Fall Semester 2003
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EDUC 260
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Stephanie Chu
Learning and Teaching ?
Office: TBA
Thursdays 13:30-16:20 *NEW TIME*
through Technology
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Phone: TBA
E-mail: stephanie@sfu.ca
EDB 8501 ?
D01.00
PREREQUISITE:
Educ 220.
• You will need to have internet access to complete many of the assignments in this course. Therefore, you must
have internet access at home or be on campus at least 2-3 times during the week. Some online activities will
replace regular class time throughout the semester.
• There will be some assignments that will require specific software applications available on computers in the
Faculty of Education's Centre for Educational Technology (CET). You will, therefore, need to schedule some time
to work in the CET outside of class time.
• An email list and conference will be maintained for course announcements and Q&A items. The list and
conference use only your SFU email account, thus you will need an active SFU email account and to check your
email and the conference throughout the week.
COURSE 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
• Class attendance
• Online Discussions based on the readings (20%)
• Five assignments that acquaint you with various classroom applications (60%)
• Position Paper on a topic of your choice (20%)
REQUIRED READINGS
• Tiene, D., & Ingram, A. (2001).
Exploring current issues in educational technology.
Boston: McGraw Hill.
• Additional readings will be made available throughout the course.
SUGGESTED READINGS
• Healy, J. M. (1999).
Failure to connect: How computers affect our children's minds and what we can do about
it.
New York: Touchstone Books.