Content Guide
There is a great deal of content contained on this website. This page serves as a guide for those who wish to explore. (Note: Selected page will open in a separate window)
| Course Title / Page Name | Activity Description |
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| EDTECH 501: Introduction to Educational Technology An overview of the field of educational technology emphasizing current issues, leadership in technology use planning, and evaluation/synthesis of research. |
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| Video Introduction | An introductory video created for the course, describing who I am and what I hoped to achieve within the Boise State EDTECH Program. |
| Elements of EDTECH |
This is a short essay regarding the role of technology in learning, and how the internet has made concepts more important than facts in the education of the next generation. |
| RSS in Education |
A short instructional video for teachers on how to create RSS feeds for the classroom. |
| EDTECH Research |
A short essay on what is required to convert teachers from content users to content providers. This is the focus of my EDTECH 522 Online course. |
| Tech Trends |
A paper on the possibilities of 3D Printing. |
| Digital Divide / Digital Inequality |
A Powerpoint presentation on the Digital Divide. |
| Technology Use Planning Overview |
A paper on the use of technology in nuclear training |
| School Evaluation Summary |
An evaluation of technology and staff in a nuclear training program. |
| Course Reflection |
Reflections on my development during the course |
| Course Syllabus |
The course syllabus to EDTECH 501 |
| EDTECH 502: The Internet for Educators Locate, retrieve, and evaluate information found on the Internet. Design and produce instructional Web pages using a combination of software and HTML/CSS code. Apply appropriate instructional strategies and models to the design of digital curriculum. |
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| Netiquette Page | Rules for Nuclear Professional Internet Communication |
| Accessibility Hot Links Page |
Hints for designing web pages for the learning impaired |
| Copyright Scavenger Hunt |
An internet scavenger hunt to learn about Copyright and Web Design. Complete with online quiz |
| Interactive Concept Map |
An Interactive Concept map concerning High Flux Protection of Nuclear Reactors. |
| Jigsaw Internet Search Activity |
An interactive Team Troubleshooting Exercise complete with quiz. |
| M-learning Activity |
An interactive activity involving the discovery of the murals of downtown New London, CT. |
| Virtual Field Trip |
A virtual journey across the Panama Canal complete with videos and quizzes. |
| WebQuest |
A classroom activity where students divide into teams and hold a classroom election to determine the greatest U.S. president of all time. |
| Course Reflection |
Reflections on my development during the course |
| Course Syllabus |
The course syllabus to EDTECH 502. |
| EDTECH 503: Instructional Design Consider and use the systematic process of instructional design to create an instructional product, while engaging in activities that promote reflective practices, apply instructional design models in realistic contexts and employ a number of communications technologies. |
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| ID Job Description | A pseudo-job posting for an Instructional Designer |
| Reading Quiz |
An online postcard activity describing Instructional Design |
| Concept Mapping Activity |
A flowchart that tracks the instructional design process using various design models |
| Final Instructional Design Project Part 1 |
The first draft of my Instructional Design project. |
| Completed Instructional Design Project |
The final version of my Instructional Design Project presenting a course for the High Current Testing of circuit breakers. |
| Course Reflection |
Reflections on my development during the course |
| Course Syllabus |
The course syllabus to EDTECH 503 |
| EDTECH 504: Theoretical Foundations of Educational Technology An overview of classic and contemporary theories of learning and their applications in educational technology and emerging orientations; implications for practice. Explores foundations, history, perspectives, and literature in the field. Enables students to think more critically about their efforts and career goals. |
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| Learning Theories Paper | A paper discussing the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning. Learning |
| Annotated Bibliography |
An Annotated Bibliography researching Game Based Learning. |
| Peer Review |
A Peer Review of a fellow classmember's Final Paper. |
| Final Synthesis Paper |
A Final Research paper on Game Based Learning. |
| Course Reflection |
Reflections on my development during the course |
| Course Syllabus |
The course syllabus to EDTECH 504 |
| EDTECH 505: Evaluation for Educational Technologists An overview of classic and contemporary theories of learning and their applications in educational technology and emerging orientations; implications for practice. Explores foundations, history, perspectives, and literature in the field. Enables students to think more critically about their efforts and career goals. |
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| Weekly Assignments | Submitted Weekly Assignment including two animations created for weeks 11 and 12. |
| Evaluation Proposal |
A proposal submitted in response to a Reqest for an Evaluation Proposal. |
| Evaluation Report |
