Stephanie Houser's Masters of Educational Technology Transcript
Below are the descriptions of the courses I took through the Masters of Arts in Educational Technology program at Michigan State University.
Summer 2013
CEP 810: Teaching for Understanding with Technology
Instructors: Emily Stone & Candace Marcotte
This was my first official course in the MAET program and the first of three courses required to earn the educational technology certificate. This course focused on learning theories with technology integration and improving teaching through technology. I was introduced to using Twitter as a part of a professional learning community. We had to teach ourselves a new school by only using online forums and YouTube videos. We were also introduced to the TPACK framework (Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge).
CEP 811: Adapting Innovative Technology to Education
Instructor: Leigh Graves Wolf
This is the second required class toward earning the educational technology certificate. This course focused on applying instructional principals and methods to educational problem. I was introduced to the maker movement in which the assignments were geared around the maker kit of our choosing. We also learned about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and designed our own MOOC.
Spring 2014
CEP 800: Learning in School and Other Settings
Instructor: Danah Henriksen and Elizabeth Boltz
In CEP 800, we looked at how children learn in a variety of different settings using technology based interventions. We examined learning theories and technology that would assist our pedagogy of teaching to enhance the learning of our students. I came up with a lesson plan surrounding technology and how it could help solve my problem of practice.
CEP 812: Applying Educational Technology to Issues of Practice
Instructors: William Marsland & Michelle Schiera Hagerman
This course focuses on using technology to meet the needs of individual students. This was the final course toward the Educational Technology Certificate. This course focused on defining, implementing, and evaluating technology-based solutions to educational problems in school settings. We learned how the use of technology can be used to solve educational problems. We also learned about well-structured, ill structured and wicked problems. We learned about Universal Design for Learning and how technologies can be used to support students with special learning needs. I also had an opportunity to use sceencasting and blendspace as educational tools.
Summer 2014
CEP 815: Technology and Leadership
Instructors: Leigh Graves Wolf & Benjamin Gleason
This course focused on becoming a technology leader. CEP815 concentrated on how today’s technology has the ability to significantly modify an educator’s teaching ability and, therefore, a student’s learning. We used the TPACK framework to better understand how to implement technologies. We also studied the difference between missional thinking and instrumental thinking and the importance of focusing on asking the right questions rather than just looking at the technology itself.
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
CEP 822: Approaches to Education Research
Instructors: Leigh Graves Wolf & Benjamin Gleason
This course focused on educational research, in which we learned how to find reliable research as well as use research to prove your own educational study. This course really focused on connecting graduate research to your individual classroom. We practiced our skills to help with our own research including completing a literature review, data collection and report creation. My research proposal was focused on using technology to enhance reading comprehension and increase vocabulary in 2nd grade students.
TE 846: Accomodating Differences in Literacy Learners
Instructor: Patricia Edwards
This course satisfies the state of Michigan's reading course requirement for all teachers. In this course we examined various ways in which students learn in literacy and studies a variety of assessments to use. This course examined the developmental processes, instructional practices, and assessment principles. We studied differentiated instruction and accommodations in order to make a better learning enviornment for all students. The artifact from this course was a case study on one student. I enjoyed working with a variety of teacher from many different backgrounds and grade levels to see how their instruction was influenced by the literacy needs.
CEP 807: Capstone in Educational Technology
Instructors: Matthew Koehler, Spencer Greenhalgh, Brittany Dillman, Sarah Keenan, and Joshua Rosenberg
CEP 807 is the final course in the MAET program. This was the required final evaluation, where students prepare an online portfolio. In this course, I was able to highlight all of the work that I created during my time in the Michigan State University's Masters in Educational Technology program. Throughout this course, I developed my electronic portfolio and collaborated with other students in the class. This website is my final portfolio of the Masters in Educational Technology Program.
Fall 2010 - Spring 2011
During the 2010-2011 school year, I completed my internship where I taught second grade at Walt Whitman Elementary in Pontiac, Michigan. During this year I took four graduate level courses:
TE 801: Professional Roles and Teaching Practice I Instructor: Faith Muirhead
TE 802: Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Practice I Instructor: Susan Florio-Ruane
TE 803: Professional Roles and Teaching Practice II Instructor: Susan Florio-Ruane
TE 804: Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Practice II Instructior: M. Hartman
Throughout these four courses, I learned instructional methods for teaching mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies to elementary students. Through each course I learned how to write lesson plans to for each subject area and designed and taught entire units. I also participated in lesson studies, IEP (Individualized Education Plan) meetings, learned about differentiated instruction and classroom management strategies.