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= = =Welcome to eTAP-in for seventh grade students!= **Course Title:** Emerson Technology Assessment for Proficiency and Integration
 * Course URL: ** http://etapin.wikispaces.com/


 * Instructor: ** ?

Phone: 201-599-4178 (ext.?) Email: lthomas@emerson.k12.nj.us apacciani@emerson.k12.nj.us Office: located in Emerson High School Media Center or Room 35 Office hours: M-F 2:30 - 3:30 PM; also available by appointment

No text. We will utilize online articles and other resources available on the internet / website
 * Required Text: **

eTAP-In for seventh grade students is a ten-week elective course which provides students with technology related skills, practices and web technologies for effectiveness in the home, school and world. Students will meet certain goals which are portrayed in the NJ TAP-in state rubric for technology. Their classroom experience will enhance opportunities for safe collaboration, use of tools, progress in keyboarding, creation of open source multimedia beyond power-point, and understanding of what it means to be a citizen online in the 21st century. At the conclusion of this ten-week course, students should have a collection of various resources, knowledge of learning opportunities and best practices to follow and utilize in the the home, school and world.
 * Course Description: **


 * Course Prerequisites ** : There are no prerequisites for this course.


 * Number of Sessions/Weeks/Hours/Credits: ** Approximately 40 sessions equivalent to at least two 50 minute classes each week/ one CEU or ten PD hours.


 * Subsequent Appropriate Courses **** : ** Creating a Personal Learning Network (PLN) **Course number:** EPD101


 * Modes of Delivery **** : ** Asynchronous: 90%; Synchronous: 10%

One live class meeting will be held via DimDim, ooVoo or Skype; the overall course platform will utilize wikispaces.
 * Platform Software Package **


 * Site: ** http://epd100.wikispaces.com/

or as an alternate ooVoo via []
 * Video Conferencing: ** []


 * Telephone ** : 201-599-4178 (1402)
 * Chat: ** google chat momtomthomas@gmail.com
 * Twitter: ** @lvthomas

The genres of web technologies. Why use web technologies when teaching today's net-generation? Free or reasonable, open source web technologies, some of which may include:
 * Course Topics **


 * Google: Docs, Blogger, "even more" [],
 * Wikispaces [],
 * Animoto for education [],
 * Glogster.edu [],
 * Twitter [],
 * Widgets and Tools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Tools+at+a+glance,
 * Poll everywhere [],
 * and much more!

This course will be offered to teachers who would like to build their Personal Learning Networks and continue building their technological literacy by working with other educators. This online PD course will be offered to teachers to help learn of various free online resources to utilize in the classroom with students and help them accomplish their required Professional Development hours from their setting/ location of choice.
 * Rationale for Offering/Taking/Teaching This Course Online: **

At the conclusion of this course, teachers will be expected to:
 * Expected Student Outcomes: **


 * Create a "Glog" demonstrating a web technology that could be utilized in the classroom.
 * Set up an online resource wikispace devoted to a unit or chapter utilizing enhanced available web technologies.
 * Unit must be shared with professor via wikispace invitation.
 * Unit must include instructional goals and learning objectives, instructional strategies, assessment, technology used, organization and presentation, materials needed, motivation, standard correlation, learning community and inclusive instruction.
 * Must meet criteria stated in rubric.

This course is offered online and participants are expected to work at least one-hour weekly. Teachers are able to access lectures, complete assignments, and interact with their classmates and the instructor via their computers.
 * Description of Content: **

**Session 3: Learning Tools and Social Bookmarks** **Session 4: Content Sharing** **Session 5: Conversations** **Session 6: Organizers** **Session 7:** ** Advocacy for Social Networks in Education ** **Session 8: Creators** **Session 9: Unit Plan Concepts and video conference ** **Session 10: Unit Project Sharing**
 * Session 1: Introductions; Evolving Web Technologies **
 * Session 2: Why web technologies in the classroom?**

