Certificate Course Descriptions and Coursework

The following are the three certificate courses in the MAET program.  I have included a brief course description and several links of coursework that was completed for each class.

CEP 810-Teaching Understanding With Technology  (Emily Stone)

The focus for the entire Educational Technology Certificate Program in general, and for CEP 810 in particular, is to improve teaching through technology use. This course consists of two parallel strands: effective use of technology in education, and learning issues related to technology use.

The use of the Internet is an integral part of the course, both because of its power to improve the effectiveness of the course and because of the importance of the Internet in its effect on education. One important benefit of the use of the Internet is the ongoing interaction it allows among participants and with instructors in between the weekend sessions.

Assignments are designed to enable practicing teachers to apply their learning to immediate and actual application in their own teaching setting, often completing course work by using technology to do what they would have had to do independent of taking CEP 810.

The core products for this course include:

1. A personal educational introduction
2. Educational applications of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
3. A lesson plan using the Internet as an integral tool
4. An analysis of a technology innovation in education
5. A presentation arguing aspects of the appropriateness of technology use in educational settings

Some examples of my coursework include:

• Educational Application of Word
• Sine and Cosine Waves Modeling Tides Lesson Plan
• Pro-Technology Power Point
• Order of Operations Power Point

CEP 811-Adapting Innovative Technology to Education

In this course, participants learn to apply instructional principles and methods to educational problems; to develop individualized media and computer applications for use in a professional setting; and to adapt advanced software options to promote learning.

Specifically, the focus is on the development of stand-alone instructional resources using the Internet and PowerPoint. Such development includes the description of the instructional problem, the development of instructional objectives and criterion measures related to solving the instructional problem, the development and testing of a technology-based solution to the instructional problem, and the final evaluation of the product. Participants will work both in small groups and individually to develop such instructional programs. In addition, participants will serve as evaluators of both group- and individually-generated instructional programs.

The core products for this course include:

1. An educational web page
2. A stand-alone instructional resource focused on a grade level and content that is selected by the participant. Upon completion of the course, this resource is generally ready for use by participants’ own students focused on content in the participants’ own classes.
3. A WebQuest
4. A blog

Some examples of my coursework include:

• STAIR-Alternate Approaches to Factoring Trinomials
• WebQuest Design

CEP 812-Applying Educational Technology to Practice  (Nancy Ayers)

In this course, you will define, implement, and evaluate technology-based solutions to educational problems and opportunities in school settings. Building on the work completed in CEP 810 and 811, you will again add to your portfolio of applications of technology in the educational setting.

Specifically, this course will focus on the identification of a significant instructional problem, the development of a detailed proposal directed at the solution to the defined problem, and the development of a desktop presentation designed at presenting the proposal. Participants will work both in small groups and individually to develop such proposals and desktop presentations. In addition, participants will serve as evaluators of both group- and individually-generated proposals and desktop presentations.

The core products for this course include:

1. A personal technology plan
2. Special Interest Group presentation and annotated research summary on topics selected by participants
3. The design, implementation, and evaluation of a technology-based project that addresses an existing educational problem or opportunity in participants’ own educational settings.
4. A podcast

My blog consisting of all of these applications can be viewed here!

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