Miami Dade Community College

INSTRUCTOR:	Rebecca Sanchez	PAGER PHONE:	305-566-7686
OFFICE PHONE:	305-237-3471	OFFICE FAX:	305-237-7591
EMAIL:	rsanche1@mdcc.edu	SCHOOL OF EDUCATION:	305-237-3471

ORIENTATION INFORMATION

Dear student:

Welcome to Open College’s Introduction to Educational Technology (EME 2040). The purpose of this letter is to explain how Open College courses work and to provide you with the information you will need to complete this course successfully. I recommend that you keep this letter handy throughout the semester.

GENERAL INFORMATION

This course is designed for students who either prefers not to attend, or who are unable to attend traditional classes. In some ways it is a better course through Open College since the course allows you to study at your convenience. However, this method of learning is not without drawbacks. Interaction with the teacher may not be as easy as it would be in the traditional classroom setting. Spontaneous discussion and instant feedback are more difficult to achieve. In addition, you will be visiting the companion website for this course at http://www.prenhall.com/chet_roblyer_integratin_3 for testing and additional information regarding this course. Your website password is: eme20021

You must call me, fax me, send me an email and/or visit my office, during office hours, if you need assistance at the aforementioned number; or call 305-237‑3123 which is the general Open College number. If my line is busy you can hold for an answer, or if I am unavailable my phone will ring to the general office number. BUT, remember you must CALL or email me if you have a PROBLEM!!

More importantly, success in this type of course requires considerable self‑discipline, particularly when it comes to completing the lessons. Once you get behind it becomes extremely difficult to complete your work in time for the required projects. It will be necessary for you to set a rigid schedule for yourself. Each individual’s study habits vary, but I expect that at least 10 hours of study time per week will be necessary to achieve a grade of “C”or better. I have given you some guidelines for scheduling yourself; these are on your Activities Schedule.

The amount of correspondence involved in the course requires the use of a computer mailing list to correspond with you. Your address will be up‑dated once a week from the College’s master student record system. If your address changes you must change it with the Office of Registration.

COURSE MATERIALS

Study materials are available at any of the Miami‑Dade campus book‑ stores. You will need to purchase the textbook, Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching by M.D. Roblyer – Jack Edwards ISBN # 0-13-974387-1. In addition, you will need two floppy disks to save your projects.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

You are required to complete, 6 quizzes, 3 writing assignments, 1 lesson plan, 1 unit plan, 3 Special assignments and 1 presentation of your unit plan as your final as discussed below. Chapters’ questions are extra credits.

ASSIGNMENTS

You must complete the essay questions and mail them to my office in the envelopes provided in the packet. Assignments may also be delivered to the Open College office during regular office hours: Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or email the assignments to: rsanche1@mdcc.edu. It is not necessary to see me to deliver assignments. My class schedule often takes me out of my office but, the Open College staff will accept assignments.

The meeting dates on are requirements unless otherwise stated. Please do your best to meet these dates so you will not be penalized for submitting later work. I do accept work late but it will result in the loss of points.

MEETINGS ATTENDANCE

There are 3 meetings Scheduled for this course. Orientation Meeting, Creating a Unit Plan, and Final/Presentation, meetings are mandatory. See schedule for dates. If there are any changes on the dates scheduled, you will be mailed and/or email with the updated information. All meetings will be conducted at the Wolfson campus. This campus is most accessible to a majority of the students. I encourage you to attend. See attached map for direction and parking access. (Call the Open College office if you have not received the dates by two weeks prior to the date on the Activities Schedule.)

You should work at a pace that allows you to be ready for the announced projects. This course is organized to reduce your visits to campus, but you must remember that you will be required to attend the Mandatory meetings. Attendance to all meetings will worth 15 points toward your final grade. You need to make previous arrangements if you fail to attend one of the mandatory scheduled meeting sessions.

Rubric For Grading Assignments

Score
20-18	Response is accurate, complete and fulfills all the requirements of the question. All necessary support and/or examples are included. The response is clearly text and lecture based. The response shows a logical progression of ideas.
17-15	Response is accurate, complete and fulfills all the requirements of the question. All necessary support and/or examples are included. The response is clearly text and lecture based. The response may show a lack in logical progression of ideas.
14-11	Response is accurate, complete and fulfills all the requirements of the question. Yet, the requirement support and/or details are not well-developed and/or details are not complete or clearly text and lecture based.
10-8	Response may include information that is essentially correct and text/lecture based, but the information is too general or simplistic. Some support and/or details may be incomplete or omitted.
7-4	Response shows limited understanding of the concept. It is incomplete, may exhibit many flaws, and my not address the question.
3-0	Response is inaccurate, confused, and/or irrelevant.

GRADING CRITERIA

Your final grade will be based upon the total number of points you have accumulated during the term. Points will be given for Assignments, Portfolio, Quizzes, Unit Plan and Presentation of the Unit Plan. Refer to the Grading Criteria below to determine how points are awarded.

