Instructor:    David Shutkin, Ph.D.

Office:        AD 304       

Land line:     216.397.4754

E-mail:              dshutkin@jcu.edu

Web site:            http://one2oneheights.pbwiki.com

WebLog:                http://dshutkin.blogspot.com

Office Hours: Wednesday and Thursday: 2:00-4:00PM, 8:45-9:45PM 

Welcome! This version of ED586 has been designed to support pre-service and in-service teachers at the graduate level. The course concerns the flexibility and complexity of digital technology to advance learning 21st century skills. Web 2.0 applications will be used to design, implement and assess technologically enhanced learning environments. The lived experiences and digital literacies of students will be explored.

Required Book

Warschauer, M. (2011) Learning in the Cloud:  How (and Why) to Transform Schools with Digital Media.  New York : Teachers College Press. ISBN: 9780807752494

Course Themes

• Designing technologically enhanced learning environments;
• Teaching 21st century skills;
• Participating in online professional networks
• Furthering technical ability and digital literacies;
• Incorporating students' multiple literacies in digitally mediated learning environments;
• Being a teacher in a complex, technological and global society.