Technology+and+Communication+in+the+21st+Century

** Technology and Communication in the 21st Century  ** **  Course Objectives   **  Ø Explore the fundamentals of advancing technology and how it relates to classroom instruction  Ø Investigate the history of technology and the statistical data that drives its evolution in education  Ø Develop and implement student created curriculum   **  Course Outline   ** **  Pre-Test Entry Presentation:   ** · Summer Assignment Prior – Choose your online course topic (submit topic for approval) · Give a 5 minute presentation using any technology available to you. · Presentation will be given on the 1st two days of class **  Unit 1: Multimedia Skills   ** · Good Design / working with text o The four basic principles: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity o // The Non-Designers Design Book  //, second edition. 2004, Peach Pit Press. Robin Williams · Audio o fundamental knowledge: file types o Collecting digital audio § recording basics § acquiring audio (music) ethically/copy right laws o editing § Software packages o Sharing § Podcasting o Story telling – NPR reporting, pre-TV radio shows · Graphics o fundamental knowledge: file types o Collecting digital images § photography basics § acquiring images ethically/copy right laws o editing graphics § Software packages § Online services o Sharing graphics § online services/communities · Video o fundamental knowledge: file types o Taking video § From a digital recorder: Camcorder, smartphone, § Acquiring video ethically/copy right laws § Screen Capture o Editing video § Software packages § Online services § Professional studios o Sharing Video § vodcasting § Youtube and services of that nature ** Unit 2:  **** Instructional Hardware ** · Computers o Operating Systems § Mac vs PC vs Open Source o Types of Computing Devices § desktop vs laptop vs tablet vs iPad vs PDA vs SmartPhones vs ...     ·  Projection Devices · Document Cameras · Interactive White Boards, wireless and wired pads · Student Response Systems · Other Fun Gizmos **  1st Semester Exam: Live Lesson/Presentation    ** · Explain and demonstrate the objectives of your online course. · Emphasis will be placed on cutting edge instructional hardware · Emphasis will be placed on a collaborative learning activity · All students critique / backchannel **  Unit 3: Communications   ** · One way · Two way · Collaboration · Social Networking **  Unit 4: Designing and Managing 21st Century eLearning   ** · Content Delivery Systems o Blackboard, Angel, Moodle · Web Page vs Wiki vs Blog o html basics · Web 2.0 tools **  2nd Semester Exam: Teach your online course. **   Each student is to create an online course on a topic of their choosing with the instructor’s approval. The course will consist of 5 – 7 lessons and will be offered to students and faculty of Glen Allen High School.
 * Center for Education and Human Development  **