(1) Reading assigned lectures and class exercises in a timely fashion. (2) Posting or responding online to discussion questions and answers regarding session topics in a timely fashion? (3) Create a google account and other accounts necessary to complete course projects (ie. Animoto for education, wikispaces, glogster, DimDim, etc) (4) Keep track of your Log-in ID and passwords. (5) Take an active role in the scheduled online video discussion. (6) Share your Glogster project visualizing a web technology of choice. (6) Share your final class project in a wikispace which you have created. This will be a class unit utilizing web 2.0 tools. (7) Periodically back up all course work on a flash drive or other online site (ie. Google.docs) to avoid loss of course work. (8) A strict person code of ethics should be followed. If one is caught plagiarizing, she or he will not receive credit for the course. Follow through action will also occur which could consist of probation, suspension or expulsion. (9) All works should be cited using APA/ social sciences style. If you are unfamiliar with APA style, consult Diana Hacker's 5th Edition Research and Documentation online at @http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/index.htm.
 * Course Requirements: **


 * Course Evaluation: **

% = 100%
 * < Grades ||< Mark ||
 * < 98-100 ||< A+ ||
 * < 94-97 ||< A ||
 * < 90-93 ||< A- ||
 * < 87-89 ||< B+ ||
 * < 84-86 ||< B ||
 * < 81-83 ||< B- ||
 * < 78-80 ||< C+ ||
 * < 75-77 ||< C ||
 * < 73-74 ||< C- ||
 * < 70-72 ||< D ||
 * < 0-69 ||< F ||
 * Grades will be based on participation and quality of work.
 * 20 % = Participation in course sessions, (i.e., reading assigned online articles, journals, text chapters or viewing videos, participating in class discussions, reporting progress to instructor, asking questions and giving feedback)
 * 40% = Project 1: Glogster teaching a Web Technology/ Tool . Glog should be posted on Wikipage http://epd100.wikispaces.com/ or Google Docs.
 * __40 % = Project 2: __ Web Technology Unit Development

No textbook necessary; all reading will be provided to you online via saved documents or web links (see works cited list.) You must have a computer available with internet access and the following minimum system requirements //(the stated version or later)//:
 * Required Resources:**
 * **OS:** Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Windows 7
 * **Browser:** Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 1.5, Google Chrome, Safari 3, Opera 9.5
 * Flash Player 6.0.79 or later (@http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash) (Flash Player 7 or later recommended), and one of the following browsers //(the stated version or later)//:
 * **Windows:** Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 1, Google Chrome, Safari 3, Opera 9.5, Netscape 7, AOL 8, CompuServe 7
 * **Macintosh:** Safari 3 and later, Firefox 1.x and later, Google Chrome
 * **Linux:** Firefox 1, Opera 9.5, Konqueror 3.3.1
 * You will also need a web camera (built in or clip on).

**Course Syllabus/** (Spring Semester - Community School of Emerson NJ; no charge to in-district teaching professionals) **Session Dates: [|EPD100_Course Syllabus Dates.pdf]**


 * ** Session ** || ** Dates ** || ** Topic ** || ** Projects ** ||
 * Session 1 || Feb 7 -11 || Evolving Web Technologies ||  ||
 * Session 2 || Feb 14 -18 || Why Web Technologies for the Classroom? || Homework 1 Due ||
 * Session 3 || Feb 21 - 25 || Learning Tools and Social Bookmarks || Homework 2 Due ||
 * Session 4 || Feb 28 - Mar 4 || Content Sharing || Homework 3 Due ||
 * Session 5 || Mar 7 -11 || Conversations || Homework 4 Due ||
 * Session 6 || Mar 14 - 18 || Organizers || Project 1 Due ||
 * Session 7 || Mar 21 - 25 || Advocacy for Social Networks in Education || Homework 6 Due ||
 * Session 8 || Mar 28 – Apr 1 || Creators || Homework 7 Due ||
 * Session 9 || Apr 4- 8 || Unit Plan Concepts and video conference || Homework 8 Due ||
 * Session 10 || Apr 11 - 15 || Learning Unit Project Sharing || Project 2 Due ||