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SEATTLE CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Communication & Design Division

Course Title/Number: Information Technology for Educators / MIC 106

Credits: 5 Lecture Hours: 11 Lab Hours: 44

Meeting Times and Rooms:

Lecture: TBA

Lab: TBA

Prerequisites: None.

Course Description:

This course provides the knowledge, skills, and experience of Information Technology (IT) necessary for teaching in a classroom. The goal is to prepare educators with a practical understanding of computer, the Internet, software applications and their uses for instruction. A working knowledge of IT skills, tools, and resources enables educators to utilize advanced technology in our educational environment to the full.

The course focuses on hands-on experience of IT for creating instructional materials and facilitating learning environments. The instructor introduces technical skills and provides practical models on how educators can utilize IT skills for teaching. The students learn and explore IT techniques both as students and educators.

The course introduces integrated skills of IT for instruction and classroom management. The coursework focuses on skills in:

a) fundamentals of computer operating systems, file management, computer hardware, and troubleshooting,

b) communication tools such as e-mail, forums, word processing programs, graphic programs and desktop publishing applications,

c) information gathering and evaluation using the Internet resources and library databases,

d) course management and organizational skills using spreadsheets, databases, and Web publishing, and

e) presenting and organizing instructional materials with desktop publishing, presentation and multimedia software and hardware, and Web publishing.

The course will conclude with students’ creating and delivering comprehensive instructional materials using skills and tools covered in the course.

Course Purpose Overview and Goals:

Purpose Overview: The purpose of this class is to prepare educators with skills and knowledge of IT that can be utilized in the classroom environment.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course, the students will:

·  have hands-on knowledge in developing teaching materials and managing a classroom using IT.

·  acquire creative communication and instructional skills using IT.

·  integrate IT with educational theories and tools learned from other courses.

·  create an IT portfolio for teaching and further training.

·  be confident with current and emerging IT.

·  understand fundamental trends of technological evolution.

Course Outcomes: Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to implement working knowledge of major software applications in word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, graphic, desktop publishing, Web publishing, and the Internet tools into the classroom environment. Also, students will be able to communicate, instruct and gather information using the Internet.

Americans with Disability Act: If you need course adaptations or accommodation because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information to share with your instructor, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with your instructor as soon as possible.

Instructor:

Office Location:

Office Hours: (statement about accessibility)

Office Phone: Alternate Phone: (or method to reach someone in an emergency)

Home phone: (optional with specific instructions)

Instructor's Educational Philosophy:

Student Outcomes, Competencies: Upon completion of the course, the students will have skills and knowledge in the following areas:

Computer Fundamentals:

·  Troubleshoot simple software and hardware problems.

·  Manage computer files and know how to copy, move, delete, create files and folders.

Communication and Information:

·  Effectively use e-mail (account set up, e-signature, attachments, and etc.)

·  Gather and evaluate information from the Internet resources. The student will know how to use search engines, directories, clearinghouses, news letters/listserv and discussion boards.

·  Collect lists of selective information resources.

·  Create and maintain Chat room and/or Forum (discussion board).

·  Explain copyright laws.

·  Utilize library databases.

Publishing:

·  Create a Web site.

·  Create and format word processing documents to produce documents such as letters, reports and syllabi.

·  Create desktop publishing documents to produce items such as flyers, pamphlets, newsletters, award certificates, and brochures.

·  Create, import, and modify graphic images. Use the Print Screen function.

·  Create a digital presentation using text, graphic, animation, and objects from other software applications.

Classroom Management:

·  Create and maintain spreadsheet application using formatting tools, formulas, functions, charts, and tables. (e.g. grade book and student performance report)

·  Create and maintain databases with tables, queries, forms and reports. (E.g. student database and mailing list)

Multimedia:

·  Use an overhead projector.

·  Use a scanner.

Integration of IT Tools:

·  Integrate software objects for individual documents. (e.g. Inserting an Excel chart in a Word documents)

·  Present comprehensive instructional material or curriculum in a digital format.

·  Publish a class Web site.

Methods of Instruction: The course focuses on hands-on experience of IT for creating instructional materials and facilitating learning environments. The instructor introduces technical skills and provides practical models on how educators can utilize IT skills for teaching.

Each instruction will have:

1.  Introduction and demonstration of skills.

2.  Discussion of possible scenarios and problems to solve with the skills.

3.  Development of solutions using the skills.

4.  Integration of the skills and solutions with those from the rest of the course.

As a way to explore the skills with practical exercises, students will bring up potential problems and project ideas, and develop solutions for them.

