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= EDU580 Educational Technology -- Getting Started =

**Important Note:** This course runs for 8 weeks, with each week starting 7 days prior to the scheduled class date. This means that the scheduled class date for Week 1 is actually the end of Week 1. You have assignments that are due Week 1. ** DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE SCHEDULED FIRST CLASS DATE TO BEGIN WORKING ON THE COURSE OR YOU WILL START OUT ONE WEEK BEHIND! **

For example, if your first scheduled class meeting is a Wednesday, the course officially starts the Thursday before that scheduled class meeting. You have assignments to work on during the week prior to the first scheduled class meeting. The first scheduled class meeting will be the only face-to-face meeting in this course! You will need to read the assigned week 1 reading materials and complete a Word document containing your Biographical Sketch and complete a second Word document containing the information for your Week 1 Discussion Forum Posting and have those in electronic format for your Week 1 face-to-face meeting..

= Final Project Tools = Your final project includes the production of a video. Some helpful tools can be found in the Links and Tools section at the bottom of this page. You can also find additional resources to use in creating your video in The Tools to Use to Create Your Final Project section at the bottom of the Week 7 page. = Welcome and Overview = media type="custom" key="24876606" Welcome To EDU580 Video

// Course Description // Through reading, reflective writing, and hands-on activities or practice, this course is designed to help practicing educators become aware of the current status of educational technologies for curricular enhancement, professional development, instructional management, administrative application, basic telecommunication infrastructure, and teaching tools.

// Course Rationale // A goal of this course is to help practicing educators develop a complete understanding about concepts, applications, implications, issues, trends, and systems of current educational technology. Realize the benefit of and potential for educational technologies in their professional life as well as the implications for the school.

Course Content
The links below will take you to the course content for each week. Remember that the scheduled class date marks the end of that particular week. You must complete your work before the scheduled class date for each week.


 * Week One-Introductions, Course Overview, Orientation to TK20
 * Week Two-Initiating your PLN (Personal/Professional Learning Network and 21st Century Schools
 * Week Three-Web 2.0 Tools
 * Week Four-Mobile Apps / Digital Citizenship
 * Week Five-LoTI / Technology Integration Frameworks
 * Week Six-NETS Essential Conditions / Final Project Video Work
 * Week Seven-Demonstrating Web 2.0 Tools and Mobile Applications / Revisiting Your PLN
 * Week Eight--Looking To the Future

Assignment Overview
The link below will take you to the Assignment Overview page where you will find a detailed description of all of the assessment/assignment items for this course. You should review the requirements and the rubrics (rubrics are found on TK-20) for each assignment before beginning the assignment.

Assignment Overview Page

ISTE Standards for Teaching, Learning, and Leading in the Digital Age

 *  ISTE Standards-T -- ISTE Standards for Teachers (2008)
 *  ISTE Standards-A -- ISTE Standards for Administrators (2009)
 *  ISTE Standards-S -- ISTE Standards for Students (2007)
 * ISTE Standards-C -- ISTE Standards for Technology Coaches and Technology Facilitators (2012)
 * ISTE Standards-CSE -- ISTE Standards for Computer Science Educators (2012)
 * Essential Conditions (2009)
 * ISTE NETS Standards Main Page
 * ISTE Homepage - International Society for Technology in Education

**APA Formatting Resources and Guidance**
The following resources can be excellent tools in helping you with properly formatting citations and references:
 * Purdue APA Formatting and Style Guide – A great resource that has lots of examples. It is very well organized. You should be able to find how to cite most items using this reference. The key is to have a clear concept of what category the resource is in.
 * Son of Citation Machine—Make sure you select APA. It defaults to MLA. This tool will analyze a web page and attempt to provide the reference and citation. It isn’t always great at accomplishing that goal. You can also enter and ISBN number and get the reference and citation for a book. There are also forms you can use to fill in the basic information and then let it format the reference and citation for you.

Online Etiquette
A brief guide to proper online etiquette.

