From Educational Technology .....to Arts and Crafts!
Annotated Transcript of Rachael Hilliker
Here you will find a list of classes I took in the Master of Arts in Educational Technology program along with examples of work I did in those classes.
This class was taught by Nancy Ayers and focused on tools and resources available online to help with teaching and learning. Proper integration of tools was a strong portion of the course.
This class was taught by Nancy Ayers and focused on the the various applications and solutions used in a K-12 setting for educational solutions. Many technologies were evaluated and assessed for effectiveness. I participated in a group project about interactive Wii Whiteboards. You can view the presentation here.
CEP 800
Learning in School and Other Settings
Fall 2012
This class was taught by Danah Henricksen and focused on how people learn in various settings. It examined how we develop scaffolding and fixate on pre-existing knowledge in learning and teaching. One of my favorite assignments can be viewed here.
CEP 815
Technology and Leadership
Spring 2013
This class was taught by Luke Rapa and focused on the planning and implementation of technological solutions to problems. Specific considerations were given to the process of evaluting the effectiveness of the solutions. The project I worked on was to improve a local school's science fair. The final paper I wrote can be viewed here and the website I developed for it can also be viewed here.
CEP 807
Capstone Educational Technology
Summer 2013
This course was taught by Matthew Koehler and focused on developing this website to showcase the work developed in the MAET program.
This class was taught by Susan Wright and focused on the latest and greatest technology based solutions to educational problems that applied the appropriate pedagological approaches. Interactive and innovative web 2.0 tools were explored.
This class was taught by Anne Heintz and focused on K-12 curriculum development. Special considerations were given for asynchronous teaching online. In this class I created an online course regarding Food Systems, Nutrition and Gardening. Although this was an incredibly challenging class for a non-teacher, it was also extremely rewarding.
CEP 818
Creativity in Teaching and Learning
Fall 2012
This class was taught by Punya Mishra and focused on the topic of creativity in teaching and learning. Special regard was given to multiple representation of ideas. One of the projects I developed during this course was an elevator pitch for creativity in teaching and can be viewed here.
CEP 817
Learning Technology Through Design
Spring 2013
This class was taught by Punya Mishra and focused on the complete design of educational tools. By using an iterative and collaborative process, a special educational website called "Together Kids Can" was developed (by me) in this course that examined every aspect of design from technical to functional to aesthetics.
CEP 822
Approaches to Educational Research
Summer 2013
This course was taught by E. David Wong and examined alternative methods for research in education. As a project for the class I explored my personal interest in gamification in education to perform a literature review.