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Spring Semester 2002
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EDUC 260 - 3
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Dr. Kevin O'Neill
Learning and Teaching through Technology
Office: EDB 8639
Phone: 291-3476
D01.00
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Email: koneill@sfu.ca
Thursday 13:30-16:20 in EDB 8500
PREREQUISITE:
Note: students with credit for any Computing course cannot take this course for further credit.
DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to be interactive and hands-on. It will provide an exciting beginning experience for
those who desire to integrate technology into classroom teaching. The course is also meant to introduce you
to some of the social, cultural and instructional issues surrounding the use of technology in Education
through formal and informal discussions. The broad goal of the course is to empower pre-service and
in-service teachers to begin to use computer (primarily) technologies from a basis of comfort, interest and
meaning. As this is an introductory course, we will not achieve great depth, however it is expected that you
will leave this course with the confidence to pursue further learning on your own and some concrete ideas
about how to integrate technology into your teaching.
REQUIREMENTS
• 3 Portfolios - due at the beginning, middle and end of the course. Each portfolio will contain
reading activities and application activities and a short written reflection on your learning to
that point. (25% each for a total of 75%)
• A Position Paper - Each individual will select as a paper topic some aspect of one of the issues
discussed in class surrounding the use of technology in Education. (25%)
REQUIRED READINGS
Bitter, G.G., & Pierson, M.E. (1999). Using Technology in the Classroom. Toronto: Allyn & Bacon.
Healy, Jane M. (1999). Failure to Connect: How computers effect our childrens' minds, and
what we can do about it. Touchstone Books.
Additional readings will be made available throughout the course.
Optional Text
(1998). Read Less, Learn More: Teach yourself computers and the internet. Maran Graphics
(http://www.idgbooks.com
), ISBN 0-7645-6041-7.