Masters of Arts in Educational Technology Courses
CEP 810: Teaching for Understanding with Technology
Debbie McHorney-Enokian
and Stephanie Jennings
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Fall 2020
CEP 810 was my first class I took in the process to procure my Masters of Arts in Educational Technology. This course laid the groundwork for future writing with a strong emphasis on APA citation. The course analyzed 21st Century Learning. I examined the theory of TPACK; using technology in a classroom only when it ties into the curriculum. I was also introduced to Twitter, where I participated in Twitter chats. Throughout the class, we shared our learning in blog posts on a website we created.
CEP 811: Adapting Innovative Technologies in Education
Colin Gallagher
Fall 2020
CEP 811 focused on learning from failing, Creative Commons and Universal Design for Learning. It circled back to TPACK during the creation of a UDL. I felt there were a few essential questions guiding the course. These questions were: what is best practice in the classroom, how can students learn from failing and how can we incorporate technology that helps students understand the standards we are teaching towards?
CEP 824: Programing Concepts for K12 Educators
Matt Drazin
Spring 2021
In this course we focused on addressing misconceptions. I also learned basic coding skills. I learned to use block based coding in Scratch. I also used PencilCode and Google Apps Script.
CEP 812: Applying Educational Technology to Issues of Practice
Charles Logan
Spring 2021
This course focused on asking questions. I participated in a QuickFire where I created a list of questions, then whittled the list down to one while making a sketchnote video. I learned about survey design and made a survey to find out students' opinions about my designed question. Using the survey’s results, I researched and came up with a solution for my question.
CEP 800: Psychology of Learning in School and Other Settings
Ron Houtman and Chris Sloan
Summer 2021
During this course, I learned how difficult habits are to break. I tried to break the habit of mindlessly scrolling through social media. I also created my theory of learning after reviewing various learning theories. During the process of writing my theory of learning, I realized some of the teaching philosophies I held to be true were not best practice.
CEP 822:Approaches to Educational Research
David Wong
Summer 2021
This course focused on educational research. During the first half of the course we reviewed research articles and learned key terms and concepts. For the second half of the course I determined something I would like to research and create a study that could potentially be used in my classroom. I looked at mathematical fluency, studied other research projects and created one of my own.
CEP 833: Creativity in K-12 Computing Education
William Marsland
Summer 2021
This course explored ways to integrate CS standards into classrooms. We explored sonic-pi, scratch, microbit, circuit playground, and open processing. During the course, we started with an exploration of the technology. Then we imaged how we could use the technology in the classroom. Finally, we created and reflected upon our creative learning spiral.
CEP 814: Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators
Bill Marsland
Fall 2021
In this course, I created many projects on MakeCode Arcade and learned more about aspects of Computer Science. This course was one of the most difficult in my pursuit of my masters degree. I would learn about aspects of Computer Science and then create a lesson plan to use in my 5th grade classroom. Often times, the lesson plans failed and I had to reflect on how to change these to accommodate young learners.