Textbooks:

Supplementary Readings and the Internet Resources:

·  Hyperstudio (http://www.hyperstudio.com/) inquiry project.

·  Digital Video Project with iMovie (http://www.apple.com/imovie/) - infomercial

·  Webquest (http://webquest.sdsu.edu/) – putting it all together.

·  George Lucas Education Foundation (http://www.glef.org)

·  International Society for Technology in Education http://www.iste.org

·  Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology Program (PT3) (http://www.ed.gov/teachtech/)

·  Web Evaluation from cyberbee (http://www.cyberbee.com/guides.html)

·  Access Washington – Just for Kids (http://access.wa.gov/kids/index.asp)

·  Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators A comprehensive starting points for teachers. Be sure to check out the Kidstuff and Holidays. (http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/)

·  Yahooligans An online Index to Web Sites especially for kids. You can select from existing indexes and explore listed sites, or you can enter search topics of your own and have Yahooligans create a new index listing of sites. Your best starting point for many subject areas. (http://www.yahooligans.com/)

·  Live from Anarctica "Live From Antarctica 2 (LFA 2) is an electronic field trip to the Palmer Peninsula (that part of the continent across the stormy Drake Passage from Chile). The project takes place at the time of year when students can see baby seals and penguins still in their birth colonies and rookeries, amid some of the most spectacular scenery in the world." This site is tied to PBS telecasts scheduled on January 23, January 30, and February 6, 1997. (http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/)

·  Live from Mars "In 1996 NASA will launch two missions to Mars. The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft will be launched in November and will arrive about nine months later to begin an orbital mission that will provide detailed mapping and weather information. The Mars Pathfinder spacecraft will lift-off in December and will land on the Red Planet on July 4, 1997. Once landed, the mission plan calls for a micro-rover named Sojourner to begin wandering the Martian terrain, returning a wealth of new science data. By participating in the Live from Mars project, you and your students can travel along! The project is targeted at the middle school grade levels, but will have appeal above and below that range. " (http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/)

·  http://depts.washington.edu/mscience/projects/k14-tech.htm

·  WWU Woodworth College of Ed.: http://www.wwu.edu/catalog/2001-2002catalog.pdf http://www.wce.wwu.edu/Depts/IT/

·  WWU: An excellent source of many subjects http://it.wce.wwu.edu/344/index.html

·  Drake Univeristy: Advanced IT (http://www.educ.drake.edu/Espey/educ160/). An excellent source of IT.

·  Washington’s Essential Academic Learning Requirements:

·  Webquest (http://webquest.sdsu.edu/)

·  WSU Teaching and Learning: http://academics.wsu.edu/fields/study.asp?ID=EDUC#233

·  Courses of WSU: http://www.catalog.wsu.edu/Academics/T_l/t_&_l_courses.asp

·  UW: http://www.washington.edu/students/icd/S/edci/482aglenn.html

·  http://www.washington.edu/students/crscat/edci.html#edc&i482

·  http://businesssoft.about.com/ for software lessons

·  International Society for Technology in Education www.iste.org

Required Materials:

·  Textbook: See above.

·  New floppy disks and/or zip disks

·  Computer Lab fee.

Schedule and Assignments:

Week 1 / ·  Design your teaching project – preferably integration of technology in education but it could be other topics. This will be your theme of assignments.
·  e-mail:
-  Create a new e-mail account
-  Create folders, e-signature, mailing list, …
-  Send and reply e-mails.
-  Send and open attachment files.
Week 2 / ·  Internet Project:
-  Search and collect web sites that will support you and your students in the teaching/learning process.
-  Evaluate the sites.
-  Compile a list of site in a MS Word document.
-  Convert he list into a Web page.
Week 3 / ·  Word Processing (MS Word):
-  A lesson plan with various formatting tools.
-  A newsletter about your teaching project
-  A business letter using a template for community relations.
-  A form letter to parents asking their participation to your project.
Week 4 / ·  Desktop Publishing (MS Publisher):
-  Create desktop publishing documents to support your teaching project, i.e. flyers, pamphlets, newsletters, award certificates, and brochures.
Week 5 & 6 / ·  Spreadsheet (MS Excel):
-  Math lesson using formatting tools, formulas, functions, tables and charts.
-  Create a sample gradebook for 15 students with a variety of assignments and tests with different weights.
-  Individual progress report based on the gradebook with formats, tables, student photo images from Access (?) and charts.
-  Analysis of students and grades for last 5 quarters. Demonstrate trends.
Week 6 & 7 / ·  Database (MS Access):
-  Create a roster database with student number, names, address, contact information, parents/guardians, gender, and etc.
-  Perform demographic analysis.
-  Create a form to view student information.
-  Create a class report.
-  Create mailing label and form letter with Word.
Week 8 / ·  Presentation (MS PowerPoint): Create a PowerPoint presentation including at least 10 slides, digital photos, and hyperlinks, with material supporting a lesson plan.
Week 10 / ·  Web Publishing (MS FrontPage or Macromedia Dreamweaver):
-  Develop a Web-based resume and professional portfolio representing your achievement as a future teacher.
-  Develop a Web site for your teaching project.
Week 11 / ·  Portfolio and Presentation:
-  Present a teaching project which includes materials created in the course. The materials must be meaningful in achieving lesson objectives. The project will be presented to the class in an abbreviated format.

