Computer Applications for Reading Programs – Educ 518

King’s College

  Summer, 2006

Instructor: A. Keith Dils, Ed.D.

Office: 206 Administration

Email: kdils@kings.edu

Website: http://staff.kings.edu/kdils/

Course Description: This course is designed to provide an introductory look at the application of computers.  Students will be given hands-on experiences with the technology at a pace designed for students with little or no technology experience.  Students will be introduced to basic software programs and shown how to apply them to their teaching.  Students will also be introduced to aspects of the Internet that can enhance the educational process.  Students will leave the course with finished projects that can be applied to their classroom teaching.

Projects:

Week 1-2

Website Project 70% of grade: click here for grading rubric the aligned with IRA standards

1. Website - Homepage with links to pages designed to teach reading to diverse students

• A.  students will use the FrontPage web authoring software to design and create a website that: 

  • houses 10 technology interventions.  The 10 technology interventions should be housed in at least 3 areas: 

    • 1 area housing interventions for specific needs of diverse students designed to be used in-class by individual student (or small group) during 1 on 1 or small group instruction with aid of paraprofessional

    • 1 area housing interventions designed for computer lab and or classroom with 1 computer for whole class instruction 

    • 1 area housing interventions designed for use at home by students and parents.

• Website page linked from Home Page provides a vehicle for communicating with parents

  • to include link to area housing interventions designed for use at home by students and parents

• Website page linked from Home Page to page demonstrating the use of technology for professional development

• Students will present their finished product and justify the approaches taken. 

Click here for examples from previous graduate students

Week 2-3

2. Portfolio (20% of grade) - http://staff.kings.edu/kdils/NCATE/PortfolioTemplateGrad.htm

3.  Students will use Digital Video Editing Software and PowerPoint as interventions for reading education.

• In class - performance-based assessment will be used (10% of grade)

Students are not required to purchase a text (see resources below).  However, students are required to purchase a memory device (e.g., USB memory stick or burnable CDROMS) in order to backup and transport the projects.

Resources:

Review "FrontPage" tutorials: Tutorial 1, Tutorial 2, Tutorial 3, or type in "Front Page Tutorial" using http://www.google.com/

 Go to any of the following websites and take the PowerPoint Tutorial.

    http://www.orst.edu/instruction/ed596/ppoint/pphome.htm

    http://www.actden.com/pp/

    http://www.eiu.edu/~mediasrv/PPtut.html

C. Review the following websites: 

Imovie tutorial: http://www.apple.com/imovie/

PowerPoint tutorial: http://www.actden.com/pp/

D.  Example online reading interventions:

• http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/index/play.htm?f

•     http://pbskids.org/clifford/

• http://pbskids.org/lions/songs/

• http://pbskids.org/lions/

• http://www.lil-fingers.com/abc/index.html

• http://www.epals.com/

E. Example Professional development sites:

• http://www.reading.org/

• http://www.ncte.org/

• http://www.kings.edu/frames/tb_frames/library.html

• http://www.greatvalleyalliance.com/freepc/.

• http://www.kings.edu/kdils/InteractiveLessonPlanner/PointAtoPointBIndex.htm