and demonstrated through application.

Standards for Students/TeachersISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)

NETS•S

NETS•T

http://www.iste.org/

Alberta Technology Learner Outcomeshttp://education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/ict/

programs.aspx

Standards are important!

What support is the government giving to schools to implement

technology (ICT)?Funding

$125 million in technology Integration funding for students from 1997-2000

60 million for 1999-2000 & 2001-2002Additional 20 million for 2002-2003

Government is also investing $293 (over $300 now) million over three years for the Alberta SUPERNET

24 million to ensure each school is hooked-up

A number of initiativesLearnAlberta (www.LearnAlberta.ca)Telus Learning Connection (TLC) (www.2learn.ca)Teaching and Learning with technology (www.tlt.ab.ca )

Employers Want IT Competency

83% think computer competency skills are important or very important in the hiring decision.96% want basic word processing skills.93% want e-mail experience.86% want basic spreadsheet skills.83% want basic database skills.75% want basic presentation software skills.64% want internet and searching skills.

Be an insider…..

Computer-knowledgeable people are now considered mainstream - even cool!Everyone else is on the outside looking in.

http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/

Technology over time

Herman HollerithAmerican inventor Herman Hollerith. While working for the US Census Bureau in the early 1880s he came upon the idea of building a machine that could streamline tabulations. The first real machine that actually worked with punch cards. Thus Jacquard’s punch card loom was a key aspect of Hollerith’s Tabulating machine.

Mark I 1944, ENIAC 1946The first electromechanical computer. The Mark I. Built by Howard Aiken in 1944 and sponsored by IBM. It was 51ft long and 8 ft high, 750,000 moving parts (5 tons). Used punch cards.

The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and computer). A 1000 times faster than the Mark I.15,000 sq. ft., 30 tons, worked in decimal not binary (it took ten vacuum tubes to represent one decimal digit). 18,000 tubes…

UNIVAC 1951

1951, UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer). Considered the first generation of computers because they were massed produced and used vacuum tube technology. 30-ton system with 10K of memory.

Steve Jobs & Bill Gates

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=W910d9wpDZg&feature=related

Educational Technology

Computers Used for instructional purposes 1950

Computer first used in the schools 1959

PLATO, instructional system, is developed 1970

BASIC and Logo taught in schools 1980s

Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) emerges on micros

1980s

Network systems increase 1990s

Use of Internet becomes widespread (Mosaic) 1994

Growth in Web-based instruction begins 1997

Widespread accessibility to general technology tools for problem-solving…

1998-9

Digital Communication network increase (speed, capacity)

2001-

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=KdwEIi22Dv8

Software BasicsPrograms

Application Software

Performs specific task for user

System Software

Manage, maintain & control system resources

Platform for Schools

90% use WintelBackward compatibilityPlug-and-play (PnP)

Platform is defined by the Processor and Operating System

Platform is defined by the Processor and Operating System

The Operating System

GUI

OperatingOperatingSystemSystem

GUI

Operating System & GUI are classified as system software. Two most popular OSs in schools are MacOS and Windows.

Operating System Objectives

Facilitate communicationOrganize filesProvide securityMonitor system/alert userManage Multitasking

Text-Based, Command-Driven Software• MS-DOSMS-DOS• UNIXUNIX• LINUXLINUX

Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 2009Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 2009Macintosh OS 10.XMacintosh OS 10.X

• Graphical User Interface (GUI) Graphical User Interface (GUI) • IconsIcons

Text vs. Windows

Bruner’s learning & representation stages

EnactiveRepresent the world in terms of personal action with objects or events.

IconicConcrete images, e.g., “Windows interface”

SymbolicEvents, objects, procedures in terms of symbols e.g., language (verbal and written), Text based interface used to interact with the computer Operating system.

Analogy to Bruner’s ideas: Files Folders in paper format, working on a desk. Computer Interface: File Folder directory system working through a GUI (Iconic) or in a text format (Symbolic).

Windows Hierarchy Files/Folders

DOS Hierarchy FoldersFiles

DOS Directory Command

DOS to UNIX Translation

Platform Problems in Schools

Long-term Long-term commitmentcommitment

Multiplatform Multiplatform environmentenvironment

Cross-platform Cross-platform technologiestechnologies

InteroperabilityInteroperability

ICT SupportIllustrative ExamplesScope and Sequence Documents

What should be done at grades within a division.

Telus Learning Connection1. NetSteps – a series of links based on a

topic.2. NetSplore Activities- a series of

technology-integrated lesson plans, sorted by the following: 1. Grade level, 2. Alphabetical by Subject Area, 3. Alphabetical by Subject Area, 3. Aphabeical by Title, and 4. ICT outcome.

3. Theme Pages4. Tutorials5. Project Centre

http://www.2learn.ca/

Teaching and Learning with technology (TLT)

Offers 3-day summer PD sessions sponsored by SHAWTechnology projects are organized first be division, then by grade, finally by subject area.

Alberta LearningSome excellent questions by the students in the class.

How much does it cost to develop learning objects?What happens to links as the site changes?How would you use this in class?Is there a problem in running these learning objects over the Internet?What are the indicators to show this type of technology supports or enhances learning?Why are we building these learning objects?