Urban Teacher Education Program
Phone: 973-353-3500
Fax:
973-353-1622
http://edu.newark.rutgers.edu/
Department of Urban Education
Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Newark
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
110 Warren Street- Bradley Hall–1st Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
Part I: Course and Instructor information
Semester-Day-Time: Fall 2011-M 2:30-5:25
Course name:
Information and Communication Technology for Secondary Schools
Course number:
ESTS 335
Location:
Central King Building CKB 214
Instructor:
James M. Lipuma
Office Hours:
MT 12-2:30
Email:
Lipuma@njit.edu
Part II: Course description
1. Description of course:
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) pervade virtually all domains of modern life—from
personal and social to economic and educational. Until recently, when ICT has been incorporated into the curricula of
most US high schools, the focus has tended to be on skills in the use of tools such as specific word-processing and
presentation software or contemporary Internet search engines. Increasingly, however, educators are employing ICT as
a crucial meaning-making tool, assisting learners to construct their ideas and engage fundamental disciplinary concepts
as well as to collaborate with intellectual partners inside and beyond the physical confines of their middle or high
school.
This course examines research-based understandings of effective learning environments applied to the
integration of ICT into instruction to foster community, collaboration, conceptual development, and exceptional
academic performance. The course pays particular attention to present and potential access and academic uses of ICT in
under-resourced, urban schools with racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse students whose families tend not to
be participants in the US society’s culture of power. In addition, the course will introduce the necessary tools and
concepts required to successfully complete the UTEP program. The course assumes that participating students are
aspiring to be secondary school teachers in urban environments. Though discussions and examples of content
instruction with ICT will range among the core academic subjects taught in middle and high schools, students will be
invited to specify assigned course projects to their disciplinary interest.
2. Objectives of course:
Upon successfully completing the course, Teacher Candidates will be:
1. Knowledgeable about how to use and integrate into their instruction various ICT tools;
2. Aware of appropriate ICT use to help develop the subject matter knowledge of racially,
ethnically, and linguistically diverse students;
3. Informed about how to use ICT to foster community and collaboration among students;
4. Familiar with access issues of ICT in underresourced urban schools and potential methods of
addressing these issues.
5. Familiar with the UTEP ePortfolio, PIERS Perspective graphic organizer, Lesson Dossier,
and GUTS as well as prepared to use ICT as part of these instruments
3. Teacher Candidates outcomes expected upon completion of course:
Upon successful completion of the course the prospective teacher candidate will be able to :
 Integrate appropriate uses of ICT into the instruction of their discipline area
 Plan lessons that incorporate ICT to help racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse
students develop subject matter knowledge
 Explain his or her philosophical and theoretical stance on how ICT can be used to affect
change in under-resourced urban schools
 Understand how ICT tools can be used in conjunction with UTEP program instruments to
effectively Plan, Implement, Evaluate, Reflect, and Share (PIERS) disciplinary lessons
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Urban Teacher Education Program
Phone: 973-353-3500
Fax:
973-353-1622
http://edu.newark.rutgers.edu/
4.
Department of Urban Education
Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Newark
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
110 Warren Street- Bradley Hall–1st Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
Instructional methods implemented in the course:
Class discussion and hands-on activities
Expert lecture
Online videos and use of Moodle Course Management System (CMS)
Cooperative and collaborative learning
5.
Multiple methods of assessing teacher candidates:
Task
%
Task
%
Class Participation
10 School Visit Report
15
Group Oral Report
10 ePortfolio Oral Report
15
PIERS Perspective rough
5 PIERS Perspective final
5
Midterm
20 Final -UTEP Power Doc 20
Grading
A=91-100 B+ =86-90.5 B=81-85.5
C+ = 76-80.5 C=70-75.5
D=61-69.5
F= 0-60.5
6.
7. Required Readings:
All materials for the class will be available through the web or distributed via Moodle, the online
course management tool. Every attempt has been made to find free materials for the course. Most
readings are available publicly through the Internet and these will be given via Moodle, which will
be used to handle course interactions. Students are required to download and install a number of
programs for this course. I have tried to identify shareware/open source applications so that you do
not have the burden of purchasing expensive software. If you already have a program that you are
familiar with that is similar to one of the programs used for class you should feel free to use it.
Newark Public Schools (2005). Instructional Technology Standards Guide.
http://www.nps.k12.nj.us/NewarkNJTechStandardsGuide2005.doc
NJCCCS (for all school subjects): http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Part III: Course Topics and dates
Date
9-12-11
9-19-11
9-26-11
10-3-11
10-10-11
10-17-11
10-24-11
10-31-11
11-7-11
11-14-11
11-21-11
11-28-11
12-5-11
12-12-11
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Topic
Introduction—What is ICT?
Virtual Classroom Learning
Modern ICT Tools
Information Literacy (IL)
Graphic Organizers
Group Oral Reports
PIERS Perspective
User-centered Web Design
UTEP Digital Tools
Digital World & ePortfolios
School Visit
UTEP POWER Workshop
Individual ePortfolios Presentation
Individual ePortfolios Presentation
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Urban Teacher Education Program
Phone: 973-353-3500
Fax:
973-353-1622
http://edu.newark.rutgers.edu/
Department of Urban Education
Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Newark
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
110 Warren Street- Bradley Hall–1st Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
Part IV: Plagiarism and Academic Integrity
If you wish to have assistance with writing, the Humanities department has a writing tutor who can
be contacted for assistance with all aspects of the paper. The lead contact is Janet Bodner
(Bodner@njit.edu). You may also ask your professor, Dr. James Lipuma, for further assistance or
more detailed information. All assignments handed in for this course should be original and the
sole work of the student. The rules and procedures set down in the student handbook as
administered by the Dean of Students office will be used to judge plagiarism. DO NOT
PLAGIARIZE. If you are unclear about the rules, please see the NJIT student handbook.
www.Turnitin.com will be used to check for plagiarized work via an assignment link in Moodle.
