Syllabus

... part of George Norht's and Techer Explorer Center's Web site at UNO ... Updated: November 16, 1998

Computers in Education

EDCI 4993, Fall 1998
4:30 to 7:15, Mondays

Syllabus
and in class activities for November 16.

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Important Dates	\| Top \| Texts and Resources \| Course Description \| Objectives \|
	\| Evaluation \| Grading \| Who is George North \| Class Web Pages \|

Date	Description
Prior Weeks	3 class meetings left -- not counting this one!

This Week Monday, November 16 Monday, November 16 Monday, November 16 Monday, November 16 Monday, November 16 Monday, November 16 Monday, November 16 Back to the Top	All of this week's class is devoted to the "Teach us" component of our class and counts for In Class Presentation 2, "Practice Teaching with Technology." By way of a reminder, after 6:00 P.M., we will be sharing our classroom with another class. They will occupy the two front most rows, we will still have access to computers in the tow back most rows and the computer at the rear of our classroom. Our class shouldn't and doesn't have to end at 6:00. But, we will not be able to continue presentations after this time. I still intend to demonstrate Claris Works (now called Apple Works). This will likely happen during tonight's class and probably next week's class. Remember, Works is a "document centric" program that intergrates word processing, spreadsheet, drawing, painting, database, and more into one easy to use and inexpensive program. It comes with many template documents for use by educators. AppleWorks contains everything you need to create professional-quality documents with ease and speed-in one affordable package. AppleWorks provides powerful word processing, graphics and illustration, spreadsheet, charting/graphing, presentations and database capabilities-as well as the ability to save your work in HTML for publishing it on the web. Apple Works is available for in both a PC Version and a Mac Version. One of its best design features is its ability to convert document from other applications into documents for other applications. House Keeping Do you explore "Links to Explore" Remember, your end of semester responsibilities ... Self Evaluation. Did you turn in your one-page outline of Semester Project? C&L Disk Club
Monday, November 23	Practice teaching with technology
Thursday, November 26	Thanksgiving
Monday, November 30	Our last regular class: Semester Project due at beginning of class (4:30 PM) Practice teaching with technology
Wednesday, December 2	Last day of regular classes
Friday, December 4	Final Exams begin
Monday, December 7	Our Final Exam: Self-evaluations due Practice teaching with technology

Prior Dates	Description
Monday, August 24	see Old Syllabus
Monday, August 31	see Old Syllabus
Monday, September 7	Labor Day, no class
Monday, September 14	see Old Syllabus
Monday, September 21	see Old Syllabus
Monday, September 28	hurricane Georges
Monday, October 5	see Old Syllabus
Monday, October 12	see Old Syllabus
Monday, October 19	see Old Syllabus
Tuesday, October 20	John Dewey's Birthday
Thursday, October 22	Final Drop Date?
Monday, October 26	see Old Syllabus
Thursday, October 29	My Wife's Birthday, visit her Web Site
Monday, November 2	see Old Syllabus
Monday, November 9	see Old Syllabus
Sunday, November 15	My Father's Birthday, visit his Web SIte

Texts & Resources	\| Top \| Important Dates \| Course Description \| Objectives \|
	\| Evaluation \| Grading \| Who is George North \| Class Web Pages \|

There are no required texts for this class. From time to time we will mention and discuss some of the available texts covering this topic. You are encouraged to bring to class any books you find interesting and share these with the rest of us. Bring books and other recourses to class is one way to satisfy the class participation requirement.

Course Description	\| Top \| Important Dates \| Texts & Resources \| Objectives \|
	\| Evaluation \| Grading \| Who is George North \| Class Web Pages \|

This course is intended to help educators become as comfortable with "Computers in Education" as they are with books and blackboards. The truth actually is that computers are no longer the issue. Computers just happen to be the first tools that provide easy access to global Information Networks.

Information Networks:

provide educators with access to abundant resources;

provide students with new ways to participate in knowledge creation;

provide simultaneous access to information and publishing;

bring us closer to the goal of Universal Education;

empower students, decreasing the roll of teachers as purveyors of knowledge;

make teachers and students partners in learning;

join together teachers, students, parents, and community members;

build Communities of Learners in a single location (the classroom);

join learning scenarios with abundant resources;

The goal is learning -- taking place in a social context where knowledge is created from information with action guided by pedagogy.

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Helping educators develop the skills needed for effective integration of computing resources in the classroom is the foundation for the objectives of this class.

Students will be given the opportunity:

To develop the vocabulary needed to understand the terminology found in computing.

To improve competency in identifying appropriate uses of computers in the classroom.

To improve conceptual understanding of the different kinds of computer software.

To improve the computer skills needed to aid in classroom management.

To improve the computer skills needed to teach computer skills.

To demonstrate competency in a broad range of computer programs.

Evaluation	\| Top \| Important Dates \| Texts & Resources \| Course Description \|
	\| Objectives \| Grading \| Who is George North \| Class Web Pages \|

Please note that it is possible to earn more than 100 points. This is done to allow students flexibility in choosing areas of concentration. Read carefully each of the five evaluation areas below. Hint ... follow the links to details of each area.

15 points - In class presentation -- "The One Computer Classroom."

15 points - In class presentation -- "Teaching with Technology"

20 points - Class participation

30 points - Semester project.

30 points - Skills competency, 10 points each (area of concentration)

Semester project is due at the beginning of class -- Monday, November 31, 4:30 PM.

Final grade will be based in large on student's self-evaluation. Remember, evaluations are due at the beginning of our last class -- December 7, 4:30 PM.

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A = 90 - 100 points

B = 80 - 89

C = 70 - 79

etc.

Who is George North	\| Top \| Important Dates \| Texts & Resources \| Course Description \|
	\| Objectives \| Evaluation \| Grading \| Class Web Pages \|

Today, I am a student in the Ph.D. program, College of Education, Curriculum & Instruction. In my past life, for 30 years, I was a systems analyst, programmer, Information Systems manager, and computer consultant. I earned a B.S. in

Liberal Arts from the University of the State of New York, and a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of New Orleans. My goal is to teach at the college level ... to teach Information Systems to teachers.

George North
Office: ED 308A
Phone: 280-6523
Home: 834-1891
E-mail: gnorth@mac.com
Web Site: http://georgenorth.net/~george/georgeHome.php
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Monday: 3:30 - 4:30
Monday: 7:15 - 8:15 PM
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