Learning Resources:

Learning Assistance/Tutoring

·  Tutoring service is available at the Computer Lab (room 3148).

·  Academic Assistance Center at Room 1106.

Counseling Services

·  Dale Zeretzke at room 3176 or

Academic Dishonesty

·  Any activity in academic dishonesty will be followed by procedures specified by the college regulations.

Feedback to and Course Policies: (includes a detailed description of the instructor's expectations; the grading system; how to calculate final grades; policies on assignments; instructions for completing special projects, papers, journals, lab work, tests, makeup exams; attendance/lateness; participation in class activities; student-teacher conferences; etc.)

Evaluating Outcomes and Assessment Forms: (includes purpose of evaluation, indicators of student learning/progress, methods of student self-assessment, instructor's assessment forms, student learning contracts, exit interviews, etc.)

·  Weekly Assignments: The students submit weekly assignments based on the topics covered in the week. The students are encouraged to consult and verify the assignments with the instructor before submitting. The purpose of the weekly assignments is gaining hands-on knowledge of the topics.

·  Midterm Exam: A written and short-answers test to evaluate students’ articulation of the knowledge in the topics.

·  Group Project: Create a portfolio as a group to enhance skills in working with a group.

·  Final Project: A comprehensive portfolio with the skills and tools learned throughout the course to demonstration the competency of the knowledge.

Course Content Outline

1.  Unit 1: Introductions to Microcomputer and Computing

a.  Terminology

b.  Operating Systems

c.  File Management

i.  Directory and folder

ii. Copy, delete, move, create files and folders.

iii.  Set Read Only. Security.

iv.  Backup system.

d.  Computer hardware

e.  Trouble shooting

f.  The copyright laws as it applies to technology

2.  Unit 2: Communications Tools

a.  E-mail

i.  Creating and manage a new e-mail account.

ii. Creating mailing list.

iii.  Attachment files.

iv.  Effective ways to communicate with studetns and parenets.

b.  Desktop publishing. (MS Publisher)

i.  Flyers, pamphlets, newsletters, award certificates, and brochures

c.  Graphics (MS Paint)

i.  Create GIF and JPEG.

ii. Import images from the Internet and Windows.

iii.  Modify existing images and save in different formats.

iv.  Print Screen.

d.  Word Processing (MS Word)

i.  Basic formatting including header/footer, page numbers.

ii. Create teaching materials such as syllabus, tests and assignments.

iii.  Importing images and other objects from other applications.

iv.  Using templetes.

v. Create Web pages

3.  Unit 3: Digital Information Resources

a.  What is the Internet?

b.  Using Browsers

i.  Bookmarks

ii. History/Cache files

iii.  Accessibility (talking browser, view setup)

c.  Internet Search

i.  Search engines

ii. Directories

iii.  Clearinghousese

iv.  New letters/Listservs and Discussion Boards (Forums)

d.  Information veryfication methods.

e.  Downloading Web materials.

f.  Internet Security.

g.  Creating and Maintaining a Chat Room. (or Instant Messenger)

h.  Library databases.

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4.  Unit 4: Classroom Management

a.  Spreadsheet (MS Excel)

i.  Creating grade book using formulas, functions, lookup tables.

ii. Creating charts. E.g. showing students performance.

iii.  Tables.

b.  Database (MS Access)

i.  Creating and modifying tables, queries, forms and reports.

ii. Creating student database.