Resources

Case-Based Learning and Instruction

InTIME
http://www.intime.uni.edu

The Integrating New Technologies into Methods of Education website is a collection of video vignettes showing PreK-16 teachers integrating technology into their teaching. It is sponsored by a consortium of universities headed by the University of Northern Iowa. The cases are designed for use by teacher educators, professional developers, preservice teachers, inservice teachers, and administrators. The Case Study Builder allows users to construct their own case studies. To do that, the user selects a teaching topic, chooses a video, read the contextual data for the case, and watches a streaming video clip of the activity. The site includes lesson plans, suggestions for questions to students, a checklist of observable behaviors, and an overview of the Technology as Facilitator of Quality Education model advocated by sponsors. This is a rich source of information and ideas.

ETIPS - Educational Theory into Practice Software
http://www.etips.info/

This website offers a collection of cases designed to address issues of technology integration, urban teaching, and digital equity (this section is still under construction). The scenarios are presented in the form of simulated school programs, and they are organized by grade level and content area. Learners are provided with a large amount of demographic and other information through the school?s website. They are asked to consider questions about the problem presented in the scenario and the kinds information needed to understand the problem and formulate a solution. In the final task, learners recommend a solution and defend it based on the evidence available. In addition to the instructional materials, there is a rubric template for assessing students? performance.

Resources That Can be Used in Case-Based Instruction

Technology Integration - Language Arts and Social Studies Instructional Module
http://glef.org/modules/LASS/index.php

The George Lucas Educational Foundation offers an online collection of examples of technology integration in social studies and language arts classes. The site contains a discussion of the benefits of technology use and what it means to integrate technology in a meaningful way. In addition to presenting multiple examples, the site includes links to other websites focusing on technology integration in language arts and social studies classes and a list of other resources and articles.

Using Multimedia to Advance the Scholarship of Teaching
http://kml.carnegiefoundation.org/resources/resource616.html

Created by the Knowledge Media Lab of the Carnegie Foundation, the site offers higher education instructors strategies for using multimedia to enhance their teaching and research. Strategies are organized into three categories: "Why Use Multimedia for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning," "Using Multimedia to Document Your Work," and "Moving from Documents to Dynamic Representation." The first section includes links to websites related to projects that incorporate technology. To access the examples, click on the thumbnail images in the grey box in the middle of the window.

KITE
http://kite.missouri.edu

The Knowledge Innovation for Technology in Education project is sponsored by the University of Missouri and seven other university partners (including UT Austin). They support an extensive knowledge repository made up of teachers? stories of their experiences integrating technology into their curriculum. The site provides teacher educators with detailed descriptions of some of the ways the collection has been used by universities as part of teacher preparation. Also included is a list of the questions teachers most often ask about KITE. A powerful search engine allows users to search the database by grade level, subject, or a number of other matrices. There is also a feature that permits users to browse the collection.

Annenberg/CPB
http://www.annenbergcpb.org

The Annenberg/CPB Channel has a video-on-demand service parallel with its television programming. Their website offers streaming video content (designed for broadband Internet connections) that is simulcast with the television broadcast and is available for download from a large archive of programs. Access to the collection is free, but requires registration. Programs appear in a medium size, medium quality Quicktime window. While this is a good format for streaming video, the low resolution may not be suited for projection in a classroom. For those needing higher-resolution video, VHS versions of the programs (and some teaching materials) are available for purchase through the website.