Rationale for CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Teachers need to be able to connect core curricular content to 21st century skills
Rationale for CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Teachers need to be able to connect core curricular content to 21st century skills
Rationale for CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Teachers need to think critically about the effect of media and technology on learning, values and behavior.
Rationale for CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Teacher need to ground production skills in: • sound pedagogy,
• strong design principles, • and an understanding of legal and ethical
issues related to 21st century tools
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 1Media and Technology in Life and Learning
1. How and why is technology being used in the classroom and with what impact?
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 1Media and Technology in Life and Learning
2. How does this technology connect to specific curricula? With what lens should we assess this integration?
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 1Media and Technology in Life and Learning
3. How does this technology connect to kids’ experiences outside of school
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 1Media and Technology in Life and Learning
4. How does this technology prepare students for life in a democratic society and jobs in the future workplace? How does technology relate to issues of social justice and societal change?
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 1Media and Technology in Life and Learning
What is the relationship between technology and the new understandings of the neurobiology of learning and attention?
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 1Media and Technology in Life and Learning
Each week, there is a reading or viewing, and students respond in an on-line forum using a 4-2-2 approach.
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 2/Project Media Analysis and Evaluation
Students develop and present a lesson plan in which they analyze and evaluate a piece of mass media, connecting it to a core curricular area and the Information Skills Curriculum.
The focus is on developing questions that require higher order thinking.
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 2/Project Media Analysis and Evaluation
The lesson includes a media production component that is related to the analysis.
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 2/Project Media Analysis and Evaluation
A rationale for the inclusion of this type of lesson in the curriculum is required, including • reference to curricular standards• The NC Professional Teacher Standards and• characteristics and needs of learners
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 2/Project Media Analysis and Evaluation
Students lead an analysis of the media they chose, record this, and reflect on their teaching.
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 2/Project Media Analysis and Evaluation
North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards addressed through this project:
1d. Teachers advocate for schools and studentsAdvocate for positive change in policies and practices affecting student learning.
3d. Teachers make instruction relevant to studentsDemonstrate the relationship between the core content and 21st Century content that includes global awareness; financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy; civic literacy; and health and wellness awareness
4d. Teachers integrate and utilize technology in their instructionKnow appropriate useHelp students use technology to learn content, think critically, solve problems, discern reliability, use information, communicate, innovate, and collaborate.
4e. Teachers help students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skillsEncourage students to ask questions, think creatively, develop and test innovative ideas, synthesize knowledge and draw conclusions
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 2/Project Media Analysis and Evaluation
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 3/ ProjectDesigning and Producing
Media for Instruction
Students develop a lesson that utilizes self-made media to connect two or more curricular areas.
The focus is on appropriate use of media in the context of engaging, interactive experiences.
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 3/ ProjectDesigning and Producing
Media for Instruction
A wide variety of media may be employed:• Web pages• Video• Audio• Graphics
Attention throughout is on effective design as well as production sills.
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 3/ ProjectDesigning and Producing
Media for Instruction
Again, students are recorded teaching and must listen to this and reflect on their work.
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 3/ ProjectDesigning and Producing
Media for Instruction
North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards addressed through this project:
1e. Teachers demonstrate high ethical standardsDemonstrate ethical principlesUphold the Code of Ethics and Standards for the Professional Conduct
3a. Teachers align their instruction with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.Investigate the content standards developed by professional organizations in their specialty area. Develop and apply strategies to make the curriculum rigorous and relevant for all students and provide a balanced curriculum that enhances literacy skills. 3c. Teachers recognize the interconnectedness of content areas/disciplinesKnow links between grade/subject and the North Carolina Standard Course of StudyRelate content to other disciplines to promote global awareness and its relevance
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Unit 3/ ProjectDesigning and Producing
Media for Instruction
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Project 2Media Analysis and Evaluation
North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards addressed through this project (continued):4c. Teachers use a variety of instructional methodsEmploy a wide range of techniques using information and communication technology, learning styles, and differentiated instruction
4d. Teachers integrate and utilize technology in their instructionKnow appropriate useHelp students use technology to learn content, think critically, solve problems, discern reliability, use information, communicate, innovate, and collaborate.
4e. Teachers help students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skillsEncourage students to ask questions, think creatively, develop and test innovative ideas, synthesize knowledge and draw conclusions
5c. Teachers function effectively in a complex, dynamic environmentActively investigate and consider new ideas that improve teaching and learning
CI 2300Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Project 2Media Analysis and Evaluation
North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards addressed through this project (continued):4c. Teachers use a variety of instructional methodsEmploy a wide range of techniques using information and communication technology, learning styles, and differentiated instruction
4d. Teachers integrate and utilize technology in their instructionKnow appropriate useHelp students use technology to learn content, think critically, solve problems, discern reliability, use information, communicate, innovate, and collaborate.
4e. Teachers help students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skillsEncourage students to ask questions, think creatively, develop and test innovative ideas, synthesize knowledge and draw conclusions
5c. Teachers function effectively in a complex, dynamic environmentActively investigate and consider new ideas that improve teaching and learning
Common assignments and rubrics for CI 2300 are available online:http://faculty.rcoe.appstate.edu/goodmanjm/2300/
LeCI 2300
Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Lessons Learned/ Thoughts for the Future
LeCI 2300
Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Lessons Learned/ Thoughts for the Future