An Evaluation Report developed looking at the effectiveness of a Troubleshooting Training Program. |
| Extra Credit Quiz Game |
A hidden object quiz game covering each chapter in the EDTECH 505 material. |
| Course Reflection |
Reflections on my development during the course |
| Course Syllabus |
The course syllabus to EDTECH 505 |
| EDTECH 511: Learning the tools for development of instructional courseware,which is the graphic interface for delivery of online instruction. Development of functional and instructionally effective courseware. | |
| Assignment 1 | A first draft of my final project using motion tweens |
| Assignment 2 |
The second draft of my project using shape tweens |
| Assignment 3 |
Final project taking shape. Added music and a central navigation hub |
| Assignment 4 |
Added interactivity through the use of Actionscript in this itteration. |
| Assignment 5 |
Used Actionscript to add motion tweening for this version of the final project |
| Project Design Proposal |
Proposal for an interactive activity that instructs students on using electrical laws to calculate circuit values |
| Final Project |
Final version of project including all instruction and videos |
| Course Reflection |
Reflections on my development during the course |
| Course Syllabus |
The course syllabus to EDTECH 511 |
| EDTECH 512: Online Course Design This course emphasizes an instructional design approach to the development of online courses that are engaging and effective, and in alignment with standards and best practice as identified by research. |
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| Course Documentation | The course documentation for "Nuclear Power - The Core" |
| Online Course |
Access to an HTML/javascript based version of "Nuclear Power - The Core" the course I developed for EDTECH 512 |
| Group Chapter |
A chapter for an e-book covering the free multimedia tools that available for educators |
| Course Reflection |
Reflections on my development during the course |
| Course Syllabus |
The course syllabus to EDTECH 512 |
| EDTECH 513: Multimedia Research-based principles of multimedia learning are combined with technical skills of multimedia production to produce a series of digital multimedia projects for classroom and online applications. |
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| Assignments / Discussions | A collection of assignments and discussions for EDTECH 513 |
| Project 1: Multimedia Instruction |
A nultimedia presentation on the atom. |
| Project 2: Podcasting |
A podcast based on recent nuclear power news aptly named "New In Nuclear" |
| Project 3: Digital Story |
A woeful tale on what it means to be an Arsenal supporter. |
| Project 4: Worked Example Screencast |
A screencast on using the Magix Music Maker software. |
| Course Reflection |
Reflections on my development during the course |
| Course Syllabus |
The course syllabus to EDTECH 513 |
| EDTECH 522: Online Teaching for Adult Learners This course emphasizes andragogy and best practice in online teaching, analyzing online teaching tools, planning, facilitating, and assessing collaborative and interactive e-learning experiences, and gaining practical experience teaching online. |
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| Course Blog Entries | A series of four Learning Log Entries made for EDTECH 522 |
| Course Comparison and Evaluation |
An activity that compared two online courses for content and ease of use, includes a rubric for each course |
| Online Learning Tools |
One of the EDTECH 522 weekly activities where an online learning tool was showcased. The tool I chose to highlight was Pow Toon. |
| Rich Media Tutoria |
A tutorial on using graphical editing software to construct online content, includes a discussion of the HTML/CSS code required. |
| Online Course Access |
A web-based representation of the online course, Multimedia for Educators, that I created for EDTECH 522. |
| Course Reflection |
A course reflection for EDTECH 522 |
| Course Syllabus |
The course syllabus to EDTECH 522 |
| EDTECH 536: Digital Game Design for K-12 Classrooms In this course, students will learn how to design and develop mobile games for K-12 classrooms using GameSalad Creator. Students understand Mobile learning and play mobile instructional games. Following game development guide on GameSalad to create a new instructional mobile game, students will be able to design their own short and simple instructional game for either iPhone or Android. These three steps for designing a mobile game will provide novice students with a valuable programming experience for the future instructional game design. |
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| Self-Advertisement | An introductory video created for the class based on what we wanted to learn. |
| Trial Program |
The first program of the class. It's like Space Invaders but with hotdogs. |
| Quiz Game |
A small quiz game concerning the Lord of the Rings. |
| Adventure Game |
A Myst-like adventure game where the goal is to escape a space station |
| Project Rev 1 |
Rev 1 of the final project which contains the introduction scene and a brief explanation of the game |
| Project Rev 2 |
A more advance version of the game including battle scenes. |
| Project Final Version |
The final version of "Flash Kaard and the Chalice of Algor" |
| Video Presentation |
A short video presentation explaining "Flash Kaard and the Chalice of Algor" |
| Course Reflection |
Reflections on my development during the course |
| Course Syllabus |
The course syllabus to EDTECH 536 |
