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Foundations
of Instructional Technology
INST 509
Course description:
The
history, current practices, and future directions
of the Instructional Technology field provide a
framework for student-creation of teaching and learning
tools. Presentation, collaboration, and multi-media
become vehicles for learning as students probe the
role of technology within the PreK-12 environment.
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Instructional
Design
INST 522
Course
description:
Using a systematic approach, students
will design, develop, evaluate, and revise instruction
to meet defined goals and objectives. Contemporary
theories of learning become the framework and catalyst
for the design process.
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Information
Access and the Internet
INST 523
Course
description:
This course provides continued development
of skills in the use of telecommunications and the
Internet. Advanced hands-on practice in using the
Internet, ethical and legal issues related to responsible
classroom use of the Internet and a wide variety
of curriculum connections will be explored.
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Instructional
Technology Leadership
INST 524
Course
description:
Procedures
for the establishment or continued development of
a K-12 Instructional Technology Program will be
the focus of this course. Candidates will learn
the roles and responsibilities of the technology
leader: vision, strategic planning, budget development,
equity, purchasing, staff development, and program
evaluation.
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Emergent
Technology and Learning Environments
INST 525
Course
description:
Students will explore new and emerging technologies
and construct the philosophical framework for how
these technologies can be integrated into K-12 education
and other teaching and learning environments. Planning,
diffusion of innovation, and the educational change
process will be discussed. Currently, the technologies
that will be studied include those related to virtual
reality, robotics, decentralized systems, intelligent
agents, and evolving distance education.
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Making
Connections: Networking
INST 526
Course
description:
This course is designed to help teachers develop
competence and confidence by learning to manage
the computer and its peripherals as a single system
and as part of a network. Topics include hardware,
operating systems, networking and internetworking,
and troubleshooting. The course also addresses issues
related to networking, such as virus protection,
lab and network security, and student safety on
the Internet as well as some of the broader issues
of district technology management.
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Assistive
Technology
INST 529
Course
description:
This course is designed to help students gain the
skills needed to assist teachers, administrators
and parents in the selection, evaluation and use
of adaptive/assistive technologies (AT) that provide
access for all students to achieve educational goals.
Students will learn about the continuum of AT devices
from low-tech to high-tech, universal design for
learning, curriculum adaptation, integration strategies,
assessment and evaluation protocols.
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Clinical
Experience
INST 596
Course
description:
During
the clinical experience, the student is employed
in the role of an Instructional Technology Specialist
in a pre-K-12 school setting under appropriate school
and college supervision. The clinical experience
is a full semester consisting of at least 150 clock
hours (3 credits) for those who hold a standard
teaching certificate, and 300 hours (6 credits)
for students who hold the minimum provisional with
advanced standing teaching certificate. If the student
is not employed, he/she will be placed full-time
in an appropriate school setting under the direction
of a qualified practitioner and college supervisor.
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