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#DIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Fall Semester 2001

EDUC 260 - 3

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Dr. Laura D'Amico

Learning and Teaching through Technology

Office: EDB 8555

Phone: 268-6672

D01.00

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E-mail: ldamico@sfu.ca

Thursday 13:30-16:20 in EDB 8500

PREREQUISITE

Students with credit for any Computing course cannot take this course for further credit.

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. As well, there will be some assignments that will require specific software applications

available on computers in the Faculty of Education Centre for Educational Technology (CET).

You will, therefore, need to schedule some time to work in the CET outside of class time.

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

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 K-12 educational settings 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 technical

confidence to pursue further learning on your own and some concrete ideas about how to integrate

technology into your teaching.

REQUIREMENTS

• 3 assignment 'bundles" - due at the beginning, middle and end of the course. Each portfolio will

contain reading activities, short classroom 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 TEXT

Hill.

Tiene,

ISBN

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0-07-230480-4.

& Ingram, A. (2001).

Exploring Current Issues in Educational Technology.

Toronto: McGraw

Healy, Jane M. (1999).

Failure to Connect: How computers effect our childrens' minds, and what we can

do about it.

Touchstone Books.

OPTIONAL TEXT

(1998). Read less, learn more: Teach yourself computers and the internet visually.

(2nd Edition) Chicago:

Maran Graphics. ISBN 0-7645-6041-7.