Educational Technology Praxis (EDCT 552 - Marin) Fall 2013 | Dr. Jessica K. Parker

Dates and times:

The course will be "held" on Tuesdays from 4:20-7:20pm. 

  • The course runs from Tues, Sept. 17th thru Tues, Dec 10th
  • Nine sessions will be held online 
  • Four face-to-face sessions will be held at MCOE
  • There will be two weekend workdays to organize with your peers and/or attend open office hours for support with the final assignment

Fees: 

Between free and $1362!

The variable units (0-3) for the course are based upon student need. Students can sign up for...

  • 0 units: free access to the course content and weekly office hours; submitted assignments WILL NOT be graded and you cannot pay for units retroactively
  • 1 unit: $454; enrolled in course and required to complete 1/3 of the assignments as outlined in the course syllabus; course taken for a grade
  • 2 units: $908; enrolled in course and required to complete 2/3 of the assignments as outlined in the course syllabus; course taken for a grade
  • 3 units: $1362; enrolled in course and required to complete all the assignments as outlined in the course syllabus; course taken for a grade

*Please note, if the course has a low enrollment it might not be approved to run for the fall semester.

Students can officially sign-up for the course starting in late July. If you are interested in signing up for the course, please complete this form and you will be considered pre-registered for the course. If you want to enroll in the course for graduate level credit, you will have one more step to complete through SSU's Extended Education:

  • Visit this password-protected website to register for graduate units.
  • Use this password (one word) to access the registration enrollment: marinpraxis
  • Pay with your credit card; if you want to use a different form of payment, please call Extended Education at (707) 664-2394.
  • Extended Education will then send you your confirmation letter via U.S. mail.
    **Please note that Jessica does not have access to the Extended Education payment process; this is outside her purview.

Course content and materials: 

We will rely on a learning management system (LMS) to house the course content and its interactive features. Currently Moodle is our first choice and SSU will provide access, but this won't be finalized until the end of the summer. 

There is a textbook for the course, Teaching Tech-Savvy Kids: Bringing Digital Media into the Classroom, by Jessica Parker. You can purchase this book from Corwin Press or Amazon.com or the SSU library. All other readings will be in PDF format and housed on the LMS to download. If you desire a bound paper version of the readings, this can be purchased at a local printing company (TBD).

Students will have to join: 

Who can take the course: 

The course is open to any member of the Marin educational community; think teachers, administrators, parents, school board and community members, county and school staff, etc. Students are advised to create their own cohorts within the course--so convince your colleague, office mate, neighbor, boss, and friends to enroll! The course is focused on K-12 education and the readings will reflect this, but the material can be applied to any setting that includes educational training with technology.