Educational Technology
Annotated Transcript
Below you will find the courses, along with their descriptions, that I have completed as part of my Master of Arts in Educational Technology (MAET) degree program at Michigan State University.
FALL 2013
CEP 810:
Teaching for Understanding with Technology
Instructor: Kimberly Powell and Michelle Schira Hagerman
CEP 810 was the first course I took as a graduate student at Michigan State University. In the course, I built a deeper understanding on the concept of learning versus understanding and how technology can enhance both. I developed a blog during this course that has served as a collection space for all of my work throughout the MAET degree program. CEP 810 was the start of my formal Professional Learning Network (PLN) and has since grown through technology connections. Finally, this course introduced me to TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) and how all of these components are interwoven into strong technology integration and creative learning experiences.
SPRING 2014
CEP 811:
Adapting Innovative Technologies in Education
Instructor: Craig McMichael and Michelle Schira Hagerman
CEP 811 was a course that exposed me to a wealth of NEW (Novel, Effective, and Whole) information regarding technology in education, which contributed to my expansion of an Educational Technology integrator in my own classroom. Ideas and concepts I learned in this class include the Maker Movement, re-purposing technology, Problem and Project Based Learning, and student inquiry in the classroom. The innovation and creativity that this course sparked was amazing. I was introduced to new technology tools and ways to incorporate those tools with students. I was pushed out of my comfort zone many times and forced to be a maker, innovator, and creator throughout the duration of the course.
2010 - present
2010 - present
CEP 812:
Applying Educational Technology to Issues of Practice
Instructor: William Marsland and Michelle Schira Hagerman
CEP 812 was the third and final course in the Educational Technology Certificate program. This course was based on issues that arise in educational settings and how technology can be used to solve these problems. Throughout the course, I dealt with various problems in my own practice from poor informational intake to disabilities within the classroom associated with student achievement and success. The Universal Design Learning (UDL) Toolkit was a great resource that I picked up from this course. The toolkit offers many technology resources for students with learning difficulties or disabilities. The major project in this course was the Wicked Problem collaborative project where my peers and I defined possible solutions for a seemingly impossible problem.
SUMMER 2014
CEP 820:
Teaching Students Online
Instructors: Dr. Anne Heintz, Sandra Sawaya, and Spencer Greenhalgh
CEP 820 taught me so much about being on the other end of the online learning spectrum. I have been an online learner in various undergraduate and graduate courses, but in Teaching Students Online I was learning from the perspective of the teacher of these courses. I studied Learning Management Systems (LMS), their uses, functions, and setup, as well as creating my own online course from scratch for elementary students. Throughout the course, I strengthened my fluency of Google Docs while collaborating with peers and have developed a strong userability in screencasting and video creation.
CEP 800:
Learning in School and Other Settings
Instructors: William Cain and Joshua Rosenberg
Learning in School and Other Settings was based upon the multi-faceted word learning. I was able to deepen my understanding of learning, which included what students learn, how they learn, and the level of understanding of the content taught. These ideas can and do affect how I teach my students once I've determined the key factors that contribute to learning. Another key factor of Learning in School and Other Settings was the idea of powerful learning experiences. Students must be exposed to powerful learning experiences to deeper their understanding. Technology can play a role in making learning experiences powerful and meaningful to all learners.
CEP 815:
Technology and Leadership
Instructors: Dr. Leigh Graves Wolf and Benjamin Gleason
This course was a course that identified my strengths and weaknesses as a technology leader. Once those were identified, we looked at ways to improve technology leadership in my classroom and amongst my peers. Various leadership styles were explored and discussed to determine how leadership with technology can positively impact school environments. In my exploration of being a tech leader, I developed my very own personal manifesto, which included technology resources to help fellow educators. I also took on a problem of practice and developed a possible solution statement for this issue. The tech initiative I developed displayed my leadership ideas to put technology in the hands of all students.
CEP 822:
Approaches to Educational Research
Instructors: E. David Wong, Tatyana Li, and Daniel Freer
In this course, the primary area of study and learning was based on the methods by which educational research is conducted. Also in the course, we took a look at educational research statistics and how those apply to the classroom practicies. I practiced various research methods and recording of research techniques which prepared me for the culminating research project that the course concluded with.
SPRING 2015
CEP 805:
Learning Math with Technology
Instructors: Ralph Putnam and Eryn Stehr
Learning Math with Technology was a course that explored technology tools that enhanced the math curriculum, not ones that were in place for the sole benefit of adding tech tools to the curriculum. During this course, we developed criteria to evaluate tech tools as a class and used the evaluation tool to identify stengths, weaknesses, and usability of each tool evaluated. Throughout the course, this evaluation tool evolved greatly, but so did the mindset of tech tool selection. Many technology tools were explored and added to my Online Resource Library of mathematics technology tools. The tools were organized by Common Core State Standard for easy access and reference when needed.
CEP 817:
Learning Technology through Design
Instructors: Danah Henriksen and Jonathan Good
The foundation of this course is the design process. The design process was outlined by the Stanford Design Model, which can be used in educational design, but applied to real-world situations as well. I applied the theories of design in each stage of design thinking to the development of a re-designed math curriculum. There are five stages of the iterative design process that we explored during each week of this course; empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. First, a lab experience relating to each mode of design wascompleted. Then the mode of design was used in the Problem of Practice for working toward a desired outcome for the users of the design.
SUMMER 2015
CEP 807:
Capstone Portfolio
Instructors: Matthew Koehler, Sarah Keenan, Spencer Greenhalgh, and Chris Seals
CEP 807 is the final course in my MAET degree program. Throughout this course I created the online portfolio that you are seeing. This portfolio is a summary and exhibit of my coursework throughout the duration of my program. Many of the items within this portfolio were course requirements, but I've also added my own personal touches and components that will appeal to the users of this site.
