Blog # 6

What state and national standards should be considered in your scope and sequence? 

I think the simple answer is, all of them that are applicable, beneficial, and required.  There are two particular sets of technology standards in education to pay particular attention to.  The first set of standards is the ISTE standards. (see link below):

ISTE teacher standards The link to this website for teachers gives six standards by which technology is properly integrated into standards.  The following standards are:

1. Creativity and innovation

2. Communication and collaboration

3. Research and information fluency

4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making

5. Digital Citizenship

6. Technology operations and concepts

The second set of standards are the Educational Technology Core by UEN.

Utah Educational Network has a technology core for various grade levels.  In third through fifth grade technology core, ten standards are required for integrating into the scope and sequencing of lessons. 

These standards are similar (see chart below):

ISTE S and UETS Comparison

Grade Level: 3-5

ISTE*S Standard	Compatible UETS
Creativity and innovation	5, 4, 9
Communication and collaboration	7, 2, 5, 6, 9
Research and information fluency	4, 6, 9, 10
Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making	8, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10
Digital citizenship	3, 7, 2
Technology operations and concepts	1, 2, 9

  

How will you model digital ethics and responsibility, and how will those skills be incorporated into your scope and sequence? 

According to Zurr Institute, the digital ethics definition is:

"Digital Ethics is the study of how to manage oneself ethically, professionally and in a clinically sound manner via online and digital mediums."

http://www.zurinstitute.com/digitalethics_clinicalupdate.html

Elementary children have little to no foundation in digital ethics.  It is not always taught at home either.  A teacher must consider the necessity and time for teaching ethics before involving students in digital media.  

Certain online resources are available for parents and teachers to teach digital ethics.  Certain apps are available as well.  

Blog #5 Scope and Sequence

How can technology be woven throughout the scope and sequence of a course?

Technology is the new opportunity in Education for a frontier of a enhanced learning experience.  Before the school year begins, this opportunity can become reality with the proper scope and sequencing of the content and curriculum. Determining, how can technology be effectively integrated into content to help students master standards. 

What is scope?  Scope can be defined as the required national and state curriculum to be taught in our classrooms.

What is sequence?  Sequence is the order in which the content is taught. 

Example:

Fourth grade curriculum requires students to understand the water cycle.  The essential question of a lesson could be, "what conditions may be necessary for precipitation? As students begin their journey, technology may be used to start students with learning the essential vocabulary words.  Such tools as Microsoft PowerPoint, YouTube, or Safari Montage combined with writing can enhance the learning. The lesson will be sequenced to build upon the previous knowledge gained.  The final assessment may be to build a PowerPoint on the essential question.

above: scope and sequence example

above: technology timeline

How can both general pedagogical and content-specific technologies be utilized effectively throughout a course?

"Technological Pedagogical knowledge is knowledge of the existence, components and capabilities of various technologies as they are used in teaching and learning settings, and conversely, knowing how teaching might change as the result of using particular technologies. This might include an understanding that a range of tools exist for a particular task, the ability to choose a tool based on its fitness, strategies for using the tool’s affordances, and knowledge of pedagogical strategies and the ability to apply those strategies for use of technologies. This would include knowledge of tools for maintaining class records, attendance and grading, as well as knowledge of generic technology-based ideas such as WebQuests, discussion boards and chat rooms." -- Matthew Koehler

Source: http://mkoehler.educ.msu.edu/tpack/technological-pedagogical-knowledge-tpk/

The example above shows a content-specific technology that can be used for teaching air pressure. The tool is a digital barometer.  Fourth grade learns about the water cycle and weather.  Typically, technology is not available for these lessons.  Yet, I think about how important these technologies can be to student's learning when integrated into the content correctly.  Student's will be much more engaged in lessons and have effective experience in it.

Blog #4 Educational Technology/TPACK

What is the difference between technology in education and educational technology?

The following definitions come from the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association.

• "Technology Education is also called the Study of Technology or Technological Studies.
• Technology Education teaches about technology as an educational area of content.

• Educational Technology is mainly concerned with the narrow spectrum of technologies used for communication and the dissemination of information.
• Educational Technology teaches through technology, instructing students in the use of a relatively small set of tools developed by technology." (see link below for full text).

Definition of Educational Technology vs. Technology in Education

(Above) I have posted a collage of pictures I used in my Ed Tech class.  This assignment was to take pictures of ours and make them into a collage.  This educational technology can be used in various ways.  Students can gather pictures for various subjects as science and history. This assignment was created by on of UVU's technology education courses for students becoming educators in K-12.

The above example shows that technology in education are courses provided for finding the what and how of integrating technology into curriculum.  The educational technology is the tool taught in educational courses for specific outcomes.  I may have students use PowerPoint as a water cycle retell, this is an educational technology.  As a professional in my school, I may teach my peers how PowerPoint may be used to teach students a desired academic content.

What is TPACK and how does it help us better understand the role and impact of technology?

TPACK stands for Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge.  This awesome graphic was created by Public Schools of North Carolina.  It represents three important areas of teaching that together can be used to reach out to students educational needs.

Technology - This section of TPACK represents all educational technology tools that can be combined with...
Pedagogy - How a teacher chooses to teach the specific...
Content... information students need to learn.

A good example of this may be that a teacher splits students into four groups for a history lesson on the Civil War.  Each group is given an Ipad to research a specific time period of the Civil War.  Each student becomes an expert on the subject, creates a presentation on the Ipad, and then teaches this information to other students.