Annie Kim Sytsma
Secondary English & Psych Teacher / Ed Tech Advocate / Emphasis on Linguistics
CEP 810: Teching for Understanding with Technology
Instructors - J. Spicer, A. Keller, C. McMichael
This page is devoted to all the work I have completed as a graduate student at Michigan State University's Master of Arts in Educational Technology Program. This program has been adopted as a foundation of my teaching and learning and my educational philosophy has been shaped by the work you will find below.
This page is organized chronologically by the courses I have taken beginning with the summer cohort program. I have listed the course, my instructors, and information about the course on the left hand side and have included samples of my course work for the individual courses on the right hand side.
I am continuing to grow as a student and teacher and am inspired by all the work shared in my growing Personal Learning Network, which includes all of the amazing colleagues of the MAET program both of the present as well as the past and hopefully of the future.
This course is the first course in the Masters of Arts in Educational Technology Program. The course studies the following themes:
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Theories of learning and understanding
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Essential mindsets for teaching with technology
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Professional Learning Networks (PLN)
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Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
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Creative uses of technologies for learning
By experimenting and interacting with modern technologies, students are able to see the possibilities for the 21st century learner. Technology tools are assessed through multiple perspectives such as teacher, student, collaborator, professional, administrator, etc. Each technology tool is assessed by scrutinizing its affordances and its constraints as well as for possible repurposing of them in the context of teaching and learning.
Michigan State University
Master of Arts in Educational Technology
CEP 811 is designed to allow students to continue exploring with educational technology. This specific course is outlined to drive students toward repurposing technologies into educational tools. Two theories are essential for repurposoing - technologies must be novel, effective, and whole (NEW) and technologies must incorporate the TPACK framework.
Students are drive to learn, explore, create and share all tools with colleagues, teachers and friends. The application of educational theories is essential for being a successful educational technologies student.
CEP 811: Adapting Innovative Technologies in Education
Instructors - J. Spicer, A. Keller, C. McMichael
As the third and final course in the Educational Technology Certificate Program, this course focuses on how educators can use a wide range of technologies to address issues within their classroom and the education system. Students will also study educational theories on human social and cognitive dispositions.
All courses assigned are cinducted with guidance of a Personal Learning Network (PLN) which is crafted throughout the course. Students collaborate with colleagues, classmates, educators, and the world in order to further their learning experience.
CEP 812: Applying Educational Technologies to Issues of Practice
Instructors - J. Spicer, A. Keller, C. McMichael
CEP 800 is a course which drives students toward evaluating psychological perspectives and approaches to learning. These perspectives apply both in and out of the school setting. Students constantly examine theories of learning and how they apply to learners of various age and background. All of these theories are then taken and applied to improve an educators ability to create meaningful education using technology.
CEP 800: Learning in Social and Other Settings
Instructors - P. Mishra, D. Henrikson, W. Cain
This course prepares students to become technology education leaders as they evaluate how to become a leader who can create professional development, planning tools, evaluate, and build relationships between colleagues through a technology medium.
Technological challenges are also analyzed through multiple perspectives as students evaluate the social and ethical implications of technology integration in schools.
CEP 815: Technology and Leadership
Instructors - P. Mishra, D. Henrikson, W. Cain
Students identify methods for educational research in this course. Students are asked to develop and describe researchable problems and propose a solution for that specific problem. Students must utilize statistics and analysis to their research studies.
CEP 822: Approach to Educational Research
Instructors - P. Mishra, D. Henrikson, W. Cain