SyllabusEDU221

=EDU 221 - Secondary Methods & Practicum Block= This course is designed to provide pre-service middle school and secondary education majors with the skills to develop an integrated approach to teaching and learning. It will cover models of instruction and planning, teaching and learning styles, assessment strategies, models and organization of curriculum, classroom management, and the role of technology and media within these. These topics will be addressed in conjunction with practical experience in a real classroom. In the classroom, teacher candidates work with individuals, small groups and the whole class.

Classroom Management Portion

 * COURSE MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION & CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT**
 * Textbook for Technology Integration: A variety of articles, Web sites, and essays to be selected and assigned throughout the semester. There is no traditional textbook for this course.
 * Textbooks for Classroom Management:
 * //[|Fires in the Bathroom]// by Kathleen Cushman, and
 * //[|Classroom Management for Middle and High School Teachers]//, Eighth Edition by Edmund Emmer and Carolyn Evertson.
 * High capacity external data storage (512MB or larger drive), sometimes called a pen drive, a USB drive, a jump drive, a flash drive, . ..
 * For video work, teams may need an ADDITIONAL external data storage device (10 or more GB) and a "mini-DV" tape. You may also want to burn your final movie project onto a DVD (You need to know if your computer uses a DVD "minus" R or a DVD "plus" R)
 * A way to back up all of your data
 * attaching your file to an email works sometimes, but many email providers limit the size of attachments; know your email capabilities
 * UMF provides you with an H: drive on your eCampus account
 * [|an iPod can be used for this purpose]
 * Your own blog account on blogger.com (we will set this up in class if you don't already have one) and a blog dedicated to this portion of the EDU 221 course. (We will set up the blog in class as well.) You will use the same blog for both Technology Integration and Classroom Management.