TK20 Support Information
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 * Need a quick one minute video tutorial on tk20? TK20 How-to videos: http://tk20.wikispaces.com
 * TK20 Helpdesk Support -- Phone: 573-592-4224 -- Email: helpdesk@williamwoods.edu
 * ====TK20 Website--Access the TK20 Website====
 * ====TK20 Video Tutorials -- A collection of tutorials that cover some of the most commonly used functions in TK20====
 * ====TK20 Flyer for Students -- Single Page Pamphlet that explains how to submit an assignment, recall an assignment, view the assessment rubric, work on your Electronic Portfolio, and work on your Field Study Binder.====

** Links and Tools **
In the section below you will find a selection of links to a variety of tools and tutorials that may be handy as you proceed through the course and as you work with integrating more technology into your school/classroom. Many of these tools can provide assistance with the final project.

__Online Presentation Tool__
 * Prezi -- Build a presentation online and integrate a variety of text, graphics, media, and sources. Can be designed to run automatically or to be controlled from a presentation. Can be downloaded for offline use/viewing.

__Video Editing Sites/Software__
 * Windows Live Movie Maker -- Available for Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. Get Windows Moviemaker. Very easy to use. Great for simple video projects. Allows direct upload to Youtube. Will import many kinds of video. There is also a classroom guide for Windows Live Movie maker -- Windows Live Movie Maker In the Classroom
 * Video Spin -- Powerful video editing. Create school projects. Free downloadable software that allows you to edit video and save in various formats, including upload to Youtube (No longer available directly from Pinnacle Software -- but available as a Free download from sites such as Softonic)
 * Camtasia from TechSmith - an easy to us, fairly powerful screen capture and video editing package. Available for Mac and for PC. There is a free trial period. They do offer an educational discount. The version for Mac simply includes the Camtasia software and is less expensive than Camtasia Studio for PC.
 * Pinnacle Studio for iPad -- Paid app
 * Ustream Producer -- Has a free version -- Ustream Producer is a desktop application allowing broadcasters to stream in high qualityjust like they would from Ustream's website.
 * avidemux -- Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types. (Open Source -- Free)
 * Apple has iMovie that is available for the MAC and for the iPhone.
 * You can also download 30 day trail versions of several different products. Adobe makes Premiere Elements and Pinnacle makes Pinnacle Studio. If you use these, you may have to purchase to get full access for exporting and using all of the tools. So check that out before putting a lot of time into composing a video with a trial version. Most do offer discounted pricing to educators.

__Screen Capture Software__ (Brief Screen Casting Tutorial)
 * HyperCam -- for capturing screen recordings from your computer. Supports text annotations, sound, and screen notes. Saves as .avi file which can be uploaded to Youtube. (free version)
 * CamStudio Screen Recording Software – for capturing screen recordings from your computer. You can add audio and annotations. (Open Source – Free)
 * Jing -- free download. A fairly simple to use screen casting/capture utility. Free version cannot upload to YouTube
 * BB Flashback Express -- Free screen casting software from Blueberry Software. They do have a more enhanced pay version that has a 30 day trial.
 * Other possible screen casting software (some are pay versions)

__Online Polls and Surveys__
 * Poll Everywhere -- Has a free version with up to 40 participants per poll.
 * Socrative -- Create online quizzes. Could be used for polls in the classroom.
 * Online Polls -- a FREE online tool that allows you to post a poll on a web page or social media page.
 * Survey Monkey-- A free tool that allows you to create, post and publish surveys. Free edition has some limitations.

__Audio and/or Video Converters (for converting sound files or video files--may need in some podcasting or videocasting situations)__ >
 * Free Audio Converters -- A list of 4 audio converters with descriptions from About.com.
 * Free Video Converters -- A list of 5 video converters with descriptions from About.com
 * Switch -- Free Version --  Convert and encode sound files on Windows and MAC. There is a trial version, paid version, and free version.
 * winLAME Audio Encoder -- Audio converter/encoding software. winLAME lets you set up the encoding process with an easy-to-use wizard-style user interface.