EDUC+615-G+Exploration

The " **// Exploration Lab" //** invites you to explore your knowledge and use of educational technologies in the context of your current school placement. While no one tool serves each and every school population, it is important to discover how various tools may enrich or extend the curriculum; moving beyond the “pros” and “cons” of the tool itself to the enduring understandings and conceptual ideas that the tool represents. As you build your knowledge of digital technologies, you will identify an existing challenge within your school setting and then create a plan for exploring how that challenge may be resolved by using a Web 2.0 tool. For example, you may recall a student who finds her homework difficult or is unable to organize her course schedule; or perhaps you are considering how to help a fellow teacher design a course website. The end goal is to both consider and test-drive the various technological tools that may meet individual or institutional challenges though a semester long, participatory inquiry model. ** Exploration Labs 25% ** Credit for Full Participation in Class "Exploration Lab" includes: Class attendance, exploring the technology tool as a cohort, testing the tool within your own teaching, and debriefing the tool in Educ 615 G course meetings.