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CECS 4100.003
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Dr. Gerald Knezek
Office MH 316 H
Office Hours:
Phone: 940-565-4195
Email: gknezek@tenet.edu
Course Website: courseweb.tac.unt.edu/gknezek
Assistant: Dr. Dana Arrowood
Office: Matthews Hall, 322F
940-565-4632
arrowood@coe.unt.edu
Course Overview/Objectives
This survey course will introduce preservice educators to the extensive field of educational technology. Topics covered in this course will be areas that impact or have the potential to impact educators working in the classroom environment. Special emphasis will be placed on constructing relevant and appropriate instructional environments.
The objectives for this course include the opportunity for students to analyze computer uses in education including simple applications programming in LOGO (MicroWorlds). In addition students should gain knowledge in the selection of educational software, feel comfortable modeling an educational presentation system, understand the integration of technology into the classroom and the use of other electronic sources for educational classroom resources. Students will develop a unit portfolio on a chosen topic that integrates technology.
This semester we are incorporating the Intel Teach to the FuturePreservice program. We are pleased to have received this opportunity and feel it will enhance the course.
Course Topics
- How are Computers used in the Classroom?
- Technology Integration in the Classroom
- Technology Integration
- Computer Ethics and Equity
- Technology and Diverse Needs of Learners
- Educational Software: How should we evaluate it?
- Telecommunications and the Internet in the Classroom
- Searching for Educational Resources
- Copyright Laws and Educational Technology
- Technology
Applications (TA)
- National Standards for Teacher Competencies
- National Standards for Student Competencies
- MicroWorlds Project Builder
Course Prerequisites
CECS 1100 (may be taken concurrently with consent of department). If you have not taken this course, it is your responsibility to make sure you learn the prerequisite skills to be successful in CECS 4100.
Course Policies
- Attendance and punctuality are professional behaviors expected of educators. Educational technology is not "doing computer projects"--it is much more. Hence, you need to be here for class discussions and learning activities. Attendence will be taken most class sessions and will count for a significant part of your grade. You will not be allowed to make up missed attendances. Three tardies count for one absence.
- You
are expected to conform to all policies of the
- Classroom Etiquette:
- Having a classroom
with technology in front of us is not the yet the norm in teaching
environments. Many of you went through elementary and secondary school
with little or no experience in this environment and therefore
expectations for proper behavior in computer-enhanced classroom
evironments vary widely. Probably the most important rule of thumb to
remember is that your classroom is not a computer lab. The laboratory is
309, across the hall. As a result, in our classroom activities such
as printing when someone else in the room is talking, taking leave and
returning at your leisure, and focusing on individually important
behaviors such as homework for another class -- are rude behaviors and
will be pointed out as such.
In order to make our classroom environment more conducive to learning for everyone the following behaviors are expected:
1. Students are expected to observe classroom
etiquette and common courtesy toward the instructor and fellow classmates.
Pagers, cell phones, electronic devices, game playing, checking/sending email
and surfing the Internet are not allowed during class except during classroom
activities that may involve these activities under instructor guidance. Your
instructor and your fellow classmates will frequently be distracted by these
activities. More importantly, it is our experience that students who are
checking their email, making flight arrangements on the Internet, playing
solitaire, finishing their assignment that was due at the beginning of the
class, etc. -- miss the most important information that is said during class
(and ask the same question that was just answered -- only a few minutes later).
2. Please turn off your monitors when class begins until you are instructed to
turn them on.
3. Please pay attention during the question/answer sessions at the beginning of
class. Repeatingly asking the same question that was just answered to the whole
class, for another student, will be counted as a tardy.
4. Assignments are due by the beginning of the class and are to be submitted
for date/time stamp to the student worker (usually Jake or Amber) or to Cindy
in the CECS Program main office, Matthews Hall Room 316, before coming to the
classroom. Schedule some time for the line that may form.
5. If your assignment is not ready to be turned in when due, please complete it
after class and turn it in as a late assignment after class. I should not hear
the printer running in our classroom after class begins, except when we are
working on in-class activities. It is impolite and distracting behavior to get
up during the middle of class to walk to the printer, especially when someone
(the instructor or another classmate) is speaking.
Requirements/Grading
- REQUIREMENTS:
You are responsible for the chapter assignments even if they are not covered in
lecture.
- Workload
for CECS 4100: Like all college courses, expect to spend 2-3 hours outside
of class for each hour spent in class. In other words, you should
expect to spend 6-9 hours each week outside of class completing
readings, assignments, and hands-on computer time in addition to
the 3 hours you are in class.
- Homework assignments are due on the dates posted on the schedule. Be sure to submit a printed copy of the assignment description as a cover sheet, followed by a printed copy of the rubric for grading the assignment (if available) -- for each assignment. Assignments should be stapled in the upper left hand corner or held together with a strong binding clip if they are too thick to be stapled. It is your job to provide binder clips and staples/staplers -- not the duty of the CECS Program.
Class requirements will be weighted as follows:
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Exams |
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20% |
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PowerPoint presentation about integrating technology into
the curriculum |
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10% |
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Finding Resources for Classroom Teachers |
5% |
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Student sample - newsletter or brochure |
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10% |
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Website supporting your unit |
10% |
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Final Unit Portfolio |
20% |
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MicroWorlds Project |
15% |
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Class Attendance/Participation |
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10% |
Important: Late assignments will receive a
maximum grade of 80%. Late assignments are those that are turned in after the
beginning of class on the day in which they are due. However, turning in a late
assignment is much better than not turning in one at all.
- GRADES
Grades will be calculated by the following scale:
A = 90% or more
B = 80 to 89.4%
C = 70 to 79.4%
D = 60 to 69.4%
F = Below 60%
Required Materials
Textbook:
Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching (3rd Ed.), by M.
D. Roblyer, Prentice Hall.
Textbook: LearningMicroWorlds Pro by Tom Lough (Available at
the copy center at Kendall Hall)
6 high-density, double-sided computer disks and
1 zip disk - bring at least one floppy
with you every week
You will also be provided with the Intel Teach to the Future
book and CD ROM. Bring these materials with you to class.
Optional Materials
Optional: MicroWorlds Pro: Tips and Tricks by Gary Stager (Available at the copy center at Kendall Hall)
EEO/ADA Statement
EEO/ADA: The
Cheating: Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses which may be
punished by any of the following:
1. failure on the exam, project or paper
2. failure in the course, or
3. expulsion from the
For more information on EEO/ADA or academic dishonesty, please refer to your current Undergraduate Catalog.
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