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FALL SEMESTER 2005?
EDUC 260-3
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LEARNING AND TEACHING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
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(DO 1.00)
CATHI SHAW
email: cshaw@sfu.ca
TUESDAY 13:30-16:20 in EDB 8500
PREREQUISITE
Educ 220
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to be an interactive and hands-on introduction to learning and teaching with
technology. 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 philosophical
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 (and
other) 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.
REQUIRED TEXT
Required readings will be provided online for this course.
SUGGESTED READINGS
Tiene, D. & Ingram, A. (2001). Exploring Current Issues in Educational Technology. Toronto: McGraw
Hill.
REQUIREMENTS
• We will be using the FirstClass conferencing system with this class and 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 3-4 times during the week. Some online activities may 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.
• We will also use WebCT during this course. Your SFU computing ID and password will be used to access
this system. Thus you will need to activate your SFU email account (if you have not already done so) at the
beginning of the semester. You will also need an active SFU computing account in order to use the computers
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Participants are expected to attenA classes, to seriously engage with thSemes and issues related to the
course, and to actively participate in face-to-face exercises, as well as online discussions.
COURSE WORK AND EVALUATION
Online Discussions based on the readings 20%
Assignments that acquaint you with various classroom applications
(50%)
Position Paper on a topic of your choice (20%)
Powerpoint Presentation based on your Position Paper (to be presented during the last class) (10%)
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