Syllabus

Instructor Sara Dexter, Assistant Professor Department of Leadership, Foundations, and Policy, Curry School of Education, UVA. Office Hours: By appointment. Phone/ Voice mail:434-924-7131

[Paper copy of the syllabus](http://etl.obiki.org/courses/techsupportPD/syllabus.attachment/syllabustechimp_spr06/ SyllabusTechImp_Spr06.doc)

Course Description and Objectives

Technology Implementation 1: Technology Support & Professional Development will examine professional development and technology support systems that lead to high-quality teacher learning environments that in turn facilitate classroom and school uses of technology.

This course will help participants

  • Provide for and ensure that faculty and staff take advantage of quality professional learning opportunities for improved learning and teaching with technology
  • Assess staff knowledge, skills, and performance in using technology and use results to facilitate quality professional development and to inform personnel decisions
  • Employ technology for communication and collaboration among colleagues, staff, parents, students, and the larger community
  • Create and participate in learning communities that stimulate, nurture, and support faculty and staff in using technology for improved productivity

Required Books

Most assigned readings will be on the web, or in ToolKit.

Assignments

180 points possible: A’s range begins at 90%; B’s range begins at 80%; C’s range begins at 70%; D’s range begins at 60%

Weekly Participation (5 @ 20 pts)

This includes writing up summaries or reactions and participating in online discussions and/or group activities.

Application Papers (2 @ 20 pts each)

Each of these three papers will follow a similar format where you take ideas presented in the reading(s) for the week and synthesize them to create a tool you could use to support a school in creating an excellent support environment for teachers' technology integration.

Integration Paper (40 points)

In this document you will integrate your two application papers into a useable tool with which you could support a school in creating an excellent support environment for teachers' technology integration. This will include crafting elements that unite the materials in the two papers into a framework; revising elements within the three application papers based on feedback from users and the instructor; and adding a commentary section to the instructor that sums up what you see are the necessary policies, programs, and/or funding opportunities for which you’ll need to advocate in order to implement this technology implementation support framework.

Specific requirements and a rubric for each assignment will be provided on assignment and task pages. All assignments are to be written with clarity and edited carefully for spelling and grammatical errors. They should have logical internal structure. Microsoft Word documents are preferred (.doc) or RTF (.rtf) documents. Use APA format for citing and listing references. Suggested writing and citation style resources: - American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author & see electronic reference formats recommended by the APA http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html - Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). Elements of style. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

School and University Policies

Assistance for Disability in Learning:

UVA’s guide about accommodations that various University of Virginia departments provide to individuals with disabilities can be found at http://www.virginia.edu/vpsa/ada-std.html See also http://trc.virginia.edu/Resources/Academic_Support.htm

Honor Policy:

The honor code applies to all work submitted for this course. The honor code states: On my honor as a student, I have neither given nor received aid on this assignment.” The issue of “aid” sometimes becomes unclear when doing research. According to the University, plagiarism is presenting another person’s work as your own. Examples of plagiarism include copying another person’s paper, restating ideas from a book or article without citing the article as a source, or copying more than seven words from a book or article without quotation marks and a citation of the source of the quotation.

Religious Holidays:

UVA’s policy on religious holidays states “When a religious holiday falls during scheduled class time, faculty are expected not to place a student in jeopardy for observing a religious custom. For example, quizzes affecting the grading of a student's performance should be rescheduled or alternative times be offered.” Please let me know if a religious holiday you observe conflicts with class requirements.

Cellular Phones :

Cell phones should not be used or even turned on during class unless there is an emergency situation that warrants it.