This Technology Showcase highlights the areas of educational technology I explored in my time as an MAET student through Michigan State University. It has been organized in three general categories: Websites & Website-based Learning, Web 2.0 Tools, and Video-based Educational Technology (Screencasts, movies, etc.).
Each highlighted project will provide the project itself, a link to the project, or a reflection on the project, if the project itself is not available. It will also provide a reference to which course I explored it in (linked to the MAET Coursework page on this website), a Thumbnail image of the project (also linked to the project), and a brief description of the project highlighting its purpose and meaning.
WEB 2.0 Tools
DreamIT Project — CEP 800 (Summer Hybrid Cohort)
Google Apps are the primary tool for Online Communities for this project.
Overview: This project was designed to have us look at how learning occurs in our classrooms and how educational technology could be better integrated to improve the learning experience. My DreamIT project demonstrates that online collaboration is a key component of technology integration I feel I can integrate into my library environment easily and cost effectively, if given the opportunity to utilize Google Apps.
Image Repurposing Project — Summer Hybrid Coursework (CEP 800/815/822)
Haves vs. Have Nots
Overview: In this project we were tasked with taking our picture three times and attaching them to the same photograph to form an image that makes a statement. For this project, we utilized a Web 2.0 tool called Pixlr. The topic I chose was “Haves vs. Have Nots” in which I depict myself as being connected in two separate ways and then holding a ratty cardboard sign saying “iWish.” This project demonstrates my understanding of one of the major challenges I face in technology integration: varying degrees of connectivity among the people we teach.
WEBSITES & WEBSITE-BASED LEARNING
Hybrid Online Course – 6th Grade Social Studies (Europe Unit) — CEP 820