Dilys Gibbs-Harrison
Dilys Gibbs-Harrison's
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Below is a listing of the courses I studied while completing my Master of Arts in Educational Technology degree. There were a lot of short nights and tearful cramming sessions. In the end, it was all worth it.
CEP - Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education
REAL - Regional Education Academy for Leadership
TE - Teacher Education
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Spring
2011
Summer
2011
Fall
2011
CEP 810 - Teaching For Understanding With Technology
Instructor: Tammy Maginity
CEP 810 was the introductory course of educational technology. I learned about blogging, Jing, and social networking. It opened up my education by showing the tools that are out there to reach your students and new tools for expanding my teaching. Blogging was a tool I took great interest in as students could ask questions and get answers for their classmates to see anytime of the day. When I took this course, I never dreamed I would be using Twitter as a professional development tool. The collaboration with other teachers via online sites only added to my understanding of technology.
REAL 622 - Dealing With Stress in Education
Instructor: Denise Mahoney
This course from the University of St. Francis taught the importance with dealing with stress, conflict, and periods of silence. It reiterated the importance of having a pleasing personality and being yourself. Stress management is a big part of today's society. It highlighted the importance of open communication, family, and making mistakes. One of my favorite sayings came from this class. "When in doubt, just take the next small step." (Kanada)
Spring
2012
Summer
2012
Fall
2012
Spring
2013
CEP 811 - Adapting Innovative Technologies in Education
Instructor: Nancy L. Ayers
In 811, we took what we had learned in 810 and expanded. The assignments were designed for immediate use by adding interactive resources in the classroom. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) was introduced and used to find creative solutions and lessons for our classrooms. These designs implemented the problem, the motivation to complete the problem, and the prospective audience. In conclusion, we created a Stand Alone Instructional Resourse (StAIR) website and an inquiry-based lesson plan. The skills I learned in this course advanced my use of the internet, PowerPoints, and web design.
CEP 812 - Applying Educational Technology to Issues of Practice
Instructor: Melissa White
812 hooked my interest in using technology in the classroom. I tackled my fear of being on the internet with video blogs, video bios, and podcasting. A Toondoo project opened the doors for a group project with a student in Poland and Detroit. TPACK (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge) was introduced and applied in a final Wicked project to solve problems in my classroom. This emphasized the importance of not only know your pedagogy and content but applying technology to teach, create deeper understand to ask questions but also provide the tools to answer these questions. Throughout the class, it polished my digital storytelling skills, online team-building, and deadline skills.
CEP 800 - Learning in School and Other Settings
Instructors: Danah Henriksen and Ammon Wilcken
This course explored the psychology of learning. Learning is meant to engage you. If there are misconceptions in our teaching, this course taught me to use different technologies such as Audacity and using my own voice, PowerPoint improvements through embedding, and blogging to address those concerns. It also stressed working backwards from your objective to achieve that objective through 'Understanding by Design' (UbD). It taught me to look at my teaching through different learning styles and misconceptions that can occur to customize my lessons to reach all.
Spring 2014
Summer 2014
Spring 2015
CEP 815 - Technology and Leadership
Instructor: Nick Sheltrown
This course focused developing me as educational technology leader in the school districts. The relationship between learning, technology, and leadership was examined and evaluated to maximize the use of all three. The purchase and use of technology does not guarantee the students will be able to comprehend the material. Many of my students have cell phones but not unlimited access to the internet. Through the TPACK model, I learned the importance of how lesson planning, teaching, and using technology need to flow in an organized fashion. This course challenged me to think of the implications of technology and how it can affect a school system.
TE 846 - Adapting Innovative Technologies in Education
Instructor: Erin Wibbens
This course focused on literacy growth. Student's reading abilities are as diverse as their backgrounds, homes, discipline levels and experiences. Many were brought up in homes where they were not read to every day. Through this course, I learned different motivating and engaging strategies through different technologies to reach students. As a teacher, I must be aware of student's differences and how to reach each one of them to maximize their reading potential.
CEP 820 - Teaching Students Online
Instructors: Anne Heintz, Sandra Sawaya, and Spencer Greenhalgh
This course concentrated on better instruction strategies and how to use online instruction to do it. It allowed me to create a online developer's notebook where I prepared a chemistry unit for my students. I chose the periodic table as it is the base of all chemistry. It allows me to continually edit and update as new information is gathered. This lesson could be used exclusively online, a flipped-classroom, or a study aid for in-class students.
CEP 822 - Approaches to Educational Research
Instructor: Leigh Graves Wolf
Alternative methods of educational research were researched and the validity of the various types of research. Careful studies were analyzed and critiqued. Statistics were also used to analyze the research. The importance of citing sources was also stressed. In the end, I summarized technology use in Alternative High Schools.
CEP 807 - Proseminar in Educational Technology
Instructors: Matthew Koehler, Spencer Greenhalgh, Brittany Dillman, Sarah Keenan, and Joshua Rosenberg
Capstone is the culmination of the educational technology master's program. It brings together all of the past classes to combine into a web portfolio. This portfolio promotes my successes in reflective and synthesis essays, annotated transcript, and a resume. It showcases who I am as an MSU student, a high school educator, and my personal self.