Fall Semester 2002
    EDUC 260 - 3
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    StephanieChu
    Learning and Teaching through Technology
    Office: TBA
    Phone: 604-586-6063
    Tuesdays 13:30-16:20 ?
    D01.00 ?
    email: stephanc@sfu.ca
    in EDB 8500
    PREREQUISITE:
    Note: students with credit for any Computing course cannot take this course for further credit.
    DESCRIPTION
    -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.
    -There will be some assignments that will require specific software applications available on computers in
    the Faculty of Educations 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
    Reading Responses (20%)
    Assignments (60%)
    Position Paper (20%)
    REQUIRED READING
    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
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    M. (1999). Failure to connect: How computers affect our children's minds and what we can do
    about it. New York: Touchstone Books.
    Teach yourself computers and the internet visually (2nd ed.) (1998). Foster City, CA: Maran Graphics.

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