3 written Assignments	20 points each	60 points
6 quizzes	10 points each	60 points
1 Portfolio	6 items x 10 points	60 points
1 Unit Plan	60 points	60 points
1 Presentation	60 points	60 points
Attendance and extra credits	25 points	25 points
	Total	325 points

Evaluation Criteria for Projects

Near perfect or perfect execution of the assignment; near perfect or perfect grammar and organization.

Excellent or nearly excellent execution of the assignment; near excellent or excellent grammar and organization with three or fewer errors.

Good to very good execution of the assignment; good or very good grammar and organization with between three and six errors

Poor execution of the assignment; poor grammar and organization with between seven and ten errors.

Failure to execute the objective of the assignment; more than ten grammar and organization errors; failure to deliver the completed assignment.

GRADING SCALE

A =	295 ‑ 325
B =	265 ‑ 294
C =	235 ‑ 264
D =	205 - 234
F =	0 - 204

WITHDRAWALS AND INCOMPLETES

Occasionally a student is unable to complete the course on schedule and requests an incomplete. To be eligible for an incomplete, you first must have earned at least a score of 70% on all assignments up to and including the first three assignments and met the deadline for requesting an incomplete. Incomplete grades must be negotiated with me during office hours. If an incomplete is not cleared by the end of the following semester, the grade will be automatically changed to a failure (F). Do not register again if you are granted an incomplete.

Students planning to withdraw from the course must officially complete a drop card and submit it by the established deadline. Last day to drop and receive 100% refund is September 4 , 2002.

For administrative details or missing materials, call Open College at 305-237‑3123, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, or 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday or contact me at 305-237-3471 or email me at: rsanche1@mdcc.edu

I hope this course will prove to be a rewarding and meaningful one for you. Please call me if you need assistance with the subject matter, or any other aspect of this course.

Educationally yours,

Rebecca Sanchez

Instructor, EME 2040

Phone: 305-237-3471 Email: rsanche1@mdcc.edu

Unit Plan Presentation Rubric
Name:_______________________________	Student # (Last 4 digit): ______________
Course:_____________________________	Sequence:____________ Days :______
Please note that points awarded may range from zero to the maximum number designated for each category.
		SCORE	MAXIMUM POINTS
I. CONTENT
Suitability and accuracy of Unit Plan (s)		________	6
II. ORGANIZATION
A. Topic adequately developed		________	6
B. Logical sequence of ideas		________	6
C. Accomplishment of purpose		________	6
III. DELIVERY
A. Voice quality		________	6
B. Diction		________	6
C. Eye contact		________	6
D. Clear, precise language		________	6
E. Confidence		________	6
F. Extent to which speech was sincere, creative, persuasive, interesting		________	6
Total Points:		________	60
IV. Time:
(Deduct 3 points per full half-minute over 7 minutes or under 5 minutes)		________	60
FINAL SCORE

Grade Report
Name:_____________________	Student # : ____________		Course: _______________
Seq.#______________________	Term: _________ Days:________ Open College: ______________

Type Of Project	Max Points	Awarded	Comment
Assignment 1	20	___________	___________________________
Assignment 2	20	___________	___________________________
Assignment 3	20	___________	___________________________
Quiz 1	10	___________	___________________________
Quiz 3	10	___________	___________________________
Quiz 4	10	___________	___________________________
Quiz 8	10	___________	___________________________
Quiz 10	10	___________	___________________________
Quiz 11	10	___________	___________________________
Unit Plan	60	___________	___________________________
Presentation	60	___________	___________________________
Portfolio	60	___________	___________________________
Attendance	15	___________	___________________________
Extra Credit * * *	10	___________	___________________________
Total	325	___________	___________________________
Final Grade		___________	___________________________
* * * Student may turn up to 10 points by answering any 2 questions from this package. At the end of every chapter, there are two or three questions.

** Course companion website: http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/roblyer/**
Required Text:	Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching by M.D. Roblyer - Jack Edwards ISBN: 0-13-042319-X
Required Course:	Required Course for Preservice Teachers in the State of Florida, State Board of Education, Rule 6-A5.066, Amended August 7, 2000
Note:	Prerequisite for this course are: EDF 1005 Introduction to Education and/or it’s equivalent, a computer course (CGS1060) or comparable computer skills.
Course Credit Hours:	3
Grade Type:	Whole Letter Grade (A - F)

Meetings and Assignments Due Dates

September 11, 2002

Meeting # 1 * * Mandatory Meeting * *

Orientation Course Syllabus Discussion and Networking

Location: Wolfson Campus 300 NE 2^nd Ave. Miami, FL 33132*

Room 3410-5 – W C

Time :5:00 – 7:30 P.M.

October 9, 2002

Meeting # 2

Review of Florida’s Applied Technology Curriculum Planning Companion for the Sunshine State Standards and Preprofessional Competencies for Teachers of the Twenty-First Century, and how to write a Lesson Plan.

Room TBA– W C

Time 5:00 – 8:00 P.M

Wolfson Campus

December 11 2002

Meeting # 3: * * Mandatory Meeting * *‘

Final– Unit Plan Presentations

Project Due: Unit Plan (50 points) / Presentation (50 points) /

Portfolio (75 points)

Room: 2310

Syllabus