EDT
584 is a structured practical experience following a plan and supervised by university faculty designed to help students with guided reflection and critical thinking at the following levels:
- Self assessment of skills, interests, values, education and experiences as they affect the quality and productivity of your work;
- A critical awareness of the life, vitality and productivity of the classes in which you intern;
- A practical exploration of ways you can contribute substantively to the classes in which you intern; and,
- How the theory of the classroom and the application in the workplace come together.
Student Learning Outcomes
The internship is an additional capstone course designed for students seeking a Computer Science endorsement from the state of Arizona; it offers students the opportunity to put into practice the skills and theories they have learned throughout their studies in educational technology. During the internship, students engage in observation of technology integration, participatory activities, and specific assignments in which the student functions as a contributing member of a technology integration team.
Students are expected to plan a series of activities that will enhance the development of their abilities in areas addressed by the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers and ISTE Technology Leadership Standards. Outcomes for each student will vary, depending on the particular standards, performance objectives and activities selected, but professional growth is expected as evidenced by observation by the sponsoring faculty member, and the student’s electronic portfolio, reflection papers and self-assessment.
Goal of this course include:
- Practice technology skills and receive feedback from mentor and from organizational consequences of actions
- Reflect on activities and readings through weekly postings on discussion board and monthly reflection papers
- Document accomplishments in an electronic portfolio
- Use
assessment rubrics provided by the instructor to self-evaluate internship performance
- Learn
to deal with personal frustration inherent in using technology.
Course Materials
Format
Students
will intern in an action-oriented classroom which will feature
illustrated lecture, discussion, demonstration, hands-on activities and
presentations, and project presentations. Most interactions will be face-to-face, but online participation through wikis and other Web-based technologies is required.
Policies
- All
assignments should be word processed or completed in Composer™ and consistent
with upper division university writing; that is, university level
grammar, correct spelling, and logical, clear organization.
- Class
sessions will begin on time. Please make every
effort to be prompt.
- Attendance
is mandatory. Please call the instructor before class should an emergency arise.
- Cheating:
Cooperative or collaborative learning is encouraged! However,
understand the fine line between collaboration and cheating. Turning
in the work of another person is considered cheating and
offenders are subject to university disciplinary action.
- Group
assignments require collaboration and cooperation
with other students.
- Be
considerate of your classmates: turn OFF cellular phones
and pagers to vibrate during class so ringing phones will not interrupt class.
- The instructor will make accommodations for disabilities communicated to the instructor.
University Policies
Assignments
- Setting the Scene (5%)
Brainstorm questions that arouse your curiosity about teaching adults, using technology to enhance teaching a learning, working with a community of co-learners, developing a community of practice, teaching in an inter-generational classroom. These questions will provide a basis for your reflection throughout the semester. Download Assignment.
- Identifying Professional and Interpersonal Knowledge and Skills (5%)
Educational technology leaders should demonstrate the following interpersonal and professional skills adapted from the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers and the ISTE Technology Leadership Standards. Rate yourself using a scale from 1 (I don’t do this well) to 5 (I do this very well), on each standard.
Choose at least two skills from the standards and write one page explaining how you can work on these areas during your internship. List specific activities that you can do.
- Positioning Yourself (5%)
Identify issues important to the class for which you are interning. Are there any positions/issues the class/instructor takes that make you feel uncomfortable or that you disagrees with intellectually? How can you deal with this conflict?
- Identifying Your Contribution (10%)
Consider some special need at of the internship setting that you feel qualified and competent to address. Design an academic project around meeting that need. The project should meet the following criteria:
- it will be interesting intellectually, and academically appropriate;
- it will facilitate developing professionally; and
- it will make a meaningful contribution to the workplace
- Keeping a Log (5%)
Use the following model to keep a log of your activities during your internship. A total of 135 hours of participation are required for EDT 584, Internship in Educational technology.
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- Communicating with Others (10%)
Participate DAILY by posting immediate reflections through our internship wiki. Describe what you are doing, the insights you have gained, and questions that have occurred to you as you work on internship activities. This is a group discussion, so respond to others’ postings as well.
- Communicating with Your Internship Mentor (10%)
Participate in daily conferences with internship mentor and other interns. Schedule at three individual conference with internship mentor including:
- First conference: agreement on work plan. This must be scheduled before or within the first two days of the internship.
- Second conference: mid-semester feedback on performance. This must be scheduled during the second week of the internship.
- Final conference: end-of-semester feedback on performance.
This must be scheduled during the last two days of the internship.
- Final Project (40%)
- Applying Previous Coursework to Internship (10%)
Describe what you found to be applicable and useful from your previous coursework to the actual work you are doing as an intern. Describe the theoretical knowledge, specific concepts and information, technical, analytic, problem solving and communication skills relevant to your work that you developed through your academic studies.
- Self-Assessing (5%)and
Identify the skills you used during your internship that you enjoyed and in which you excelled. What skills did you use that you were good at but did not enjoy? What professional traits or qualities did you recognize that you are lacking and would like to develop?
- Synthesizing Through Reflection (25%)
Write a reflective piece that provides evidence of your skills and accomplishments as they relate to the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers and ISTE Technology Leadership Standards.
- Discovering What Makes an Educational Leader (Extra Credit)
Identify a person in the educational workplace whom you admire. Conduct an informal informational interview with that person. Share with other interns in a wiki what you consider to be traits of an educational leader. The following questions may help you structure your interview questions:
- What makes you an educational leader?
- How do you prioritize?
- How do you harness the energy of the people and resources in your organization toward productive purposes?
- What are effective communication strategies that you use?
- In what ways do you network with other educational leaders?
- What are the benefits of networking versus the other options for professional development and advancement?
- What is enjoyable and what is difficult about engaging in networking?
- About what are you passionate?
- How did that passion develop?
- How do you see the value of your organization's work and your own role in it?
Schedule
EDT 584 meets daily from June 2 - 27 plus the following Saturdays: June 7 and June 21.
Evaluation
EDT
584 is a graduate course which includes both theoretical and practical
experiences. All written work, oral work, and class participation will
be evaluated. Feedback will be provided regularly. Self-evaluation and instructor evaluation will be based on growth in the Technology Leadership Standards and completion of assignments listed in the syllabus.
All students are
responsible for the amount of effort, energy, and care put into each
assignment. Students are expected to maximize their learning through each assignment.
Grades are assigned as follows:
- A - (90 - 100 %)
- B - (80 - 89 %)
- C - (70 - 79 %)
- E - (69 or below%)
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