ASince Rutgers students are also in our class, Rutgers University’s policy on plagiarism is
as follows: “Any involvement with cheating, the fabrication or invention of information used in an
academic exercise, plagiarism, facilitating academic dishonesty, or denying others access to
information or material may result in disciplinary action being taken at either the college or
university level. Breaches of academic integrity can result in serious consequences ranging from
reprimand to expulsion. Violations of academic integrity are classified into four categories based on
the level of seriousness of the behaviors.” See UTEP’s blackboard page
(http://edu.newark.rutgers.edu) for full details regarding plagiarism. Any questions or concerns
should be directed to the instructor of the course.
Part V: SUPER6
To align UTEP with its vision, mission, and TEAC claims as well as the New Jersey Professional
Standards for Teachers, the faculty of UTEP has developed six principles known as the SUPER 6.
These principles encapsulate the core teaching proficiencies of an effective, highly qualified, urban
educator in the 21st century and include:
P1. Subject Matter and Curriculum Aptitude
P2. Understanding Your Learner
P3. Pedagogical Content Knowledge
P4. Evaluation of Achievement
P5. Readiness for Establishing and Maintaining Effective Learning Environments
P6. Educational Professionalism
This course satisfies the following principles:
P1. Subject Matter and Curriculum Aptitude
P3. Pedagogical Content Knowledge
P6. Educational Professionalism
Part VI: Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) and Claims
As part of the federal mandate, No Child Left Behind, the state of New Jersey has required all
teacher education programs to be reviewed by a national accrediting agency. UTEP has chosen
TEAC. As part of UTEP’s adherence to TEAC requirements, this course meets UTEP’s claims and
has various artifact(s) to represent it is the successful completion of the claim.
Claim 1-Content knowledge: Do our teacher candidates
have content knowledge?
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Teacher candidate understand the subject
matter they will teach.
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Urban Teacher Education Program
Phone: 973-353-3500
Fax:
973-353-1622
http://edu.newark.rutgers.edu/
Claim 2-Pedagogical Skill: Do our teacher candidates
have pedagogical knowledge and skill? Do they know, use
and understand the NJCCCS?
Claim 3-Caring and Competent: Are our teacher
candidates caring and competent novice teachers who are
committed to professional development?
Claim 4-Urban Knowledge and skill: Do our teacher
candidates understand the social, historical, and
philosophical context of teaching in urban schools? Do our
students have the pedagogical knowledge and skills to
teach effectively in urban schools? Are our teacher
candidates committed to collaboration and partnerships
with families and urban communities?
Cross-cutting Theme: 1.4.1 Learning how to learn Do
our teacher candidates have the necessary dispositions and
skills for critical reflection?
Cross-cutting Theme: 1.4.2 Multicultural: Have our
teacher candidates learned necessary skills on race, gender,
gender, individual differences and ethnic perspective to aid
them in effectively teaching their learners?
Cross-cutting Theme: 1.4.3 Technolog: Do our teacher
candidates appropriately use technology?
Claim 2: Do our Teacher
Candidates have pedagogical
knowledge and skill? Do they
know, use and understand the
NJCCCS?
Learning How to Learn(CrossCutting Dimension)
Multicultural Perspectives
(Cross-Cutting Dimension)
Technology (Cross-Cutting
Dimensions)
Department of Urban Education
Faculty of Arts and Sciences-Newark
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
110 Warren Street- Bradley Hall–1st Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
Teacher candidates use their knowledge of their
subject matter to develop lessons for diverse
learners.
Teacher candidates are able to teach their
learners in a caring manner and act as
professional educators.
Teacher candidates have an in-depth
understanding of the context of teaching in an
urban district. They have acquired pedagogical
skill sets to aid them effectively teaching in an
urban school and the importance of creating
partnerships with families and community
organizations.
Teacher candidates have acquired the necessary
dispositions of critical reflection.
Teacher candidates have learned a wide array
of information on race, gender, individual
differences and ethnic perspective to aid them
in effectively teaching their learners.
Teacher candidates can appropriately use
technology to carry out their professional
responsibilities.
After teacher candidate become familiar with ICTs during class
sessions, they will incorporate their knowledge of ICTs into their
lessons
Teacher candidates will understand how ICT impacts subject matter
retention and learner mastery
Teacher candidates will gain an appreciation of how technology
impacts teaching of diverse learners as well as be shown a variety of
perspectives related to ICT.
Teacher candidate’s will have gained proficiency to help diverse
learners develop and maintain subject matter knowledge as well as
foster community and collaboration using ICT.
CONTACTING THE PROFESSOR
Office: Culimore 426 (NJIT )
Phone: 973-642-4743 (NJIT)
Office Hours-Mon Tues 12-2:30
Lipuma@NJIT.edu
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