ED 271 Visual Arts and Technology in the Classroom

Course title : ED 271 Visual Arts and Technology in the Classroom

Campus : National, Chuuk, Kosrae, Yap

Initiator: Sylvia Henry

Date: January 31, 2018

Course description: This course introduces the use of instructional media and technology in the elementary classroom. The course focuses on the creation and use of various instructional media and technology to enhance student learning. The student creates instructional materials and demonstrates its usage. Student professionalism is measured.

Hours per Week

No. of Weeks

Total Hours

Semester Credits

Lecture

3

X

16

=

48

=

3

Laboratory

X

=

=

Lecture/Lab

X

=

=

Workshop

X

=

=

Total Semester Credits

3

PSLO#

Program

None

[X ]

1. Effective oral communication: capacity to deliver prepared, purposeful presentations designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners' attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.

[X]

2. Effective written communication: development and expression of ideas in writing through work in many genres and styles, utilizing different writing technologies, and mixing texts, data, and images through iterative experiences across the curriculum.

[X ]

3. Critical thinking: a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.

[x ]

4. Problem solving: capacity to design, evaluate, and implement a strategy to answer an open-ended question or achieve a desired goal.

[ ]

5. Intercultural knowledge and competence: a set of cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills and characteristics that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts.

[ x]

6. Information literacy: the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand.

[x ]

7. Foundations and skills for life-long learning : purposeful learning activity, undertaken on an ongoing basis with the aim of improving knowledge, skills, and competence.

[ ]

8. Quantitative Reasoning: ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations; comprehends and can create sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence and can clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats.

CSLO (General) 1: Demonstrate understanding of theoretical knowledge related to designs and uses of instructional media and technology in a classroom.

Student learning Outcome (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

1.1 Summarize theories and research related to types of learning, psychological perspectives on learning and roles of technology and media in learning.

1.2 Describe advantages and disadvantages of selected designs and uses of instructional media and technology such as audio, visuals, videos and media displays in a classroom.

2,4

1

1.1. Through expository writing, student summarizes theories and research related to instructional media and technology in a classroom. A rubric will be used to assess student writing.

1.2. Student describes, through descriptive writing, the advantages and disadvantages of selected designs and uses of instructional media and technology in a classroom. A rubric will be used to assess student's knowledge of advantages and disadvantages of instructional media.

CSLO (General) 2: Design and develop a variety of appropriate instructional media materials for lesson plans based on the FSM and state standards and benchmarks.

Student Learning Outcome (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

2.1. Design and develop appropriate instructional media such as learning centers, manipulatives, models and display surfaces to support student learning.

2.2 Design and produce appropriate instructional media using equipment and raw materials.

2,3,4*

1,2

2.1 Given benchmarks, student designs and develops appropriate instructional media such as learning centers, manipulatives, models and display surfaces to support student learning. A rubric will be used to assess the instructional media designs.

2.2 Given benchmarks, student designs and produces instructional materials using equipment and raw materials in a project presentation. A rubric will be used to assess instructional materials.

CSLO (General) 3: Demonstrate use of a variety of instructional media materials and related equipment in a classroom.

Student Learning Outcome (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

3.1 Use a variety visuals such as non-projected and projected visuals and digital images.

3.2 Use a variety of audio such as digital and/or analog audio.

3.3. Use different types of equipment such as computer, laptop, and an LCD projector/smartboard.

1, 4

2

3.1 Student demonstrates use of various instructional media such as non-projected and projected visuals, and digital images, role plays with his/her peers. A rubric will be used to assess the student's use of visuals and images.

3.2. Student demonstrates use of audio in a presentation to their peers. A rubric will be used to assess quality of audio used in presentations.

3.3 Student demonstrates use of different types of equipment. A rubric will be used to assess competence in the use of equipment.

CSLO (General) 4: Demonstrate understanding of trends in instructional media and technology.

Student Learning Outcome (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

4.1 Compare and contrast current trends of instructional media materials and technology and predict changes for future schools.

2,6,7

1

4.1 Student compares and contrasts current and past trends of instructional media and technology and predict future changes in an essay. A rubric will be used to assess the essay.