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    Education 361-4: Contemporary Issues and New Developments
    in Teaching (S.I.T.E.)
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    Education
    Summer Session, 1984
    Instructor: David Porter
    Time/Dates: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:00 - 4:50 p.m.
    July 3 - August 10
    Location:
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    OBJECTIVES
    Recent developments in microelectronics have hastened the
    arrival of computers in the classroom. This course will
    examine the various ways that computers might influence the
    teaching-learning process and classroom management.
    Students in this course will:
    a)
    develop competencies in the operation of microcomputers.
    b)
    develop skills related to the selection, evaluation and
    utilization of computer-based learning materials.
    c)
    develop an awareness of the ways computers can be used to
    support the instructional and administrative tasks of
    teachers.
    d)
    develop a critical awareness of the role of computers in
    society and the implication of this for education.
    This is an introductory course in which students will develop
    a level of computer awareness sufficient for the intelligent
    and critical utilization of existing microcomputer hardware
    and software. It is not a course designed to prepare teachers
    to teach computing science courses nor will it prepare
    teachers to write computer-assisted learning materials.
    OUTLINE OF TOPICS:
    1. Operation of Microcomputers
    a) components and their function
    b) connecting peripheral devices
    C)
    programs and programming
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    2.. Modes of computer utilization
    a)
    the computer as instructor
    b)
    the computer as laboratory
    c) the computer as ob
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    ect of study
    d)
    the computer as teacher's aide
    3.. Selection and utilization of software
    a)
    sources of materials
    b)
    evaluation of courseware
    C)
    integrating computers in the curriculum
    4.. Computer literacy
    a)
    print and non-print materials on computers
    b) role of computers in schools and society
    c) status of computers in B.C. schools
    d) use and misuse of computers in education
    COURSE ACTIVITIES:
    Course activities will consist of lectures, demonstrations,
    readings and laboratories..
    EVALUATION:
    Evaluation will be based on:
    1. a project which demonstrates or explores the use of
    computers in a selected curriculum area or a paper
    which reviews the application of computers in a selected
    curriculum area..
    2. a critical evaluation of a piece of software (software
    review).
    3..
    short assignments or tests related to the lectures and
    readings..
    4..
    demonstration of computer operating skills involving both
    hardware and software.
    REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:
    Bitter, G. & Camuse, R. USING A MICROCOMPUTER IN THE
    CLASSROOM.. Reston: Reston Publishing, 1984.
    Moursund, D. Introduction to
    Corn2uters
    in Education for
    Elementary_gn4_Middle School Teachers. Eugene: I CCE
    (University of Oregon), 1981.
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