This class will focus on both the larger picture of emerging technologies in the field of education while examining also the role of technologies of the past. Theory and seeing the "big picture" will be a large part of this course, but also we will look at and develop curriculum using "emerging trends" in educational technology. Blogs and pocasting, for example, will be made by students in this class.

You can check out the syllabus for this course.

And then the course progression will run thus:

• SESSION ONE: Introductions and Emerging Technologies
• SESSION TWO: Blogs, Links, Images, and Audio Editing
• SESSION THREE: Web 2.0, Podcasts, and Pedagogy
• SESSION FOUR: Skype, iTunes, and Voicethread
• SESSION FIVE: Technology, Pedagogy, and Practical Applications
• SESSION SIX: The Potentialities and Perils of Social Media
• SESSION SEVEN: The Role of Education in the School
• SESSION EIGHT: Thesis, Antithesis, and Synthesis
• SESSION NINE: Final Case Study Presentations

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