Lesson Plan, 20%, Drafts Due: on-going, Due: Monday, Dec. 15

Your lesson plan project will demonstrate an application of at least one specific technological practice, piece of software, program, case study, or course website in your discipline to facilitate or support student learning of course material in your discipline. It should be focused on one course meeting or at most two (e.g., teach the tool in one class and apply the tool in the following class). Weave your lesson topic with the technology that you plan to use to support your students. The topic and tool should be tightly integrated in a meaningful way instead of simply bolted on to an existing lesson plan. Drafts of the lesson plan will be due throughout the semester beginning in Week 5 by random assignment of two or three students per week. Draft lesson plans will be circulated with the class at least 24 hours before the assigned class so that everyone has a chance to review them before arriving at class. We will set aside time during class to discuss those students’ lesson plans for constructive feedback. Students will use this peer review feedback to revise and submit their lesson plans for grading by Monday, Dec. 15.

Literature Review, 30%, Due: Friday, Oct. 24 (Monday schedule) Monday, Oct. 27

Every research project should be grounded in relevant extant literature. This involves both knowing what has been said about your topic/problem *and* being able to evaluate these sources (for example, based on their quality and relevance). 

After exploring what has been written about intersections between technology, pedagogy, and your discipline, select 10-12 sources that you believe will provide important grounding and context for your study.  List these sources, along with one sentence about why you have included each one.

In addition, from the 10-12 sources you list, choose 5-6 of the sources you have identified and, in 3-5 pages, analyze them as you would in a literature review. In this analysis, you should comment on why these sources are relevant, what they contribute to your understanding of your topic/problem, as well as any potential weaknesses that they have.

Export your Literature Review as a PDF and email it as an attachment to both instructors.

Final Project Prospectus, 5%, Due Monday, Oct. 27 Monday, Nov. 3

A one page prospectus for your final project will be due by week 7 week 8, where you will provide a brief summary of the specific technological practice, piece of software, program, case study, or course website you are proposing for your project. This prospectus must be approved by the instructors. 

Export your Final Project Prospectus as a PDF and email it as an attachment to both instructors.

Final Project Presentation, 5%, Due Monday, Dec. 15

Plan for a 5 min lightning talk presentation on our last day of class.

Final Project, 40%, Due Monday, Dec. 15

Must include a 12-15 page written component, digital component is optional.

Your final project will examine at least one specific technological practice, piece of software, program, case study, or course website in your discipline that uses digital technology to help teach and/or do research and publication. Choose your topic based on the issues in your field that interest and excite you.

Final project outline:

*Introduction (1-2 pgs)

*A brief literature review (based on your previous literature review) and a list of additional sources that you think might be relevant to your proposed study. (3-5 pgs)

*An analysis of your specific technological practice, piece of software, program, case study, or course website in your discipline that uses digital technology to help teach and/or do research and publication. This should be informed by your literature review and our course readings. You will reflect on the ways this practice/software/program might be strengthened, expanded, updated or even reconceptualized, and propose concrete ways in which this could be done, carefully considering who would benefit from those changes. (6-8 pg)