Workshop 3/Core Competency 3/Incorporating Technology in the Classroom Certification in College Teaching

May 9th, 2013

Stephen Thomas, Cathleen McGreal, & Stephen Grandchamp – Incorporating Technology in the Classroom Picture of technology-use in 43 classrooms – from most to least used: (Johnson, 2013)

1. PPT 2. CMS 3. Discipline software 4. Website 5. Clickers

Mainly used for logistic purposes Focus on the interactions occurring in the classroom and strengthen them:

• Student-student (e.g., wiki) • Student-instructor (e.g., Twitter) • Student-content (e.g., simulation)

TPACK (Mishra & Koehler, 2006)

Discussion forums: If students post question to discussion forum – instructor replies within 24hrs If students email question – instructor replies within 48hrs This helps building community as students start replying to each others’ questions This reduces the number of emails/posts instructor needs to reply to

Workshop 3/Core Competency 3/Incorporating Technology in the Classroom Certification in College Teaching

May 9th, 2013

Sener’s Historic Shift Table Change factor Old smart New smart The role of content Content mastery Content utilization How new knowledge is created

Expert authenticated Collaboratively negotiated

How new knowledge is transmitted and shared

Sage on the stage Expertise

Guide on the side Networked Distributed Contextual

How it’s mediated Text Lecture

Visual Multimedia

Examples of how to use technology in the classroom:

• Presentation focus o Camtasia o Adobe Presenters

• Using multimedia to enhance the learning environment o www.screencast.com

• Virtual field trips o “… if more than one person is in the online environment, there is more

evidence that the environment really exists” – Conceicao • Incorporate video

TECHNOLOGY USE IN CLASSROOMS: A GUIDE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

1. Advocating for the use of digital technology a. Demonstrate alignment wit departmental goals b. Build expertise in digital pedagogy c. Design your own projects and/or courses d. Develop your own vision of the proper utilization of digital

technology i. Do not transfer face-to-face course onto an online platform

ii. Apply your own philosophy 2. Useful tools for community building in digital settings

a. Small, consistent groups b. Student-to-student interaction c. Faculty-to-student interaction (feedback) d. Quality evaluation of student work e. Responsiveness to student and community needs f. Consistent scheduling

3. Community Building Tools a. Message boards for group interaction b. Adobe Connect for live chatting