This course was developed in response to a resarch project on teacher prepartion that indicated many graduate students were not being prepared to teach writing in technologically mediated environments. This course provides an introduction to techno-pedagogy, the theories and practices of teaching writing with digital tools. Through a combination of readings and hands-on activities, this course asks students to “reimagine” writing, writers, the writing classroom and writing teachers in a digital age. Topisc covered in the course incude digital writing, digital literacies, classroom design, classroom management, assignment design, assessment and professional development. Based on these topics, the major project in this couse is a digital portfolio containing (1) a teaching observation of a computer-mediated classroom, (2) a digital tool demonstration, (3) a collection of resources on a specific topic related to teaching writing in a digital age, (4) a techno-pedgagogy philosophy, and (5) a course plan for any level writing course.
Syllabus
Syllabus for Seminar in Techno-Pedagogy