ED 5850G - Information Technology in Education

Credits: 4

In the coming years, it will be essential that our students can effectively and efficiently ask questions, access, evaluate and curate information, create content, collaborate with peers, and communicate with a wider audience. This course will introduce and provide introductory training on some of the technology that is available to support these educational goals. Students will develop a lesson utilizing a technology solution of their choosing. In addition, they will become familiar with a variety of tools and explore different classroom management strategies that they can implement in their classroom. Finally, since educational technology is not always cheap, and school budgets are always tight, it is essential that each student has the opportunity to develop and initial plan and create a convincing case for how he or she would like to use technology to support their educational goals.