SYLLABUS Modified: October 16 , 2008
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Syllabus of Weekly Class Topics, Readings and Assignments

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Week

Topics/Activities
Reading Due
Assignment Due

Sept. 2

Week 1
  • Course Overview
None
None

Sept. 9

Week 2
  • Discussion: Why bother with computers?
  • Video: Can we believe our eyes?
  • Macintosh OS X interface and your Personal Filespace
  • Do Assignment #1
None
Assignment #1: Finding and saving files on the Macintosh

Sept. 16

Week 3
  • Film & Video
  • Search strategies on the internet (Reality Check)

Sept. 23

Week 4
  • Position Paper
  • Instructional Design Basics
  • Introduction to WebQuests

Assignment #2: Searching the internet

Sept. 30

Week 5
None

Oct. 7

Week 6
  • Designing Web Pages
  • Time to work on WebQuests

None

Oct. 14

Week 7
None
None

Oct. 21

Week 8
  • More time to work on WebQuests
None

Oct. 28

Week 9
  • Upload your WebQuests
None

Assignment #3: Building a WebQuest

Nov. 4

Week 10
  • Learning by Doing with computer-based simulations
  • WebQuest Showcase

Reading Response #3

Nov. 11

Week 11
  • No Class - Remembrance Day
None

 

Nov. 18

Week 12
  • Course evaluations
  • Ethics of computing in the classroom
None

Assignment #4: Using a simulation to teach

 

Nov. 25

Week 13
  • PowerPoint Presentations
None

Final Position Paper