The Yard

EDUC E-599 Capstone Course in Educational Technologies (Spring 2009)

Description:

In this culminating course, students demonstrate their mastery of the content presented in the Master of Liberal Arts in Educational Technologies program by completing a project of their own design. This project allows students to synthesize their learning by directly applying their understanding to their professional practice. The seminar environment of this course supports students in the design, development, and evaluation process of their projects. Students present projects to the faculty and other students in the program. Additionally, students submit an e-portfolio that represents their learning throughout the program. Prerequisite: eleven Master of Liberal Arts in Educational Technologies courses. (4 credits)

DUE DATES:

May 15th: SECOND DRAFT DUE TO PARTNER-Draft paper of project narrative sent to partner for review. You can send it via e-mail, as people's e-mail addresses should be listed on their profile's "About Me" section.

May 18th: PECHA KUCHA PRESENTATION DUE: PPT file submitted to Stacie and Denise via e-mail before 3 p.m.

FINAL PRESENTATIONS

Grossman Common Room (2nd floor)

51 Brattle Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

5:30-8:30 p.m.

May 19th: PEER REVIEW DUE-Comments/Feedback due back to your partner about their paper via e-mail. You can use track changes in Word to mark your feedback throughout and/or provide a paragraph at the end summerizing your feedback.

May 22nd: E-portfolio complete on The Yard, Project Narrative file posted on your profile on The Yard. Please send a copy of your project narrative to Denise and Stacie via e-mail, as well.

Top Five Things From The PC is Not a Typewriter for the "Project Narrative"

1)    One space after sentences, not TWO.
2)    Serif in body; san serif for heading (no more than two fonts).
3)    Line spacing. Be consistent!
4)    Correct punctuation (i.e., quotation marks, parenthesis, em/en dash).
5)    No underlining: book names in italics, article names in quotation marks.

Podcast from class: Feb. 23, 2009

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