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Middle Grades Learners and TechnologyTransforming the Middle Grades Classroom with Innovative Technologies EDML 200 Z2, Summer 2011 Meeting times: June 27-July 1, Middle Grades Conference in January, and online Location: University of Vermont and online Facilitators: John Downes, Susan Hennessey, Dana Cummings
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE This course guides educators in enhancing learning opportunities for middle level students through the use of readily available technology. Participants will examine research and use technology in a collaborative and supported environment. They will learn to identify opportunities for effective technology use, manage technology rich learning, and embed technology in responsive middle grades practice. Participants will create and implement technology-enhanced innovation to support team teaching, an inclusive classroom culture, engaging instructional methods, and integrated learning. A more detailed syllabus will be presented and discussed when we meet on June 27th. At that time we will begin collaboratively crafting personalized syllabi for each participant, team or school, as appropriate. It is helpful if participants arrive with several goals for improving teaching and learning with young adolescents but also remain open to new possibilities. To prepare for our discussions on the first day, please read and view the materials listed below. These are the only required pre-readings. We have included a reading strategy for each of the resources to promote understanding and set the stage for the collaborative work we'll begin on the 27th. We hope you find them interesting. We look forward to working with you on what will be an exciting journey in the weeks and months ahead. Best wishes for a successful finish to the school year. Please don't hesitate to contact us (
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) regarding any questions or concerns you have about the course. See you soon, John, Susan, and Dana
Required Course Pre-ReadingsPlease read and view these materials prior to the start of the Institute. | INSERT Strategy: - mark in text or using sticky notes using the following symbol notations: + Something new I did not know
- I don’t agree, or thought differently about
? I am confused
* I knew that! |
Anticipation Guide: Rushkoff "We Interrupt This Program" | Before Reading | | Statement:
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| | | | We employ technologies in our lives and our curricula by force of habit or fear of being left behind.
| | | | | | Teachers and students often use technology without reckoning with the medium's biases.
| | | | | | Dependence on digital communications technologies has vastly limited the real-world social cues on which we all depend
| | | | | | Computers and digital technology must be taught for their own sake
| | | | | | Computers and networks often discourage our more complex processes—our higher-order cognition, contemplation, innovation, and meaning making
| | | | | | What we think of as “literacy” must be redefined every time a new medium emerges
| | | | | | We need to teach programming in American schools | | | As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for us and bad for democracy. - After viewing write a 6-word summary (think slogan on a bumper sticker) to answer exactly of what Pariser is warning us to be afraid.
These and other reading strategies are available in On Target: Reading Strategies to Guide Learning (http://tinyurl.com/3fvc4fu).
Additional InformationCourse Accommodations: If you have a documented disability that warrants accommodation this course, please make an appointment with us at your earliest convenience. We are committed to facilitating your success and will make appropriate accommodations that will increase your learning opportunities in this class. If you have not already contacted ACCESS please do so. They are located at A170 Living/Learning: 656- 2233. UVM Learning Cooperative Information: Your ability to communicate through writing is an essential skill and required for success in this course. For one-one assistance with any stage of the writing process (including proofreading and technical assistance) as well as help with study skills such as time management and organization, please contact the Learning Cooperative at 244 Commons Living/Learning, 656-4075 Religious Holidays: Students have the right to practice the religion of their choice. Each semester students should submit in writing to their instructors by the end of the second full week of classes their documented religious holiday schedule for the semester. Faculty must permit students who miss work for the purpose of religious observance to make up this work.
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