Unit 1: Communicating the Role of Technology in Education

Week of January 25-29

Priming Questions

• According to Grant Wiggins, what are the differences between an argument and a persuasive essay?
• According to John Spencer, how is it about the technology?

Readings

• Argument—the Core of the Common Core--and a clarifying example (http://goo.gl/1nhpHs)
• Actually, It Is About the Technology (http://goo.gl/BE79FJ)

Tools

• Padlet (https://padlet.com/)
• ScreenChomp (http://www.techsmith.com/screenchomp.html)

Week of February 1-5

Priming Questions

• According to Tom Whitby, what are the differences between then and now?
• What is the advice Bill Ferriter gives to help make students more engaged in learning with technology?

Readings

• The Longer View: EdTech and 21st-Century Education (http://goo.gl/iuJk59)
• Are Kids Really Motivated by Technology? (http://goo.gl/s3orWi)

Performances

• Feedback from Writing Center Completed by Friday, September 11
• Culminating Writing Performance Due Monday, August 24

Week of February 8-12

Priming Questions

• According to Tom Whitby, what are the differences between then and now?
• What is the advice Bill Ferriter gives to help make students more engaged in learning with technology?

Readings

• The Longer View: EdTech and 21st-Century Education (http://goo.gl/iuJk59)
• Are Kids Really Motivated by Technology? (http://goo.gl/s3orWi)

Performances

• Feedback from Writing Center Completed by Friday, September 11
• Culminating Writing Performance Due Monday, August 24